Floyd ]  Your Cell                                            4/132
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Your Cell                                            4/133
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A Short Corridor                                     4/134
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A Short Corridor
Floyd | You're in a corridor just outside the room formerly known as your
Floyd | cell. It's a short corridor with nothing much to recommend it: just 20
Floyd | feet in length with a flight of stairs at the north end leading
Floyd | downwards and your former cell to the west. Above your head, you see a
Floyd | security alarm fitted to the ceiling. To the east, you can see a
Floyd | previously hidden storage room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety wooden chair sits on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "enter chair" 		

Floyd ]  A Short Corridor                                     4/135
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "mrph."
Blecki says (to Floyd), "stand on chair" 		

Floyd ]  A Short Corridor                                     4/136
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | But you're already on the chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Huh."
Blecki says (to Floyd), "climb chair" 		

Floyd ]  A Short Corridor                                     4/137
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidWelbourn says, "okay, the author missed implementing 'climb'."
		murphy_slaw asks, "examine the alarm now that we're closer?"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "x alarm" 		

Floyd ]  A Short Corridor                                     4/138
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALARM
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks fairly innocent, but you get the distinct impression it's
Floyd | anything but. Leave the building with this still working, and you'll
Floyd | have alarms ringing from one side of Bizan'Toll to the other. You're
Floyd | fairly certain you can disable it, however. The design looks pretty
Floyd | straightforward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "Sure"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "open alarm" 		

Floyd ]  A Short Corridor                                     4/139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN ALARM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "disable alarm" 		

Floyd ]  A Short Corridor                                     5/140
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISABLE ALARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't had much call to disable security alarms, but this one is
Floyd | of very basic design and it doesn't more than a minute or two to
Floyd | figure it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | All done. One security alarm that will never cause you trouble again.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
HanonO says, "woo" 		Blecki says, "well that was straightforward."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, thank you, David Welbourn. That was something we wouldn't have gotten otherwise, and not for lack of trying."
		HanonO asks, "Does that change anything? I don't remember hearing klaxons, but now can we go north?"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  A Short Corridor                                     5/141
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the chair)
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Steps                                  5/142
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Steps
Floyd | The stairs continue further downwards, but there's a metal gate
Floyd | blocking the way. North of here is a doorway leading to the science
Floyd | labs, including the one you were taken from and where your colleague,
Floyd | Scott Talbot, was shot dead. You hear voices coming from that
Floyd | direction, and the sound of footsteps, but can see nothing aside from
Floyd | an empty corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Steps                                  5/143
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | As you start through the doorway, you hear the unmistakeable crackle
Floyd | of gunfire from that direction and someone cries out in pain. There
Floyd | are other shots followed by silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | On second thoughts, you'd better not head that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Steps                                  5/144
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "listen" 		HanonO says, "gruh"

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Steps                                  5/145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Steps                                  5/146
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sturdy metal gate, currently locked. The stairs continue past it,
Floyd | but the gate itself prevents any further passage that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "absorb gate" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Steps                                  5/147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABSORB GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Not a very richly implemented game, I see."
		HanonO asks, "Did that do something?"
		Blecki says, "seems to be unimplemented."
		DavidWelbourn says, "He's new to Inform 7, so it's understandable he'd miss a few things."
		minghua says, "It's a bug. There is no output."
		murphy_slaw asks, "examine the icon? maybe it actually got absorbed?"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "x icon" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Steps                                  5/148
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | Dull and greyed out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I think it's been pretty darn solid and clever up until then. I wouldn't make such a sweeping comment about this game."
		DavidWelbourn says, "right, ABSORB GATE is unimplemented in any way."
		HanonO says, "Yeah, this seemed like a proof of concept for this mechanic."
		Blecki says, "this intro is supposably beatable so the gate is likely not important."
		murphy_slaw says, "yeah, well. introcomp."
		murphy_slaw asks (of DavidWelbourn), "are all ten points achievable?"
		DavidWelbourn says, "I don't remember. Let me check my ntoes."
		Jacqueline says, "Based on this proof of concept alone, were I a puzzle-loving sort, I would be very intrigued and can see why it scored well on the basis of how much people would like to see the game completed."
		Blecki says, "Wait is Welbourn the author? I thought Whyld was."
		HanonO says, "He is, I was confused."
		Jacqueline says (to Blecki), "Whyld is."
		HanonO says, "Davids..."
		murphy_slaw says, "he is, but welbourne has completed it"
		DavidWelbourn says, "yes, I won with 10 out of 10."
		HanonO asks, "So what are we doing wrong?"
		Blecki says, "We got a point for having the cell door down here."
		Blecki says, "ima put it back."
Blecki says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  A Short Corridor                                     5/149
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A Short Corridor
Floyd | You're in a corridor just outside the room formerly known as your
Floyd | cell. It's a short corridor with nothing much to recommend it: just 20
Floyd | feet in length with a flight of stairs at the north end leading
Floyd | downwards and your former cell to the west. Above your head, you see a
Floyd | security alarm fitted to the ceiling. To the east, you can see a
Floyd | previously hidden storage room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety wooden chair sits on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Welbourn is a regular ClubFloyder who has already played this and generally takes great notes when he plays games."
Blecki says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room                                         5/150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Room
Floyd | A small room, hidden until you removed the wooden panel in the western
Floyd | wall. One odd thing you notice is the distinct lack of other exits -
Floyd | was this room sealed off at some point and simply forgotten? Set into
Floyd | the floor where the table originally stood is a trapdoor (currently
Floyd | closed).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "absorb door" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room                                         5/151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABSORB DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | SADI emits a beep, and the door flickers once then is gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  A Short Corridor                                     5/152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A Short Corridor
Floyd | You're in a corridor just outside the room formerly known as your
Floyd | cell. It's a short corridor with nothing much to recommend it: just 20
Floyd | feet in length with a flight of stairs at the north end leading
Floyd | downwards and your former cell to the west. Above your head, you see a
Floyd | security alarm fitted to the ceiling. To the east, you can see a
Floyd | previously hidden storage room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety wooden chair sits on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Steps                                  5/153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Steps
Floyd | The stairs continue further downwards, but there's a metal gate
Floyd | blocking the way. North of here is a doorway leading to the science
Floyd | labs, including the one you were taken from and where your colleague,
Floyd | Scott Talbot, was shot dead. You hear voices coming from that
Floyd | direction, and the sound of footsteps, but can see nothing aside from
Floyd | an empty corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "release door" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Steps                                  5/154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RELEASE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | SADI emits a buzzing sound and the door is released. By happy
Floyd | coincidence, it's the same size and shape as the door which originally
Floyd | occupied this doorway, and, as the necessary parameters have been met,
Floyd | your cell door takes the place of the old one.
Floyd |
Floyd | The northern corridor is now blocked off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Steps                                  5/155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The door from your cell is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "I would almost swear I managed to do something with the marks but don't recall."
		DavidWelbourn says, "The lag has been terrible; I haven't been able to follow the session properly."
		murphy_slaw says, "i agree that this is a good mechanic. inventory limits can be annoying but when all of your puzzles are designed around it, it works fine"
		Blecki says, "Davis - well, we've got some odd marks in the cell, and we found a trapdoor."
		DavidWelbourn asks, "You need to disable the alarm, have the northern corridor blocked, cover the window -- you've done all those, yes?"
		HanonO says, "I love the concept that SADI might eat loose objects you carry. That'd be fun to have some red herring objects that you could learn that from."
		Blecki says, "yep."
		DavidWelbourn says, "The trapdoor is unimportant; the marks are important. Do something with them."
Blecki says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  A Short Corridor                                     5/156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A Short Corridor
Floyd | You're in a corridor just outside the room formerly known as your
Floyd | cell. It's a short corridor with nothing much to recommend it: just 20
Floyd | feet in length with a flight of stairs at the north end leading
Floyd | downwards and your former cell to the west. Above your head, you see a
Floyd | security alarm fitted to the ceiling. To the east, you can see a
Floyd | previously hidden storage room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety wooden chair sits on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Your Cell                                            5/157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Cell
Floyd | You don't like to think of this as your cell, but that's essentially
Floyd | what it is: a small room, pretty much devoid of decoration, a place
Floyd | secure enough for you to be locked in without any obvious means of
Floyd | escape... unless, of course, you happen to have used a certain
Floyd | ingenious device to absorb the previously locked door in the east
Floyd | wall. The window is now blocked by the panel and the room is much
Floyd | darker as a result. Against one wall you can see a series of marks
Floyd | that you hadn't noticed before. Some chemical substance, no doubt,
Floyd | causing them to effectively "glow in the dark". There is a table in
Floyd | the middle of the cell and a shelf hanging on the nearest wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		murphy_slaw asks, "can we READ the marks?"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "read marks" 		

Floyd ]  Your Cell                                            5/158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Rough scratch marks on the wall. Is something hidden away here?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO asks, "Push marks?"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "push marks" 		

Floyd ]  Your Cell                                            5/159
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		murphy_slaw says, "ooh, yeah"
		HanonO asks, "pull?"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "pull marks" 		

Floyd ]  Your Cell                                            5/160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		murphy_slaw asks, "rub?"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "rub marks" 		

Floyd ]  Your Cell                                            5/161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUB MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		murphy_slaw asks, "LICK?!?"
		HanonO asks, "lick marks?"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "lick marks" 		

Floyd ]  Your Cell                                            5/161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LICK MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		murphy_slaw highfives HanonO
		HanonO says, "And suddenly it's aif."
		HanonO says, "BUY MARKS A DRINK"
		Blecki says, "Note to self: Add 'lick' verb to akkoteaque."
		DavidWelbourn says, "hm. Some of those verbs should've worked, but, y'know, IntroComp."
		Blecki asks, "So we're on the right track?"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "kick marks" 		

Floyd ]  Your Cell                                            5/161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidWelbourn says, "Push or rub are in the right track, yes."
HanonO Right. I think that was what my notes were about is missing stuff that mistakenly de-clues you that something can actually be done. 		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "touch marks" 		

Floyd ]  Your Cell                                            5/162
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The moment you touch the marks, there is a grinding noise from the
Floyd | wall and a previously hidden crawlspace opens up. A way out!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO asks, "What???"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Your Cell                                            5/163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Cell
Floyd | You don't like to think of this as your cell, but that's essentially
Floyd | what it is: a small room, pretty much devoid of decoration, a place
Floyd | secure enough for you to be locked in without any obvious means of
Floyd | escape... unless, of course, you happen to have used a certain
Floyd | ingenious device to absorb the previously locked door in the east
Floyd | wall. The window is now blocked by the panel and the room is much
Floyd | darker as a result. Set into one wall you can see a crawlspace. There
Floyd | is a table in the middle of the cell and a shelf hanging on the
Floyd | nearest wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO asks, "Shouldn't "push/pull/make love to marks" have covered that?"
		minghua says (to HanonO), "It probably should."
		DavidWelbourn says, "yes, but the author missed implementing those."
Blecki says (to Floyd), "enter crawlspace" 		

Floyd ]  Your Cell                                            10/163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CRAWLSPACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Knowing this is your best bet of getting out of here, you enter the
Floyd | crawlspace. It's cramped, and this does wonders for your age old dread
Floyd | of being in enclosed spaces, but you don't want to end up shot dead
Floyd | the way Scott Talbot was so you grit your teeth and keep on crawling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the crawlspace sloping sharply downwards. A decision is
Floyd | called for. Go ahead or turn back?
Floyd |
Floyd | Actually, it's not a decision at all. Turning back means returning to
Floyd | your cell, and that might well end with your death. Going ahead at
Floyd | least gives you a chance of getting out of this in one piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | So you take a deep breath, cross your fingers for luck, and keep
Floyd | crawling.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the crawlspace slopes down more and more sharply, you find yourself
Floyd | beginning to slide forward. You try to grab hold of the sides in an
Floyd | attempt to slow yourself down. No use.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a cry, you fall...
Floyd |
Floyd | And land, hopefully unhurt, in an alley near Piedmont Square in
Floyd | the centre of the twin cities of Bizan'Toll. What happens next to you
Floyd | and SADI will have to wait, however, as you've now reached the limits
Floyd | of this IntroComp entry.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 10 out of a possible 10, in 163 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		HanonO exclaims, ""huzzah!"
		MTW )
		DavidWelbourn says, "see: twin cities of Bizan'Toll."
		MTW )
murphy_slaw nice 		Jacqueline says, "Wow"
		MTW says, "good job"
		murphy_slaw says, "needs more synonyms but a neat little puzzle sequence"
		Blecki says, "Farther than I got playing on my own."
		HanonO says, "The biggest puzzle was guess-the-verb...unfortunately. And figuring out where to put stuff so you could absorb something else."
		murphy_slaw says, "and a solid effort for a long-time ADRIFT author doing their first game in I&"
		murphy_slaw says, "er I7"
		Jacqueline says, "Very clever."
		HanonO says, "Oh, very nice."
		HanonO asks, "Does ADRIFT not fuss about synonyms so much?"
		Jacqueline says, "So, perhaps one more. Then I need to go do some other things."
		minghua says, "This is also the only entry I played. Hopefully I can participate more next one."
		Blecki says, "HanonO IIRC Whyld -wrote- adrift in the first place."
		Jacqueline says (to Hanon), "ADRIFT is actually really great with synonyms, imo."
		murphy_slaw says, "be interesting to see how it stretches out to a full game. hopefully it doesn't become a giant Towers of Hanoi Puzzle :D"
		DavidWelbourn says (to HanonO), "well... Synonyms have to be handrolled for every command, and that can be a lot of work."
		Blecki says, "So he knows every little detail about it and implements excellent game in it."
murphy_slaw says (to Blecki), "no, that's Campbell Wild, i believe" 		HanonO says, "Wow! Wish it ran on mac."
		Jacqueline says (to Blecki), "No. Campbell Wild."
		DavidWelbourn says, "In ADRIFT, I mean."
		Blecki says, "Now I'm just more confused."
		murphy_slaw says, "David Whyld has just been doing ADRIFT games for half of forever"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		HanonO says, "So the sentiment that he knows everything about it probably holds."
		murphy_slaw says, "yep"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, Assoteague? I mean, Attoteaque?"
		murphy_slaw says, "sure"
		DavidWelbourn says, "It's probably more difficult for an ADRIFT author to grasp the usual Inform/TADS/Hugo way of implementing verbs than someone who hasn't used ADRIFT at all."
		Blecki says, "Akkoteaque."
		HanonO says, "Asparaque"
		MTW says, "lol"
		MTW says, "aspercreme"
		Blecki says, "THE ANGRY PELICAN DOES NOT APPROVE."
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		murphy_slaw says, "Assburgers"
		HanonO says, "LICK PELICAN"
		Jacqueline asks, "Must you tempt me to put a content warning on this transcript, people?"
		DavidWelbourn says, "Now I'm all curious about that trapdoor you guys found. I'm wondering if it's an alternate exit."
		Blecki says, "Hmm. Tastes kind of like fish. And anger."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Possibly, yeah."
		HanonO says, "The Pelican does not seem ready for that. Yet."
		minghua says, "I fiddled with the trapdoor a lot, didn't find anything."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "By the way, that other David is gone now."
		Blecki says, "He has been."
		Jacqueline says, "You could change back into your old name."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load attatequeintro" 		
Floyd says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd doesn't know that game." 		Blecki says, "I'm sure he'll see the transcript though."
		DavidW asks, "better?"
		murphy_slaw says, "i suspect that the keys are not implemented at this stage"
		DavidW says, ">absorb elbourn"
HanonO akkalakkla heigh...mecha... 		Blecki says, "akko, jacq."
		Jacqueline says, "Oops, hadn't uploaded it yet. One sec."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, or that."
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		HanonO says, "So Blecki. Titles..."
		Blecki asks, "Unless you want the latest version instead?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask akkoteaqueintro" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a wet, disgusting day in the middle of April. You are just about
Floyd | sick of the rain. You're just about sick of everything. They keep
Floyd | telling you, when you turn sixteen you can do what you like and live
Floyd | where you like. But you aren't sixteen, and until then you've got to
Floyd | do what they say. "They" are a procession of incompetent adults,
Floyd | colloquially called "social workers," culminating in the buffoon that
Floyd | has brought you here. Mr. Henrico.
Floyd |
Floyd | Apparently, he is the idiotic little man who tracked down your
Floyd | grandmother. The same grandmother who never visited you, or sent you
Floyd | anything, or even spoke to you. And he's decided you're going to go
Floyd | live with her on some horrible little island. You are so excited. You
Floyd | have just spent the last four hours listening to him talk, and it
Floyd | doesn't look like he's done.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press any key...

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "ANY KEY" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/1
Floyd | Press any key...
Floyd | "Are you ready to go?" Mr Henrico asks. "Or is there anything else you
Floyd | want to talk about first?"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On a boardwalk beside the sea
Floyd | This simple wooden pier juts into the sea. Pylons, evenly spaced,
Floyd | provide perches for cawing gulls. Coils of rope lie about
Floyd | here and there, and the occasional discarded fishing pole
Floyd | sways in the breeze. On the horizon there is a smudge that might be
Floyd | the island. Or a wave. It's hard to tell. You can't imagine
Floyd | how this could be any more boring. Or dreadful. Oh, and it has begun
Floyd | to rain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The angry pelican swivels its head back and forth, peering at
Floyd | you from many angles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hooded man stands here in a black rain coat with the hood
Floyd | concealing his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Henrico stands here looking very droll and boring.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a garish sign and a ferry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask Mr. Henrico about Akkoteaque, your
Floyd | mother, your father, the accident or your
Floyd | grandmother.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Blecki), "No, we're going to go with the 'finished' intro."
		HanonO asks, "So </u1> means 'this is blue'?"
		Blecki says, "Yes."
		Nitku asks, "Is Akkoteaque in Aotearoa?"
		Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "I kept thinking of Aotearoa too."
		HanonO says, "I almost thought the blue took away some atmosphere. Because so many things were implemented it's like I didn't want to have everything important pointed out."
		maga says (to Nitku), "from the fish you can catch, it's somewhere in the North Atlantic"
		Blecki says, "Though I've since resolved the 'everything is blue everywhere' issue. Now just some things are blue. It came up because the game has a hyperlink mode... 'hyperlinks on' and all those blue words turn into links."
		DavidW says (to Nitku), "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "I too thought of Aotearoa when playing Akkoteaque."
		DavidW says, "Guess I'll go get food while lagged."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, you probably realize this, Blecki, but no spoilers or hints unless we ask for them as a group, okay?"
		Blecki says, "Haha no worries."
		HanonO says, "The blue is an awesome option, but I wish I could turn it off."
		Jacqueline asks, "Who's driving this time?"
		MTW says, "not it"
		DavidW says, "The blue text is really pretty when playing in a normal terp."
		HanonO exclaims, "It is pretty!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Starting from the bottom, with your feet, which are too big; your legs
Floyd | are too skinny, your knees are too knobby, your belly is too round,
Floyd | your chest is too flat, your face is too ordinary and your hair is too
Floyd | brown. Your mother calls this the "awkward stage," but your problem
Floyd | isn't that you're awkward. It's just that you're ugly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "That's a relief.. the only two reviews we got both poo-pooed it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | This sign bears the word "Akkoteaque" in large red letters (on a
Floyd | yellow background), and beneath it, in a much more reasonable font,
Floyd | "Come see the world-famous lighthouse!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "Aww...poor PC with low self image."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a picture
Floyd |   a skirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a pocket watch (closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear Margret, the letter says, which is not your name; I am very much
Floyd | looking forward to your visit. I have prepared a room in the inn for
Floyd | you. I was so excited to learn that my little boy had run off and had
Floyd | a child, I only wish that harlot he married hadn't waited thirteen
Floyd | years to tell me. You're going to love it on Akkoteaque Island. There
Floyd | are so few interesting people to get in the way of honest work.
Floyd | Signed, Grandma Catherine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Class."
		DavidW says, "Give that poor PC a kite, a hot chocolate, and a scraped knee."
		Jacqueline says, "IRTA give that poor PC a knife and was a little alarmed."
		HanonO says, "Awww...don't worry sweetheart, it gets better in college."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x picture" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a photograph of two people standing in front of a lighthouse.
Floyd | We're just going to assume it's the lighthouse on Akkoteaque. It's an
Floyd | old fashioned sort of lighthouse, very tall and narrow and striped in
Floyd | alternating bands of red and white. The picture was taken on a bright
Floyd | sunny day, so it's a picture of the lighthouse not being terribly
Floyd | useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | The two people are your parents, about fifteen years younger than you
Floyd | remember them.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something written on the back of it, too. At least, it's
Floyd | probably writing. It looks like:
Floyd |
Floyd | ┌─┬┐  ┌──┐  ┌┴─┐
Floyd | ├─┬┘  ├┬┬┤  ├┬─┤
Floyd | ├──┐  └─┬┘  └┬┴┤
Floyd | └─┬┐
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "Authors note: In an interpretter those are unicode."
		Blecki says, "Not ?s."
		DavidW says, "That's some interesting box-character art."
		HanonO says, "And that patter of rain sure is constant."
		DavidW says, "Fortunately, we don't need to know what it means in this intro."
		Jacqueline says (to Blecki), "I can see them."
		DavidW asks, "Are they chinese ideographs?"
		minghua asks, "Do we know the PC's name yet?"
		Jacqueline says, "It involves some settings which a lot of people don't have set on the ifMUD at first. But I can see them."
		Blecki says, "Hopefully they show up in your transcript then, I just see ?s."
		Jacqueline says (to minghua), "Don't think so."
		DavidW says (to minghua), "not-Margaret."
		Jacqueline says (to Blecki), "They will."
		Blecki says, "DavidW, they are not."
		Jacqueline says, "I see lots of little dashes, some of which are corners or Ts of various orientations."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x skirt" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | Your skirt is striped red and white and is of a respectable length.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shirt" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi-yah!" your shirt says. It has a picture of a kung-foo kangaroo on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x pocket-watch" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POCKET-WATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't recognise all of the words in that command.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "My guess during play was they were minimaps of somewhere."
		HanonO says, "I think the voice in this game is very strong. I liked the writing a lot."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x pocket watch" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POCKET WATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | This worn pocket watch used to be shining brass. Now it's mostly
Floyd | tarnish. It is engraved with the image of an owl on one side and your
Floyd | father's initials on the reverse. The watch is closed, so you can't
Floyd | read it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The angry pelican squawks, and then chucks a half eaten
Floyd | fish head onto the boardwalk. Out with the fish comes an
Floyd | old beeper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take beeper" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BEEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a nasty old beeper. Nobody uses these things anymore, but
Floyd | somehow, it still works. It has a little LCD display which reads "TRY
Floyd | TAKING THE MACKEREL".
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "you can try doing @field me = charset : iso-8859-1"
		DavidW says, "The beeper is ultra-cute."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open watch" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the pocket watch, revealing a tiny picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "or @field me = charset : utf8"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x picture" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the picture)
Floyd | This is a photograph of two people standing in front of a lighthouse.
Floyd | We're just going to assume it's the lighthouse on Akkoteaque. It's an
Floyd | old fashioned sort of lighthouse, very tall and narrow and striped in
Floyd | alternating bands of red and white. The picture was taken on a bright
Floyd | sunny day, so it's a picture of the lighthouse not being terribly
Floyd | useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | The two people are your parents, about fifteen years younger than you
Floyd | remember them.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's something written on the back of it, too. At least, it's
Floyd | probably writing. It looks like:
Floyd |
Floyd | ┌─┬┐  ┌──┐  ┌┴─┐
Floyd | ├─┬┘  ├┬┬┤  ├┬─┤
Floyd | ├──┐  └─┬┘  └┬┴┤
Floyd | └─┬┐
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "but it may break your client if it's nto set up to handle these characters"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x tiny picture" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TINY PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wallet-sized picture of you. It's a couple of years old so it's
Floyd | not really a good representation of you anymore. For example, in the
Floyd | picture you appear rather happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "or it may just display the wrong thing"
		Jacqueline says, "I am really digging the writing, Blecki."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take fish" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the fish head)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The half digested head of a fish that the angry pelican very
Floyd | nearly puked on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "Agreed, the writing was the strongest of all the entries."
		HanonO says, "This feels like an Infocom title."
		Jacqueline says, "You might consider varying the text about the rain, or making it not appear on every single turn."
		Blecki says, "well that's... uh. I'll had that disambiquation to my bug list."
		DavidW says, "fish head, fish head, roly poly fish head; fish head, fish head, eat them up, yum!"
		Nitku says, "And the world was the most vivid"
		Jacqueline says, "Fortunately, 'a constant patter of rain falls about you' is less memorable than 'you can smell the cheese'"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x pelican" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PELICAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You're pretty sure birds can scowl. You're looking at one doing it
Floyd | right now.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x henrico" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HENRICO
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you stands a short, balding, civil servant. Mr. Henrico has
Floyd | been your case worker for the last several months. He once told you to
Floyd | think of him as a father figure. You have disliked him ever since.
Floyd | He's not particularly pleasant, but he's good at paperwork and that's
Floyd | probably the most important characteristic of social workers.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I prefer to think 'Baby cries!' as the worst offender in the most repeated line in a work of IF."
		minghua says, "Hmm paperwork."
		Tale asks (of davidW), "What game was that?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x little man" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LITTLE MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't recognise all of the words in that command.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | On a boardwalk beside the sea
Floyd | This simple wooden pier juts into the sea. Pylons, evenly spaced,
Floyd | provide perches for cawing gulls. Coils of rope lie about
Floyd | here and there, and the occasional discarded fishing pole
Floyd | sways in the breeze. On the horizon there is a smudge that might be
Floyd | the island. Or a wave. It's hard to tell. You can't imagine
Floyd | how this could be any more boring. Or dreadful. Oh, and it has begun
Floyd | to rain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The angry pelican swivels its head back and forth, peering at
Floyd | you from many angles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hooded man stands here in a black rain coat with the hood
Floyd | concealing his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Henrico stands here looking very droll and boring.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a garish sign and a ferry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I don't remember that one."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x hooded man" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOODED MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The hooded man wears a long rain coat with a hood that hides
Floyd | his face. He's giving off some sort of vibe. You aren't sure which
Floyd | kind, but it's not the kind that makes you want to go and hug him.
Floyd | It's probably best to leave him alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "My nitpick here was this is an overstuffed smorgasbord of things to interact with for one location."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x ferry" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FERRY
Floyd |
Floyd | The ferry is a squat little boat with little cliche life
Floyd | savers hanging on the sides. The inflatable kind, not the hard
Floyd | candy. It's painted in very patriotic colors complete with little
Floyd | stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the ferry are a somber woman and a salty sea
Floyd | man.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Hanon), "Enh. In real life, there'd be things."
		Jacqueline says, "You'd have to look at them."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x rain coat" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAIN COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't recognise all of the words in that command.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "heeeeeee"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x salty" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SALTY
Floyd |
Floyd | [That's not something you can see now, or I misunderstood
Floyd | you.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sea man" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SEA MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The salty sea man is too far away to get a good look.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "I like the details of world in this game. The previous one is too barren for me."
		DavidW says, ">ask henrico about the death of feelings"
		HanonO says (to Jacq), "True...but I for some reason felt rushed. Even though the game wasn't doing it on purpose...I was holding up the boat to the island while I examined my inventory and made out with the pelican and practiced fishing..."
		Jacqueline says, "The previous game wasn't the same sort of game, I'm guessing."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, but in real life all of these examinations would take a second or so each."
		Jacqueline says, "That's just how IF is."
		Jacqueline says, "I get what you're saying, I'm just pointing out another view."
		HanonO says, "My impression may have also been exacerbated by the blue highlights. I'm like MUST GET THROUGH ALL THIS BEFORE LEAVING ON BOAT..."
		DavidW absorbs a box of Chewy bars.
		murphy_slaw asks, "hmm, i forget. in inform7 does "LOOK" take time by default?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh"
		Blecki says, "Yeah. I've been told the opposite as well - that there's no direction and the game should be telling you to get on the damn boat already."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x fishing pole" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FISHING POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone just left these fishing poles lying around. One of them looks
Floyd | to be in pretty good shape.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to MS), "I think it does, yes."
		Jacqueline says, "But you can change that, or vary it."
		murphy_slaw says, "yeah, need to remember to turn that off in my game :)"
		HanonO says, "You could possibly make the PC wait for the boat like 10-15 turns."
		Jacqueline exclaims (at minghua), "Steal one!"
		HanonO says, "That naturally gives you a reason to fidget and look at stuff."
		Jacqueline says, "I like the idea of looking taking no time."
		Jacqueline says, "And other things taking time."
		DavidW says (to Tale), "I think it was called Congratulations."
HanonO asks (of Jacq), "are you counting EXAMINE the same as looking?" 		Jacqueline says, "But then, you can get really into the weeds of minutia with simulating too much."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, next you begin to think, a minute per action is too arbitrary... sipping something only takes about ten seconds... and then you are on the path to madness."
		DavidW says, "please try fishing in this location. I never thought to try it early enough during my first playthrough."
		HanonO says, "Or possibly if the boat driver had to do some stuff and it wasn't you holding up the boat."
		Jacqueline says (to Hanon), "Yes."
		Jacqueline says, "I am, anyway."
minghua says (to Floyd), "take fishing pole" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FISHING POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a basic fishing pole. You can cast it anywhere you
Floyd | find a body of water. When a fish bites, reel it in. You
Floyd | could try different hooks, just tie them on. There are also different
Floyd | kinds of bait. Try baiting the hook with something.
Floyd | There is rusty hook on the end of the line.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x hook" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | [Which do you mean, the 1) hook or the 2) rusty
Floyd | hook?]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua asks, "Huh, where is the first hook?"
		murphy_slaw says, "mmm, other hook probably needs a descriptor"
		DavidW says, "um, I could say, but I don't think I should yet."
		Jacqueline asks, "On the line alreADY?"
		Jacqueline says, "oH."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x hook" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | [Which do you mean, the 1) hook or the 2) rusty
Floyd | hook?]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x not-rusty hook" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOT-RUSTY HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't recognise all of the words in that command.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "Numbered Disambiguation Choices."
		minghua says, "oh well."
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | On a boardwalk beside the sea
Floyd | This simple wooden pier juts into the sea. Pylons, evenly spaced,
Floyd | provide perches for cawing gulls. Coils of rope lie about
Floyd | here and there.On the horizon there is a smudge that might be the
Floyd | island. Or a wave. It's hard to tell. You can't imagine how
Floyd | this could be any more boring. Or dreadful. Oh, and it has begun to
Floyd | rain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The angry pelican swivels its head back and forth, peering at
Floyd | you from many angles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hooded man stands here in a black rain coat with the hood
Floyd | concealing his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Henrico stands here looking very droll and boring.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a garish sign and a ferry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x rope" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | There are a few coils of rope tossed about the pier. One looks
Floyd | interesting... No, never mind. It's just a coil of rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the coil of rope is a mackerel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x island" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ISLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | That smudge on the horizon might be the island. The tall thing
Floyd | sticking out of it, with the spinning light on the top, might be the
Floyd | lighthouse. It might also not be, but you have to admit that,
Floyd | at this point, it probably is.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		murphy_slaw says (to Jacq), "Mostly i don't want the player to fail timing-sensitive puzzles while reviewing their situation"
		DavidW says, "oh, is that where the mackerel is? I took it at the beeper's suggestion without seeing it first."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x coil of rope" 		Jacqueline says (to MS), "Yeah"

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COIL OF ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just a coil of rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the coil of rope is a mackerel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x mackerel" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACKEREL
Floyd |
Floyd | This fish is long and slender with striking black bands. Its silvery
Floyd | scales flash in the sun. It's about a foot long.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I thought the beeper meant the stinky fish head."
		DavidW says, "no, the beeper is an electronic tool."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, obligatory:"
		HanonO says, "The pelican clues the mackerel puzzle way too quickly."
		minghua asks, "What did the beeper say again?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "MACKEREL!"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x beeper" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a nasty old beeper. Nobody uses these things anymore, but
Floyd | somehow, it still works. It has a little LCD display which reads "TRY
Floyd | TAKING THE MACKEREL".
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Hanon), "Yeah"
minghua says (to Floyd), "take mackerel" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MACKEREL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rope" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x mackerel" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACKEREL
Floyd |
Floyd | This fish is long and slender with striking black bands. Its silvery
Floyd | scales flash in the sun. It's about a foot long.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell mackerel" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL MACKEREL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "search mackerel" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH MACKEREL
Floyd |
Floyd | This fish is long and slender with striking black bands. Its silvery
Floyd | scales flash in the sun. It's about a foot long.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "holy mackerel" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOLY MACKEREL
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x pole" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a basic fishing pole. You can cast it anywhere you
Floyd | find a body of water. When a fish bites, reel it in. You
Floyd | could try different hooks, just tie them on. There are also different
Floyd | kinds of bait. Try baiting the hook with something.
Floyd | There is rusty hook on the end of the line.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "Beeper is the in-world hint dispensor."
minghua says (to Floyd), "cast pole" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAST POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | [I can't understand your entire command: the first part might be
Floyd | an action I know, but I didn't expect the word "pole" next.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Which one would hope you could ignore, if you'd like."
		DavidW says, "just CAST"
minghua says (to Floyd), "cast" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't think you'll catch much without some bait, but it's worth a
Floyd | try. You cast your fishing line into the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are fishing. Wait for something to bite!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Something tugs on your line! Reel it in!
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "reel" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You reel in some line. The fish is really putting up a fight! Keep
Floyd | reeling it in!
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You caught a tomcod!
Floyd |
Floyd | This fish is fat and covered in dark mottling. It's sort of like a
Floyd | little pathetic version of a cod. It's about a foot long.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO asks (of Blecki,), "Question - Do you return to this location later in the game?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x tomcod" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOMCOD
Floyd |
Floyd | This fish is fat and covered in dark mottling. It's sort of like a
Floyd | little pathetic version of a cod. It's about a foot long.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think we should hold the boat up with our fishing."
		MTW says, "EAT IT"
		Blecki says, "Yeah, you can ignore it. The issue I'm having is that things are examined the first time you pick them up; and examining the beeper gives you a hint."
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask hooded man for rain coat" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HOODED MAN FOR RAIN COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | [Characters will only respond if asked about things or people you
Floyd | encounter in the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "But, it's also a real simple way to teach the player that the beeper gives hints."
		Jacqueline says (to Blecki), "You could disable that for the beeper."
		HanonO says, "ASK HOODED MAN FOR CONSTANT RAINCOAT"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x rusty hook" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RUSTY HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | This is your basic rusted old fishing hook. It's good for catching the
Floyd | boring sorts of fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Or you could make it so that X doesn't say what the beeper says, but rather the player must READ BEEPER to fing that out."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sulk" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SULK
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hook" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | [Which do you mean, the 1) hook or the 2) rusty
Floyd | hook?]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a tomcod
Floyd |   a coil of rope
Floyd |   a mackerel
Floyd |   a fishing pole (with the rusty hook)
Floyd |   a fish head
Floyd |   an old beeper
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a picture
Floyd |   a skirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a pocket watch (open)
Floyd |     a tiny picture
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hook" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | [Which do you mean, the 1) hook or the 2) rusty
Floyd | hook?]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask henrico about island" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HENRICO ABOUT ISLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've heard it's a very nice island," Mr. Henrico says. "I think you
Floyd | will like it there. Your grandmother will take good care of you."
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Mr. Henrico about your mother,
Floyd | your father, the accident or your
Floyd | grandmother.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Grr"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hook" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | [Which do you mean, the 1) hook or the 2) rusty
Floyd | hook?]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | The hook is too far away to get a good look.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "SING INSPIRING SONG ABOUT HOW YOU WON'T ALWAYS BE AN ORPHAN"
		Blecki says, "Yeah, but for everything else in the game, read, examine, and search are exactly the same."
		Blecki asks, "Did you guys turn on brief?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Interesting. Is that the distant look thing?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | [Characters will only respond if asked about things or people you
Floyd | encounter in the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "er, no"
		Jacqueline asks, "Why?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | [Akkoteaque 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 | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask henrico about grandmother" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HENRICO ABOUT GRANDMOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Henrico rubs his chin. "She seemed nice enough on the phone. You
Floyd | shouldn't worry about it. I'm sure the things your mother used to tell
Floyd | you about her were exaggeration."
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Mr. Henrico about your mother,
Floyd | your father or the accident.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "when u get to my game, search and examine are different, to me, you search with your hands, and examine with just your eyes"
		Jacqueline says (to MTW), "We'll do yours next week,"
		HanonO exclaims, "Here's where my personal issue with being late kicks in...we've delayed the boat for 45 minutes with our examining and fishing. It must just be me!"
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask henrico about my mom" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HENRICO ABOUT MY MOM
Floyd |
Floyd | [Characters will only respond if asked about things or people you
Floyd | encounter in the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "dats kewl, i would want everyone nice and fresh for it, lol"
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask henrico about my mother" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HENRICO ABOUT MY MOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | "I never met her, you know," Mr. Henrico says. "I know she told you
Floyd | some terrible things about your grandmother, but you really shouldn't
Floyd | let them scare you. She's your last living relative and she's kindly
Floyd | offered to take you on. Isn't this fantastic?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Mr. Henrico about your father or the
Floyd | accident.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask henrico about father" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HENRICO ABOUT FATHER
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know I know you're still carrying around that watch. What have I
Floyd | told you about moving on? You'll never be able to as long as you cling
Floyd | to things like that."
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Mr. Henrico about the accident.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "That's one of the things you need to teach the player right away; that searching gives different results."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Mr Henrico, screw you." 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MR HENRICO, SCREW YOU.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Characters will only respond if asked about things or people you
Floyd | encounter in the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO asks (of Blecki), "Were you inspired by A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS for this game?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask henrico about accident" 		Blecki says, "I have never read that."

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HENRICO ABOUT ACCIDENT
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's best not to dwell on these things," Mr. Henrico says. "I expect
Floyd | you know as much as I do already anyway. Car accident and all that.
Floyd | Very tragic. But lets not dwell. It won't bring your parents back."
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind to discuss with Mr. Henrico
Floyd | right now.
Floyd | (You've previously asked Mr. Henrico about
Floyd | Akkoteaque, your mother, your father, the
Floyd | accident and your grandmother.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to HanonO), "well, because Henrico and all the other NPCs aren't trying to push me onto the ferry sooner, I figured I could delay as long as I wanted."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes, let's not dwell. I do not like this man."
		HanonO says, "I just have a phobia of being late."
		Jacqueline says, "Grandma will probably be worse, but lets get away from him."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask henrico about lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HENRICO ABOUT LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't like lighthouses," Mr. Henrico says. "Too tall, and too
Floyd | bright."
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind to discuss with Mr. Henrico
Floyd | right now.
Floyd | (You've previously asked Mr. Henrico about
Floyd | Akkoteaque, your mother, your father, the
Floyd | accident and your grandmother.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask henrico about henrico" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HENRICO ABOUT HENRICO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Never really thought I was cut out for this sort of thing," Mr.
Floyd | Henrico muses, as if he hadn't actually heard you ask anything. "Going
Floyd | to call this one a rousing success, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind to discuss with Mr. Henrico
Floyd | right now.
Floyd | (You've previously asked Mr. Henrico about
Floyd | Akkoteaque, your mother, your father, the
Floyd | accident and your grandmother.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x ferry" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FERRY
Floyd |
Floyd | The ferry is a squat little boat with little cliche life
Floyd | savers hanging on the sides. The inflatable kind, not the hard
Floyd | candy. It's painted in very patriotic colors complete with little
Floyd | stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the ferry are a somber woman and a salty sea
Floyd | man.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Ugh. Do. Not. Want."
		HanonO says (to Blecki), "You should read a couple of those. They are ostensibly children's books, but very short and really had the same vibe as your game does."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get on boat" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        0/55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The angry pelican won't move out of the way. It's standing
Floyd | right in the perfect spot to stop you and it's doing so in a very
Floyd | angry way. Your mother always tells you how angry you get when you're
Floyd | hungry. Maybe you should feed the fish to the pelican.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give mackerel to pelican" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        1/56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE MACKEREL TO PELICAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The bird snatches the fish from your hand and almost takes some
Floyd | fingers too. Still looks just as angry, but at least it moves out of
Floyd | the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, is that what the pelican blocks. I did wonder."
		HanonO says (to Blecki), "...or maybe not if you're the type who will subconsciously crib stuff without intending."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get on boat" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        1/57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The coil of rope is far too heavy to carry around.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Blecki says, "That's everyone, man. Good artists copy. Great artists steal."
		Jacqueline says, "I think that needs so disambiguation."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        1/58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | On a boardwalk beside the sea
Floyd | This simple wooden pier juts into the sea. Pylons, evenly spaced,
Floyd | provide perches for cawing gulls. On the horizon there is a smudge
Floyd | that might be the island. Or a wave. It's hard to tell. You
Floyd | can't imagine how this could be any more boring. Or dreadful. Oh, and
Floyd | it has begun to rain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The angry pelican swivels its head back and forth, peering at
Floyd | you from many angles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hooded man stands here in a black rain coat with the hood
Floyd | concealing his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Henrico stands here looking very droll and boring.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a garish sign and a ferry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x island" 		DavidW says, "I didn't see anything revealed by the moved pelican and I was confused."

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        1/59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ISLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | That smudge on the horizon might be the island. The tall thing
Floyd | sticking out of it, with the spinning light on the top, might be the
Floyd | lighthouse. It might also not be, but you have to admit that,
Floyd | at this point, it probably is.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        1/60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The ferry is a squat little boat with little cliche life
Floyd | savers hanging on the sides. The inflatable kind, not the hard
Floyd | candy. It's painted in very patriotic colors complete with little
Floyd | stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the ferry are a somber woman and a salty sea
Floyd | man.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Which way is the boat?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        1/61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        1/62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "Perhaps describe the pelican as nesting in the coil of rope."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter boat" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        1/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The coil of rope is far too heavy to carry around.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "You had it."
		Jacqueline asks, "I did?"
		Blecki says, "Yep."
minghua says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        1/64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a tomcod
Floyd |   a coil of rope
Floyd |   a fishing pole (with the rusty hook)
Floyd |   a fish head
Floyd |   an old beeper
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a picture
Floyd |   a skirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a pocket watch (open)
Floyd |     a tiny picture
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "drop rope" 		

Floyd ]  On a boardwalk beside the sea                        1/65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "get on boat" 		

Floyd ]  On the sea                                           1/66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the ferry.
Floyd |
Floyd | The somber woman hides herself under her wide sun hat. Every
Floyd | time you look at her, she's just then turning away.
Floyd |
Floyd | The salty sea man mills about, doing something to his boat.
Floyd | You can't tell what, but it seems to involve pushing dirt about with a
Floyd | rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the ferry powers up to pull away from the dock, the angry
Floyd | pelican hops from the boardwalk to the ferry. Apparently, the
Floyd | bird is too lazy to fly to the island itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "First time on the island, isn't it?" the salty sea man asks.
Floyd | "Well, I hope you like it. It's not a terribly big island and hardly
Floyd | anyone visits anymore. Yep, because the only way there is a ride in my
Floyd | ferry!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The salty sea man asks, "So lass, you got any questions
Floyd | before we get there? Now's your chance to ask."
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask the salty sea man about himself,
Floyd | Akkoteaque, the treasure, the ferry, the
Floyd | the angry pelican or the hook.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW now has significantly s'less s'mores.
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, oh. I see."
		Jacqueline says, "See, the game could put that down for you."
		Jacqueline says, "I thought it was confusing 'get on boat' with 'get rope attached to the boat' or something."
		DavidW says, "I see you guys escaped my delay with too-heavy rope trap. Curses."
		minghua asks, "Treasue!?"
		Blecki says, "Treasure shouldn't be familiar already. Stop finding new bugs."
		DavidW says, "yes, the topics system needs some fine-tuning."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "The TREASURE?!"
		minghua asks, "What about hook?"
		DavidW says, "Ask the man about himself; he'll mention it then."
		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe check out the Simple Chat extension?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask sea man about himself" 		

Floyd ]  On the sea                                           1/67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEA MAN ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who, me?" the salty sea man asks. "I'm Captain Spider.  I
Floyd | drive the ferry back and forth. It's really boring and I hate it. Only
Floyd | do it cause of that treasure."
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Captain Spider about Akkoteaque, the
Floyd | treasure, the ferry, the the angry pelican
Floyd | or the hook.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Captain SPIDER? Cool."
		DavidW says, "And examine the man too."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x sea man" 		

Floyd ]  On the sea                                           1/68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SEA MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider chews on a pipe yellowed from long
Floyd | years of use.  He wears a long beard on a deeply lined face.
Floyd | Your overall impression of Captain Spider is one of
Floyd | shabbiness. It is possible that the newest thing he wears is the brass
Floyd | fishing hook he has used as a button to hold his shirt
Floyd | closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask spider about treasure" 		

Floyd ]  On the sea                                           1/69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SPIDER ABOUT TREASURE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yep, treasure. Buried right here on this island too. I know it's here
Floyd | because I found an ancient key. I know it's somewhere above
Floyd | that cave on the beach.. ah, I've said too much already!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Captain Spider about Akkoteaque, the
Floyd | ferry, the the angry pelican or the hook.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Yeah, last time he was too far away to see clearly."
		DavidW says, "see, there's the 2nd hook. It's on him."
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Ah, I've said too much already!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the hook" 		

Floyd ]  On the sea                                           1/69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT THE HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | [Which do you mean, the 1) rusty hook or the 2)
Floyd | hook?]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  On the sea                                           1/70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hook?" Captain Spider asks. "What hook? This? Why, this
Floyd | isn't even mine."
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider removes the hook from his shirt and does up
Floyd | the buttons instead. He gives the hook to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Captain Spider about Akkoteaque, the
Floyd | ferry or the the angry pelican.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua exclaims, "Yay new hook!"
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask captain about pelican" 		

Floyd ]  On the sea                                           1/71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAPTAIN ABOUT PELICAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider says, "That damn bird? Laziest thing I ever
Floyd | saw. We all call her Shoo. As in... shoo."
Floyd |
Floyd | A constant patter of rain falls about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The wind picks up and suddenly, rather than a moderate chop, waves
Floyd | smash against the ferry from all sides. Lightning flashes from the sky
Floyd | and rain pours from the heaven in torrents between the rolling
Floyd | thunder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Going to be a bit of chop," Captain Spider says. Your
Floyd | stomach does not like this news at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Captain Spider about Akkoteaque or
Floyd | the ferry.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think 'pissy pelican' should be a synonym. It's just more alliterative."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x pelican" 		

Floyd ]  On the sea                                           1/72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PELICAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You're pretty sure birds can scowl. You're looking at one doing it
Floyd | right now.
Floyd | Half a fish hangs from the pelican's beak. Normally, this situation
Floyd | would make a pelican pretty happy. Not this pelican.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rain and wind lash out of the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about a personal floatation device I could wear" 		

Floyd ]  On the sea                                           1/73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT A PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICE I COULD WEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | [Characters will only respond if asked about things or people you
Floyd | encounter in the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rain and wind lash out of the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x fish" 		

Floyd ]  On the sea                                           1/73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | [Which do you mean, the 1) tomcod or the 2) fish
Floyd | head?]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about pfd" 		

Floyd ]  On the sea                                           1/74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT PFD
Floyd |
Floyd | [Characters will only respond if asked about things or people you
Floyd | encounter in the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rain and wind lash out of the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
		Jacqueline says, "I feel very unsafe now."
		Blecki asks, "pfd?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x floating device" 		

Floyd ]  On the sea                                           1/74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOATING DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't recognise all of the words in that command.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There was no safety briefing before we left, as required by Coast Guard regulations."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x ferry" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FERRY
Floyd |
Floyd | The ferry is a squat little boat with little cliche life
Floyd | savers hanging on the sides. The inflatable kind, not the hard
Floyd | candy. It's painted in very patriotic colors complete with little
Floyd | stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the ferry are Shoo, a somber woman and
Floyd | Captain Spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rain and wind lash out of the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bolt of lightning stabs out of the sky and strikes the lighthouse.
Floyd | For a moment, while the bolt is etched across your vision, nothing
Floyd | happens, then the sound comes rolling over the boat and makes
Floyd | everything shake. Behind the thunder comes another sound, an
Floyd | electrical popping, and the lighthouse seems to glow at the base. At
Floyd | it's top, the light vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your stomach has had it with the waves. You rush to the railing as
Floyd | your lunch rushes up your throat, and then you don't do much of
Floyd | interest besides puke your guts out for the rest of the trip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press any key..

		HanonO says, "The nitpicky critiques are because the game is so full and detailed, I hope Blecki knows."
		MTW says, "I NEED AN ADULT"
		Jacqueline says (to Blecki), "Personal Floatation Device."
		DavidW says, "Don't worry. The drowning is very quick."
		Jacqueline says, "i.e. A life jacket."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "snrk"
		HanonO says, "Pelican is inflatable."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get pelican" 		

Floyd | Press any key..
Floyd |
Floyd | Akkoteaque
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Anthony Casteel
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130710 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Press any key...

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/75
Floyd | Press any key...## On a small pier
Floyd | This little wooden dock has definitely seen better days, but still
Floyd | seems to be going strong. It juts into the sea from the base of a
Floyd | cliff. Many seagulls wheel about in the sky above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider stands at the controls of the ferry.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a ferry and a gas can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You all right lass?" Captain Spider asks. "Had a touch of
Floyd | sea sickness, you did. We're here, anyway. Best damn island this side
Floyd | of Delmarva."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "HanonO, you have no idea how frustrating it is to watch little errors that have been fixed since then crop up."
		Jacqueline asks, "What happened?"
		DavidW says, "The banner showed up."
		minghua says, "There is a life saver."
		HanonO says, "Late credits drop YES."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, but ... oh, okay."
		Blecki says, "You puked."
		MTW says, "the was sudden"
		Jacqueline exclaims (at minghua), "True!"
		Jacqueline says, "I just tried to get the inflatable penguin and then suddenly I was on the other side, devoid of my lunch."
		DavidW says, "I want to ask Captain about Delmarva, but it's not a topic."
		Jacqueline asks, "Delmarva?"
		MTW says, "that is so weird, im ON delmarva right now"
		Blecki says, "Jacq yeah it's timed."
		MTW says, "delaware md va"
		DavidW | Best damn island this side of Delmarva
		Jacqueline says, "Ah"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x gas can" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAS CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected about the gas can.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gas can contains gasoline.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That's a contraction of three states' names? I never heard it before."
		Jacqueline says, "Evidently."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x seagulls" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SEAGULLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Many gulls circle overhead hoping you might drop some scrap for them.
Floyd | One of them keeps returning to a narrow cleft in the face of
Floyd | the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "its all of DE, a piece of MD and a piece of VA"
		Blecki says, "It's the pointy part of virginia."
		HanonO says, "Those wacky nor'easters"
		MTW says, "ppl around here call it DelMarVa"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x cleft" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLEFT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a narrow cleft in the cliff just wide enough for a gull to
Floyd | scamper through. It looks like one of them as built a nest in
Floyd | there. It's not very high.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "Also don't call it the northeast. They will murder you."
		MTW says, "but ppl around here also drink gasoline for dinner"
		Blecki says, "IT IS THE SOUTH."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x nest" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NEST
Floyd |
Floyd | The nest is too far away to get a good look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO asks, "The south of what?"
		MTW says, "techincally the south, yes"
		MTW says, "mason dixon line"
		HanonO asks, "Southern Maine?"
		MTW says, "maryland"
		MTW says, "maine is ME"
		DavidW says, "so possessive"
minghua says (to Floyd), "climb cliff" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | [That can't be climbed in that way. Sometimes a direction like
Floyd | "up" or "down" works instead.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW exclaims, "im not possessive i JUST WANT EVERYTHING FOR ME!"
		DavidW says, "hee"
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask captain about seagulls" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAPTAIN ABOUT SEAGULLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider doesn't have anything specific to say about
Floyd | the gulls.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Captain Spider about Akkoteaque or
Floyd | the ferry.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask captain about akkoteaque" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAPTAIN ABOUT AKKOTEAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Island has always just been in the way," Captain Spider
Floyd | says. "Nothing but a bunch of rocks and cliffs. They go straight up,
Floyd | all the way down, so when a ship hits it they don't hang around, no
Floyd | way. Lighthouse is kind of important."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Captain Spider about the ferry.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Obviously a ClimbComp is wanted."
		DavidW says, "I've rarely seen so many so eager to climb something, anything."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The lighthouse is painted in alternating bands of red and white. At
Floyd | the top, there is a metal walkway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "A competition where every game has the same transcript: Climb"
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask captain about ferry" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAPTAIN ABOUT FERRY
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider says, "This here is my ship. Ain't much of a
Floyd | ship, no, but she my ship."
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind to discuss with Captain
Floyd | Spider right now.
Floyd | (You've previously asked Captain Spider about
Floyd | himself, Akkoteaque, the treasure, the
Floyd | ferry, Shoo and the hook.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "And IF rarely just lets you go get a kitchen chair and reach something like in real life."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x life saver" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIFE SAVER
Floyd |
Floyd | [That's not something you can see now, or I misunderstood
Floyd | you.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x ferry" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FERRY
Floyd |
Floyd | The ferry is a squat little boat with little cliche life
Floyd | savers hanging on the sides. The inflatable kind, not the hard
Floyd | candy. It's painted in very patriotic colors complete with little
Floyd | stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the ferry is Shoo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x life savers" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIFE SAVERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The life savers is too far away to get a good look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "The Life Saver is fruit-flavored."
		minghua says, "Gah."
		DavidW says, "I wouldn't be restrictive like that. Just that each game must support the verb CLIMB at least once."
		murphy_slaw | > CLIMB CHAIR
		murphy_slaw | You can't climb that.
		minghua asks, "So, EAST?"
		murphy_slaw | > MOUNT WILDEBEEST
		Jacqueline says, "I am once again reminded of my favorite bug in a game: I was testing Fine Tuned, and there was a tree, and I said 'climb' and the game asked 'climb what?' and I said 'tree', but Jerz had forgotten to turn off the testing verbs, so the game gave me a list of every object in the game."
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		Blecki says, "Nice."
		murphy_slaw | You teeter precariously on the back of the wildebeest. You can reach the CHANDELIER now.
		DavidW says, "east is okay for me"
		HanonO says, "My game shall be called TOWER OF SUPPORTERS."
		MTW says, "lol"
		MTW says, "mine will be Corporate Ladder: The Game"
		DavidW says, "Athletic"
		minghua says, "I bet the pelican is going to block us again, though."
		HanonO says, "EATS, SHOOTS, AND LADDERS"
minghua says (to Floyd), "east" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south
Floyd |   east
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "west" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/89
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On a small pier
Floyd | This little wooden dock has definitely seen better days, but still
Floyd | seems to be going strong. It juts into the sea from the base of a
Floyd | cliff. Many seagulls wheel about in the sky above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider mills about, doing something to his boat. You
Floyd | can't tell what, but it seems to involve pushing dirt about with a
Floyd | rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a ferry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go east (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "let me do some fishing first..."
minghua says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/90
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a gas can
Floyd |   a hook charm
Floyd |   a tomcod
Floyd |   a fishing pole (with the rusty hook)
Floyd |   a fish head
Floyd |   an old beeper
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a picture
Floyd |   a skirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a pocket watch (open)
Floyd |     a tiny picture
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x hook charm" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/91
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOOK CHARM
Floyd |
Floyd | A small brass fishing hook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take rusty hook from pole" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RUSTY HOOK FROM POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | [That isn't available.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "that was the hook that the Captain gave us."
minghua says (to Floyd), "remove rusty hook from pole" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE RUSTY HOOK FROM POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | [That isn't available.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "the hook charm, I mean"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "take rusty hook" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RUSTY HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "untie rusty hook" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNTIE RUSTY HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/95
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a rusty hook
Floyd |   a gas can
Floyd |   a hook charm
Floyd |   a tomcod
Floyd |   a fishing pole (with no hook at all)
Floyd |   a fish head
Floyd |   an old beeper
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a picture
Floyd |   a skirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a pocket watch (open)
Floyd |     a tiny picture
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "UNITE RUSTY HOOK"
Nitku leaves. 		
minghua says (to Floyd), "tie hook charm to pole" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE HOOK CHARM TO POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You tie the hook charm to the end of your fishing line.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "cast" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't think you'll catch much without some bait, but it's worth a
Floyd | try. You cast your fishing line into the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are fishing. Wait for something to bite!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/98
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Something tugs on your line! Reel it in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "reel" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      1/99
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You caught some sea-weed! You, uh, throw it back..
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua -(
		Blecki says, "The hooks are technically out of play when on the pole so things like taking them only work if I've 'fixed' them."
		Blecki says, "Obviously I missed whatver action 'take from' leads to."
		minghua says, "Okay, east this time."
minghua says (to Floyd), "east" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south
Floyd |   east
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "removing, I think"
		HanonO asks, "It's not just 'take'?"
		DavidW says, "'take' is taking"
		minghua asks (of Blecki), "Did you mean "things other than taking them" won't work until you fix them?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x vines" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/101
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | Vines are thick upon the rock walls. Thousands of tiny pink and white
Floyd | flowers cover the vines everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x rocks" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/101
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't recognise all of the words in that command.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "more climbing!"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb vines" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/102
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | The vines pull away from the rock walls too easily. You'd never be
Floyd | able to climb up them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "pull vines" 		Blecki says, "More or less. I think 'take' is the only action I actually fixed."

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/103
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the vines an experimental tug. They aren't anchored all that
Floyd | strongly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "but it knew I wanted to climb 'em"
		HanonO says, "LICK VINES"
		Blecki says, "Have to put the hook in scope and then fake it."
minghua says (to Floyd), "take vines" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | [That is just scenery, and can't be taken.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vine" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE VINE
Floyd |
Floyd | >TAKE VINES
Floyd | [That is just scenery, and can't be taken.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "hang on vines" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HANG ON VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW asks, "did we try PULL?"
		Blecki says, "I consider the 'just scenery' message a bug and will erradicate it."
		minghua says, "We did pull, nothing much happened."
		HanonO says, "Yes, experimental tug. Like in college."
		MTW says, "sorry, i was afk for a sec"
		DavidW says, "ah, no making nooses and macrame with the vines."
		minghua asks, "So, NORTH or EAST?"
		minghua says, "I mean SOUTH or EAST"
		Jacqueline says, "Wait, if it's just scenery, perhaps we should absorb it."
		HanonO exclaims, "Snrrrk!"
		MTW says, "lol"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "eat fish" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | [Which do you mean, the 1) tomcod or the 2) fish
Floyd | head?]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "Perhaps there's a trap door under the vines."
Blecki says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You had sushi once. It was disgusting. You've since learned that raw
Floyd | fish is technically sashimi, not sushi. It's still disgusting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, let's hit Shoo with the homonym paddle."
		Blecki says, "She would turn into a vague wiggly sphere that wants you to leave."
		minghua says, "eat vines"
		DavidW says, "a shoe, silly"
minghua says (to Floyd), "eat vines" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can't consume the vines, or that's not the way
Floyd | to do so.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "Oh, right."
		HanonO says, "RUB VINES"
minghua says (to Floyd), "rub vines" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUB VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | [Rubbing the vines would have no effect in these
Floyd | circumstances.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "Now you understand why I can't finish Counterfeit Monkey."
minghua says (to Floyd), "lick vines" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LICK VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "BUY VINES A DRINK"
minghua says (to Floyd), "taste vines" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TASTE VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | You taste nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "smell vines" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "search vines" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | Vines are thick upon the rock walls. Thousands of tiny pink and white
Floyd | flowers cover the vines everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "We could shoot the vines with the AntiVampire gun and TASTE WINES"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x take flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAKE FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | [That's not something you can see now, or I misunderstood
Floyd | you.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              1/112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | [That is just scenery, and can't be taken.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Breaking news: The most interesting vines in the world discovered on small island Akkoteaque. News at 11."
		MTW says, "heeeeeeee"
		minghua says, "I'm going east if no one objects."
		HanonO says, "In other news, a litigation was filed by some Akkoteaquean vines, claiming a sexual harassment suit against a ragtag party of adventurers."
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               1/113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | At a crossing of paths
Floyd | This is where the paths crossing the island meet. There's not much
Floyd | here besides some grass and some assorted shrubbery.
Floyd |
Floyd | The somber woman hides herself under her wide sun hat. Every
Floyd | time you look at her, she's just then turning away.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a raft of ducks here. They seem preoccupied with
Floyd | their own internal politics and haven't any attention to spare for
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a sign post and a tourist board
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   north
Floyd |   south
Floyd |   east
Floyd |   west (to Climbing a narrow stair)
Floyd |
Floyd | Shoo barrels into you and knocks you flat on your back. You
Floyd | drop everything you're holding.
Floyd | Shoo stands on your chest and peers at you over its immense
Floyd | beak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Damn bird."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x shoo" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               1/114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHOO
Floyd |
Floyd | This bird is standing on your chest and staring at you. It has tiny,
Floyd | glaring little eyes that you make you want to hit it right in the
Floyd | face.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "ABSORB SHOO"
		MTW says, "i hate to be picky but there're no pelicans on delmarva"
		HanonO asks (of MTW), "couldn't it take the boat?"
		Blecki asks, "Have you considered that that is why it is so angry?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "wrestle shoo" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               1/114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRESTLE SHOO
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW asks, "can someone tell the pelican that?"
		HanonO says, "CREATE STYLISH HAT USING PELICAN"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say shoo shoo" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               1/114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SHOO SHOO
Floyd |
Floyd | [Whom do you want to say that to?]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
HanonO SHOO, SHOO 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say shoo to shoo" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               1/115
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SHOO TO SHOO
Floyd |
Floyd | That's it, you're going to hit that bird!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "There are, however, a large number of very aggressive geese."
		minghua asks, "So we hit shoo?"
		HanonO says, "He's asking for it."
minghua says (to Floyd), "hit shoo" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/116
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT SHOO
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the pelican a very satisfying smack. Shoo squawks
Floyd | and flops off of you. Then something else catches Shoo's eye.
Floyd | She snatches the pocket watch, swallows it, and vanishes into
Floyd | the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks for playing the beginning of Akkoteaque! There's lots more to
Floyd | do on the island. I agonized for a while, but eventually decided I'd
Floyd | rather cut the game short then let players loose on a largely
Floyd | unfinished island. Here's what you can expect from the finished
Floyd | game...
Floyd |
Floyd | -Explore the lighthouse, the Lighthouse Inn, and the rest of the
Floyd | island.. including a spooky graveyard!
Floyd | -Be terrorized by a crazed pelican!
Floyd | -Meet lots of interesting characters, like Alabaster, the plaster
Floyd | salesman and amateur paranormal investigator!
Floyd | -Dig up a buried treasure!
Floyd | -Find out why your grandmother is so horrible!
Floyd | -Catch fish!
Floyd | -Solve lots of puzzles!
Floyd | -Find dozens of ciphered messages and probably never manage to decode
Floyd | them!
Floyd |
Floyd | I hope you enjoyed Akkoteaque. I'm always looking for more testers.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm going to let you back into the world now. Why don't you try
Floyd | fishing? The fish head makes excellent bait.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by four points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "Ohgod, if there's geese I'm out."
		HanonO exclaims, "huzzah!"
		Blecki says, "That's the end! There is at least one thing you can go back and still do, however, if you want to do that."
		DavidW says, "I did quite a bit more after this point."
		HanonO says, "The pelican is great. A source of much low comedy."
		minghua says, "Ah, I forgot the bait when fishing."
		HanonO exclaims, "You should award a point for SHOO, SHOO though!"
		Blecki says, "Speaking of"
Blecki says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/116
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have scored
Floyd |   1 point for giving a mackerel to the pelican;
Floyd |   4 points for hitting that bird right in the face;
Floyd | out of a possible 42 points.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've caught tomcod On a boardwalk beside the sea.
Floyd | You haven't caught anything On the sea.
Floyd | You haven't caught anything On a small pier.
Floyd | You haven't caught anything In an overgrown graveyard.
Floyd | You haven't caught anything On a small crescent of perfect sand.
Floyd | You haven't caught anything On a little rock shelf hanging over the
Floyd | sea.
Floyd | You haven't yet caught a striped bass, a bluefish, a flounder, a
Floyd | rainbow smelt, a cod, a haddock, a pollock, a herring, a salmon, a
Floyd | brown trout, an ocean pout, a tautog, a longhorn sculpin, a cunner, a
Floyd | shad, a white perch, a skate, a dogfish, a monkfish, a cusk, a
Floyd | redfish, a wolffish or a mackerel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "That's a lot of fish."
		Jacqueline says, "hrh"
		Jacqueline says, "er, heh. Not hurr, hurr, hurr."
		HanonO asks, "42 points available in the snippet?"
		Blecki says, "No."
		Jacqueline says, "Total, I'm guessing."
		Blecki says, "er. 9, in this, I think."
		DavidW says, "well, every passageway is blocked by a pelican, so you'll need all those fish."
		Blecki says, "X total. '42' is the answer to a different question."
		HanonO asks, "Is it the same pelican?"
		DavidW says, "yes. It teleports. Space pelican."
		Blecki asks, "Oh yeah, why do you think it's called Shoo?"
		HanonO says, "Good. Keeps the cast budget low."
		HanonO says, "I certainly also hope there's a cathartic pelican comeuppance scene."
		minghua asks, "Don't pelican actors have some 4-hour-per-day work rules like kid actors?"
		HanonO says (to minghua), "You have to double them and switch out like twins."
		DavidW says, "It was banished to Earth by the pelican gods, and won't be allowed home until it receives the love of a young human."
		Blecki says, "Thankfully all pelicans are about the same."
		HanonO says, "RUB PELICAN"
		DavidW says, "Or at least 20 fish, whichever comes first."
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks for sticking around for this, Blecki."
		Blecki says, "They are all pissed."
		Blecki asks, "Jcq, why would I miss being the center of attention??"
		Jacqueline says, "So, more IntroComp next week! I'll work on getting the ChoiceScript game playable on Floyd, hopefully."
		HanonO says, "Or the pelican should save you from the evil man, like Lassie."
		Jacqueline says (to Blecki), "Perish the thought."
Blecki says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              5/117
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/118
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff
Floyd | This shack is built right onto the side of the cliff, physics be
Floyd | damned. It's rather damp, likely due to it being suspended over the
Floyd | sea, but otherwise it's quite nice. There are some nautical themed
Floyd | posters on the walls and a little window that looks
Floyd | out over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ladder, a bed and a rusty
Floyd | table (on which are a sinker and an ancient
Floyd | key) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go north (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "tons of stuff in this location"
		minghua says, "Yeah, I chose east instead of south."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x posters" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/119
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Several posters decorate the walls. There is one showing some kind of
Floyd | tall ship, another that appears to be a random assortment of
Floyd | lighthouses, and another that is clearly a map of
Floyd | this very island.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "looks like the captain's home."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | This poster appears to be a map of the island. The lighthouse is
Floyd | marked prominently on it. Attached to the lighthouse is the inn. To
Floyd | the west is the jetty where you landed on the island. To the south is
Floyd | a little chapel, and to the east, a little beach. Someone has drawn a
Floyd | little arrow pointing north on the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yup"
		DavidW says, "darn lag"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/121
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The window looks out over the sea. Gentle waves roll by far below.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x ladder" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/122
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected about the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Who knows what my innocent 'yup' might appear in response to now?"
		HanonO says (to DavidW), "It was definitely LICK PELICAN."
		minghua asks, "to my question about the owner of this place?"
		DavidW says (to minghua), "yes"
minghua says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/123
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber up the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/124
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff (on the
Floyd | ladder)
Floyd | This shack is built right onto the side of the cliff, physics be
Floyd | damned. It's rather damp, likely due to it being suspended over the
Floyd | sea, but otherwise it's quite nice. There are some nautical themed
Floyd | posters on the walls and a little window that looks
Floyd | out over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a bed and a rusty table (on which are a
Floyd | sinker and an ancient key) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go north (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "MORE CLIMBING"
minghua says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/125
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | [You're already on the ladder.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "That shack - straight out of SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS."
		minghua exclaims, "HIGHER!"
		Blecki says, "HANONO I SWEAR I HAVE NOT READ THEM."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/126
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | A basic and neatly-made bed. The bed spread is striped white and blue.
Floyd | Very nautical.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO exclaims, "I'm just saying! Not accusing. I enjoy the vibe!"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x rusty table" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/127
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RUSTY TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This cast iron table has intricate filigrees and is spotted all over
Floyd | in rust.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the rusty table are a sinker and an ancient
Floyd | key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x sinker" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/128
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINKER
Floyd |
Floyd | This hook has a big weight on it so it goes straight to the bottom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Hmm, that kind of sinker."
		HanonO exclaims, "If the shack were inhabited by a terrifiedly cautious safety-conscious woman, then you'd have problems!"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x ancient key" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/129
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ANCIENT KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected about the ancient key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Except 1) ancient, 2) treasure."
		minghua says (to HanonO), "You should notice I haven't take anything yet..."
minghua says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          5/130
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff
Floyd | This shack is built right onto the side of the cliff, physics be
Floyd | damned. It's rather damp, likely due to it being suspended over the
Floyd | sea, but otherwise it's quite nice. There are some nautical themed
Floyd | posters on the walls and a little window that looks
Floyd | out over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ladder, a bed and a rusty
Floyd | table (on which are a sinker and an ancient
Floyd | key) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go north (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua asks, "So this is all the places? Just take the sinker and do more fishing?"
		Blecki says, "I'm curious about that ming. Most people would just grab everything."
		Blecki says, "There's something else to find, and two characters to talk to."
		DavidW says, "I'm sure the captain will be totally okay with us taking everything he possesses."
		HanonO says, "Check to see if the ocean is filled with carnivorous fish."
		minghua says (to Blecki), "Some stupid morality thing I guess, always feel guilty sweeping places in games."
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              5/131
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, there's another NPC to talk to and something that can be found"
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/132
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | At a crossing of paths
Floyd | This is where the paths crossing the island meet. There's not much
Floyd | here besides some grass and some assorted shrubbery.
Floyd |
Floyd | The somber woman hides herself under her wide sun hat. Every
Floyd | time you look at her, she's just then turning away.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a raft of ducks here. They seem preoccupied with
Floyd | their own internal politics and haven't any attention to spare for
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an old beeper, a gas can, a
Floyd | fishing pole (with the hook charm), a
Floyd | picture, a letter, a tomcod, a fish
Floyd | head, a rusty hook, a sign post and a
Floyd | tourist board here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   north
Floyd |   south
Floyd |   east
Floyd |   west (to Climbing a narrow stair)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/133
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, the rest of the island isn't ready yet. You could try fishing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/134
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, the rest of the island isn't ready yet. Captain
Floyd | Spideris just to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/135
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, the rest of the island isn't ready yet. Why don't you talk to
Floyd | the somber woman?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "talk to woman" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/136
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to the somber woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask the somber woman about herself, the
Floyd | lighthouse, the hook charm, the bracelet or
Floyd | the fire hydrant charm.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/137
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | This woman wears a wide sun hat, a nondescript pale dress,
Floyd | and a very grim expression. Her nose combines with the set of
Floyd | her mouth in a very unfortunate way. It's not hard to imagine that her
Floyd | hat is pointy, and her cheeks warty. She's wearing a silver
Floyd | bracelet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua asks (of Blecki), "More conversation topics that are revealed too early?"
		DavidW says, "She weighs the same as a duck too. One can tell."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Blecki says, "No, you've seen all those things."
		DavidW says, "Not the charms we haven't."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x sun hat" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/138
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SUN HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | It is the sort of hat a tourist thinks they have to wear in the sun
Floyd | just because it has "sun" in the name. Actually the hat would function
Floyd | perfectly well at its intended purpose; that is, hiding the somber
Floyd | woman's bad hair day; even under overcast skies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "The problem is probably just the ones in her description. Inform thinks they've been seen since she's wearing the bracelet."
		DavidW says, "That's not Inform doing it but one of the extensions"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x nose" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | She probably has a hard time taking that nose on airplanes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "DavidW, you're holding one of the charms. The other may have been hidden, but it still entered scope and got flagged familiar."
		DavidW says, "It's still an error."
		minghua asks, "Hmm, what does that suppose to mean? A dangerous nose?"
		Blecki says, "DavidW, yeah, episitemology. I'm going to have to hack it up probably."
		Binder says, "Big, I'd think. Like oversized luggage."
		Blecki says, "And pointy."
		minghua says (to Binder), "Ahh, I see, thanks."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman about herself" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/140
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT HERSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who, me? I'm Elizabeth, if it's that important to you."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Elizabeth about the lighthouse, the
Floyd | hook charm, the bracelet or the fire hydrant
Floyd | charm.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x bracelet" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/141
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRACELET
Floyd |
Floyd | A silver charm bracelet of braided cord. There aren't any charms on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW asks, "woman about lighthouse" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman about lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/142
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Gerald loves lighthouses. Sometimes I wonder if he loves
Floyd | them more than he loves me."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Elizabeth about the hook charm, the
Floyd | bracelet, the fire hydrant charm or
Floyd | Gerald.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman about Gerald" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/143
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT GERALD
Floyd |
Floyd | "He does love his lighthouses.. that's why were here,"
Floyd | Elizabeth says.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Elizabeth about the hook charm, the
Floyd | bracelet or the fire hydrant charm.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
MTW goes home. 		minghua asks (of Blecki), ""that's why were here"?"
		Blecki says, "we're"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman about bracelet" 		DavidW says, "lag again"

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/144
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT BRACELET
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's a charm bracelet. But it's a poor one, and not very charming.
Floyd | I've lost all the charms."
Floyd |
Floyd | Elizabeth sighs.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Elizabeth about the hook charm, the
Floyd | fire hydrant charm or charms.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says (to Blecki), "Okay."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm afraid I need to go, folks - but I've enjoyed both games and am looking forward to next week. Have fun finishing up, everyone, I'll leave the transcript running."
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask woman about lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Gerald loves lighthouses. Sometimes I wonder if he loves
Floyd | them more than he loves me."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Elizabeth about the hook charm, the
Floyd | fire hydrant charm or charms.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask Elizabeth about charms" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/146
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ELIZABETH ABOUT CHARMS
Floyd |
Floyd | There were quite a few of them, but I've lost them all. It looks like
Floyd | you've got all but six of them."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Elizabeth about the hook charm, the
Floyd | pelican charm, the fire hydrant charm, the
Floyd | thimble charm, the slipper charm or the
Floyd | lighthouse charm.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Bye Jacqueline."
		Blecki says, "The bug david is about to point out -"
		Blecki says, "Has already been fixed. ;)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask elizabeth about lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ELIZABETH ABOUT LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the lighthouse charm)
Floyd | Elizabeth doesn't have anything specific to say about the
Floyd | lighthouse charm.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Elizabeth about the hook charm, the
Floyd | pelican charm, the fire hydrant charm, the
Floyd | thimble charm or the slipper charm.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask woman about fire hydrant charm" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/148
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT FIRE HYDRANT CHARM
Floyd |
Floyd | "That one was stolen by a sea gull. I was feeding it, and it swept
Floyd | down, and took the charm right off my wrist!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Elizabeth about the hook charm, the
Floyd | pelican charm, the thimble charm or the slipper
Floyd | charm.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask elizabeth about thimble" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/149
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ELIZABETH ABOUT THIMBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I know where that one is," Elizabeth says. "It's in our
Floyd | room at the inn."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Elizabeth about the hook charm, the
Floyd | pelican charm or the slipper charm.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "I guess the fire hydrant charm is in the seagull nest, then."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask elizabeth about pelican" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/149
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ELIZABETH ABOUT PELICAN
Floyd |
Floyd | [Which do you mean, the 1) pelican charm or 2)
Floyd | Shoo?]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask woman about hook charm" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT HOOK CHARM
Floyd |
Floyd | "The ferry captain had it? I must have dropped it before I even got to
Floyd | the island."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Elizabeth about the pelican charm or
Floyd | the slipper charm.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "show hook charm to woman" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW HOOK CHARM TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | [That isn't available.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take hook charm" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               5/152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HOOK CHARM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "show hook charm to woman" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW HOOK CHARM TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's one of my lost charms! The hook charm!"
Floyd | Elizabeth exclaims. "Where did you find it? You're obviously
Floyd | doing a better job with them than I was. You should have the entire
Floyd | thing, then."
Floyd |
Floyd | Elizabeth removes the bracelet and hands it to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by four points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put charm on bracelet" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CHARM ON BRACELET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the hook charm on the bracelet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua asks (of Blecki), "conversation order bug?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear bracelet" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BRACELET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the bracelet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki asks, "Eh what?"
		minghua says (to Blecki), "We asked about hook charm before showing it to her."
		Blecki says, "Yeah."
Blecki says (to Floyd), "ask woman about charms" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT CHARMS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh! You've found my hook charm. There were quite a few of
Floyd | them, but I've lost them all. It looks like you've got all but five of
Floyd | them."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Elizabeth about the pelican charm or
Floyd | the slipper charm.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask woman about slipper charm" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT SLIPPER CHARM
Floyd |
Floyd | "That was the very last one I had. I last saw it in that garden behind
Floyd | the inn."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Elizabeth about the pelican charm.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "Thought I had a hint to show her any charm you found in that conversation somewhere."
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask woman about pelican charm" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT PELICAN CHARM
Floyd |
Floyd | "It was eaten by a pelican. Yes, I know."
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind to discuss with Elizabeth
Floyd | right now.
Floyd | (You've previously asked Elizabeth about herself,
Floyd | the lighthouse, the hook charm, the pelican
Floyd | charm, the bracelet, the fire hydrant charm,
Floyd | the thimble charm, the slipper charm, the
Floyd | lighthouse charm, Gerald and charms.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "But yeah, asking about should probably advance the get-the-bracelet bit just as well as showing it to her."
		DavidW says, "I know how to regain one of the lost charms."
		minghua says, "So who besides me is still playing? I assume DavidW has finished it before."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beeper" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/159
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a nasty old beeper. Nobody uses these things anymore, but
Floyd | somehow, it still works. It has a little LCD display which reads "TRY
Floyd | GOING NORTH".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On a small pier
Floyd | This little wooden dock has definitely seen better days, but still
Floyd | seems to be going strong. It juts into the sea from the base of a
Floyd | cliff. Many seagulls wheel about in the sky above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider mills about, doing something to his boat. You
Floyd | can't tell what, but it seems to involve pushing dirt about with a
Floyd | rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a ferry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go east (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "Oh yeah the beeper is useless now."
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask captin about charms" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/162
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAPTIN ABOUT CHARMS
Floyd |
Floyd | >ASK CAPTAIN ABOUT CHARMS
Floyd | Captain Spider doesn't have anything specific to say about
Floyd | charms.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind to discuss with Captain
Floyd | Spider right now.
Floyd | (You've previously asked Captain Spider about
Floyd | himself, Akkoteaque, the treasure, the
Floyd | ferry, Shoo and the hook.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "It's hinting for puzzles you can't reach."
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask captin about key" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAPTIN ABOUT KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | >ASK CAPTAIN ABOUT KEY
Floyd | "That opens the treasure. I think, anyway. I found it in the caves
Floyd | under the inn."
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind to discuss with Captain
Floyd | Spider right now.
Floyd | (You've previously asked Captain Spider about
Floyd | himself, Akkoteaque, the treasure, the
Floyd | ferry, Shoo and the hook.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask captin for key" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAPTIN FOR KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | >ASK CAPTAIN FOR KEY
Floyd | [Characters will only respond if asked about things or people you
Floyd | encounter in the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "But I don't want to steal your stuff..."
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff
Floyd | This shack is built right onto the side of the cliff, physics be
Floyd | damned. It's rather damp, likely due to it being suspended over the
Floyd | sea, but otherwise it's quite nice. There are some nautical themed
Floyd | posters on the walls and a little window that looks
Floyd | out over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ladder, a bed and a rusty
Floyd | table (on which are a sinker and an ancient
Floyd | key) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go north (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take ladder" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          9/167
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take bed" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          9/168
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BED
Floyd |
Floyd | That is far too heavy for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take key and sinker" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          9/169
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE KEY AND SINKER
Floyd |
Floyd | ancient key: Taken.
Floyd | sinker: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/171
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On a small pier
Floyd | This little wooden dock has definitely seen better days, but still
Floyd | seems to be going strong. It juts into the sea from the base of a
Floyd | cliff. Many seagulls wheel about in the sky above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider mills about, doing something to his boat. You
Floyd | can't tell what, but it seems to involve pushing dirt about with a
Floyd | rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a ferry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go east (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "drop ladder" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/172
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean the ladder against the face of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/173
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber up the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | On a small pier (on the ladder)
Floyd | This little wooden dock has definitely seen better days, but still
Floyd | seems to be going strong. It juts into the sea from the base of a
Floyd | cliff. Many seagulls wheel about in the sky above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider mills about, doing something to his boat. You
Floyd | can't tell what, but it seems to involve pushing dirt about with a
Floyd | rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a ferry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go east (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x cleft" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/175
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLEFT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a narrow cleft in the cliff just wide enough for a gull to
Floyd | scamper through. It looks like one of them as built a nest in
Floyd | there. It's not very high.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x nest" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NEST
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be an ordinary sort of bird nest. Ordinarily dirty.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the nest is a fire hydrant charm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take fire hydrant charm" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/177
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FIRE HYDRANT CHARM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small gold fire hydrant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "d" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | On a small pier
Floyd | This little wooden dock has definitely seen better days, but still
Floyd | seems to be going strong. It juts into the sea from the base of a
Floyd | cliff. Many seagulls wheel about in the sky above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider mills about, doing something to his boat. You
Floyd | can't tell what, but it seems to involve pushing dirt about with a
Floyd | rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a ladder and a ferry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go east (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Dogs will love you now."
minghua says (to Floyd), "put fire hydrant charm on bracelet" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/179
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FIRE HYDRANT CHARM ON BRACELET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the fire hydrant charm on the bracelet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think that's it except for more fishing."
		minghua says, "Dogs I'm happy to have. Dog piss... not so much."
minghua says (to Floyd), "take ladder" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/180
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff
Floyd | This shack is built right onto the side of the cliff, physics be
Floyd | damned. It's rather damp, likely due to it being suspended over the
Floyd | sea, but otherwise it's quite nice. There are some nautical themed
Floyd | posters on the walls and a little window that looks
Floyd | out over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a bed and a rusty table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go north (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "drop ladder" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          9/183
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | At a crossing of paths
Floyd | This is where the paths crossing the island meet. There's not much
Floyd | here besides some grass and some assorted shrubbery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elizabeth hides herself under her wide sun hat. Every time
Floyd | you look at her, she's just then turning away.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a raft of ducks here. They seem preoccupied with
Floyd | their own internal politics and haven't any attention to spare for
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an old beeper, a gas can, a
Floyd | fishing pole (with no hook at all), a picture, a
Floyd | letter, a tomcod, a fish head, a rusty
Floyd | hook, a sign post and a tourist board here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   north
Floyd |   south
Floyd |   east
Floyd |   west (to Climbing a narrow stair)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You can also try to give the bracelet back to Elizabeth."
minghua says (to Floyd), "show fire hydrant charm to woman" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW FIRE HYDRANT CHARM TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the fire hydrant charm)
Floyd | "That's wonderful. Let me see the bracelet again if you manage to find
Floyd | all of them."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On a small pier
Floyd | This little wooden dock has definitely seen better days, but still
Floyd | seems to be going strong. It juts into the sea from the base of a
Floyd | cliff. Many seagulls wheel about in the sky above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider mills about, doing something to his boat. You
Floyd | can't tell what, but it seems to involve pushing dirt about with a
Floyd | rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a ferry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go east (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "bait pole with fish head" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/188
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BAIT POLE WITH FISH HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | [That's not something you can see now, or I misunderstood
Floyd | you.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "bait" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/188
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | [What do you want to bait?]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/189
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fire hydrant charm
Floyd |   a sinker
Floyd |   an ancient key
Floyd |   a bracelet (being worn)
Floyd |     a hook charm
Floyd |   a skirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "tie sinker to pole" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/189
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE SINKER TO POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | [That's not something you can see now, or I misunderstood
Floyd | you.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "e" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "e" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | At a crossing of paths
Floyd | This is where the paths crossing the island meet. There's not much
Floyd | here besides some grass and some assorted shrubbery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elizabeth hides herself under her wide sun hat. Every time
Floyd | you look at her, she's just then turning away.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a raft of ducks here. They seem preoccupied with
Floyd | their own internal politics and haven't any attention to spare for
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an old beeper, a gas can, a
Floyd | fishing pole (with no hook at all), a picture, a
Floyd | letter, a tomcod, a fish head, a rusty
Floyd | hook, a sign post and a tourist board here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   north
Floyd |   south
Floyd |   east
Floyd |   west (to Climbing a narrow stair)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, you guys never picked up our dropping inventory?"
		minghua says, "Yeah, Shoo knocked all our stuff off..."
minghua says (to Floyd), "take fish head" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/192
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FISH HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki exclaims, "She also ate our father's watch!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | old beeper: Taken.
Floyd | gas can: Taken.
Floyd | fishing pole (with no hook at all): Taken.
Floyd | picture: Taken.
Floyd | letter: Taken.
Floyd | tomcod: Taken.
Floyd | rusty hook: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x board" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | A rectangular sign covered in information about the island. It is all
Floyd | incredibly boring. For example, the lighthouse was built in 1867. Why
Floyd | would anyone care about that?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x raft of ducks" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAFT OF DUCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | A small group of ducks. There appears to be a leader duck,
Floyd | and several subordinate ducks. There's an entire duck hierarchy
Floyd | involved here. Beyond their rigid social structure, they are ordinary
Floyd | looking ducks. Sort of brownish, webbed feet, other things associated
Floyd | with ducks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x leader" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEADER
Floyd |
Floyd | The leader of the ducks is not the largest duck. Or the smartest. Or
Floyd | the most attractive. The leader is the duck most willing to peck other
Floyd | ducks right in the face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take leader duck" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LEADER DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take leader" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LEADER
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems to be a part of the raft of ducks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "peck leader in the face" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PECK LEADER IN THE FACE
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take ducks" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DUCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The ducks scamper out of your reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "catch leader with pole" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CATCH LEADER WITH POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take pole" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | [You already have that.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "bait sinker with fish head" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BAIT SINKER WITH FISH HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't the fishing pole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "ask ducks about pole" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK DUCKS ABOUT POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the fishing pole (with no hook at all))
Floyd | "Quack!" quack the ducks in chorus. "Quack quack quack!" the leader
Floyd | quacks, trying not to be quacked over.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind to discuss with the raft of
Floyd | ducks right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "tie sinker to pole" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE SINKER TO POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You tie the sinker to the end of your fishing line.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "These ducks are our future minions. They just don't know it yet."
minghua says (to Floyd), "bait pole with fish head" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/203
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BAIT POLE WITH FISH HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You bait the sinker with a bit of fish head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Okay, fishing time."
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              9/204
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki asks, "DavidW, are you secretly one of my play testers?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/205
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On a small pier
Floyd | This little wooden dock has definitely seen better days, but still
Floyd | seems to be going strong. It juts into the sea from the base of a
Floyd | cliff. Many seagulls wheel about in the sky above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider mills about, doing something to his boat. You
Floyd | can't tell what, but it seems to involve pushing dirt about with a
Floyd | rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a ferry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go east (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "cast" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You cast your fishing line into the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are fishing. Wait for something to bite!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Something tugs on your line! Reel it in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "x pole" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a basic fishing pole. You can cast it anywhere you
Floyd | find a body of water. When a fish bites, reel it in. You
Floyd | could try different hooks, just tie them on. There are also different
Floyd | kinds of bait. Try baiting the hook with something.
Floyd | You've cast your fishing line into the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "reel" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You reel in some line. The fish is really putting up a fight! Keep
Floyd | reeling it in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "reel" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You reel in some line. The fish is really putting up a fight! Keep
Floyd | reeling it in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You reel in some line. The fish is really putting up a fight! Keep
Floyd | reeling it in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You reel in some line. The fish is really putting up a fight! Keep
Floyd | reeling it in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You reel in some line. The fish is really putting up a fight! Keep
Floyd | reeling it in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "reel" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/214
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You caught a bluefish!
Floyd |
Floyd | This fish is green on the back and silver on the belly. It has a stout
Floyd | body, a forked tail, and stripes like a tiger, except in blue. It's
Floyd | about a foot and a half long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "x pole" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/215
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a basic fishing pole. You can cast it anywhere you
Floyd | find a body of water. When a fish bites, reel it in. You
Floyd | could try different hooks, just tie them on. There are also different
Floyd | kinds of bait. Try baiting the hook with something.
Floyd | There is sinker on the end of the line, baited with a bit of
Floyd | fish head.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "lick bluefish" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/215
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LICK BLUEFISH
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "taste bluefish" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/216
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TASTE BLUEFISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You taste nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "smell it" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/217
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Blecki says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/218
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the cawing of seagulls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "A story about fishes probably should have more insteresting "smell" responses..."
minghua says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/219
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bluefish
Floyd |   a rusty hook
Floyd |   a tomcod
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a picture
Floyd | a fishing pole (with the sinker and a bit of fish
Floyd | head)
Floyd |   a gas can
Floyd |   an old beeper
Floyd |   a fish head
Floyd |   a fire hydrant charm
Floyd |   an ancient key
Floyd |   a bracelet (being worn)
Floyd |     a hook charm
Floyd |   a skirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take hook charm" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/220
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HOOK CHARM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take sinker" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/221
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SINKER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "tie hook charm to pole" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/222
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE HOOK CHARM TO POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You tie the hook charm to the end of your fishing line.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take fish head" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/223
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FISH HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | [You already have that.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "bait pole with fish head" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/224
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BAIT POLE WITH FISH HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You bait the hook charm with a bit of fish head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/225
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a sinker
Floyd |   a bluefish
Floyd |   a rusty hook
Floyd |   a tomcod
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a picture
Floyd | a fishing pole (with the hook charm and a bit of
Floyd | fish head)
Floyd |   a gas can
Floyd |   an old beeper
Floyd |   a fish head
Floyd |   a fire hydrant charm
Floyd |   an ancient key
Floyd |   a bracelet (being worn)
Floyd |   a skirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "cast" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/226
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You cast your fishing line into the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are fishing. Wait for something to bite!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/227
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Something tugs on your line! Reel it in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "reel" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/228
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You caught some sea-weed! You, uh, throw it back..
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x pole" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/229
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a basic fishing pole. You can cast it anywhere you
Floyd | find a body of water. When a fish bites, reel it in. You
Floyd | could try different hooks, just tie them on. There are also different
Floyd | kinds of bait. Try baiting the hook with something.
Floyd | There is hook charm on the end of the line, baited with a bit
Floyd | of fish head.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "cast" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/230
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You cast your fishing line into the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are fishing. Wait for something to bite!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/231
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are fishing. Wait for something to bite!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/232
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Something tugs on your line! Reel it in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "reel" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/233
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You caught some sea-weed! You, uh, throw it back..
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "I guess it's not random them."
		Blecki says, "Semi-random."
		minghua says, "Let me try again then."
minghua says (to Floyd), "cast" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/234
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You cast your fishing line into the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are fishing. Wait for something to bite!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/235
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are fishing. Wait for something to bite!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/236
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are fishing. Wait for something to bite!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are fishing. Wait for something to bite!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/238
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Something tugs on your line! Reel it in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "reel" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/239
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You caught some sea-weed! You, uh, throw it back..
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "get on ferry" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/240
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON FERRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the ferry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "If it's possible to catch something with the current bait/hook combo, you will."
		minghua says, "That's what I guessed."
		Blecki says, "Unless the appropriate fish is already in play."
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/241
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | On a small pier (in the ferry)
Floyd | This little wooden dock has definitely seen better days, but still
Floyd | seems to be going strong. It juts into the sea from the base of a
Floyd | cliff. Many seagulls wheel about in the sky above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider mills about, doing something to his boat. You
Floyd | can't tell what, but it seems to involve pushing dirt about with a
Floyd | rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go east (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "Then you have to get rid of it to catch it again."
minghua says (to Floyd), "take fish head" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/242
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FISH HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | [You already have that.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki says, "Should be able to get something with the sinker/fishhead."
minghua says (to Floyd), "bait pole with tomcad" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/243
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BAIT POLE WITH TOMCAD
Floyd |
Floyd | >BAIT POLE WITH TOMCOD
Floyd | That won't work as fishing tackle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Got a bluefish already."
		minghua says, "I think I'm done."
		minghua says, "I'm not a fan of fishing."
		minghua asks, "Anyone else want playing?"
		minghua says, "Thanks Blecki, it was a fun game (or fun intro)."
		Blecki says, "No thank you."
		Blecki says, "This session is the real prize."
		DavidW says, "wonderful game"
		DavidW says, "(hope it also gets finished)"
		Blecki asks, "Like it enough to playtest?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know if I have time for playtesting. Otherwise, yes."
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/244
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the ferry first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  On a small pier                                      9/245
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the ferry.
Floyd |
Floyd | On a small pier
Floyd | This little wooden dock has definitely seen better days, but still
Floyd | seems to be going strong. It juts into the sea from the base of a
Floyd | cliff. Many seagulls wheel about in the sky above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Spider mills about, doing something to his boat. You
Floyd | can't tell what, but it seems to involve pushing dirt about with a
Floyd | rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a ferry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go east (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              9/246
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/247
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | At a crossing of paths
Floyd | This is where the paths crossing the island meet. There's not much
Floyd | here besides some grass and some assorted shrubbery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elizabeth hides herself under her wide sun hat. Every time
Floyd | you look at her, she's just then turning away.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a raft of ducks here. They seem preoccupied with
Floyd | their own internal politics and haven't any attention to spare for
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a sign post and a tourist board
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   north
Floyd |   south
Floyd |   east
Floyd |   west (to Climbing a narrow stair)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Ah, so Shoo flew away. I was trying to ask her stuff."
Blecki says (to Floyd), "ask ducks about shoo" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/248
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK DUCKS ABOUT SHOO
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone quack emits from one of the lesser ducks. The leader glares
Floyd | about but can't seem to tell who did it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind to discuss with the raft of
Floyd | ducks right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "cast" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/249
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAST
Floyd |
Floyd | There doesn't seem to be anywhere here to fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "catch ducks" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/249
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CATCH DUCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand that sentence.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x tourist board" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/250
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOURIST BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | A rectangular sign covered in information about the island. It is all
Floyd | incredibly boring. For example, the lighthouse was built in 1867. Why
Floyd | would anyone care about that?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x sign-post" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/250
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGN-POST
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't recognise all of the words in that command.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x sign post" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/251
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGN POST
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north is the inn and lighthouse. To the south is the chapel.
Floyd | The ferry is to the west, and the beach is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "climb sign post" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/252
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB SIGN POST
Floyd |
Floyd | [That can't be climbed in that way. Sometimes a direction like
Floyd | "up" or "down" works instead.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              9/253
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          9/254
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff
Floyd | This shack is built right onto the side of the cliff, physics be
Floyd | damned. It's rather damp, likely due to it being suspended over the
Floyd | sea, but otherwise it's quite nice. There are some nautical themed
Floyd | posters on the walls and a little window that looks
Floyd | out over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ladder, a bed and a rusty
Floyd | table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go north (to Climbing a narrow stair) from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take ladder" 		

Floyd ]  In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff          9/255
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              9/256
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "drop ladder" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              9/257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              9/258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber up the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              9/259
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair (on the ladder)
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "pull vines" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              9/260
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the vines an experimental tug. They aren't anchored all that
Floyd | strongly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/261
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the ladder)
Floyd |
Floyd | At a crossing of paths
Floyd | This is where the paths crossing the island meet. There's not much
Floyd | here besides some grass and some assorted shrubbery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elizabeth hides herself under her wide sun hat. Every time
Floyd | you look at her, she's just then turning away.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a raft of ducks here. They seem preoccupied with
Floyd | their own internal politics and haven't any attention to spare for
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a sign post and a tourist board
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   north
Floyd |   south
Floyd |   east
Floyd |   west (to Climbing a narrow stair)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              9/262
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing a narrow stair
Floyd | A narrow stair climbs through a seam in the rocks from the jetty to
Floyd | the top of the island cliffs. The steps are carved from the rock
Floyd | itself. Vines covered in tiny white flowers hide the rough
Floyd | rock walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ladder here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   south (to In a haphazard shack on the edge of a cliff)
Floyd |   east (to At a crossing of paths)
Floyd |   west (to On a small pier)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take ladder" 		

Floyd ]  Climbing a narrow stair                              9/263
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/264
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | At a crossing of paths
Floyd | This is where the paths crossing the island meet. There's not much
Floyd | here besides some grass and some assorted shrubbery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elizabeth hides herself under her wide sun hat. Every time
Floyd | you look at her, she's just then turning away.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a raft of ducks here. They seem preoccupied with
Floyd | their own internal politics and haven't any attention to spare for
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a sign post and a tourist board
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   north
Floyd |   south
Floyd |   east
Floyd |   west (to Climbing a narrow stair)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "drop ladder" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/265
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/266
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber up the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/267
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | At a crossing of paths (on the ladder)
Floyd | This is where the paths crossing the island meet. There's not much
Floyd | here besides some grass and some assorted shrubbery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elizabeth hides herself under her wide sun hat. Every time
Floyd | you look at her, she's just then turning away.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a raft of ducks here. They seem preoccupied with
Floyd | their own internal politics and haven't any attention to spare for
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a sign post and a tourist board
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   north
Floyd |   south
Floyd |   east
Floyd |   west (to Climbing a narrow stair)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "climb sign post" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/268
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB SIGN POST
Floyd |
Floyd | [That can't be climbed in that way. Sometimes a direction like
Floyd | "up" or "down" works instead.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/269
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, the rest of the island isn't ready yet. You could try fishing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "get off ladder" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/270
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET OFF LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | At a crossing of paths
Floyd | This is where the paths crossing the island meet. There's not much
Floyd | here besides some grass and some assorted shrubbery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elizabeth hides herself under her wide sun hat. Every time
Floyd | you look at her, she's just then turning away.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a raft of ducks here. They seem preoccupied with
Floyd | their own internal politics and haven't any attention to spare for
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a ladder, a sign post and a
Floyd | tourist board here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go
Floyd |   north
Floyd |   south
Floyd |   east
Floyd |   west (to Climbing a narrow stair)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/271
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, the rest of the island isn't ready yet. There's something you
Floyd | could find on the pier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  At a crossing of paths                               9/271
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have scored
Floyd |   1 point for giving a mackerel to the pelican;
Floyd |   4 points for hitting that bird right in the face;
Floyd |   4 points for acquiring the charm bracelet;
Floyd | out of a possible 42 points.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've caught tomcod On a boardwalk beside the sea.
Floyd | You haven't caught anything On the sea.
Floyd | You've caught bluefish On a small pier.
Floyd | You haven't caught anything In an overgrown graveyard.
Floyd | You haven't caught anything On a small crescent of perfect sand.
Floyd | You haven't caught anything On a little rock shelf hanging over the
Floyd | sea.
Floyd | You haven't yet caught a striped bass, a flounder, a rainbow smelt, a
Floyd | cod, a haddock, a pollock, a herring, a salmon, a brown trout, an
Floyd | ocean pout, a tautog, a longhorn sculpin, a cunner, a shad, a white
Floyd | perch, a skate, a dogfish, a monkfish, a cusk, a redfish, a wolffish
Floyd | or a mackerel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Blecki asks, "What are you looking for each time you climb the ladder and look?"
		minghua says, "Scene changes, I guess."
		minghua says, "Also I really wanted to climb the sign post. :-)"
		Blecki says, "There's a tree later on and everyone keeps trying to climb it, so."
		Blecki says, "I'll probably have to make everything climbable."
		minghua says, "Just a non-default response would be good enough."
		minghua says, "Once you have one thing climbable naturally people want to try climbing everything."
		minghua says, "Have a hammer and everything looks like nail, etc."
		DavidW says, "Next week, they'll want to lick everything."
		Blecki says, "Also have a billion conversation responses to write."
		minghua says, "I wonder all those fishes smell like."
		Blecki says, "I've barely even started on listen."
		Blecki says, "They all smell like FISH."
		DavidW says, "'It smells like a fish. Trust me, if you've smelled one fish, you've smelled them all.'"
		DavidW says, "Sometimes you just gotta cut a corner and get to the next task."
		Blecki says, "I'll go the extra mile and if you smell a different fish, it'll say "I told you so.""
		DavidW says, "oh, we should add this game to the ifdb poll about games with birds."
		DavidW says (to Blecki), "ha ha"
		minghua says (to Blecki), "I like that extra mile."
		Blecki says, "What publicity? I'll take it."
		DavidW says, "yeah. It's a fine line to draw, where to go the extra mile and where to hold back. It's what makes it an art."
		DavidW says, "Well, one of many things that make it an art."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Vanishing Conjurer by Marshal Tenner Winter
As played on ifMUD on August 25, 2013

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 Vanishing Conjurer written by Marshal Tenner Winter. The Vanishing Conjurer was released as part of the 2013 IntroComp, in which it took third place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

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 vanishingconjurerintro" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wish you were doing almost anything else than having dinner with
Floyd | this bloviating douchebag.  Still, it's a potential client.  Maybe you
Floyd | should hear what he has to say. . .
Floyd |
Floyd | The Vanishing Conjurer
Floyd | An IntroComp 2013 Entry by Marshal Tenner Winter
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130709 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub
Floyd | This is an ancient pub built just after the Great London Fire of 1666.
Floyd | The place is gloomy with shadows but the patrons are warmed by a large
Floyd | hearth in the center of the room.  Labyrinthine passages to rooms
Floyd | exist in all directions except to the east where the exit lies.  You
Floyd | can see Howard Horne waving for you to join him at an old table near
Floyd | the hearth.  He pulls out an even older chair for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (During conversations, type "topics" to see a list of relevant
Floyd | topics.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jacqueline goes to check to make sure the transcript is running the right way this week...
		Tigrita asks, "what are we playing today?"
		MTW says, "kk, ima be kinda silent so that i dont influence play"
		DavidW says, "The Vanishing Conjurer."
		MTW exclaims, "DUN DUN DUNNNNN!"
		DavidW says, "We just started a second ago."
		Jacqueline says (to Tigrite), "You only just missed the prologue text. @recap #toyshop 100 should be enough to catch you up."
		Jacqueline says, "er, Tigrita."
		DavidW says (to MTW), "yeah, you're gonna be silent. As if. :)"
		MTW says, "heeeeeeeeeee"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (on the old chair)
Floyd | You get onto the old chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't talking to anyone right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of mtw), "Are you British?"
		DavidW says, "I do like the atmophere of this pub."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | The Vanishing Conjurer is loosely adapted from a scenario by
Floyd | Mike Lewis and Simon Price for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu RPG.  This
Floyd | game was playtested by Syman Weed, Geoff "mostly useless" Moore, Matt
Floyd | Major, Andrew Schultz, and Francesco "explorington" Tortorici.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a private eye; a gumshoe, as they say, and you appear as such.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "no, im in New Mexico"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fedora (being worn)
Floyd |   a set of ordinary clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a cigar lighter
Floyd |     a lock pick
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x howard" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | He is a thin, nervy sort of chap, with a narrow face and eyes that
Floyd | appear positively shifty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tigrita says, "ooh, trenchcoat"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "shoot howard" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT HOWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tigrita says, "aww"
		MTW says, "lol"
		minghua says (to Tigrita), "Quick to pull the trigger, huh? :-)"
		DavidW says, "It occurs to me, when I played, I didn't try play with every toy."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "howard, hi" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >

		Tigrita says, "just seeing what happened"

Floyd | > HOWARD, HI
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Howard Horne.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about the case.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask howard about case" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HOWARD ABOUT CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, what's the skinny?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I need some help, detective." Howard replies.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | "I need some help, detective." Howard replies."Start from the
Floyd | beginning." you invite.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, I started working the West Side about twenty years ago when
Floyd | things were Vaudeville, of course-" he begins.

		MTW says, "its a pause needing a space bar hit"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | things were Vaudeville, of course-" he begins."Better yet, start from
Floyd | sometime more recent." you say, rubbing your temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, yes, of course.  Well, by now, I've got a lot of great acts on me
Floyd | books, if I do say so meself.  But my problem is with one of them; a
Floyd | young man named Philip Leclair." he tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm, perhaps I should hold back a bit since I've played this before."
		MTW says, "on my end, its formatted badly, but im using a web browser"
		Jacqueline says, "So, since this is my first time playing, and you're here, MTW, and the TRUE PRIZE of IntroComp is feedback, I'll just say, from the perspective of someone who has spent months and months in England (and I've conferred with my husband, who is British) (and we've both actually been in this exact pub) that you really don't dwell on how old stuff is in old pubs. Like, stuff in England is just old, and that's a common thing, so you just don't dwell on it."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "ask howard about philip" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HOWARD  ABOUT PHILIP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me about Leclair." you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He calls 'imself Leclair the Great professionally." Howard
Floyd | tells you, "He'll go far if handled right and he's got a knack for
Floyd | making old tricks look new.  He even invents his own, good ones at
Floyd | that, with all this new apparatus and patter and everything."

		MTW exclaims, "i appreciate any and all feedback, there's going to be a general re-write when i re-release. thanks!"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | that, with all this new apparatus and patter and everything.""And?"
Floyd | you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well," he says, "end of last month, Philip came to my office,
Floyd | plum-excited he was.  Said he had plans for a new trick.  Showed me
Floyd | some sketches that I couldn't make heads nor tails of.  He said it was
Floyd | going to bring a whole new meaning to what we call The
Floyd | Vanish."

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Vanish.""Wow." you say nonplussed.
Floyd |
Floyd | He continues, "You know, making a chap disappear into thin air?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Perturbed, you reply, "Yeah, I got it."

		
Tigrita pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Perturbed, you reply, "Yeah, I got it."He proceeds again, "So he comes
Floyd | to my office saying he's having problems with his new apparatus for
Floyd | this trick.  Well, I'm no magician so I suggested he approach this new
Floyd | magic club who call themselves something like the Inner
Floyd | Brotherhood of Magicians.  This brotherhood had sent me a letter
Floyd | to recommend themselves to my clients.  So I reckon maybe they can
Floyd | help Philip with his predicament.  Being a good lad, he did so, and
Floyd | was even invited to eventually join the club.  I was hearing that
Floyd | things were going swimmingly with his new vanishing trick.  But then
Floyd | something happened."

		MTW says, "Jacq, you and Maga should go take pics of the place for me!!! lol"
		Jacqueline says, "And I'm also not entirely sure about some of the language. Douchebag, what's the skinny, stuff like that. They may well date that far back, but there are ways to determine their origin and usage through time."
Tigrita pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | something happened."You make a twirling motion with your finger,
Floyd | inviting him to go on with his story.  He says, "Well, a couple weeks
Floyd | ago, Philip comes back to my office, right excited again, he was.  He
Floyd | said he was on the verge of finding a method of, as he put it,
Floyd | revolutionizing stage magic as we know it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And?" you ask.  He says, "And here's the mystery, detective.  It's
Floyd | quite ironic, really.  But that was the last I saw of the lad.  Philip
Floyd | Leclair has vanished off the face of the earth!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "oh, i know there are anachronisms in it"
		DavidW says, "oh, I was gonna say, there are anachronisms."
		maga says (to MTW), "well, we *live* in Seattle"
		MTW says, "i did research, found "douchebag" first in print in Breakfast at Tiffany's in the 50s"
		Tigrita says, "that was a good book"
		maga says, "but I'm English and we visit the UK every few years"
		MTW says, "but i found some use of anachronisms as funny, they only come from the detective. sort of like woody allen in Love & Death, he's just woody allen in revolutionary russia"
Binder arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		maga says, "(Neal Stephenson also does this)"
		DavidW says, "There's probably some antique English epithets out there to find. But I also imagine several sound as silly as 'rum pot in a hamper'."
		maga says, "(his 17th century geeks talk exactly like C21st geeks, because ETERNAL GEEK BROTHERHOOD or something)"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x e" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X E
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to examine?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about the vanish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask howard about brotherhood" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HOWARD ABOUT BROTHERHOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask howard about the vanish" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HOWARD ABOUT THE VANISH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me more about this vanishing act of his." you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's funny you should ask, detective." Howard replies, "I mean, even
Floyd | though the Vanish is a standard trick, the particular variation and
Floyd | appartus that Philip was using was seen being used by another
Floyd | magician.  I know because I'm the one who saw it.  The magician is The
Floyd | Amazing Karl.  I don't know much more about him besides that I watched
Floyd | him perform it during his nightly act at The Chancellor Theater."
Floyd |
Floyd | Howard Horne stands to leave.  "Please let me know if you find out
Floyd | anything, detective.  If you'll excuse me, I have a prior late-night
Floyd | engagement.  Good luck.  Cheers!"  And with that, Howard Horne leaves
Floyd | the pub.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "ask howard about howard" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HOWARD ABOUT HOWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm rereading Zelazny right now, and I'm long since over his habit of this, but it was really jarring back in the day when I first read Amber."
DavidW says, "He scarpered off" 		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub (on the old chair)
Floyd | This is an ancient pub built just after the Great London Fire of 1666.
Floyd | The place is gloomy with shadows but the patrons are warmed by a large
Floyd | hearth in the center of the room.  Labyrinthine passages to rooms
Floyd | exist in all directions except to the east where the exit lies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x hearth" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HEARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | A blazing fire is warming the pub from within the hearth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Also, not sure, but this chap who's sort of cockney isn't consistent with his 'me' for 'my' thing, if it matters."
		MTW says, "this room does need a make-over, i need to agree"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the old chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub
Floyd | This is an ancient pub built just after the Great London Fire of 1666.
Floyd | The place is gloomy with shadows but the patrons are warmed by a large
Floyd | hearth in the center of the room.  Labyrinthine passages to rooms
Floyd | exist in all directions except to the east where the exit lies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "aw, I liked this room"
		Jacqueline says (to MTW), "No, the room is god."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Rowfant Road                                         South London
Floyd | Rowfant Road
Floyd | You walk the fog-shrouded streets to the area of town where Philip's
Floyd | flat is.  The smell of Polish home-cooking can be smelled in this part
Floyd | of south London.  You are standing on the sidewalk near some stairs
Floyd | that hug the side of a building to reach a door on the second story.
Floyd | The bottom floor is yet another pub; The Devonshire.  The door can be
Floyd | reached to the north.  The address for Philip Leclair that Howard
Floyd | Horne supplied says that this is the place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's the 'old table' and the 'even older chair'"
		Tigrita says, "the room is GOD"
		MTW says, "aww thanks, i wouldnt destroy it, just maybe add to it"
		Binder says, "Nice."
		Jacqueline says (to Tigrita), "heh"
		maga says (to Tigrita), "take that, alternative navigation/location systems"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, okay, s/god/good. I'll tone it down a bit. ;("
		Jacqueline says, "er, :)"
		Jacqueline says, "God, I need to just be quiet, I think. Can't type, and here sits breakfast, getting cold. I'll just watch for a few."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x devonshire" 		

Floyd ]  Rowfant Road                                         South London
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DEVONSHIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "In the beginning, the author created the room, and it was god."
		MTW says, "the scenery in this room is on the drawing board, promise"
		maga says, "(now I'm wondering if there was a Polish immigrant community of any size in London in the 20s)"
		MTW says, "there was, lol"
		MTW says, "thats why i put the polish home cooking line in there"
		Tigrita says, "on the second day, the author divided east from west, and north from south, and it was good"
		DavidW says, "Somehow, I thought the pub was downstairs and the flat was on ground level."
		maga says, "(there are plenty now, and there was an influx around WW2, but I didn't know about previous waves of immigration)"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Landing                                      South London
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rickety Landing
Floyd | This is a rickety landing one floor off the ground above an alley.
Floyd | The steps lead down to the street where The Devonshire Pub can be
Floyd | reached.  To the east is the door into Philip Leclair's flat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "yeah, im not thrilled with this particular "room""
		MTW says, "i could be wrong about it, maga"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Landing                                      South London
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the apartment door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "just going off cursory research"
		DavidW says, "Not all rooms can be award winners."
		MTW )
		Tigrita says, "the landing? it does what it needs to do, conservation of detail and all"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, the Cheshire Cheese Pub is a very, very great location for the start of the game. It's a lovely pub. We should have visited it again this summer, maga."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Landing                                      South London
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fedora (being worn)
Floyd |   a set of ordinary clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a cigar lighter
Floyd |     a lock pick
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Landing                                      South London
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a small, thick door for Philip Leclair's apartment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "less is more"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Landing                                      South London
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tigrita says, "use the lockpick"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Landing                                      South London
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You knock and wait, but no one answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "kick door" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Landing                                      South London
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock door with lockpick" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Landing                                      South London
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "pick lock" 		

Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH LOCKPICK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the lock pick)
Floyd | (To pick a lock with the lock pick, type "unlock {thing} with
Floyd | pick")
Floyd | You unlock the apartment door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Rickety Landing                                      South London
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the apartment door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Philip's Flat
Floyd | This is a humble and tidy apartment.  The room you are in serves as
Floyd | the living room, bedroom, and kitchen all at once.  A bed seems to be
Floyd | the only real piece of furniture in the place.  The bathroom is to the
Floyd | east and the exit to the landing is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a black trunk (closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Ah, forgot about the lock pick."
		maga says, "also, I'm sure this is also researched, but The Devonshire Pub seemed like an odd format on first glance"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a simple, twin-sized bed.  But it's probably European twin-sized
Floyd | so who knows how the hell big it really is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Good use of minimalism in this room."
		MTW asks, "how u mean, maga?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x trunk" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the kind a circus performer would lug around, but looks like
Floyd | Philip has kept it clear of any gaudy stickers that you've seen on
Floyd | such circus trunks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to MTW), "Let me look around. I think I do have one photo taken from inside the pub, but it's of a friend more that it's of the pub, and it's pretty dark."
		MTW says, "ima add a sticker to that trunk, lol"
		Jacqueline says, "Surely there are photos online."
		maga says, "normally something like that would have The Devonshire on its sign, and if you referred to it it'd be as 'the Devonshire'"
		MTW says, "aww thanks, Jacq"
		MTW says, "oh ok, and as far as photos of the Cheshire, only found outside pics of the door, lol"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Just dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Just dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open trunk" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock it with lockpick" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK IT WITH LOCKPICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the black trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open trunk" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the black trunk, revealing a black cane, an instruction
Floyd | manual, a deck of cards, a top hat and a set of stage clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "unlock trunk with pick" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK TRUNK WITH PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's unlocked at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "pubs very rarely actually have 'pub' in their title"
		Tigrita says, "whoops ninjad"
		DavidW says (to Tigrita), "oops. sorry."
		MTW exclaims, "thats good to know!"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x manual" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | 101 Magic Tricks
Floyd |
Floyd | You read the first chapter in full, out of curiosity.  Now, you are
Floyd | able to perform card trick but you'll need a deck of cards,
Floyd | of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "read instruction manual" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | 101 Magic Tricks
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of the tricks in the book seem to require too much study and
Floyd | prep time to learn quick enough for this adventure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'll be more passive."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, the image is online. I have a larger version somewhere, but I'm not sure it'd be worth digging up. Here it is:"
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
minghua says (to Floyd), "take cards" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the deck of cards from the black trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "perform card trick" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PERFORM CARD TRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You perform a simple yet impressive card trick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "awesome, thanks"
		MTW asks, "looks like fun there, is that maga in the pic?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x top hat" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOP HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's tall even for a top hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x stage clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STAGE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Perfect if one wants to look like a stage magician.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x cane" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CANE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a magician's cane; black with white tips.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Now, there's a bit here that I intuited on my own, but I never saw how it gets enforced."
minghua says (to Floyd), "search bed" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BED
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on Philip's bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That's the back of maga's head. The smoking chap is our friend, James."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x trunk" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the kind a circus performer would lug around, but looks like
Floyd | Philip has kept it clear of any gaudy stickers that you've seen on
Floyd | such circus trunks.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the black trunk are a black cane, an instruction manual, a top hat
Floyd | and a set of stage clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "look east" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x hat" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the fedora)
Floyd | It's a hat, stylish here in the '20s.  You wear it on your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "search hat" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the fedora)
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "everyone hates that line"
		DavidW says, "oops, try 'top hat'"
		MTW says, "ima change it"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x top hat" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOP HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's tall even for a top hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take cane" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CANE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the black cane from the black trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I may have more, but our computer blew up this week. I'm building a new one as soon as parts arrive. If you remind me in a week or so, I'd be up for searching for those photos. Remind me next weekend or something."
minghua says (to Floyd), "perform cane trick" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PERFORM CANE TRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know any tricks involving the black cane.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "it's not an easy place to photograph"
		Tigrita says, "building a computer, wow"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read manual" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | 101 Magic Tricks
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of the tricks in the book seem to require too much study and
Floyd | prep time to learn quick enough for this adventure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Everyone hates which line, MTW?"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "search top hat" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH TOP HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The top hat is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "The 'You find nothing of interest.' line?"
		DavidW says, "(but maybe in the full game, the manual will give us more tricks?)"
		minghua asks, "Bathroom?"
		MTW says, "the description of the fedora, i wrote it wrong, i didnt mean it to sound anachronisms"
		Tigrita says, "it's a bit 4th wall breaking"
		MTW says, "im hoping to do stuff like that, yes, david"
		DavidW says (to minghua), "feel free"
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You check out his bathroom but find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "*anachronistic"
		Tigrita says, "the "not quick enough for that adventure" line too"
		minghua says, "That was anticlimatic."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, yeah. But I was just thinking how lovely this t-shirt of mine is, here in the 'teens."
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Philip's Flat
Floyd | This is a humble and tidy apartment.  The room you are in serves as
Floyd | the living room, bedroom, and kitchen all at once.  A bed seems to be
Floyd | the only real piece of furniture in the place.  The bathroom is to the
Floyd | east and the exit to the landing is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a black trunk (in which are an instruction manual, a top
Floyd | hat (empty) and a set of stage clothes) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "yeah, that does break the wall, dont it"
		MTW says, "lol Jacq"
		DavidW says, "The apartment is nicely coded to focus on just the trunk."
		Tigrita says, "put on stage clothes"
minghua says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a black cane
Floyd |   a deck of cards
Floyd |   a lock pick
Floyd |   a fedora (being worn)
Floyd |   a set of ordinary clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a cigar lighter
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "thanks"
minghua says (to Floyd), "remove ordinary clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE ORDINARY CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't walk around in your skivvies.  If you want to change
Floyd | outfits, then wear the clothes you want to change into.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita mhm and as the years go by/mhm I'll facebook you and sigh/mhm this is goodnight and not goodbye 		minghua says, "Who said we are going to walk around... //pouts"
		DavidW says, "I liked how the new clothes go on, and the old ones go off, and the coat doesn't care."
minghua says (to Floyd), "wear stage clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR STAGE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the set of stage clothes)
Floyd | You swap your regular clothes for the fancy stage clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "lol"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I've found that when I write games set in other places, it's useful to have someone from there on your beta testing team."
		minghua exclaims (at DavidW), "Don't forget the holsters!"
		Jacqueline says, "The plot idea, that I'm really digging. This could be very fun."
		Jacqueline says, "Though I suspect I know where it's going. Maybe."
		MTW says, "i did have someone in UK test it, but he knew nothing of his own country or of london, lol"
minghua says (to Floyd), "wear top hat" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR TOP HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the top hat)
Floyd | You swap the fedora for the top hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I knew where it was going from the first scene."
minghua says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a top hat (being worn)
Floyd |   a set of stage clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a black cane
Floyd |   a deck of cards
Floyd |   a lock pick
Floyd |   a fedora
Floyd |   a set of ordinary clothes
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a cigar lighter
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "ah, david, you say that, but you haint played the finale yet, bwahahahaha"
		Jacqueline says (to MTW), "haha. oh"
Tigrita arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Jacqueline says, "Perhaps find another UK person, then."
		MTW says, "lol"
		DavidW says (to MTW), "The only thing that would surprise me is if the leader of the Brotherhood was actually a woman."
		Tigrita asks, "anything happen while i waas gone?"
		Tigrita says, "that would rock"
		MTW exclaims, "thats it, the leader of the brotherhood is now a woman!"
		minghua says (to Tigrita), "We changed into the magician's clothes."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x trunk" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the kind a circus performer would lug around, but looks like
Floyd | Philip has kept it clear of any gaudy stickers that you've seen on
Floyd | such circus trunks.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the black trunk is an instruction manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "lock trunk" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOCK TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to lock the black trunk with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "lock trunk with lock pick" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOCK TRUNK WITH LOCK PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | The lock pick is only designed to unlock doors, not lock them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Oh well."
minghua says (to Floyd), "close trunk" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the black trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take trunk" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to lug that thing around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "whew, glad i implemented THAT"
		Tigrita asks, "shall we head for the pub?"
		DavidW says, "I put my fedora and ordinary clothes into the trunk before leaving. It didn't ruin the game, but I was kinda expecting to be able to return."
minghua says (to Floyd), "open trunk" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the black trunk, revealing an instruction manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take manual" 		

Floyd ]  Philip's Flat                                        Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the instruction manual from the black trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You head out of Philip's flat and back to your hotel.  The night is
Floyd | late and you'll have to start your investigations again tomorrow.
Floyd | First up will be to follow the Amazing Karl and find out what he's all
Floyd | about.

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "lock door" 		DavidW says, "yeah, when we leave here, we don't have the option to return."
		MTW says, "lol too late"
		MTW says, "im sorry! maybe i will do that in the finale"
		minghua asks, "We are in our hotel already?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		Tigrita says, "if there are time limits it might be good to give us a clock up top"
		MTW says, "it needs a space hit"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we could undo."
		DavidW says, "Interlude. We don't get to see our hotel room either."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, uberlaggy again."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Garden Gate                                          London 1927
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Gate
Floyd | It is the next evening and you've followed The Amazing Karl here.  You
Floyd | waited at The Chancellor Theatre for him to finish his act and then
Floyd | you shadowed him through the dim streets of London to this large,
Floyd | Victorian house in a posh neighborhood.  You stand outside the garden.
Floyd | A gate leads into the garden to the east.  The sidewalk continues both
Floyd | north and south.  You can see the garden, and indeed the entire house,
Floyd | is surrounded by a large hedge.  The smell of flowers fills your nose
Floyd | in the still night air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So we effectively slept in Philip's work clothes. Yay us."
		MTW says, "everyone take out their feelies! lol"
		DavidW says, "oh, I didn't need the map, although it was nice to look at later."
minghua says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Gate                                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | It smells like flowers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x hedge" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Gate                                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a tall, dense hedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "theres a map of this house if anyone wants to see it"
		MTW says, "brb 1 sec"
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Gate                                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to head down that way.  You followed your quarry to
Floyd | this house.  He went through the garden to the front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Gate                                          London 1927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the garden gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fastidious Garden (near the gate)
Floyd | This is a perfectly trim and tidy English garden before a large
Floyd | Victorian style house.  The shrubs are geometrically sculpted and a
Floyd | white pebble path leads from the garden gate to the west, through the
Floyd | garden, and to the front door to the east.  Because of the shape of
Floyd | the house, the main house is to the north while the front door is on a
Floyd | wing of the house to the east.  One of the windows of the house is to
Floyd | the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oops. I thought we were in this room"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x shrubs" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHRUBS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are immaculately cared for and trimmed into cones, spheres, and
Floyd | other geometric shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I should shush."
		MTW says, "back"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, and all those key presses during the initial conversation? I'd reconsider those."
		Tigrita says, "HUSH YE. SPOILERER"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x front door" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRONT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I meant to say that earlier."
		DavidW says, "I don't know why, but I loved this garden. Maybe just for the word 'fastidious'."
		MTW says, "youre right, i was avoiding a text dump"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x path" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PATH
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a crunchy path of small white pebbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "thanks, david, it was fun to make"
minghua says (to Floyd), "dig in path" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIG IN PATH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tigrita says, "at least add some ellipses so the player knows to press space"
		MTW says, "duly noted"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x pebbles" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEBBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a crunchy path of small white pebbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take pebbles" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PEBBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to carry around any pebbles right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a wide enough window but, for safety reasons perhaps, it doesn't
Floyd | have any lock or visible means of opening.  A warm light comes from
Floyd | behind a gauzy curtain.  It may be worth trying to look through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So, no maze that needs pebbles."
minghua says (to Floyd), "look through window" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You think you can see one figure in the room.  The figure
Floyd | seems to be fussing with something at a small table.  Because of the
Floyd | gauzy curtain, you cannot make out any details.  Perhaps you can
Floyd | listen to the window to learn more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to look), "through window" 		
HanonO arrives, full of fun and funk. 		MTW says, "put your children out of the room"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "listen to window" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a muffled voice say "Damn rabbit!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a muffled voice say "Get in the damn hat!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "He's a professional peeping Tom."
		MTW says, "y not"
minghua says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a muffled voice say "Fuck!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the gate)                    Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a muffled voice say "Shit!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "gasp"
		MTW says, "lol"
		minghua says, "Such a potty mouth..."
		Tigrita says, "well he doesn't seem to be a very good magician"
		MTW says, "im irish, i cant help it"
		HanonO shuffles into the back row.
Tigrita says, "then again those rabbits are crafty" 		Tigrita says, "hey hanon"
		DavidW says (to Tigrita), "yes, they are crafty."
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the front door)              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fastidious Garden (near the front door)
Floyd | You are deeper in a trim and tidy English garden before a large
Floyd | Victorian style house.  The shrubs are geometrically sculpted and a
Floyd | white pebble path leads from the garden gate to the west, through the
Floyd | garden, and to the front door to the east.  Because of the shape of
Floyd | the house, the main house is to the north while the front door is on a
Floyd | wing of the house to the east.  One of the windows of the house is to
Floyd | the north.  Next to the front door is a plaque.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I tried to find the rabbit in our top hat but couldn't find it."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the front door)              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Inner Brotherhood of Magicians - Cheng Ling Shu -
Floyd | Proprietor
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the front door)              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears very sturdy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "IBM for short"
		DavidW asks, "Doors are rarely flimsy in IF games. Anyone notice that?"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "unlock door with pick" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the front door)              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | There are many locks that your old lock pick does not open.  This is
Floyd | one of them.  Oh well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "They're almost always thick and sturdy."
		MTW says, "lol"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "Silent guardians."
		HanonO says, "That's what you appreciate in a door."
		DavidW says, "Ring the doorbell (if any) or knock."
		Tigrita asks, "so now what do we try?"
		minghua asks, "Cheng Ling Shu? Is this a reference to something I don't know?"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "knock" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the front door)              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to knock on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "no, just a character in the game"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the front door)              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You rap on the door and it is almost immediately answered by an Asian
Floyd | servant in Oriental attire.  He looks at you with polite eyes.
Floyd | The servant examines you and seems to take notice of your stage
Floyd | clothes.  "Please, come in, sir."  He steps in, opening the door for
Floyd | you to follow suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Play enough IF and you forget that knocking on a door is a valid option. So used to opening doors any other way."
		MTW says, "i will fix that so the game knows what to knock on"
		HanonO asks, "Was this the first game today or did I miss one?"
		MTW says, "first"
		DavidW says (to Hanon0), "This is still the first game today."
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the front door)              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Fastidious Garden (near the front door)
Floyd | You are deeper in a trim and tidy English garden before a large
Floyd | Victorian style house.  The shrubs are geometrically sculpted and a
Floyd | white pebble path leads from the garden gate to the west, through the
Floyd | garden, and to the front door to the east.  Because of the shape of
Floyd | the house, the main house is to the north while the front door is on a
Floyd | wing of the house to the east.  One of the windows of the house is to
Floyd | the north.  Next to the front door is a plaque.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO exclaims, "Hooray!"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x servant" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the front door)              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SERVANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says, "floyd e" 		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the front door)              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears very sturdy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer.  The walls bear portraits of famous stage
Floyd | magicians of the past and present.  A small desk holds a visitors'
Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions.  The front
Floyd | door of the home is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors
Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang straightens one of the portraits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The portraits can be examined repeatedly."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x zhang" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ZHANG
Floyd |
Floyd | Wei has a kind face and friendly eyes, but you still don't want to
Floyd | trust him as it could all be an act.  He wears the Oriental attire of
Floyd | a servant, but a servant to a wealthy family or individual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says (to MTW), "Zhang is usually the family name."
		DavidW says, "if I recall."
		MTW says, "youre right, i gotta check my use of the names in the details, thanks"
		DavidW says, "He's just a Wei fellow."
		MTW says, "heeeeeee"
		Tigrita says, "also, it's usually a 2 syllable given name"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x visitor book" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VISITOR BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Anyway, might want to talk to the guy."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x visitors' book" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VISITORS' BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "Asian cultures usually state their surname first I believe."
		Tigrita says, "my chinese name is Tsai Min-Hu"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the instruction manual)
Floyd | 101 Magic Tricks
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of the tricks in the book seem to require too much study and
Floyd | prep time to learn quick enough for this adventure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "they do, i got the names from a common chinese names list"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x visitors book" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VISITORS BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a ledger full of signatures of people who have visited the
Floyd | establishment.  It's much like you'd find in a funeral home.  You'd
Floyd | have to search it to see if it holds any useful clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang examines the visitors book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah. Drop the apostrophe."
		Tigrita says, "means Bright Tiger, apparently it's not a very feminine name but my mom doesn't know much about Chinese"
		minghua says (to HanonO), "In their own country, sure. I'm not sure in London."
		MTW says, "i believe you Examine with your eyes and Search with your hands"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x portraits" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PORTRAITS
Floyd |
Floyd | You randomly look at the portraits on the walls.  One that you take
Floyd | notice of is the recently deceased Harry Houdini, of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "I capitalize my family name if I write in in front here in US."
		HanonO says, "I have to call leads at work and I always wonder if data entry got it right. I've never had anyone complain though. The hardest is none of us ever get the pronunciation of Nguyen right."
		minghua says (to Tigrita), "No, not very feminine indeed."
		DavidW says, "Nguyen is pronounced like 'when', I think."
		MTW says, "i had to hire an asian gentleman once to come over and teach me how to pronounce Nguyen"
jenrexrode rides off into the sunset, leaving a fine, green, crystalline trail behind her, as siderotil spills from a small hole in the bottom the saddle bag. 		Tigrita says, "yeah, it's just because i was born year of the tiger"
		HanonO says (to DavidW), "That's the way I say it."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You randomly look at the portraits on the walls.  One that you take
Floyd | notice of is Percy Selbit, the first man to saw a woman in half.
Floyd | Well, as an illusion on a stage, that is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang straightens one of the portraits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "Lots of crooked portraits."
minghua says (to Floyd), "wei, hi" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEI, HI
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Zhang Wei.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang eyes you curiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, Philip Leclair, Karl Weiss or Cheng
Floyd | Ling Shu.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh. I loved that clarification tidbit on Selbit."
		Jacqueline says (to Hanon), "hee"
		MTW says, "heee"
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask wei about himself" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WEI ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me about yourself." you ask the servant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am just a servant of Master Cheng Ling Shu, sir." is his reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang looks at one of the portraits while he waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I annoyed colleagues the other day by getting up twice during a meeting to straighten certificates on the walls in our meeting room."
		HanonO asks, "Will the game let you put the portraits askew to make him angry?"
		DavidW says, "okay-- is that the first time Karl's last name was mentioned -- in a topics list>"
		MTW says, "he's freakin obsessed with these portraits"
minghua says (to Floyd), "look up philip leclair in visitors book" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP PHILIP LECLAIR IN VISITORS BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing of interest in the visitors book.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang eyes you curiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "just 'search visitors book'"
Tigrita says (to floy), "ask wei about philip" 		
minghua says (to Floyd), "search visitors book" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH VISITORS BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You peer at the pages; your eyes scanning the names.  Zhang Wei makes
Floyd | a motion to take the book from your prying eyes but you slap his hand
Floyd | away long enough to make out the last signature: Karl Weiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "The implementation of the visitors' book feels very forced to me."
		MTW says, "it is"
		MTW says, "duly noted"
		minghua asks, "Also, too early clue in the topic list?"
		Tigrita asks, "ok, my mind must be a sieve, have we heard of weiss yet?"
		MTW asks, "well, you mean about Karl?"
		HanonO asks, "Is there a 'dictionary' extension for I7 or am I imagining it?"
		MTW says, "yeah, Howard told you, and you followed Karl here"
		minghua says (to MTW), "Yes, I mean Karl, especially his full name."
		Tigrita says, "it was in curses"
		MTW says, "i will double check it"
		Jacqueline says, "I don't know if it's forced. I've visited family meeting rooms for Chinese families and been made to sign a book, actally."
		HanonO asks (of MTW), "This is Inform7 isn't it, or am I mistaken?"
		Jacqueline says, "er, actually."
		Tigrita says, "the dictionary function, i mea"
		minghua says (to MTW), "(DavidW mentioned about his last name, too.)"
		DavidW says, "I think we're supposed to search the book to learn Karl's full name, but the topic list tells us ahead of time."
		Tigrita asks, "oh right, he was the last guy to see philip, yeah?"
		MTW says, "ok i will be sure to fix that then"
Tigrita says (to ask), "zhang about philip" 		MTW says, "hanon, yes, I7"
		minghua says, "I'm more talking about the "hint for search when examined, look up not implemented, taken away when searched" part."
		MTW says, "oh ok"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "ask zhang about philip" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ZHANG ABOUT PHILIP
Floyd |
Floyd | "What can you tell me about the missing member of the Brotherhood;
Floyd | this Leclair fellow?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Unfortunately," he says, "I did not know the young man."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says (to Jacqueline), "^^ about my "forced" comment."
		Jacqueline says, "? I'm not sure I understand, minghua"
		minghua says (to MTW), "One more thing -- Wei probably should just refer to his employer "Master Cheng"."
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask wei about cheng" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WEI ABOUT CHENG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me about your boss." you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cheng Ling Shu is a great and wise man." Zhang Wei says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "youre absolutely right, good point"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "ask zhang about weiss" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ZHANG ABOUT WEISS
Floyd |
Floyd | "What do you know about the man who just came in?" you demand of the
Floyd | servant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sorry, sir." he says, "I do not know the members of the
Floyd | Brotherhood personally."
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang looks at one of the portraits while he waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, in case the plaque wasn't read?"
		MTW exclaims, "damn this playthu is helpful!"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer.  The walls bear portraits of famous stage
Floyd | magicians of the past and present.  A small desk holds a visitors'
Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions.  The front
Floyd | door of the home is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors
Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang straightens one of the portraits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask zhang about membershp" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ZHANG ABOUT MEMBERSHP
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask zhang about membership" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ZHANG ABOUT MEMBERSHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "no, just check "topics""
		MTW exclaims, "i WILL be adding more topics, promise!"
minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask wei about wei" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WEI ABOUT WEI
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me about yourself." you ask the servant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am just a servant of Master Cheng Ling Shu, sir." is his reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang eyes you curiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang Wei the servant stops you.  "Please, sir.  Kindly sign the
Floyd | visitors book."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "search visitors book" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH VISITORS BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You peer at the pages; your eyes scanning the names.  Zhang Wei makes
Floyd | a motion to take the book from your prying eyes but you slap his hand
Floyd | away long enough to make out the last signature: Karl Weiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "sign visitors book" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIGN VISITORS BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You sign one of your many aliases to the ledger: Abdul
Floyd | Mohammed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "search visitors book" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH VISITORS BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You peer at the pages; your eyes scanning the names.  Zhang Wei makes
Floyd | a motion to take the book from your prying eyes but you slap his hand
Floyd | away long enough to make out the last signature: Karl Weiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "One of the Irish Mohammeds."
		MTW says, "lol"
		DavidW says (to mingua), "ooh"
		MTW says, "ugh, gotta fix that"
		MTW says, "thanks"
		minghua says, "Coverted muslim, apparently."
		DavidW says (to mingua), "that was good"
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the reception door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Reception Room
Floyd | This room is used for guests of the members of the Brotherhood, and as
Floyd | a waiting area for visitors.  It is plushly furnished with a large
Floyd | sofa and an armchair.  A number of classical Chinese vases and
Floyd | decorations stand around the room and an end table sits near the sofa.
Floyd | The only exit is the door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "checking the book again"
		minghua says (to DavidW), "Thanks."
		Tigrita says, "well you would have to be covert to be a muslim in london in 1927"
		MTW says, "yes, thanks, lol"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x sofa" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SOFA
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a plush, extra long sofa.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not long at all before an impeccably dressed Asian gentleman
Floyd | enters the room.  "Hello." he says with a thick accent.  "I am Li
Floyd | Qiang, servant of Cheng Ling Shu.  I understand you wish to join The
Floyd | Inner Brotherhood of Magicians?"

		Tigrita says, "geez this guy has servants out the wazoo"
		MTW says, "this is a yes/no"
		DavidW says, "Yes, everyone who visits the place wants to be a magician."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "say yes" 		

Floyd | Inner Brotherhood of Magicians?"
Floyd | > SAY YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>

		minghua says, "For 1920s London, these Chinese servants sure have modern names..."
		MTW says, "now THAT i didn't realize"
		DavidW says (to Tigirita), "no 'say'. Just 'yes'."
		minghua says (to MTW), "If in your final name you need someone to check Chinese name usages, drop me a line."
		MTW says, "omg please yes"
		minghua says, "Not sure I can be very accurate for 1920s London though. But at least I can make it sound real for 1920s China."
		MTW says, "hit me up marshaltennerwinter@gmail.com"
		DavidW says, "hm. Names do come in and go out in fashion."
		Jacqueline says, "I think there are some sites out there that will give you common names from various cultures in different time periods, actually."
		MTW says, "yeah, i took names from a list of 50 common chinese names but didnt realize they would be modern"
		minghua says, "Or 1920s Hong Kong, which is probably the only places you see Chinese names in English anyway."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       Victorian House
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hm?" you ask, but then you say, "Oh yeah.  Because I'm a magician."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very well," Li Qiang says, "Please perform a trick for me.  A simple
Floyd | one is fine as we do accept amateurs into the Brotherhood with hopes
Floyd | that our guidance will only increase their curiosity and craft." he
Floyd | looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Probably you could just look for first names of people born in, say, the 1890s or so."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "perform card trick" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PERFORM CARD  TRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You perform the simple trick but it seems impressive enough for Li
Floyd | Qiang to smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You are welcome into the Brotherhood as a first level member.  With
Floyd | this privilege, you may use the library and practice rooms on the
Floyd | first floor to perfect your craft.  Unfortunately, the second floor is
Floyd | off limits to you for now.  Let me know if you have any questions."
Floyd | But before you can ask any questions, he quickly leaves the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "oh yeah"
		DavidW says, "I suspect 'oh yeah' is not in period."
		MTW says, "lol"
		Roger says, "List of captured or killed combatants during the Boxer Rebellion might be close ebnough"
		HanonO asks, "What about a translated book from that period?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x vase" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can tell the vases are quality pieces from ancient dynasties.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Li flees the room so we can search for keys inside vases in peace."
		MTW says, "lol"
		Jacqueline says, "afk a few"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x decorations" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DECORATIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | The decorations are sparse and tasteful.  You spot nothing of real
Floyd | interest, however.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x armchair" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARMCHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a comfortable appearing Chippendale armchair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x end table" 		

Floyd ]  Reception Room                                       Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X END TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is an elegant end table of Asian sensibilities.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO asks, "A table with sensibilities?"
		MTW says, "okay, MADE with them"
		DavidW says, "yes. Tables are uppity."
		minghua says, "ASIAN ones."
		MTW says, "lol"
		MTW says, "god, i do need to fix that description, lol"
		Tigrita says, "asians and sensibility"
		HanonO says, "So I'm picturing a black lacquer table with jade inlay."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer.  The walls bear portraits of famous stage
Floyd | magicians of the past and present.  A small desk holds a visitors'
Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions.  The front
Floyd | door of the home is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors
Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang straightens one of the portraits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Would they waste jade on the visitors room?"
		MTW says, "these guys would"
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask wei about li qiang" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WEI ABOUT LI QIANG
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess. Appearance is important in magic circles."
		minghua says, "Apparently the servants are like spies -- they only know about their master and themselves."
minghua says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Vanishing Conjurer is now in its "verbose" mode, which always
Floyd | gives long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there
Floyd | before).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the kitchen door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls.
Floyd | Doors lead west and south.  Counters hold various kitchen appliances,
Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland
Floyd | stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Garland stove is a wok.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Li Qiang here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang tugs at his cuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "anyway, we can now go anywhere on the ground floor."
		MTW says, "yay1"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x windows" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW exclaims, "i mean, yay!"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "dammit, i will fix that"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask li about dinner" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK LI ABOUT DINNER
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls.
Floyd | Doors lead west and south.  Counters hold various kitchen appliances,
Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland
Floyd | stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Garland stove is a wok.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Li Qiang here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang inspects the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask li for sandwich" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK LI FOR SANDWICH
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang gives a small cough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua asks, ""there's a sink a large"?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x icebox" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ICEBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | It's also known as a refridgerator, but you don't think that
Floyd | name will catch on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang watches you carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "wow, good eye, never noticed that"
		DavidW says, "'a large oak icebox'. Missing comma."
		MTW says, "noted"
		DavidW says, "or misplaced, I guess."
		MTW says, "i type fast when high"
		DavidW says, "also, fridge has a d, but refrigerator does not, I believe."
		minghua asks, "Is the word refrigerator really that new?"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x wok" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's like a wide, very deep pan.  You think it's neat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "Woks are neat."
		Tigrita exclaims, "woks ARE neat!"
		MTW says, "lol"
		MTW says, "thats why i put one in there"
		DavidW says (to minghua), "yes. Electricity was turn of the century for most people."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x stove" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Garland stove is a wok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO asks, "Would the protagonist know what a wok is though?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "look into wok" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK INTO WOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "not the name, no"
minghua says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "but someone , he does"
minghua says (to Floyd), "turn on stove" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang inspects the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "*somehow"
		minghua says, "I guess it's not a cooking game."
minghua says (to Floyd), "open icebox" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN ICEBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang gives a small cough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "haha, no"
		minghua asks, "Locked fridge, eh?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls.
Floyd | Doors lead west and south.  Counters hold various kitchen appliances,
Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland
Floyd | stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Garland stove is a wok.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Li Qiang here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang tugs at his cuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "l counters" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L COUNTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You believe it's very hard, polished rubberwood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "qiang, hello" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QIANG, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | You are already talking to Li Qiang.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about himself, Philip Leclair, Karl Weiss or Cheng
Floyd | Ling Shu.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang inspects the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, ">take moo pan. take goo pan. take guy pan. Megapan activate."
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask li about himself" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "lol"

Floyd | > ASK LI ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, you must be the major domo of the house, huh?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang smiles politely, "Yes, that is a description that works.  I
Floyd | oversee the house and the servants.  I also greet the visitors and can
Floyd | authorize first level membership."
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang watches you carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Back. So, out of curiosity, since once we leave the flat we can't get back, is it possible for the player to leave without the means to know the card trick? That would not be good."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I wondered about that. Also if we left without the stage clothes."
		HanonO says (to Jacq), "Good point."
		MTW says, "there's actually a fail-safe if the player doesnt take the deck of cards"
		MTW says, "as well as an alternate way in the house without becoming a member"
		Jacqueline says, "Good, good."
		HanonO says, "'Let me show you a trick called 52-Card Pickup...'"
		MTW says, "thats a good one"
		MTW says, "lol"
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask li about zhang wei" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK LI ABOUT ZHANG WEI
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		HanonO says, "Then he sneaks in while the servant is straightening the cards."
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask li about cheng" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK LI ABOUT CHENG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can you tell me about your boss?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cheng Ling Shu is a world-traveler who settled here in London to
Floyd | share his craft with budding magicians." Li Qiang happily tells you.
Floyd | "He established this Brotherhood to share his experience and wisdom."
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang inspects the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "this kitchen really must not be up to code"
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask li about karl" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK LI ABOUT KARL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me about Karl Weiss." you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mr. Weiss is a second level member of the Brotherhood.  I do not know
Floyd | more as I do not know the man personally." is Li Qiang's reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang watches you carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "these servants are tight-lipped"
		DavidW says, "Chang is so wise. Weiss is not wise."
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask li about philip" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK LI ABOUT PHILIP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can you tell me anything about the missing member, Philip Leclair?"
Floyd | you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang's smile falters as he answers, "A most unfortunate
Floyd | circumstance, to be sure.  But, alas, we have no answers on the poor
Floyd | young man's disappearance."
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang gives a small cough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls.
Floyd | Doors lead west and south.  Counters hold various kitchen appliances,
Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland
Floyd | stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Garland stove is a wok.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Li Qiang here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "thank li" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THANK LI
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "li, thanks" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LI, THANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang inspects the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "My politeness is rarely appreciated in IF. //sigh"
		MTW says, "awww"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "unlock icebox with pick" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK ICEBOX WITH PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your lockpick wasn't designed for iceboxes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take wok" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE WOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the set of ordinary clothes into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You take the wok from the Garland stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to minghua), "feels"
		DavidW says, "ooh. Never tried that."
		DavidW says, "Wok off with the wok."
		minghua asks, "What kind of trenchcoat is this?"
		Tigrita says, "wait are we just stuffing everything down our trenchcoat"
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "a very very deep one"

Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer.  The walls bear portraits of famous stage
Floyd | magicians of the past and present.  A small desk holds a visitors'
Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions.  The front
Floyd | door of the home is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors
Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's a trenchcoat of holding."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Fastidious Garden (near the front door)              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fastidious Garden (near the front door)
Floyd | You are deeper in a trim and tidy English garden before a large
Floyd | Victorian style house.  The shrubs are geometrically sculpted and a
Floyd | white pebble path leads from the garden gate to the west, through the
Floyd | garden, and to the front door to the east.  Because of the shape of
Floyd | the house, the main house is to the north while the front door is on a
Floyd | wing of the house to the east.  One of the windows of the house is to
Floyd | the north.  Next to the front door is a plaque.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer.  The walls bear portraits of famous stage
Floyd | magicians of the past and present.  A small desk holds a visitors'
Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions.  The front
Floyd | door of the home is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors
Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang examines the visitors book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "pretty much"
		minghua asks, "So we just stole the wok?"
		MTW says, "yup"
minghua says (to Floyd), "wear wok" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR WOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang eyes you curiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "maybe its used in a puzzle later, maybe not"
		DavidW says, "I figured out the coat could carry anything and everything back at the apartment."
minghua says (to Floyd), "put wok on wei" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WOK ON WEI
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on Zhang Wei would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the lounge door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Members' Lounge
Floyd | This room holds another Chippendale chair and another long sofa.  A
Floyd | large, low coffee table sits in the center of the room.  On it are
Floyd | current issues of magic journals and newspapers.  The room resembles
Floyd | the smoking room of a gentlemen's club.  A door to the entrance hall
Floyd | is to the south and doors also lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Smoking a pipe and perusing a newspaper is Virgil Wemyss, a member of
Floyd | the Brotherhood.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil turns the page of the newspaper he's reading.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "it would make us laugh, thats something"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x virgil" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VIRGIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil Wemyss is an older gentleman with a high brow and a big bushy
Floyd | beard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil gives a little "hmm" in response to something he's
Floyd | reading in the paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Oh, I think we forgot the room south of kitchen"
Tigrita says, "gotta go, bye guys" 		
Tigrita mhm and as the years go by/mhm I'll facebook you and sigh/mhm this is goodnight and not goodbye 		DavidW says, "I imagine Virgil with a long gray handlebar mustache."
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer.  The walls bear portraits of famous stage
Floyd | magicians of the past and present.  A small desk holds a visitors'
Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions.  The front
Floyd | door of the home is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors
Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls.
Floyd | Doors lead west and south.  Counters hold various kitchen appliances,
Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland
Floyd | stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Li Qiang here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang tugs at his cuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                               Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the pantry door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is a shallow room lined with shelves that are full of foodstuffs.
Floyd | The only door is to the north, back to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x foodstuffs" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                               Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOODSTUFFS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the foodstuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                               Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the pantry shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "to be detailed better"
minghua says (to Floyd), "take foodstuffs" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                                               Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FOODSTUFFS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls.
Floyd | Doors lead west and south.  Counters hold various kitchen appliances,
Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland
Floyd | stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Li Qiang here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang watches you carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		MTW says, "yeah, that"

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer.  The walls bear portraits of famous stage
Floyd | magicians of the past and present.  A small desk holds a visitors'
Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions.  The front
Floyd | door of the home is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors
Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang straightens one of the portraits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Members' Lounge
Floyd | This room holds another Chippendale chair and another long sofa.  A
Floyd | large, low coffee table sits in the center of the room.  On it are
Floyd | current issues of magic journals and newspapers.  The room resembles
Floyd | the smoking room of a gentlemen's club.  A door to the entrance hall
Floyd | is to the south and doors also lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Smoking a pipe and perusing a newspaper is Virgil Wemyss, a member of
Floyd | the Brotherhood.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil turns the page of the newspaper he's reading.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, ">search foodstuffs for mystery key that we didn't find in the vases."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fancy, but not too fancy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch Virgil looking at you from over his newspaper.  He quickly
Floyd | returns his glance downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "virgil, hello" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VIRGIL, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Virgil Wemyss.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil gives a little "hmm" in response to something he's
Floyd | reading in the paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, Karl Weiss, Philip Leclair or Cheng
Floyd | Ling Shu.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask virgil about himself" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK VIRGIL ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's your story?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My story?" Virgil asks in return.  "I'm just a stage magician; a
Floyd | member of the Brotherhood, like yourself, I imagine."
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil checks his pipe, then, seemingly satisfied, returns to puffing
Floyd | on it while reading his paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x coffe table" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COFFE TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x coffee table" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COFFEE TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wide, low coffee table, giving ample room for journals,
Floyd | newspapers, and whatever else people wish to place on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil yawns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x journals" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JOURNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some titles such as Stage Magic for the Incompetent
Floyd | among others, but none seem too important to this case.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil checks his pipe, then, seemingly satisfied, returns to puffing
Floyd | on it while reading his paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "read stage magic for the incompetent" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ STAGE MAGIC FOR THE INCOMPETENT
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to read the set of stage
Floyd | clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "read journals" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ JOURNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some titles such as Stage Magic for the Incompetent
Floyd | among others, but none seem too important to this case.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil gives a small cough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x newspapers" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NEWSPAPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the assorted newspapers or Virgil's newspaper?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "its not implemented, sorry, i can do that"
minghua says (to Floyd), "assorted newspapers" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSORTED NEWSPAPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | None are even that recent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil turns the page of the newspaper he's reading.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "virgil's newspaper" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VIRGIL'S NEWSPAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x virgil's newspaper" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VIRGIL'S NEWSPAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The headline reads Tornado Hits D.C.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil sniffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about himself, Karl Weiss, Philip Leclair or Cheng
Floyd | Ling Shu.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil gives a little "hmm" in response to something he's
Floyd | reading in the paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask virgil about cheng" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK VIRGIL ABOUT CHENG
Floyd |
Floyd | "What about this Cheng Ling Shu fellow?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well," Virgil answers, "He's an extraordinary magician.  Some of his
Floyd | tricks are just plain impossible.  Some say he is the simple man he
Floyd | conveys himself to be, but others think these Orientals are all up to
Floyd | something more sinister, but that might just be English hubris
Floyd | talking."
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil turns the page of the newspaper he's reading.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Did a tornado hit D.C. in the 20s?"
		MTW says, "yup"
		MTW exclaims, "see? we're learning as we play!"
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask virgil about karl" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK VIRGIL ABOUT KARL
Floyd |
Floyd | "What can you tell me about Karl Weiss?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | Conspiratorily, Virgil whispers to you, "He's a thief, and a lousy one
Floyd | at that.  He steals others' tricks.  I wouldn't trust him with
Floyd | anything.  At the upcoming charity show, I'm sure the trick he is
Floyd | planning on performing is someone else's.  There's a locked room at
Floyd | the top of the stairs that I think is proof of that."
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil gives a small cough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "huh. I didn't know that."
		minghua says, "This Virgil fellow seems too eager to help..."
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask virgil about philip" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK VIRGIL ABOUT PHILIP
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know anything about the missing magician, Leclair?" you ask
Floyd | Virgil.  He smokes his pipe thoughtfully before answering.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know of him but we've not met yet.  I hope to still get the
Floyd | chance." he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil turns the page of the newspaper he's reading.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I asked Virg about the charity show. Another topic for you."
		MTW says, "yeah i gotta tone him down a bit"
		MTW says, "yeah def, i promise, more topics in final release"
minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil gives a small cough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Members' Lounge
Floyd | This room holds another Chippendale chair and another long sofa.  A
Floyd | large, low coffee table sits in the center of the room.  On it are
Floyd | current issues of magic journals and newspapers.  The room resembles
Floyd | the smoking room of a gentlemen's club.  A door to the entrance hall
Floyd | is to the south and doors also lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Smoking a pipe and perusing a newspaper is Virgil Wemyss, a member of
Floyd | the Brotherhood.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil puffs his pipe and turns the page of his newspaper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening lounge door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Practice Room
Floyd | This room serves as a quiet area where members can perfect their
Floyd | conjuring skills.  By the look of the trappings in this room, you feel
Floyd | it is set aside for card tricks and other small slight-of-hand
Floyd | illusions.  There are books strewn about as well as some particular
Floyd | props used in stage magic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "for some reason, the self-topics stay there, i gotta look into that"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the sleight-of-hand books.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x props" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PROPS
Floyd |
Floyd | They include things like red cloths, ping-pong balls, and top hats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x top hats" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOP HATS
Floyd |
Floyd | They include things like red cloths, ping-pong balls, and top hats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "look for rabbit in top hats" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK FOR RABBIT IN TOP HATS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Members' Lounge
Floyd | This room holds another Chippendale chair and another long sofa.  A
Floyd | large, low coffee table sits in the center of the room.  On it are
Floyd | current issues of magic journals and newspapers.  The room resembles
Floyd | the smoking room of a gentlemen's club.  A door to the entrance hall
Floyd | is to the south and doors also lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Smoking a pipe and perusing a newspaper is Virgil Wemyss, a member of
Floyd | the Brotherhood.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil turns the page of the newspaper he's reading.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening library door)
Floyd |
Floyd | First Level Library
Floyd | This library contains an extensive collection.  Every inch of each
Floyd | wall is covered in bookshelves stuffed with books.  A leather wingback
Floyd | chair and a leather loveseat are the furnishings so that one may enjoy
Floyd | a comfortable read.  Doors break the monotony of books to the north,
Floyd | east, and west.  A large window is in the south wall.  You know that
Floyd | it looks out onto the fastidious garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Oriental rug here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says (to MTW), "Rug is more a Persian thing than "Oriental" thing."
		MTW says, "hmmm, maybe thats what i was thinking of"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | It covers most of the south wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "look through windows" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see part of the house's fastidious garden beyond the large
Floyd | window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | First Level Library
Floyd | This library contains an extensive collection.  Every inch of each
Floyd | wall is covered in bookshelves stuffed with books.  A leather wingback
Floyd | chair and a leather loveseat are the furnishings so that one may enjoy
Floyd | a comfortable read.  Doors break the monotony of books to the north,
Floyd | east, and west.  A large window is in the south wall.  You know that
Floyd | it looks out onto the fastidious garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Oriental rug here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW exclaims, "wow! an implemented window!"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x rug" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a thick, wide, beautiful, Oriental rug.  The design is of a
Floyd | twisting Oriental-style dragon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "look under rug" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take rug" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "oh thats right, it HAS to be orienta"
		MTW says, "it has the brotherhood's motif on it"
		DavidW asks, "Anyone else try to move the rug for the TRAPDOOR we KNOW has to be there?"
		MTW says, "haha"
minghua says (to Floyd), "roll rug" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROLL RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "u wish i was THAT cliche'"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The extensive collection is a comprehensive range of basic texts on
Floyd | stage magic and conjuring.  The books available are not particularly
Floyd | unusual, and indeed they could be obtained from any reputable
Floyd | bookseller with little difficulty.  You figure the advantages of this
Floyd | library is the sheer range of books and periodicals it contains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | First Level Library
Floyd | This library contains an extensive collection.  Every inch of each
Floyd | wall is covered in bookshelves stuffed with books.  A leather wingback
Floyd | chair and a leather loveseat are the furnishings so that one may enjoy
Floyd | a comfortable read.  Doors break the monotony of books to the north,
Floyd | east, and west.  A large window is in the south wall.  You know that
Floyd | it looks out onto the fastidious garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Oriental rug here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the wingback chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x loveseat" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOVESEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the leather loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening library door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Practice Room
Floyd | This is a practice room set aside for the practice of slightly larger
Floyd | illusions; those involving larger props.  A large window is in the
Floyd | south wall and the only exit is a door to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, rectangular box off to the side.  It looks like it
Floyd | can be separated in two parts.  It's some sort of stage prop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wearing a top hat and standing behind a magician's table is Danny
Floyd | "Mister Magic" Paul.  He seems to be practicing the rabbit trick as
Floyd | there is a cloth bag with something in it hanging on his side of the
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny makes a motion as if to show a non-existant audience that his
Floyd | top hat is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see part of the house's fastidious garden out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | After delivering a few words of patter, Danny attempts to turn his top
Floyd | hat upright and secretly slip the rabbit into it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "fwiw, I did try entering the box during a replay."
		minghua asks (of MTW), "Where is the curtain we see from outside?"
		DavidW says (to minghua), "wow, you're good"
		MTW says, "good question"
		MTW asks, "um....it was removed to be cleaned while we were inside?"
		MTW says, "yeah....thats the ticket"
		Jacqueline says, "Man, I am so super laggy that I'm having trouble keeping up. Meh"
		DavidW says, "A quick trip outside and it'll return."
		MTW says, "grrrrrrrrrrr"
		minghua says, "...Okay. :-)"
minghua says (to Floyd), "danny, hello" 		DavidW says, "At one point I dd try leaving the house and its grounds."

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANNY, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Danny Paul.
Floyd |
Floyd | As Danny attempts to secretly slip the rabbit into the hat, it bites
Floyd | him on the hand.  He cries out but tries to continue.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, Karl Weiss, Philip Leclair or Cheng
Floyd | Ling Shu.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x rabbit" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RABBIT
Floyd |
Floyd | It is your typical, white hare.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as Danny is about to cover the hat with the cloth, the rabbit
Floyd | hops out of the bag.  Danny tries to conceal the bag behind the silk
Floyd | cloth while he picks up the rabbit and forces it back into the hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Or Vergil? Ask Danny about Vergil?"
		MTW says, "not yet, more topics in next release, in this one, the topics are really just the major players"
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask danny about rabbit" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK DANNY ABOUT RABBIT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny almost manages to complete his rabbit trick, but as he
Floyd | triumphantly holds the rabbit up from the ears, it slips from his
Floyd | sweaty palm and lands with a furry thud on the magician's table.
Floyd | Danny scoops the rabbit back in the bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask danny about cheng" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK DANNY ABOUT CHENG
Floyd |
Floyd | "What can you tell me about this Cheng Ling Shu cat?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, from what I understand, he came from Asia and started this
Floyd | Brotherhood.  Lots of rumors surround him, so I don't really get
Floyd | involved with it." he tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to
Floyd | perfect his routine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Po' Vergil. Yo is second rate."
		MTW asks, "did i really write "furry thud"?"
		minghua says, "I like the "furry thud" line."
		MTW says, "hehe"
		DavidW says (to MTW), "It's okay."
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask danny about karl" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK DANNY ABOUT KARL
Floyd |
Floyd | "What can you tell me about Karl Weiss?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What can I say?" he says, still practicing his rabbit trick, "He's a
Floyd | thief.  He steals other magicians' acts.  Total twat, really."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to
Floyd | perfect his routine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask danny about philip" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK DANNY ABOUT PHILIP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you know Philip Leclair?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You ask that like you know he's dead." he says, still working to
Floyd | perfect his rabbit trick.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well," you tell him, "in my experience, the missing usually turn up
Floyd | dead."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny Paul eyes you for a moment.  "Have you ever considered that this
Floyd | is all part of an elaborate magic trick?" and with a wink, he returns
Floyd | to his practice.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to
Floyd | perfect his routine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x top hat" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOP HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's tall even for a top hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to
Floyd | perfect his routine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a wok
Floyd |   an instruction manual
Floyd |   a top hat (being worn)
Floyd |   a set of stage clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a black cane
Floyd |   a deck of cards
Floyd |   a lock pick
Floyd |   a fedora
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a set of ordinary clothes
Floyd |     a cigar lighter
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to
Floyd | perfect his routine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x danny's top hat" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DANNY'S TOP HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW exclaims, "see? magic!"
		MTW exclaims, "he made it disappear!"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x revolver" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X REVOLVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a .45 revolver.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to
Floyd | perfect his routine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "look into revolver" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK INTO REVOLVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to
Floyd | perfect his routine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "dont give up yet"
		MTW says, "good scene coming up"
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Practice Room
Floyd | This is a practice room set aside for the practice of slightly larger
Floyd | illusions; those involving larger props.  A large window is in the
Floyd | south wall and the only exit is a door to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large, rectangular box off to the side.  It looks like it
Floyd | can be separated in two parts.  It's some sort of stage prop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wearing a top hat and standing behind a magician's table is Danny
Floyd | "Mister Magic" Paul.  He seems to be practicing the rabbit trick as
Floyd | there is a cloth bag with something in it hanging on his side of the
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to
Floyd | perfect his routine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "controversial, too"
		Jacqueline says, "Doesn't it hurt a rabbit to hold it by its ears? Seems like it would."
minghua says (to Floyd), "box" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking closer, you can tell it is for the saw-the-lady-in-half
Floyd | illusion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to
Floyd | perfect his routine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "yeah but this is the 20s, the training is brutal and random"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is covered with black felt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to
Floyd | perfect his routine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take rabbit" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RABBIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shouldn't mess with Danny's props while he's practicing with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to
Floyd | perfect his routine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "They glued fleas to miniature bicycles."
		MTW says, "and little people, too"
		MTW says, "and that was if they LIKED you"
minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Practice Room                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to
Floyd | perfect his routine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Level Library
Floyd | This library contains an extensive collection.  Every inch of each
Floyd | wall is covered in bookshelves stuffed with books.  A leather wingback
Floyd | chair and a leather loveseat are the furnishings so that one may enjoy
Floyd | a comfortable read.  Doors break the monotony of books to the north,
Floyd | east, and west.  A large window is in the south wall.  You know that
Floyd | it looks out onto the fastidious garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Oriental rug here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  East End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening library door)
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Hallway
Floyd | This is a narrow, carpeted hallway running west from here.  There is a
Floyd | door to the north and you can see a staircase down the hall to the
Floyd | west.  Another door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Hallway
Floyd | You are at the west end of a narrow, carpeted hallway.  There is a
Floyd | door to the south and stairs lead upwards from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guarding the stairs is Wang Ping, a tough-looking Asian gentleman.  He
Floyd | does not smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If this was a cooking puzzle, Li would be making hassenpfeffer."
		MTW says, "u got that right"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I mean, you see magicians do it (hold rabbits by the ears), I was just speculating."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x wang" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WANG
Floyd |
Floyd | Wang Ping is a tough-looking Asian gentleman who does not smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wang Ping blinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ping, hello" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PING, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Wang Ping.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, Philip Leclair, Karl Weiss or Cheng
Floyd | Ling Shu.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask ping about cheng" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PING ABOUT CHENG
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's the skinny on your boss?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cheng Ling Shu is a great and wise man." is Wang Ping's reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So wise."
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask ping about himself" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PING ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, you must be the muscle around here, huh?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a smile, he answers, "I am Wang Ping, a servant of Cheng Ling
Floyd | Shu."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask ping about philip" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PING ABOUT PHILIP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can you tell me anything about Philip Leclair; the missing magician?"
Floyd | you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No." is Wang Ping's curt reply, yet he says it with a quick smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask ping about karl" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PING ABOUT KARL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you know anything about Karl Weiss?  He's a member here." you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No." is Wang Ping's curt reply, yet he says it with a quick smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "lotta good this guy is"
		DavidW says, "Translation: He could tell us. But he won't."
		MTW says, "DUN DUN DUNNNN"
		minghua says, "So the "does not smile" description is just for show, huh."
		DavidW says, "And us without our bribe money wallet."
minghua says (to Floyd), "point revolver at ping" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POINT REVOLVER AT PING
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "i thought it made the quick smile even weirder"
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the bathroom door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | This is a white, tiled bathroom with the appropriate fixtures (toilet,
Floyd | sink, tub) all in Victorian style, of course.  The pipes are visible
Floyd | up the walls from the fixtures and a mirror is set in the wall above
Floyd | the sink.  The only door is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "but youre right"
minghua says (to Floyd), "mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to check your stage clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x pipes" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | The pipes lead from the fixtures and into the walls and ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "knock on pipes" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | That would be an empty gesture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is the least let's-impressive-with-our-wealth room on the whole floor."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x tub" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the tub right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the sink right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "i was imagining an old bathroom and i figured the plumbing might be visible"
minghua says (to Floyd), "take mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Hallway
Floyd | You are at the west end of a narrow, carpeted hallway.  There is a
Floyd | door to the south and stairs lead upwards from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guarding the stairs is Wang Ping, a tough-looking Asian gentleman.  He
Floyd | does not smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  East End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Hallway
Floyd | This is a narrow, carpeted hallway running west from here.  There is a
Floyd | door to the north and you can see a staircase down the hall to the
Floyd | west.  Another door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the den door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Inner Den
Floyd | This is a room within the house that has no windows.  Lined around the
Floyd | walls are lockers for the members to hold their belongings or
Floyd | valuables.  The only door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's something in the bathroom we can take, btw."
		minghua says, "Gah."
		DavidW says, "I never found a use for it though."
		MTW says, "yeah, its not too intuiticve"
		MTW says, "*intuitive"
		MTW says, "not yet, david, BWAHAHAHAHA"
		DavidW says, "I see."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x lockers" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOCKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are quite a few lining the walls and you examine the name tags.
Floyd | The only one that stands out as worth noting is labeled Karl
Floyd | Weiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Let's forget about it for now, then."
		DavidW says, "ok"
		MTW says, "yeah, this room is more important right now"
minghua says (to Floyd), "pick karl's locker with lock pick" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK KARL'S LOCKER WITH LOCK PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "pick locker with lock pick" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK LOCKER WITH LOCK PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It is an important room"
		MTW says, ""unlock""
minghua says (to Floyd), "unlock locker with lock pick" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK LOCKER WITH LOCK PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock Karl's locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "open karl's locker" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN KARL'S LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open Karl's locker, revealing a document case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take case" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the fedora into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You take the document case from Karl's locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "close locker" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You close Karl's locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You should examine the contents of Karl's locker while you are in here
Floyd | so as to avoid any attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, ">ask howard about the document case"
minghua says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a document case (closed)
Floyd |   a wok
Floyd |   an instruction manual
Floyd |   a top hat (being worn)
Floyd |   a set of stage clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a black cane
Floyd |   a deck of cards
Floyd |   a lock pick
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a fedora
Floyd |     a set of ordinary clothes
Floyd |     a cigar lighter
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "open document case" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOCUMENT CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the document case, revealing Philip's plans.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "read plans" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ PLANS
Floyd |
Floyd | These papers are in Leclair's hand. They detail his new vanishing
Floyd | trick, with copies of his diagrams.  They also contain some scribbled
Floyd | notes in which Leclair describes a "strange new concept" in magic, and
Floyd | mentions "a discussion I had on the matter with my friend Weiss".
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the other diagrams and notes there is a rough sketch of the
Floyd | trick Weiss will perform at the charity show in a few days time.
Floyd | These papers should be enough to convince the police to arrest Weiss
Floyd | as an accessory to Leclair's kidnapping, if that is indeed what has
Floyd | happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a voice behind you and you spin to see Karl Weiss.
Floyd | "Vaht are you doing to mein locker?" he demands in a heavy
Floyd | German accent.  You ignore his overtudes, saying "You're going down,
Floyd | Fruit-Pie the Magician."
Floyd |
Floyd | Weiss sees that you are holding Philip's plans and he makes a grab for
Floyd | them.  You find yourself grappling with the magician over the
Floyd | evidence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is overtudes a word?"
		MTW says, "i do believe so"
minghua says (to Floyd), "take revolver" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE REVOLVER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's tough to do as you are busy grappling with Weiss over Philip's
Floyd | plans.  "Let go, you retarded fairy!" you say through gritted teeth.
Floyd | There's got to be something you can do that doesn't involve your arms,
Floyd | you think to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "kick karl" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK KARL
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, you are able to bring your knee up and into Karl's "family
Floyd | jewels".  With the pain and a small girlish shriek, he finally
Floyd | releases the plans.  You straighten yourself up and say, "See you in
Floyd | court, or whatever passes for court in this fuckin' country,
Floyd | numbnuts." and you make a move to leave the room but Karl stops you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Vait!" he says, "I may have stolen Philip Leclair's diagrams
Floyd | and plans but I had nothing to do vith his disappearance!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Spill it, tinkletits." you demand.  Karl stands up but moves away
Floyd | from you as he speaks.  "Philip and I would talk and assist each other
Floyd | veeth our illusions.  Before he disappeared, he came to me
Floyd | showing me a book he had found and he said with zat book, he
Floyd | could do real magic.  "Vell, I recognized the book
Floyd | as one of Cheng Ling Shu's and, thinking I could ingratiate myself
Floyd | vith the master, I told him that Philip had taken his book.
Floyd | That's the last I saw of him.  So, I had nothing to do vith
Floyd | wherever he is now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Karl Weiss goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guest1 arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		minghua says, "So am I the only one playing now? I assume David has played before, and Jacqueline is having connection issues."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, is this the bit where you thought we might be offended?"
		DavidW says, "hm. This could be awkward. Guests can't talk on channel."
		Jacqueline says, "Because yeah, our protagonist's language is not endearing me to him at all."
		DavidW says (to minghua), "I think so."
		MTW says, "yeah, he's a jerk"
minghua says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a document case (open)
Floyd |     Philip's plans
Floyd |   a wok
Floyd |   an instruction manual
Floyd |   a top hat (being worn)
Floyd |   a set of stage clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a black cane
Floyd |   a deck of cards
Floyd |   a lock pick
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a fedora
Floyd |     a set of ordinary clothes
Floyd |     a cigar lighter
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take plans" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PLANS
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the lock pick into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You take Philip's plans from the document case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I've whispered to the guest."
minghua says (to Floyd), "open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open Karl's locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "put case in locker" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CASE IN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the document case into Karl's locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I mentioned in my notes for the game that the language was not pleasant, yes."
minghua says (to Floyd), "close locker" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Den                                            Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You close Karl's locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  East End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Hallway
Floyd | This is a narrow, carpeted hallway running west from here.  There is a
Floyd | door to the north and you can see a staircase down the hall to the
Floyd | west.  Another door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Hallway
Floyd | You are at the west end of a narrow, carpeted hallway.  There is a
Floyd | door to the south and stairs lead upwards from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guarding the stairs is Wang Ping, a tough-looking Asian gentleman.  He
Floyd | does not smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Karl Weiss here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Karl Weiss goes east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  East End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Hallway
Floyd | This is a narrow, carpeted hallway running west from here.  There is a
Floyd | door to the north and you can see a staircase down the hall to the
Floyd | west.  Another door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Karl Weiss here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "ask karl about cheng" 		

Floyd ]  East End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KARL ABOUT CHENG
Floyd |
Floyd | "So you wanted to get in good with the boss and now Leclair is missing
Floyd | because of it.  Good job, fucko.  Tell me what you know about Cheng
Floyd | Ling Shu.  Maybe you can redeem yourself a bit." you demand.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You don't want to mess with him." Weiss tells you, "He's a lot more
Floyd | powerful than any magician and it's because, as far as my trained eye
Floyd | can see, his magic is real."
Floyd |
Floyd | Karl Weiss goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "One thing I couldn't understand is where the motivation for homophobic insults can from. Is Karl's appearance particularly fey even by magician standards?"
		MTW asks, "how u whisper?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Level Library
Floyd | This library contains an extensive collection.  Every inch of each
Floyd | wall is covered in bookshelves stuffed with books.  A leather wingback
Floyd | chair and a leather loveseat are the furnishings so that one may enjoy
Floyd | a comfortable read.  Doors break the monotony of books to the north,
Floyd | east, and west.  A large window is in the south wall.  You know that
Floyd | it looks out onto the fastidious garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Karl Weiss and an Oriental rug here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Karl Weiss goes east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to MTW), "Type w Guest1 blah blah blah"
		DavidW says (to MTW), "one dot instead of two."
		MTW says, "okay, i do apologize about any seemingly homophobia, but im gay and i thought it was funny"
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Members' Lounge
Floyd | This room holds another Chippendale chair and another long sofa.  A
Floyd | large, low coffee table sits in the center of the room.  On it are
Floyd | current issues of magic journals and newspapers.  The room resembles
Floyd | the smoking room of a gentlemen's club.  A door to the entrance hall
Floyd | is to the south and doors also lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Smoking a pipe and perusing a newspaper is Virgil Wemyss, a member of
Floyd | the Brotherhood.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Karl Weiss here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil sniffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Karl Weiss goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Or one dot instead of two, but it's easier to accidentally speak out loud by habit."
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer.  The walls bear portraits of famous stage
Floyd | magicians of the past and present.  A small desk holds a visitors'
Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions.  The front
Floyd | door of the home is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors
Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Karl Weiss here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang dusts one of the portraits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Karl Weiss goes east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls.
Floyd | Doors lead west and south.  Counters hold various kitchen appliances,
Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland
Floyd | stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Karl Weiss and Li Qiang here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Li Qiang inspects the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Karl Weiss goes west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer.  The walls bear portraits of famous stage
Floyd | magicians of the past and present.  A small desk holds a visitors'
Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions.  The front
Floyd | door of the home is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors
Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Karl Weiss here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zhang examines the visitors book.
Floyd |
Floyd | Karl Weiss goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to MTW), "I thought I was the token gay on the mud."
		minghua says, "Karl surely is elusive..."
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House

		MTW says, "not not more! bWAHAHAHAHA"

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Members' Lounge
Floyd | This room holds another Chippendale chair and another long sofa.  A
Floyd | large, low coffee table sits in the center of the room.  On it are
Floyd | current issues of magic journals and newspapers.  The room resembles
Floyd | the smoking room of a gentlemen's club.  A door to the entrance hall
Floyd | is to the south and doors also lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Smoking a pipe and perusing a newspaper is Virgil Wemyss, a member of
Floyd | the Brotherhood.
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil gives a little "hmm" in response to something he's
Floyd | reading in the paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "show plans to virgil" 		

Floyd ]  Members' Lounge                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PLANS TO VIRGIL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Interesting."
Floyd |
Floyd | Virgil puffs his pipe and turns the page of his newspaper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  First Level Library                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Level Library
Floyd | This library contains an extensive collection.  Every inch of each
Floyd | wall is covered in bookshelves stuffed with books.  A leather wingback
Floyd | chair and a leather loveseat are the furnishings so that one may enjoy
Floyd | a comfortable read.  Doors break the monotony of books to the north,
Floyd | east, and west.  A large window is in the south wall.  You know that
Floyd | it looks out onto the fastidious garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Oriental rug here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hmph"
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  East End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Hallway
Floyd | This is a narrow, carpeted hallway running west from here.  There is a
Floyd | door to the north and you can see a staircase down the hall to the
Floyd | west.  Another door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Hallway
Floyd | You are at the west end of a narrow, carpeted hallway.  There is a
Floyd | door to the south and stairs lead upwards from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guarding the stairs is Wang Ping, a tough-looking Asian gentleman.  He
Floyd | does not smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wang Ping blinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "okay, lemme help you guys cut to the chase, visit the bathroom again"
minghua says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Wang Ping politely bars your passage to the second floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wang Ping blinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | This is a white, tiled bathroom with the appropriate fixtures (toilet,
Floyd | sink, tub) all in Victorian style, of course.  The pipes are visible
Floyd | up the walls from the fixtures and a mirror is set in the wall above
Floyd | the sink.  The only door is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a membership card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x card" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | (the deck of cards)
Floyd | It's an ordinary deck of playing cards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x membership card" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MEMBERSHIP CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The card has Virgil Wemyss's name on it and it signifies him
Floyd | as a second-level member.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Virgil's a prize. We can probably have the climax of the game in front of him and he won't even look up from his paper."
		MTW says, "that would be funny"
minghua says (to Floyd), "take membership card" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MEMBERSHIP CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone must've accidentally dropped it while pinching a loaf, you
Floyd | assume.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the membership card from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the toilet right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | This is a white, tiled bathroom with the appropriate fixtures (toilet,
Floyd | sink, tub) all in Victorian style, of course.  The pipes are visible
Floyd | up the walls from the fixtures and a mirror is set in the wall above
Floyd | the sink.  The only door is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "climb pipes" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Hallway
Floyd | You are at the west end of a narrow, carpeted hallway.  There is a
Floyd | door to the south and stairs lead upwards from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guarding the stairs is Wang Ping, a tough-looking Asian gentleman.  He
Floyd | does not smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wang Ping blinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "also, ew 'loaf'."
		MTW says, "lol"
minghua says (to Floyd), "show membership card to ping" 		

Floyd ]  West End of Hallway                                  Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW MEMBERSHIP CARD TO PING
Floyd |
Floyd | Wang Ping looks at the card and nods.  He steps slightly out of the
Floyd | way of the stairs for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  North End of Upper Hall                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of Upper Hall
Floyd | You are at the north end of the upstairs hallway.  The hall heads to
Floyd | the south and doors lead east and west.  Stairs lead down from here as
Floyd | well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North End of Upper Hall                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the mahogany door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Second Level Library                                 Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the hall door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Level Library
Floyd | This library is similar in scope to the downstairs library, but these
Floyd | tomes appear much thicker and older.  This is the special library for
Floyd | second level members only.  The door is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lovely, red velvet Victorian fainting couch is set in the center of
Floyd | the room for one's comfort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "last few rooms ppl, dig in"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x couch" 		

Floyd ]  Second Level Library                                 Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It has the wave-shaped padded back that is the signature of a fainting
Floyd | couch.  It is covered in red velvet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I actually skipped some of the upstairs rooms so I will feel freer to act there."
minghua says (to Floyd), "search couch" 		

Floyd ]  Second Level Library                                 Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the fainting couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "faint" 		

Floyd ]  Second Level Library                                 Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "thats it"
		MTW says, "all of my testers tried "faint""
minghua says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Second Level Library                                 Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | None of the books seem too interesting or helpful to this case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "so i gotta implement it"
minghua says (to Floyd), "jump on couch" 		

Floyd ]  Second Level Library                                 Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP ON COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You better. The ghost of Lillian Langtree will haunt you otherwise."
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North End of Upper Hall                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of Upper Hall
Floyd | You are at the north end of the upstairs hallway.  The hall heads to
Floyd | the south and doors lead east and west.  Stairs lead down from here as
Floyd | well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Upper Hall                                           Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Hall
Floyd | This is the middle of the upstairs hallway.  The hall stretches north
Floyd | and south and closed doors are to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "heeeeeee"
Guest1 goes home. 		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South End of Upper Hall                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of Upper Hall
Floyd | This is the southern end of the upstairs hallway.  A door is to the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the dorm door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Servants Dorm
Floyd | This appears to be a a simple dormitory with ten plain beds.  The only
Floyd | other feature is a small trapdoor in one corner of the ceiling, like
Floyd | the entrance to a loft or attic.  It is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "pull trapdoor" 		

Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "open trapdoor" 		

Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You pry open the trapdoor.  It leads into darkness above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a membership card
Floyd |   Philip's plans
Floyd |   a wok
Floyd |   an instruction manual
Floyd |   a top hat (being worn)
Floyd |   a set of stage clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a black cane
Floyd |   a deck of cards
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a lock pick
Floyd |     a fedora
Floyd |     a set of ordinary clothes
Floyd |     a cigar lighter
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It is nickel-plated and maybe was once fancy but now it is dull and
Floyd | weathered.  You found it in New Mexico.  It's a long story.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cigar lighter is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "turn on lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not carrying the lighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sorry, but we do want to save before going up further."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "clear save" 		

Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAR SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "thanks"
		DavidW says, "continue!"
		MTW says, "yeah, in the final, you're gonna have to check out the room behind the mahogany door before going up the trapdoor"
		Jacqueline asks, "That *was* our first save, right? I didn't just screw that up?"
		DavidW says, "We're good."
Mostly_Useless arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		minghua says, "I wouldn't have imagined this is the dangerous spot..."
minghua says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                             Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Servants Dorm
Floyd | This appears to be a a simple dormitory with ten plain beds.  The only
Floyd | other feature is a small trapdoor in one corner of the ceiling, like
Floyd | the entrance to a loft or attic.  It is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the deck of cards into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You take the cigar lighter from the trenchcoat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "turn on lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A small flame pops from the lighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | The walls of this room are completely covered by curtains, blocking
Floyd | out any natural light.  It is a small, suffocatingly stuffy room.
Floyd | Several Chinese lanterns hang from the ceiling but they give off no
Floyd | light.  The floor is carpeted with a thick rug embroidered with the
Floyd | Chinese dragon motif which appears throughout the house.  The motif is
Floyd | repeated on the ceiling and on the Chinese lanterns.  There is a small
Floyd | cupboard to one side of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dominating the far side of the room is a large stone altar which bears
Floyd | the Chinese dragon motif.  The curtain behind this altar bears an
Floyd | elaborate embroidered image of an emaciated man being drained of blood
Floyd | by a creature or creatures unseen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It is pitch dark, and you're about to be eaten by a kimono dragon."
		MTW says, "heeebeeee"
		minghua says, "Creepy altar."
		DavidW says, "How the dragon got in my kimono, I'll never know."
minghua says (to Floyd), "x lanterns" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LANTERNS
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to examine the Chinese lanterns when, from behind the
Floyd | curtains, a number of Asian men rush you and place a hood over your
Floyd | head.  You feel them binding your hands.

		MTW says, "(space)"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                Victorian House
Floyd | head.  You feel them binding your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** You have been captured but you've successfully
Floyd | completed the intro to The Vanishing Conjurer ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
minghua pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | >
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 | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                Victorian House
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 | >

		MTW says, "thanks everyone, but again, theres a room behind the mahogany door to be explored, too, adds to the plot a bit"
		MTW says, "but its up to you guys if u wanna check it out"
minghua says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd ]  Servants Dorm                                        Victorian House
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  South End of Upper Hall                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of Upper Hall
Floyd | This is the southern end of the upstairs hallway.  A door is to the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Upper Hall                                           Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Hall
Floyd | This is the middle of the upstairs hallway.  The hall stretches north
Floyd | and south and closed doors are to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Upper Hall                                           Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the study door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Upper Hall                                           Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the bedroom door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The locked room is interesting, yes."
minghua says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North End of Upper Hall                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of Upper Hall
Floyd | You are at the north end of the upstairs hallway.  The hall heads to
Floyd | the south and doors lead east and west.  Stairs lead down from here as
Floyd | well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "unlock west door with lock pick" 		

Floyd ]  North End of Upper Hall                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK WEST DOOR WITH LOCK PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North End of Upper Hall                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the mahogany door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "unlock mahogany door with lock pick" 		

Floyd ]  North End of Upper Hall                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK MAHOGANY DOOR WITH LOCK PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the lock pick)
Floyd | (putting the deck of cards into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You unlock the mahogany door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "sorry, "mohagany""
		MTW says, "there u go"
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Locked Room                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the mahogany door)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Locked Room
Floyd | This is a large room that maybe was originally meant to be a master
Floyd | bedroom for this home, but now it is being used for storage.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of the room is a large crate.  It is about as high as
Floyd | the ceiling and wider than you can stretch your arms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaning against the large crate is a crowbar.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is some sort of dark burn on the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I skipped the Upper Hall doors; I was afraid of walking into Chang's bedroom or study while he was there, assuming that's what those rooms might be for."
minghua says (to Floyd), "take crowbar" 		

Floyd ]  The Locked Room                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CROWBAR
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the black cane into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You pick up the crowbar from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x crowbar" 		

Floyd ]  The Locked Room                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CROWBAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a sturdy crowbar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x burn" 		

Floyd ]  The Locked Room                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BURN
Floyd |
Floyd | It is vaguely shaped like the silhouette of a man.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Huh. When armed with saves and undo, when has fear stopped you?"
		DavidW says, "convenient crowbar."
minghua says (to Floyd), "open crate with crowbar" 		

Floyd ]  The Locked Room                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CRATE WITH CROWBAR
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  The Locked Room                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is about as high as the ceiling and wider than you can stretch your
Floyd | arms.  It is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW exclaims, "hey, it came with the crate for free!"
zzo38 arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
minghua says (to Floyd), "pry crate with crowbar" 		

Floyd ]  The Locked Room                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRY CRATE WITH CROWBAR
Floyd |
Floyd | With the crowbar, you use all your strength to noisily pry open the
Floyd | large crate, revealing three large stone slabs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "He has real magic, remember?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "x slabs" 		

Floyd ]  The Locked Room                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SLABS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are three large pieces and, using your superior deducing skills,
Floyd | you figure they can be assembled into a sort-of arch configuration.
Floyd | There are strange glyphs carved into the slabs.  The whole thing makes
Floyd | you uneasy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zzo38 says, "Don't be so useless" 		DavidW asks, "What if he can reach beyond the fourth wall?"
minghua says (to Floyd), "enter crate" 		

Floyd ]  The Locked Room                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "take slabs" 		

Floyd ]  The Locked Room                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SLABS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear, zzo38 crashed the party"
minghua says (to Floyd), "assemble slabs" 		

Floyd ]  The Locked Room                                      Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSEMBLE SLABS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "haha"
zzo38 has just been eaten by a grue! 		DavidW says (to minghua), "oh, I wanted to assemble the slabs too."
		MTW says, "i should state that they are too big to be assembled alone, but then again....."
		minghua says (to DavidW), "Yeah they are very detaily described for this game."
		MTW exclaims, "all of this is helping me with a big ol' rewrite, thanks everyone!!!"
		DavidW says, "I so wanted to make a do-it-yourself Stonehenge arch."
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  North End of Upper Hall                              Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of Upper Hall
Floyd | You are at the north end of the upstairs hallway.  The hall heads to
Floyd | the south and doors lead east and west.  Stairs lead down from here as
Floyd | well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Upper Hall                                           Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Hall
Floyd | This is the middle of the upstairs hallway.  The hall stretches north
Floyd | and south and closed doors are to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Upper Hall                                           Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the study door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "unlock study door with lock pick" 		

Floyd ]  Upper Hall                                           Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK STUDY DOOR WITH LOCK PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | There are many locks that your old lock pick does not open.  This is
Floyd | one of them.  Oh well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Upper Hall                                           Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the bedroom door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
minghua says (to Floyd), "unlock bedroom door with lock pick" 		

Floyd ]  Upper Hall                                           Victorian House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK BEDROOM DOOR WITH LOCK PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | There are many locks that your old lock pick does not open.  This is
Floyd | one of them.  Oh well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh pooh"
		MTW exclaims, "and thats about it, folks, remember, it was just an intro, but this really really helped a shit-ton!"
		minghua asks, "So that's it? The slabs are just red herrings?"
		MTW says, "no"
		MTW says, "they come in to play in the rest of the game"
		DavidW asks (of minghua), "There's also a something on the ceiling in that room, did you see?"
		MTW says, "this is just an intro"
		minghua exclaims, "Thanks MTW. It was fun!"
		MTW exclaims, "thanks!"
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks, MTW, and congrats again."
		Jacqueline says, "So, that's CF for today."
		MTW exclaims, "thank you!"
		DavidW says, "good game"
		MTW exclaims, "aww thanks!"
		Jacqueline says, "I have asked for a Floydable copy of Werewolves Rising. We'll hopefully play through the honorables over the next 1-2 weeks."
		MTW says, "awesome"
		DavidW says, "wonderful"
		Jacqueline says, "So, see you next week at 9:30 Pacific."
		MTW says, "pEaCe"
		Jacqueline says (to MTW), "pEaCe oUt"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
First by Shannon Prickett
What happened in 1984 by Harris Conger
The Example of the Chicken Sexer by Simon Christiansen
As played on ifMUD on September 8, 2013

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 First written by Shannon Prickett, What happened in 1984 written by Harris Conger, and The Example of the Chicken Sexer written by Simon Christiansen. First, What happened in 1984, and The Example of the Chicken Sexer were all released as part of IntroComp 2013, in which they all received honorable mentions. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: The Example of the Chicken Sexer, First, and What happened in 1984.

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:

First by Shannon Prickett
What happened in 1984 by Harris Conger
The Example of the Chicken Sexer by Simon Christiansen
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
#ClubFloyd Discussion
		

		Jacqueline says, "So we have What Happened in 1984, The Example of the Chicken Sexer, and First."
		Jacqueline says, "We could do First first, I guess. I haven't played that one yet."
		MTW says, "sounds good"
		Jacqueline says, "And if we finish in under an hour we can do another one second."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ic13first" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The cucumbers are what you're thinking of. A lot seems to have
Floyd | happened just now and the details aren't set yet but you think
Floyd | cucumbers are involved.
Floyd |
Floyd | First
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Shannon Prickett
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130714 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Upside Down
Floyd | You're suspended from the seat belt, which probably saved your life.
Floyd | Before you, a display of carelessly pressed flowers seen through a
Floyd | tangled network of fissured glass. There is an occasional sound of
Floyd | glass parting or metal yielding but the largest threat seems to be
Floyd | your inversion. To one side, a still inflated airbag obscures the
Floyd | driver.  On the other side, outside the car, there's a large metal
Floyd | thing and a small furry thing. Somewhere, you believe there are
Floyd | cucumbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | A comfortingly strong seatbelt holds you where you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a cigarette lighter here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "i just wanna watch, someone else control"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of the car's standard equipment, it pushes in to heat and pops
Floyd | out when it's reached the ignition point of cigarettes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Do cars even have those anymore?"
		MTW says, "not standard"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Mine does, but it's a 2003"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo seatbelt" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO SEATBELT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open seatbelt" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN SEATBELT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first unlocking the seatbelt)
Floyd | You must have hit your head, you're not making sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x seatbelt" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SEATBELT
Floyd |
Floyd | Some kind of incredibly strong cloth with a buckle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open buckle" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN BUCKLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unbuckle seatbelt" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNBUCKLE SEATBELT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "press buckle" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS BUCKLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW asks, "unfasten?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unfasten seatbelt" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNFASTEN SEATBELT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x furry" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FURRY
Floyd |
Floyd | Slightly smaller than a person and covered with thick fur.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I had some friends in high school that wrecked like this."
		MTW says, "i did, too"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x metal" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X METAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Slid off the road. It was winter. They ended up upside down in a ditch."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x driver" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone close to you, you remember that much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "press lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to flail a limb at it and depress the lighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "They were both fine, so they just hung there until someone came for them. At one point, my friend reached forward and turned on the radio."
		Zach asks, "Maybe we can pop the airbag with the lighter?"
		Zach says, "Eek"
		Jacqueline asks (of Z), "Aren't there horrible chemicles in an airbag?"
DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "Sorry I'm late"
		MTW exclaims, "to david, hello sailor!"
		Jacqueline says, "rawr"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "We're playing First."
		Zach says (to Jacq), "There's only one way to find out!"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x airbag" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AIRBAG
Floyd |
Floyd | A big white puffy thing fills the left side of your vision. There's a
Floyd | sharp smell, as if someone had swept up all the dust from a library
Floyd | and packed it in to a pipe and smoked it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "And we are stuck in the seatbelt I've heard so much about."
		DavidW says, "oh, yes. I remember this one."
		Jacqueline says (to Z), "Go for it."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of the car's standard equipment, it's glowing with a hot heat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | With a boastful little POP, the lighter ejects. Fate is with you, and
Floyd | you snare it in your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put lighter on airbag" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT LIGHTER ON AIRBAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the puffy white airbag bag would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "burn seatbelt" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURN SEATBELT
Floyd |
Floyd | The
Floyd | *** Run-time problem P10: Since the seatbelt is not allowed the
Floyd | property "temperature", it is against the rules to try to use it.
Floyd |
Floyd | <illegal heat> lighter does you no good.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "eep"
Zach says (to Floyd), "burn airbag" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURN AIRBAG
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "burn furry" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURN FURRY
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Great, Jacq broke our game"
		Zach says, "Hey, DavidW"
		DavidW says, "It's a question of timing. If you don't do the right thing at the right time, you get that runtime error instead."
		Jacqueline says (to Z), "You just wanted to type 'burn furry,' you should be ashamed."
		Zach says, "Heh"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "So was I on the right track?"
		DavidW says, "yes. Burning the seatbelt is the correct thing to do."
		Jacqueline says, "..."
Zach says (to Floyd), "press lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to flail a limb at it and depress the lighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW asks, "does it clue you that it's broken or something?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | (the cigarette lighter)
Floyd | Part of the car's standard equipment, it's glowing with a hot heat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm guessing the lighter is only hot enough, though, immediately after taking it or pushing it, I think."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
Zach says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Upside Down                                          0/22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Upside Down
Floyd | You're suspended from the seat belt, which probably saved your life.
Floyd | Before you, a display of carelessly pressed flowers seen through a
Floyd | tangled network of fissured glass. There is an occasional sound of
Floyd | glass parting or metal yielding but the largest threat seems to be
Floyd | your inversion. To one side, a still inflated airbag obscures the
Floyd | driver.  On the other side, outside the car, there's a large metal
Floyd | thing and a small furry thing. Somewhere, you believe there are
Floyd | cucumbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | A comfortingly strong seatbelt holds you where you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a boastful little POP, the lighter ejects. Fate is with you, and
Floyd | you snare it in your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "burn seatbelt" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 0/23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURN SEATBELT
Floyd |
Floyd | The material yields to the heat, stretching and finally giving out
Floyd | entirely. You are freed. The lighter rolls from your fingers and is
Floyd | lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Passenger Seat
Floyd | Innumerable small shards of glass sparkle on the floor which under
Floyd | normal conditions would be the ceiling. You can escape from here. From
Floyd | this angle you can see there's a boxy metal car and a much smaller
Floyd | furry thing near by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I was about to press it in again, but Zach beat me to it. Well done, Zach."
		DavidW says, "there ya go."
Rob arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Zach says, "I win the club!"
		* Rob has joined the channel.
Zach says (to Floyd), "x driver" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 0/24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone close to you, you remember that much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This was the only game of IntroComp 2013 that I couldn't finish, though."
		Zach says, "OK, I'm worried about this guy, but clearly the PC isn't."
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to driver" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 0/24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, we've had a TBI."
Lionheart arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Rob asks, "what's ic13first?"
		DavidW says (to Zach), "I couldn't even tell that the driver was a guy -- or even there in person."
Zach says (to Floyd), "exit car" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 0/24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Rob), "It's the IntroComp 2013 entry called 'First'"
		MTW says, "maybe the driver died? and we all know that when someone dies, they immediately no longer matter."
		Rob says, "ohh! that IC. cool"
Zach says (to Floyd), "escape" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 0/24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ESCAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         0/25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Front Passenger Seat
Floyd | There's an extraordinary distortion to the grill of the car, as if it
Floyd | were fondant someone leaned against. If you didn't cross the median,
Floyd | you must be east of the highway, meaning the other end of the car is
Floyd | west of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x car" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         0/26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | A boxy vehicle, before it encountered a tree. Now its sides have been
Floyd | skewed and its contents scattered around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to MTW), "maybe. I certainly couldn't get to the other side of the car."
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      0/27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rear of the car
Floyd | This is where the trunk is , which you think some people call a boot
Floyd | but not like foot boot, more like a beer boot. Maybe you did hit your
Floyd | head. About the only important thing to know is that it currently
Floyd | opens down instead of up, as the car is lying on its roof.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open boot" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      0/27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN BOOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "this makes me want to listen to Barenaked Ladies "Tonite is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel""
Zach says (to Floyd), "open trunk" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      0/28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the trunk, revealing a paper grocery bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take bag" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, there they are.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "look in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | In the paper grocery bag are six cucumbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Hooray!"
		MTW asks, "did we win?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cucumbers" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUCUMBERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cucumber" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUCUMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the cucumber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "I was sitting here thinking 'isn't it "grille" not "grill"?' when suddenly the word 'fondant' hoved into view"
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Rear of the car
Floyd | This is where the trunk is  About the only important thing to know is
Floyd | that it currently opens down instead of up, as the car is lying on its
Floyd | roof.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Front Passenger Seat
Floyd | There's an extraordinary distortion to the grill of the car, as if it
Floyd | were fondant someone leaned against. If you didn't cross the median,
Floyd | you must be east of the highway, meaning the other end of the car is
Floyd | west of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "cook cucumbers" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COOK CUCUMBERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put cucumbers on grill" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CUCUMBERS ON GRILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "trunk-boot makes more sense to me than 'beer boot', which I have no idea what it means"
		DavidW says, "sorry. I was called away."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x furry" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FURRY
Floyd |
Floyd | Slightly smaller than a person and covered with thick fur.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It is funny how sometimes you get the simplest fixations after hitting your head."
		DavidW asks, "so did you guys find the cucumbers, then?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
		Zach says, "6 of them"
		MTW asks, "why are we driving with Chaka from Land of the Lost?"
		Rob asks, "did we start by waking up in a car wreck with no memory of what happened?"
		MTW says, "p much"
		DavidW says, "Finding the cucumbers was as far as I got."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make pickles" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE PICKLES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat cucumber" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CUCUMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the cucumber)
Floyd | You eat the cucumber. Not bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/34
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Front Passenger Seat
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "I guess we could try eating them all?"
		Jacqueline says, "Um, sure."
Zach says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/34
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Nothing happens if you eat them all except -- no cucumbers."
		Zach says, "Dang"
		Jacqueline says, "I have nothing better to suggest, so let's try Cool Hand Luking these cucumbers."
		DavidW says, "Might as well. I couldn't find anything else to do."
		Rob asks, "what we have here, is a failure to communicate with cucumbers ?"
		DavidW says, "I couldn't go down the road -- or find the road. Or the tree the car smashed into. Or find the flowers we supposedly saw in the windshield. Or do anything with the 'furry' whatever in the car."
		MTW says, "interesting"
		Zach asks, "Does "furry" refer to the driver?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Rob), "There's a scene in CHL where he eats an insane number of hard boiled eggs, I believe."
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It makes him quite ill."
		DavidW says (to Zach), "no, I don't think so."
Zach says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Front Passenger Seat
Floyd | There's an extraordinary distortion to the grill of the car, as if it
Floyd | were fondant someone leaned against. If you didn't cross the median,
Floyd | you must be east of the highway, meaning the other end of the car is
Floyd | west of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x grill" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter car" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You must supply a noun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "x media" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MEDIA
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "x median" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MEDIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb car" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Have we walked around to the other side to check on the driver from the outside?"
Rob says (to floyd), "x grill" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under car" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "this is a stumper"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rear of the car
Floyd | This is where the trunk is  About the only important thing to know is
Floyd | that it currently opens down instead of up, as the car is lying on its
Floyd | roof.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I couldn't figure out how to do that."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x driver" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone close to you, you remember that much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "push car" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "inventory" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INVENTORY
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a paper grocery bag
Floyd |     six cucumbers
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop driver" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP DRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The driver is already here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take driver" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "hit driver with cucumber" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT DRIVER WITH CUCUMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit the driver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "give cucumber to driver" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE CUCUMBER TO DRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW asks, "what happened when we tried to eat the cukes?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "credits" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CREDITS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "hint" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HINT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to MTW), "We haven't tried. But when I played during the comp, nothing happened."
		Rob asks, "is there like a glove compartment in the car or anything?"
		MTW says, "o i c"
Rob says (to Floyd), "mtw" 		

Floyd ]  Rear of the car                                      1/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MTW
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says, "oops" 		Jacqueline says, "So, maga's not 100% sure, but I asked him and he, too, thinks we've done all we can do."
Rob has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Zach says, "I couldn't figure out how to get back in the car"
Rob arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Front Passenger Seat
Floyd | There's an extraordinary distortion to the grill of the car, as if it
Floyd | were fondant someone leaned against. If you didn't cross the median,
Floyd | you must be east of the highway, meaning the other end of the car is
Floyd | west of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There might be nothing more to do. I just don't know."
Rob says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Passenger Seat
Floyd | Innumerable small shards of glass sparkle on the floor which under
Floyd | normal conditions would be the ceiling. You can escape from here. From
Floyd | this angle you can see there's a boxy metal car and a much smaller
Floyd | furry thing near by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "There we go"
Rob says (to floyd), "x furry" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FURRY
Floyd |
Floyd | Slightly smaller than a person and covered with thick fur.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's the furry thing."
Zach says (to Floyd), "give cucumber to furry" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE CUCUMBER TO FURRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "search furry" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH FURRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "get furry" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FURRY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear furry" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR FURRY
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the furry)
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "ok weird"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open furry" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN FURRY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW asks, "guess the author isn't here?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x glass" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "No"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell furry" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL FURRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take glass" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch furry" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH FURRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "x shards" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, did we hit Tiny Foot?"
Rob says (to floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Passenger Seat
Floyd | Innumerable small shards of glass sparkle on the floor which under
Floyd | normal conditions would be the ceiling. You can escape from here. From
Floyd | this angle you can see there's a boxy metal car and a much smaller
Floyd | furry thing near by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Aww"
		Jacqueline asks, "Is that supposed to be the intriguing thing here?"
Rob says (to floyd), "pet furry" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PET FURRY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x car" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | A boxy vehicle, before it encountered a tree. Now its sides have been
Floyd | skewed and its contents scattered around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "x contents" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CONTENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | cucumber: Taken.
Floyd | cucumber: Taken.
Floyd | cucumber: Taken.
Floyd | cucumber: Taken.
Floyd | cucumber: Taken.
Floyd | cucumber: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/60
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Passenger Seat
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, ">READ AUTHOR'S MIND"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | In the paper grocery bag are six cucumbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read bag" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | In the paper grocery bag are six cucumbers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "smell cucumber" 		

Floyd ]  Front Passenger Seat                                 1/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL CUCUMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Personally, I'm ready to move on."
		Zach says, "Yeah"
		Rob asks, "is there a scenery tree object examinable if we go outside again?"
		MTW says, "ditto"
		Rob asks, "or any other direction to go outside the car other than west?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Front Passenger Seat
Floyd | There's an extraordinary distortion to the grill of the car, as if it
Floyd | were fondant someone leaned against. If you didn't cross the median,
Floyd | you must be east of the highway, meaning the other end of the car is
Floyd | west of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "maybe we can wear the empty bag, asphyxiate, and go to a better game."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put bag on head" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BAG ON HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Aw."
Rob says (to floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear bag" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Oh, right, we don't have head! That explains everything!"
Rob says (to floyd), "climb car" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "push car" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "ok I'm out of ideas"
		Jacqueline asks, "Have any of you played Prickett's other game?"
		Rob says, "well we can all look forward to a continued implementation of this introduction"
		Jacqueline asks, "Rolled?"
		Jacqueline asks, "The name is making me wonder if it, too, is about a rolled automobile?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "roll car" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROLL CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "roll" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says, "heh" 		Jacqueline asks, "Anyway, shall we do What Happened in 1984 or The Example of the Chicken Sexer?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "roll on the river" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Front Passenger Seat                         1/68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROLL ON THE RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "84"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Both are short games."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd | cheapglulxe 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 ic13whathappened" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        1
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It's finished! Hayashi corporation has finally finished the first time
Floyd | machine, and you have been chosen to use it for the first time! You
Floyd | begin to wonder what you should use it for. You could prevent world
Floyd | war I, go forward into the future, or anything else. Then, like a
Floyd | bullet from a high calibur rifle, it hits you! You're going to prevent
Floyd | Activision from buying Infocom!
Floyd | You fire up the time machine, set your destination, and step on it!
Floyd | The experience of driving a time machine reminds you of that old movie
Floyd | they call "Back to the Future."
Floyd | Then, the time machine grinds to a hault.
Floyd | It disappears, and a hollow voice says, When you're ready to return to
Floyd | the present, say plugh."
Floyd |
Floyd | What happened in 1984
Floyd | A Time Travelers Tale - Introcomp version by Harris Conger
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130614 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Infocom shrine
Floyd | This is the infamous Infocom shrine, a basement of sorts in MIT. Not
Floyd | much to see here, except for the famous Infocom Mural (Why it's
Floyd | painted in this time period, you don't know).
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc Blank, one of the first 4 Imps is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "oo, infocom"
		Rob says, "oo, 'time machine' and 'first', reminds me of something"
		Jacqueline says, "One would think they would have made us write an essay entitled What I Will Do With The New Time Machine Technology before choosing us to be the first one to use it."
		Rob says, "heh, 'calibur' like missing the 'ex-', instead of like caliber"
		DavidW says (to Rob), "Savour that 'oo'. You might not get another."
		Rob says, "hault, hee hee"
Zach says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        1
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "huh I went on nm's tour of MIT and I don't remember an Infocom mural"
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        2
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc whistles a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I don't recall it, either. Possibly it's no longer there."
		Zach says, "So many homophones"
		DavidW says, "People whistle tunes, not toons. But whatever."
Rob says (to floyd), "mark, hello" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        3
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARK, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "mural" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        3
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh dear. IRTA Marc is a witless toon."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        4
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The mural consists of the Infocom logo and a passage of text below it.
Floyd | The passage reads: "Oh ye who go about saying unto each other: "Hello
Floyd | sailor": Dost thou know the magnitude of thy sin before the gods? Yea,
Floyd | verily, thou shalt be ground between two stones. Shall the angry gods
Floyd | cast thy body into the whirlpool? Surely, thy eye shall be put out
Floyd | with a sharp stick! Even unto the ends of the earth shalt thou wander
Floyd | and unto the land of the dead shalt thou be sent at last. Surely thou
Floyd | shalt repent of thy cunning."
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "twiddles, not twittles, as well"
		DavidW says, "Marc's really productive and busy in this game."
Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about infocom" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        5
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT INFOCOM
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "odysseus" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        5
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ODYSSEUS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hello sailor" 		Lionheart says, "He'll go far in the world of paper shuffling."

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        5
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELLO SAILOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        5
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says (to DavidW), "This is why they financial problems"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "odysseus" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        5
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ODYSSEUS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I think my oo is gone."
		Rob says, "I can't believe 'hello sailor' doesn't get a response from this game after that introduction"
		DavidW says (to Rob), "I know!"
Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about cornerstone" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        6
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT CORNERSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yep. We were supposed to work on a database program called
Floyd | Cornerstone. The business for databases is booming, you know."
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Though I rather like the idea of the premise. Granted, it's a very niche audience."
		Rob says, "ha-ha!"
		DavidW says (to Rob), "ah, you read the walkthrough."
Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about meretzky" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        7
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT MERETZKY
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc paces around the room nurvously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "hello marc" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        7
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELLO MARC
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "I got a response! I got a response!"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask marc about marc" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        8
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT MARC
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc looks at you with a surprised look on his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "wtg"
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask mark about infocom" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        9
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT INFOCOM
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc whistles a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask marc about infocom" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        10
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT INFOCOM
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc whistles a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask marc about mit" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        11
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT MIT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask marc about steve" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        12
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT STEVE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says (to DW), "no, just kind of ... went with what I thought the author was getting at, being this enshrining of the infocom legend. ...? or something"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask marc about dave" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        13
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT DAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc whistles a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x marc" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        14
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MARC
Floyd |
Floyd | He's wearing 80's white clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc whistles a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "we need to search the Get Lamp documentary for clues"
		Zach says, "Ah, I remember the 80's and all the white clothes."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask marc about zork" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        15
Floyd ]  Exits: UP
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT ZORK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc paces around the room nurvously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This could be kind of intriguing if done as Interactive Nonfiction as well. Like, I just saw Jobs and am reading Woz's book. Having an IF game that moved you through the early days of IF would be pretty cool (like, without the changing history bit)."
		Lionheart asks, "Why so nurvous?"
		Zach asks, "'UP' I guess?"
		Rob says, "heh, yeah, lots of white clothes in the 80s. if you're tom wolfe or whatever wossname is"
Zach has disconnected. 		
Zach has connected. 		Rob says (to Jacq), "I read the Jobs book a couple of times and then saw the movie! enjoy"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I've read the book, then saw the film. I was glad they cut it off where they did."
		Rob says, "also explain to me why ashton kutcher walked in that really weird hunch shouldered way"
		Jacqueline says, "It was okay. The book obviously does a lot more than the film could."
		Lionheart says, "His retisense makes me peeked."
		Jacqueline says (to Rob), "Because I think that's how Jobs walked, though perhaps not quite so obviously."
		Rob says, "seeing reproductions of apple technology from its beginnings was its most obvious reason for being a movie"
		DavidW says (to Zach), "I'm fine with 'up'."
Zach says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  stairwell                                             16
Floyd ]  Exits: UP  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | stairwell
Floyd | This is one of many stairwells in MIT. This one leads up to a room
Floyd | with a bunch of workstations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says (to Jacq), "yeah, except I watched all his presentations, him pacing back and forth on the stage, and he walked like a normal person"
Zach says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      17
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | workstation room
Floyd | This is the room where the Unix workstations usually go. Oddly enough,
Floyd | not a single workstation remains.
Floyd |
Floyd | A scruffy-looking Hacker is here, looking rather befuzzled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I hate to say this, but the underimplementation of this is making me want to move on. Possibly there will be more of interest, though."
		Jacqueline says (to Rob), "Huh."
Rob says (to floyd), "hacker, hello" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      18
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HACKER, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "ask hacker about zork" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      19
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT ZORK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "ask hacker about mark" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      20
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT MARK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "hacker, where is workstation?" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      21
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HACKER, WHERE IS WORKSTATION?
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Perhaps Kutcher has osteoperosis, then. Not sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask hacker about activision" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      22
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT ACTIVISION
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask hack about workstation" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      22
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HACK ABOUT WORKSTATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask hacker about workstation" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      23
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT WORKSTATION
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask hacker about unix" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      24
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT UNIX
Floyd |
Floyd | Unix? It's an ok OS. It's just not... Free. I mean free speech, not
Floyd | free beer. I plan to make a replacement for it, and I'll call it...
Floyd | GNU. GNU's not UNIX.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x rms" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      24
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RMS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x hacker" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      25
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HACKER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your typical hacker: sleep deprived, fidgety, and all that. In fact,
Floyd | you're pretty sure you've seen him somewhere before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says (to jacq), "I was convinced that he thought Jobs walked like that, and spent months working on that walk, but it threw me out of the movie every time he did it. (Unlike his voice, which convincingly sounded like steve jobs, without sounding overly practiced)"
		Jacqueline says, "I would not have thought to ask about unix. Well done."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask hacker about coke" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      26
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT COKE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Rob), "Yeah"
Rob says (to floyd), "ask hacker about MIT" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      27
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT MIT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "ask hacker about infinite corridor" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      28
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HACKER ABOUT INFINITE CORRIDOR
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think he's supposed to be the hacker from Lurking Horror."
		Jacqueline says, "I think we could be done now."
		Jacqueline whistles innocently.
		Rob says, "I don't think I got far enough in Lurking Horror to know about him, but I've been mulling over what I do remember about Lurking Horror for the past few minutes"
		DavidW says, "There's an inventory item to find to the south."
		Lionheart says, "I thought the dialog was meant to imply he was Richard Stallman. Not that those are exclusive."
		Rob says (to DW), "lead the way"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "oooh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  storage room                                          29
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | storage room
Floyd | This room is used for storing an array of things.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is dominated by junk: Old tapes and punchcards, programming
Floyd | manuals, broken terminals, cables and the like.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  storage room                                          30
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oops, sorry. Got excited."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "An array of things! Ha!"
		Rob asks, "is only one of these takeable/examinable?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search junk" 		

Floyd ]  storage room                                          31
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You rummage around in the junk, eventually coming up with  a dusty
Floyd | book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Or Richard Stallman"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]  storage room                                          32
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | [Please read the Dusty-Book.txt file which should've came with the
Floyd | game to find out what is in the book.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "oh wow"
		Rob says, "should've came"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search junk" 		

Floyd ]  storage room                                          33
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ]  storage room                                          34
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | [Please read the Dusty-Book.txt file which should've came with the
Floyd | game to find out what is in the book.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That is a nice hat tip to Infocom."
		Jacqueline says, "One sec, let me go see if there's a book."
		Rob says, "I'm thinking of another time travel game that had a profitable >search junk command as well"
Rob says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      35
Floyd ]  Exits: south down
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | workstation room
Floyd | This is the room where the Unix workstations usually go. Oddly enough,
Floyd | not a single workstation remains.
Floyd |
Floyd | A scruffy-looking Hacker is here, looking rather befuzzled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think this intro ends when we leave this room with the book."
Rob says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  storage room                                          36
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | storage room
Floyd | This room is used for storing an array of things.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is dominated by junk: Old tapes and punchcards, programming
Floyd | manuals, broken terminals, cables and the like.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  storage room                                          37
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | junk: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd ]  storage room                                          38
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the junk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "drop junk" 		

Floyd ]  storage room                                          39
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh. Maybe we have to go to the mural with it?"
		Rob says, "let's try it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  workstation room                                      40
Floyd ]  Exits: south down
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | workstation room
Floyd | This is the room where the Unix workstations usually go. Oddly enough,
Floyd | not a single workstation remains.
Floyd |
Floyd | A scruffy-looking Hacker is here, looking rather befuzzled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  stairwell                                             41
Floyd ]  Exits: up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | stairwell
Floyd | This is one of many stairwells in MIT. This one leads up to a room
Floyd | with a bunch of workstations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        42
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Infocom shrine
Floyd | This is the infamous Infocom shrine, a basement of sorts in MIT. Not
Floyd | much to see here, except for the famous Infocom Mural (Why it's
Floyd | painted in this time period, you don't know).
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc Blank, one of the first 4 Imps is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc paces around the room nurvously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask marc about hacker" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        43
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARC ABOUT HACKER
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc paces around the room nurvously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "show book to mark" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        44
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW BOOK TO MARK
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "give book to mark" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        45
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BOOK TO MARK
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc looks at you with a surprised look on his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. okay. I don't remember what I did to reach the ending."
Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about book" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        46
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc whistles a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob asks, "you saw an ending?"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        47
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Your singing is abominable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "During the comp, yes."
		Rob says, "this is sad, I can see a genuine love for infocom history and a spark of inspiration in the premise, but the execution needs to be executed"
Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about colossal cave" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        48
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT COLOSSAL CAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		DavidW says (to Rob), "I see less than that."
		Jacqueline says, "I see what Rob sees."
		Rob says, "nah, I see it, I just don't see it being ... something happening after the intro text of the game. I guess I just see it in the intro"
		Jacqueline says, "Just sayin'"
		Rob says (to jacq), "thanks, whew"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "oh wait. There was some return word to use in the prologue."
Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about graham nelson" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        49
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT GRAHAM NELSON
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about inform" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        50
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT INFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "ask mark about milliways" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        51
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MARK ABOUT MILLIWAYS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We need to say plugh to return to our present day."
		Rob says, "AP Hill? really? wow"
		Rob says, "that floods me with wrong nostalgia"
		Jacqueline says, "That dusty book is hilarious for reasons they author probably did not intend."
		Jacqueline says, "er, s/they/the"
		Rob says, "it's rediculously hilarious"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "marc, don't make cornerstone" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        52
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARC, DON'T MAKE CORNERSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc whistles a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "marc, don't panic" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        53
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARC, DON'T PANIC
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "marc, stop cornerstone" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        54
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARC, STOP CORNERSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc paces around the room nurvously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "wait, references to AP Hill and Radical Al? who is this guy? those are way-way-back allusions"
		DavidW says, "anyway, 'plugh' should end this intro."
		Rob asks, "ploo or pluff?"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "marc, relax" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        55
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARC, RELAX
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc twittles his thumbs and hums a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "marc, don't do it" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        56
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARC, DON'T DO IT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc whistles a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "mark, up" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        57
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARK, UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc whistles a toon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        57
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There is also a walkthrough that I uploaded."
Rob says (to floyd), "tell mark about cornerstone" 		

Floyd ]  Infocom shrine                                        58
Floyd ]  Exits: up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MARK ABOUT CORNERSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | This provokes no reaction.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marc paces around the room nurvously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I've said what to do."
Rob says (to floyd), "plugh" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   59
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | The time machine reappears, and you drive away from the past and
Floyd | towards the present. When the time machine disappears again, you find
Floyd | yourself in...
Floyd |
Floyd | lab
Floyd | This is the Labratory for the Hayashi corporation, where they moniter
Floyd | the TRS.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shishi Hayashi, the head of all lab affairs, is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lionheart says, "I suppose we haven't tried preventing cornerstone with violence."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shishi" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   60
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHISHI
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Shishi.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "ask hayashi about cornerstone" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   60
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HAYASHI ABOUT CORNERSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "give or show her the book."
Rob says (to floyd), "ask shishi about cornerstone" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   61
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT CORNERSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob asks, "he's a she?"
Rob says (to floyd), "show book to shishi" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   62
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW BOOK TO SHISHI
Floyd |
Floyd | Shishi is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I promise that, as the comp organizer, I do go on at some length about how intros should be well-implemented and well-tested. I do. Honest."
		DavidW says, "oh, I don't know."
		Rob says, "no stain on you"
Rob says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   63
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a dusty book
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "give dusty book to shishi" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   64
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE DUSTY BOOK TO SHISHI
Floyd |
Floyd | Shishi doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "x shishi" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   65
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHISHI
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Shishi.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "plugh" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   66
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about trs" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   67
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT TRS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "hit shishi with book" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   67
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT SHISHI WITH BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit Shishi.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell shishi about book" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   68
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL SHISHI ABOUT BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | This provokes no reaction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "hit shishi" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   69
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT SHISHI
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell shishi about infocom" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   70
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL SHISHI ABOUT INFOCOM
Floyd |
Floyd | This provokes no reaction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "wah"
		Zach says (to Jacq), "I'd believe that if it weren't obvious you wrote these games yourself."
		Jacqueline says, "You will not get it without the walkthrough."
		Jacqueline asks (of Zach), "Would you care to step outside?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plugh" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   71
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   72
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Uh... gotta go!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop book" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   73
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "May I end this?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   74
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "also I have my own apology, that I had something better than these two only partially implemented, and didn't submit (because I wanted to actually keep going, but still)"
		Rob says, "I vote yea"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   75
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | What a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "If you like."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about outcome" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   76
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT OUTCOME
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look kid, I hate to tell yuh, but by preventing Cornerstone, you have
Floyd | destroyed the computer all together! It started in 1985. Infocom
Floyd | released Milliways. At this time, Microsoft was supposed to release
Floyd | Windows 1.0, but they didn't! Eventually, people got sick of MS DOS,
Floyd | Apple DOS, Linux and UNIX. And that scruffy hacker? That was richard
Floyd | Stallman! He ended up creating everything he needed, and Linus
Floyd | Torvalds supplied the Linux colonel. However, People were too sick of
Floyd | computers to care! Now, this is critical. You have to return to the
Floyd | past, convince Infocom to create cornerstone, and convince Richard
Floyd | Stallman to go forward with GNU, or else we'll be living in a low-tech
Floyd | world! To go back to the past, say Plover."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "'outcome'?"
		Rob says, "<klingon>this does dishonor to the memory of infocom</klingon>"
		Jacqueline says, "yep"
		Rob says, "from plugh to plover, in one step"
		Lionheart asks, "The heck? So we prevented Cornerstone... how?"
		Jacqueline | Shishi says, "And then somehow I was able to create a time machine without the use of computers!"
		Rob says, "colossal non-awesome fail"
		Jacqueline says (to Lionheart), "We didn't. We were supposed to, but we didn't actually get that far."
		Zach says, "Probably by turning back an analog clock"
		Rob says, "I'm glad I was here to share this with others"
		Zach says, "I'm confused why the book from the future was in the past."
		Jacqueline says, "We need to share these experiences, Rob. We grow together through them."
		Jacqueline says (to Zach), "Do no think too hard about that."
		DavidW says (to Zach), "good point"
		Rob says, "and yet, what I weirdly said before, somehow this person had some real love for IF at heart, or they wouldn't have embarked on this (disastrously-underimplemented) premise"
		Jacqueline says, "So, we could do the Chicken Sexer or we could hold off and do that next week."
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh, that sounded wrong."
		Rob says (to Jacq), "yes. I see that now."
		Rob says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says (to Rob), "Yeah."
		Rob asks, "is it going to be an awesome game about chicken-sexing?"
		Jacqueline says, "I actually kind of enjoyed it."
		Lionheart says, "Tch, they keyed that response to "outcome" but didn't consider "infocom"."
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like it was a complete game, not an intro, but I guess perhaps the author plans to expand it or do a part II or something."
		Rob says, "in-out-fo-come-com"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about computers" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   77
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT COMPUTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "#tsd"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about windows" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   78
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about microsoft" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   79
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT MICROSOFT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about linux" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   80
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT LINUX
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "But possibly I enjoyed it because at the time I played it I was staying with my second mum (mother-in-law) and she had some new chickens and we were trying to figure out their gender."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "The Chicken Sexer author does explain his programming plan and style."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask shishi about milliways" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   81
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SHISHI ABOUT MILLIWAYS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Oh? Where? A post-comp blog entry or something? Or is it in the about of the game?"
		Jacqueline says, "I missed that."
		Rob says, "if they'd just tested it with somebody, the collective response could have made it a thousand times more responsive"
		DavidW asks, "I forget where. Maybe in the about or help?"
		Jacqueline says, "We had some people who conscientiously objected to voting for the Chicken Sexer because they felt it wasn't an intro."
		Rob asks, "african chickens?"
		DavidW says, "Just 'plover', guys."
Rob says (to floyd), "plover" 		

Floyd ]  lab                                                   81
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLOVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The time machine appears, you jump in, and  speed off towards 1984!
Floyd | Two minutes later, the time machine stops, but you discover you have
Floyd | been sent to 1985, and worse yet, The time machine has short
Floyd | circuited!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** To be continued. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Rob), "You mean my second mum's chickens? No, they live in England."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Rob says, "to be continued, right. to be started, properly, more like"
		Lionheart says, "Oh, good, that rediculous game is over"
		Rob says (to Jacq), "doh'p"
		Jacqueline says (to LH), "Get ready for more ridiculousness."
		Rob says, "ym rediculousness"
		DavidW says, "This game is much better implemented."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ic13chickensexer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Chicken sexing is a delicate art, requiring Zen-like concentration
Floyd | and a brain surgeon's dexterity. The bird is cradled in the left hand
Floyd | and given a gentle squeeze that causes it to evacuate its
Floyd | intestines... With his thumb and forefinger, the sexer flips the bird
Floyd | over and parts a small flap on its hindquarters to expose the cloaca,
Floyd | a tiny vent where both the genitals and anus are situated, and peers
Floyd | deep inside."
Floyd |
Floyd | Joshua Foer - "Moonwalking with Einstein"
Floyd |
Floyd | Another day, another farmer in need of assistance. If it weren't for
Floyd | people like you, the entire American agricultural sector would've gone
Floyd | bankrupt years ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your tie as you step out of the helicopter. Time to get to
Floyd | work.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type ABOUT or HELP for some basic information about the game, as
Floyd | well as a hint menu.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Simon Christiansen
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130716 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Barn
Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and
Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun
Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing
Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which a baby
Floyd | chick is currently trying to hide between its own tiny wings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your
Floyd | job.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your job is to sex the chicken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "Christiansen sounds sort of norwegianish-esque"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |    Hints

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             1
Floyd | The Barn
Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and
Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun
Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing
Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which a baby
Floyd | chick is currently trying to hide between its own tiny wings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your
Floyd | job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sex the farmer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             2
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEX THE FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | He is either male, or a very convincing transvestite. Your training
Floyd | only covered chickens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "sex chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             3
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEX CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hold it right there, buddy," says the farmer. "I ain't lettin' you
Floyd | touch my chickens, until you've shown me you're qualified."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | A chicken of indeterminate gender.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We could've used sexing training in the last two games (driver, Shishi)."
Rob says (to floyd), "qualify self" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             4
Floyd |
Floyd | > QUALIFY SELF
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "sex me" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             5
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ] If I went for more than four days without chick sexing work I started
Floyd ] have 'withdrawal symptoms'. Several of my students have expressed the
Floyd ] feeling when they have not sexed chickens for a week or so.
Floyd ]
Floyd ] R. D. Martin, author of The Specialist Chick Sexer
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEX ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Your powers only work on chickens.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling jittery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "hee"
		Rob says, "uh withdrawal from sexing chicks? nurm"
		MTW says, "this is like a fever dream i once had"
Rob says (to floyd), "page dr freud" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             5
Floyd |
Floyd | > PAGE DR FREUD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're male.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             7
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a certificate from the Zen-Nippon school of chick sexing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "read certificate" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             8
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ CERTIFICATE
Floyd |
Floyd | As one of the first Americans to be certified in the Japanese art of
Floyd | chick sexing, you proudly carry this certificate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Rob hollers, "good morning inky" 		Jacqueline says, "Damn the Japanese and their advanced technology. About time they shared it with us."
		DavidW says, "You need certification for *everything* these days."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "show certificate to farmer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             9
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CERTIFICATE TO FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer reads the certificate and snorts. "Zen-Nippon school, eh?
Floyd | Well ain't that just swell. Okay, buddy, show me what you've got."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "here it's not technology but ancient zen dynamics"
		Jacqueline says, "Something tells me this is more of an ancient -- right"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "sex chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             10
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEX CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | The chicken is too nervous. You need to make it calm down before you
Floyd | can do an accurate sexing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I gotta run. It's been a pleasure. Good luck with the chicks."
Rob says (to floyd), "pet chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             11
Floyd |
Floyd | > PET CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | "There, there," you say, in the soothing voice you have spent years
Floyd | perfecting. "It'll be over in a second."
Floyd |
Floyd | The chicken peeks out from beneath its wings. After a while, it seems
Floyd | to decide that you aren't so dangerous after all, and emerges
Floyd | completely. It looks up at you with big innocent eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach had been a poor substitute for a burrito. 		
Zach has disconnected. 		DavidW says, "dawww"
		Rob says, "awright"
		Jacqueline says, "Nicely done."
		Rob says, "thx"
		Lionheart says, "We've got a way with the chicks"
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		Rob says, "but next? duhh..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "chicks dig sexers" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             11
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHICKS DIG SEXERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "hug chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             12
Floyd |
Floyd | > HUG CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "squeeze chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             13
Floyd |
Floyd | > SQUEEZE CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Keep your hands to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "sex chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             14
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEX CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully pick up the chicken with your expertly trimmed
Floyd | fingernails, and inspect its cloaca. In simple cases, the cloaca
Floyd | contains a small bead, the shape of which determines the gender. This
Floyd | is not one of those cases. To almost everyone in the world this would
Floyd | be just another chicken cloaca. To you, it's clearly male.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that you know his gender, he somehow seems more like an
Floyd | individual. You almost feel like you should name the chicken
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "lick chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             14
Floyd |
Floyd | > LICK CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sex the chicken"
		Rob says, "whoa"
Rob says (to floyd), "name chick male" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             15
Floyd |
Floyd | > NAME CHICK MALE
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to think of the chicken as "Male".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "heeee"
Rob says (to floyd), "drop chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             16
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't got him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "next chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             17
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEXT CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Most connecting and comparative words are not necessary.
Floyd |
Floyd | Retrying as:
Floyd | >CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Type UNDO if this isn't what you wanted to do, or CORRECT OFF to stop
Floyd | automatically correcting commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | To stop these messages entirely, type NOVICE OFF.
Floyd |
Floyd | A male chicken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob says (to floyd), "chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             18
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | A male chicken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think the naming will be more useful when the full game has lots of chickens."
		Rob says, "well now what"
		Jacqueline says, "Keep going."
		Rob asks, "how? ... how do I get the next one?"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "give male to farmer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             19
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE MALE TO FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking Male)
Floyd | The farmer is watching you carefully. There is no way you can take
Floyd | Male without being noticed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "tell farmer about male" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             20
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL FARMER ABOUT MALE
Floyd |
Floyd | [Use TALK TO to interact with characters.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's no longer about the next one."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "talk to farmr" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             20
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO FARMR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to farmer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             21
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | "That didn't take long," says the farmer, and eyes you suspiciously.
Floyd | "Which is it then: Male or female?"
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Male 		
Floyd [2] Female 		
Floyd [3] Does it matter? Can't you just let it live a full life, 		

Floyd | regardless? If it turns out to be male, I'm sure it'll be of use
Floyd | elsewhere...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "buh"
Rob says (to floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             21
Floyd |
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer smiles, revealing rows of yellow teeth. "I guess ya won't
Floyd | be givin' me any eggs, will ya?" He picks up Male from the table, and
Floyd | turns towards you. "Let's get to work. Plenty more where that came
Floyd | from."
Floyd |
Floyd | With that, he throws the gate wide open, and leaves the barn. You try
Floyd | not to think about Male. It's just a chicken, after all. Plenty more
Floyd | where that came from.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are a monster ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "oh crud"
Rob says (to floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             21
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Barn
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You've gone native, or something."
Rob says (to floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             21
Floyd |
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer looks disappointed. "Really? I coulda sworn it had the
Floyd | swagger of a cockerel. Well, I guess ya'll be givin' me plenty of
Floyd | eggs, little chicken." He picks up Male from the table, and turns
Floyd | towards you. "Let's get to work. Plenty more where that came from."
Floyd |
Floyd | With that, he throws the gate wide open, and leaves the barn.
Floyd |
Floyd | You think about Male, and smile. It'll be several weeks at least
Floyd | before the secondary sex characteristics start becoming apparent, even
Floyd | to the untrained eye of the farmer. Several weeks of life for little
Floyd | Male. Not much, but better than nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You made a difference ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Amusingly, this is *precisely* why we were trying to sex my mother-in-law's new chicks."
		Rob says, "#wtf"
		Lionheart exclaims, "Oh noes! We've become accomplices to gendercide!"
		Allen asks, "using the bump method?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             21
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Barn
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob asks, "I hear it's a genuine profession that takes real experience and know-how to do, but what is with this game based on it?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             22
Floyd |
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hahahaha." The farmer laughs and drops of spittle land on your face.
Floyd | "You sure are a funny guy, buddy. Now, which is it: Male or female?"
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Male 		
Floyd [2] Female 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             22
Floyd |
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer looks disappointed. "Really? I coulda sworn it had the
Floyd | swagger of a cockerel. Well, I guess ya'll be givin' me plenty of
Floyd | eggs, little chicken." He picks up Male from the table, and turns
Floyd | towards you. "Let's get to work. Plenty more where that came from."
Floyd |
Floyd | With that, he throws the gate wide open, and leaves the barn.
Floyd |
Floyd | You think about Male, and smile. It'll be several weeks at least
Floyd | before the secondary sex characteristics start becoming apparent, even
Floyd | to the untrained eye of the farmer. Several weeks of life for little
Floyd | Male. Not much, but better than nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You made a difference ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Chicken sexing is a delicate art, requiring Zen-like concentration
Floyd | and a brain surgeon's dexterity. The bird is cradled in the left hand
Floyd | and given a gentle squeeze that causes it to evacuate its
Floyd | intestines... With his thumb and forefinger, the sexer flips the bird
Floyd | over and parts a small flap on its hindquarters to expose the cloaca,
Floyd | a tiny vent where both the genitals and anus are situated, and peers
Floyd | deep inside."
Floyd |
Floyd | Joshua Foer - "Moonwalking with Einstein"
Floyd |
Floyd | Another day, another farmer in need of assistance. If it weren't for
Floyd | people like you, the entire American agricultural sector would've gone
Floyd | bankrupt years ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your tie as you step out of the helicopter. Time to get to
Floyd | work.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type ABOUT or HELP for some basic information about the game, as
Floyd | well as a hint menu.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Simon Christiansen
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130716 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Barn
Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and
Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun
Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing
Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which a baby
Floyd | chick is currently trying to hide between its own tiny wings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your
Floyd | job.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your job is to sex the chicken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "at least it's CYOA-like in its endings"
		DavidW says, "The odd thing is, this game has 3 endings according to the help menus."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |    Hints

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd |  > Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |    Hints

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |  > Credits
Floyd |    Hints

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                              Credits
Floyd | Writing and coding by Simon Christiansen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Testing done by Pippin Barr, Douglas Wilson and Marius Müller.
Floyd |
Floyd | Feedback can be sent to SimonChris1729@gmail.com.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Rob says, "did we not just see 3? no wait, two and an 'are you sure?'->same other two"
		Allen asks, "did you know the Japanese revolutionized chicken-sexing in the post WWII era, and Japanese immigrants dominated the field in America for over 3 decades afterwards?"
		DavidW says, "We've only seen two endings."
		Rob says, "or did we hit an ending earlier where we were fired for incompetency"
		Jacqueline asks (of Allen), "Are you serious?"
		Allen says, "yes"
		Jacqueline says, "Huh"
		Rob says (to Allen), "I did not know that"
		Rob says, "what overlap is that with the internment camps"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |  > Credits
Floyd |    Hints

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             1
Floyd | The Barn
Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and
Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun
Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing
Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which a baby
Floyd | chick is currently trying to hide between its own tiny wings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your
Floyd | job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I never saw the 3rd ending but I'm guessing it would be from sexing withdrawal."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             2
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             3
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             4
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             5
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ] If I went for more than four days without chick sexing work I started
Floyd ] have 'withdrawal symptoms'. Several of my students have expressed the
Floyd ] feeling when they have not sexed chickens for a week or so.
Floyd ]
Floyd ] R. D. Martin, author of The Specialist Chick Sexer
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're feeling jittery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             6
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "know the feeling"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             7
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             8
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             9
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait four days" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             10
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT FOUR DAYS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood the first part of that-- trying anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Retrying as:
Floyd | >WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Type UNDO if this isn't what you wanted to do, or CORRECT OFF to stop
Floyd | automatically correcting commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | To stop these messages entirely, type NOVICE OFF.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             11
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             12
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             13
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             14
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             15
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             16
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             17
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             18
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Rob has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             19
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             20
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             21
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             22
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             23
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             24
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             25
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             26
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "ok, I'm hopping off the bus"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             27
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Have fun. Thanks for joining us."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             28
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             29
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob says, "thanks. thanks."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             30
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh. heh."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             31
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "i don't know if this is the answer. It's just a guess."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             32
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm thinking it may not be the answer."
		Lionheart says, "We'll just carry on jonesing for cloacae."
		DavidW says, "I'm not seeing new jittery messages."
		Jacqueline says, "There is a walkthrough."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |    Hints

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd |  > Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |    Hints

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                       Instructions for Play
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > About Interactive Fiction
Floyd |    What to do with >
Floyd |    Getting Started
Floyd |    Rooms and Travel
Floyd |    Objects
Floyd |    Controlling the Game
Floyd |    How the World is Assembled
Floyd |    If You Get Stuck

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd |  > Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |    Hints

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |  > Credits
Floyd |    Hints

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |  > Hints

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > The farmer won't let me sex the chicken.
Floyd |    How do I get the chicken to calm down?
Floyd |    How do I save the chicken?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    The farmer won't let me sex the chicken.
Floyd |  > How do I get the chicken to calm down?
Floyd |    How do I save the chicken?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    The farmer won't let me sex the chicken.
Floyd |    How do I get the chicken to calm down?
Floyd |  > How do I save the chicken?

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                     How do I save the chicken?
Floyd | 1/7: The farmer doesn't want male chickens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint.

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    The farmer won't let me sex the chicken.
Floyd |    How do I get the chicken to calm down?
Floyd |  > How do I save the chicken?

		Jacqueline says, "I clearly have yellow and green mixed up, and it clearly doesn't matter."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh wait, it does matter."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                     How do I save the chicken?
Floyd | 1/7: The farmer doesn't want male chickens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    The farmer won't let me sex the chicken.
Floyd |    How do I get the chicken to calm down?
Floyd |  > How do I save the chicken?

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                     How do I save the chicken?
Floyd | 1/7: The farmer doesn't want male chickens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint.

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "h" 		

Floyd ]                     How do I save the chicken?
Floyd | 1/7: The farmer doesn't want male chickens.
Floyd |
Floyd | 2/7: If you identify the chicken as female, you will buy it some time.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint.

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "h" 		

Floyd ]                     How do I save the chicken?
Floyd | 1/7: The farmer doesn't want male chickens.
Floyd |
Floyd | 2/7: If you identify the chicken as female, you will buy it some time.
Floyd |
Floyd | 3/7: You can also try to attack the farmer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint.

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!!!"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    The farmer won't let me sex the chicken.
Floyd |    How do I get the chicken to calm down?
Floyd |  > How do I save the chicken?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |  > Hints

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             32
Floyd | The Barn
Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and
Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun
Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing
Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which a baby
Floyd | chick is currently trying to hide between its own tiny wings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your
Floyd | job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lionheart asks, "Why do you people always forget that sometimes violence is the answer?"
		Jacqueline says, "haha. I am not sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill farmer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             33
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not going to attack the farmer for the sake of some nameless
Floyd | chicken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             34
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to LH), "Possibly that is why."
		DavidW asks, "oh -- but if we did name it? Then can we attack the farmer?"
		Lionheart nods. "Of course."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             35
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | A chicken of indeterminate gender.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             36
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a certificate from the Zen-Nippon school of chick sexing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "show certificate to farmer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             37
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CERTIFICATE TO FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer reads the certificate and snorts. "Zen-Nippon school, eh?
Floyd | Well ain't that just swell. Okay, buddy, show me what you've got."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pet chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             38
Floyd |
Floyd | > PET CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | "There, there," you say, in the soothing voice you have spent years
Floyd | perfecting. "It'll be over in a second."
Floyd |
Floyd | The chicken peeks out from beneath its wings. After a while, it seems
Floyd | to decide that you aren't so dangerous after all, and emerges
Floyd | completely. It looks up at you with big innocent eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sex chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             39
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEX CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully pick up the chicken with your expertly trimmed
Floyd | fingernails, and inspect its cloaca. In simple cases, the cloaca
Floyd | contains a small bead, the shape of which determines the gender. This
Floyd | is not one of those cases. To almost everyone in the world this would
Floyd | be just another chicken cloaca. To you, it's clearly male.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that you know his gender, he somehow seems more like an
Floyd | individual. You almost feel like you should name the chicken
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "name chick Herbert" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             40
Floyd |
Floyd | > NAME CHICK HERBERT
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to think of the chicken as "Herbert".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill farmer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             41
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You consider trying to take down the farmer for Herbert's sake, but
Floyd | decide against it. He looks much stronger than you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look at Herbert, and imagine that you see a flash of anger in his
Floyd | eyes. Your mind must be playing tricks on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "herbert, sic em" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             42
Floyd |
Floyd | > HERBERT, SIC EM
Floyd |
Floyd | [Use TALK TO to interact with characters.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "talk to herbert" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             43
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO HERBERT
Floyd |
Floyd | You already made him calm down. Having an actual conversation is a bit
Floyd | beyond your skills.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
MTW goes home. 		DavidW asks, "hm. Perhaps multiple attempts to hit the farmer?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit farmer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             44
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You consider trying to take down the farmer for Herbert's sake, but
Floyd | decide against it. He looks much stronger than you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look at Herbert, and imagine that you see a flash of anger in his
Floyd | eyes. Your mind must be playing tricks on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm, no."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "kick farmer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             44
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss farmer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             45
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hide herbert" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             45
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIDE HERBERT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss chick" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             46
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take herbert" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             47
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HERBERT
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer is watching you carefully. There is no way you can take
Floyd | Herbert without being noticed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pet herbert" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             48
Floyd |
Floyd | > PET HERBERT
Floyd |
Floyd | You gently caress the feathers of Herbert. He doesn't seem to mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blind herbert" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             48
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLIND HERBERT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oops, meant blind farmer, but it doesn't know 'blind'."
		Jacqueline says, "I was really wondering about that."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             48
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Chicken sexing is not magic, even though it may appear as such to
Floyd | outsiders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims (at DW), "Note that down for your site!"
		DavidW says, "yeah, I gotta update that someday."
		Jacqueline says, "That's rather a good Xyzzy."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "name farmer adolf" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             49
Floyd |
Floyd | > NAME FARMER ADOLF
Floyd |
Floyd | You only name chickens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So... hint again?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), ";" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to The Example of the Chicken Sexer
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |    Hints

		DavidW says, "oops"
		DavidW says, "I meant to look"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             49
Floyd | The Barn
Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and
Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun
Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing
Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which Herbert is
Floyd | sitting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your
Floyd | job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             50
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Barn
Floyd | Piles of hay everywhere. A soft layer of sawdust covers the floor, and
Floyd | makes moving around feel like walking through coarse sand. The sun
Floyd | shines through the slits between the planks, causing crisscrossing
Floyd | rays of light to illuminate the dusty air.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large wooden table, on which Herbert is
Floyd | sitting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer stands by the gate to the south, waiting for you to do your
Floyd | job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sawdust" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             51
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SAWDUST
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just sawdust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x planks" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             52
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The barn is composed of old-fashioned wooden planks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take plank" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             52
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PLANK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             53
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | A large pair of wooden doors block the exit from the barn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "throw sawdust at farmer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             54
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW SAWDUST AT FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the sawdust)
Floyd | It's just sawdust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "hide chick in sawdust" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             54
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIDE CHICK IN SAWDUST
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             55
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sturdy wooden table.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table is Herbert.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             56
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "open gate" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             57
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't leave until you've done your job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Rob asks, "do these transcripts make it back to the authors?"
inky says (to Floyd), "break planks" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             58
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK PLANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a chicken sexer, not a barn architect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "herbert, hit farmer" 		

Floyd ]  The Barn                                             58
Floyd |
Floyd | > HERBERT, HIT FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Herbert," you say with a confident voice. You raise your finger and
Floyd | point at the farmer: "Attack!".
Floyd |
Floyd | Herbert slowly stands up, looking like he might fall over at any
Floyd | moment. Then, almost faster than the eye can follow, he launches
Floyd | himself off the table, gliding through the air like a flying squirrel,
Floyd | towards the farmer. He lands on the farmers face and pecks at the
Floyd | eyes, furiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | The farmer drops to his knees and screams. "Aaargghhh! Not my vitreous
Floyd | humor! Get off me!" He rips Herbert off his face and throws him at
Floyd | you. "You're insane, both of you! Take that damn chicken and get off
Floyd | my farm!
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch Herbert in your outstretched hand. "You're the boss," you
Floyd | say to the farmer, and shrug. The sunlight caresses your face, as you
Floyd | step outside. It's going to be a wonderful day.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are never hired as a chicken sexer again, but that's okay. You
Floyd | have Herbert, and all the other chickens you manage to rescue during
Floyd | the next years. The neighbors start avoiding your house. They tell
Floyd | stories about the crazy chicken person, who lives in a house full of
Floyd | chickens, and talks to them all day long. It's fine. Who cares what
Floyd | they think?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You've made a difference ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, *eventually* they make it to my website."
		DavidW says, "oh wow"
		Rob says, "ok"
		Jacqueline says, "But if I get a request I send the raw transcript."
		Lionheart says, "I thought I tried that, heh."
		Rob says, "I can deal with it being up to them to hear the feedback"
		Rob says, "(I'm still weirdly kind of pulling for the Infocom time travel cornerstone guy to get his act/game together)"
		Jacqueline says (to Rob), "I often will write authors to let them know a transcript of theirs has been posted, but only if I can pretty easily find their address."
		Rob says, "I hope I didn't say anything mean, just honest"
		Jacqueline exclaims (at Rob), "You should write him!"
		Rob says, "hmmm"
		Rob says, "maybe I should"
		Jacqueline says, "You definitely should."
		Rob says, "good thing I'm terminally lazy"
		Rob says, "oh ok ok"
		Jacqueline asks, "Need his address?"
		Rob says, "which means I need to save my own buffer copy of the playthrough"
		Rob says, "yes sure please"
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks, everyone."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
PataNoir by Simon Christiansen
As played on ifMUD on September 22, 2013

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 PataNoir written by Simon Christiansen. PataNoir was released as part of the 2011 IF Competition, in which it took fifth place. It won the Xyzzy for Best Puzzles. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

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 (to Floyd), "load sleepmask patanoir" 		

Floyd | Pataphor (noun):
Floyd |
Floyd | 1. An extended metaphor that creates its own
Floyd | context.
Floyd |
Floyd | 2. That which occurs when a lizard's tail has grown so
Floyd | long it breaks off and grows a new lizard.
Floyd |
Floyd | - Pablo Lopez
Floyd ]  Your Office                                          1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | He scribbles in a small notepad. "And you are still taking your
Floyd | medication?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course."
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a lie. You work much better without it.
Floyd |
Floyd | First time players should type HELP and read the introduction to
Floyd | the game. You will probably be pretty lost without it. Type CREDITS
Floyd | for credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | PataNoir
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Simon Christiansen
Floyd | Release 3 / Serial number 111201 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Office (on the office chair)
Floyd | Shadows huddle in the corners, like dark pools of oil; the sickly
Floyd | yellow light from the desk lamp does little to dispel the darkness. A
Floyd | cigarette butt smolders in the ashtray, like the last embers from a
Floyd | dying camp fire. Your desk is covered with old case files - reminders
Floyd | of past glories. Apart from the desk, the only other furniture is an
Floyd | old office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office door to the north leads to the corridor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Brief, but eventful."
		MTW says, "type credits"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "credits" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          2
Floyd |
Floyd | > CREDITS
Floyd |
Floyd | Writing and coding by: Simon Christiansen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Testing and proofreading done by: Joel Webster, Utkonos, Dacharya,
Floyd | John P. Murphy, Colin Sandel, Amanda Allen, James Matthew Campbell and
Floyd | George Oliver.
Floyd |
Floyd | Extensions used:
Floyd |  Smarter Parser version 5 by Aaron Reed.
Floyd |  Quip-Based Conversation version 5 by Michael Martin.
Floyd |  Reactable Quips version 10 by Michael Martin.
Floyd |  Basic Help Menu by Emily Short.
Floyd |  Punctuation Removal by Emily Short.
Floyd |
Floyd | Feedback can be sent to: SimonChris1729@gmail.com.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "thank you"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to PataNoir
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Similes and You
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Walkthrough

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                      Introduction to PataNoir
Floyd | "PataNoir" is a surreal noir game, which differs from an ordinary noir
Floyd | story in ways that should become clear early on. Make sure you try to
Floyd | examine and interact with everything in your surroundings, including
Floyd | things that are not literally there. Especially those. Every time
Floyd | something is "like" something else, you can try to interact with both
Floyd | things. Once you have some things, try giving them to people or
Floyd | putting them on other things.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you get stuck, you can talk to your trusty servant. He might be
Floyd | able to provide some hints. If you can't find him, check the desk
Floyd | drawer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chapter Instructions for Play contains basic information on how to
Floyd | play Interactive Fiction, for people new to the medium.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you are having trouble with the puzzle system, you can read the
Floyd | "Similes and You" chapter in this hint menu for more detailed
Floyd | instructions. You may find it more rewarding to figure things out
Floyd | yourself, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you are still stuck, the final chapter contains a detailed
Floyd | walkthrough, divided into sections corresponding to scenes in the
Floyd | game. Some scenes expect you to be carrying things from earlier
Floyd | scenes, so a walkthrough section may not always work out of context.
Floyd | For convenience, Typing "WALKTHRU" in the command prompt will print
Floyd | the entire walkthrough on the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		DavidW says, "I understand that Tale recently translated this game into German. My mind boggles."
		Zach says, "Hooray for games that include walkthroughs"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to PataNoir
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Similes and You
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Walkthrough

		JimKaplan says, "I'm still getting over the fact that Asterix's wordplay was translated into English."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          2
Floyd | Your Office (on the office chair)
Floyd | Shadows huddle in the corners, like dark pools of oil; the sickly
Floyd | yellow light from the desk lamp does little to dispel the darkness. A
Floyd | cigarette butt smolders in the ashtray, like the last embers from a
Floyd | dying camp fire. Your desk is covered with old case files - reminders
Floyd | of past glories. Apart from the desk, the only other furniture is an
Floyd | old office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office door to the north leads to the corridor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW says, "x self"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x oil" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Greasy black oil.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a bit worse for wear, but you are still the best detective in
Floyd | town.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take oil" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE OIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You will need some kind of container to carry it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "well, some of it was translated into latin"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x shadows" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHADOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | Shadows gather in all corners of the office, like dark pools of oil.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x embers" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EMBERS
Floyd |
Floyd | A few glowing pieces of coal are left at the camp site.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The old dirty desk lamp struggles valiantly to light up the office,
Floyd | like an elderly knight fighting to keep the forces of darkness at bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | The knight seems weary. His armor is old and dirty. How much longer
Floyd | can he keep fighting, you wonder?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Iiinteresting"
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | The knight stands to attention. "Don't worry, sir. I have been doing
Floyd | this for years. I am not going to abandon you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't suppose the holy knight would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW asks, "did someone dose the player character with LSD?"
		JimKaplan says, "Maybe we can talk to him."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you going to say? A bunch of platitudes about how everything
Floyd | is going to be okay? Better to stay silent for now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Oh, whoops, I see."
Zach says (to Floyd), "take embers" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE EMBERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully pick up one of the embers from the camp fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a knock at the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes effort to push the chair away from the desk so you can get
Floyd | off. You really should fix the wheels some day.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens and a tall man in a tuxedo enters the room. He looks
Floyd | like a butler of some kind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Fancy"
		MTW says, "fancy pants"
JimKaplan says (to Floyd), "talk to butler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "How may I help you?", you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My name is Allan Jameson." His voice is as hard as his face. "I
Floyd | represent the Baron Ahrend von Bülow. You are Douglas Reilly, the
Floyd | private investigator?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean back into your chair, hoping to look relaxed and
Floyd | self-assured. "That's right. What does a Baron want with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Baron, for some reason beyond my understanding, has decided that
Floyd | a Private Investigator is the most discreet way of dealing with a
Floyd | current problem. He has allowed me the courtesy of selecting one."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And I take it that you have selected me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He raises an eyebrow. "I haven't selected anyone, Mr. Reilly. Perhaps
Floyd | you could tell me why you would be the right man for the job?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall, thin, and impeccably dressed in a tuxedo with a black bow tie.
Floyd | His face looks like it has been cut out of marble. No emotion is
Floyd | visible at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Hmm."
JimKaplan says (to Floyd), "x face" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You do not normally need to refer to specific parts of the body.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x marble" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Exquisite white creole marble with black coloration. Its perfection is
Floyd | sublime.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Right, right"
Zach says (to Floyd), "chisel marble" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CHISEL MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take marble" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a figurative smoldering ember (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a figurative smoldering ember (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall, thin, and impeccably dressed in a tuxedo with a black bow tie.
Floyd | His face is ordinary; he seems like a kind, if somewhat reserved,
Floyd | person.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "so very weird"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "talk to butler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "I assure you that you will not regret hiring me. I will serve the
Floyd | interests of the Baron to the utmost of my abilities."
Floyd |
Floyd | A smile lights up his face. "I am very glad to hear that, Mr. Reilly.
Floyd | You sound just like the person we need. Unfortunately, I can't just
Floyd | take your word for it, you understand. I just need some kind of
Floyd | assurance."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tuxedo" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TUXEDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a speck of dust is visible. It's either brand new or he just
Floyd | picked it up from the cleaners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bow tie" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOW TIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Perfectly tied. You never could figure out those things yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Office
Floyd | Shadows huddle in the corners, like dark pools of oil; the sickly
Floyd | yellow light from the desk lamp does little to dispel the darkness. An
Floyd | old cigarette butt lies in the ashtray. Your desk is covered with old
Floyd | case files - reminders of past glories. Apart from the desk, the only
Floyd | other furniture is an old office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office door to the north leads to the corridor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x butt" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUTT
Floyd |
Floyd | An old cigarette that you couldn't bother to finish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take butt" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BUTT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't feel like smoking right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "read files" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ FILES
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't had much work lately, so you have been reviewing some old
Floyd | case files, remembering old times. You never know if you might learn
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | The rust has long since caused the wheels on the chair to get stuck.
Floyd | It would be much more comfortable if you fixed them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wheels" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHEELS
Floyd |
Floyd | The wheels are covered with crimson rust, like coagulated blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Eurgh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blood" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | The blood has long since turned into a reddish brown substance, almost
Floyd | like rust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take blood" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "give blood to butler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BLOOD TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Making Allan Jameson red like blood would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Huh"
		JimKaplan says, "But what if the butler did it"
		JimKaplan asks, "Could we show him something?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "show knight to butler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW KNIGHT TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the holy knight)
Floyd | I don't suppose the holy knight would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you going to say? A bunch of platitudes about how everything
Floyd | is going to be okay? Better to stay silent for now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "show marble to butler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW MARBLE TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | For some reason, you seem to be only one capable of seeing these
Floyd | things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | Countless cups of coffee have been spilled across what was once an
Floyd | impeccable wooden surface. It's not pretty, but it serves its purpose
Floyd | well enough. It is currently covered with old case files. The desk
Floyd | contains a single drawer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x files" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FILES
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't had much work lately, so you have been reviewing some old
Floyd | case files, remembering old times. You never know if you might learn
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the desk drawer, revealing a revolver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x revolver" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X REVOLVER
Floyd |
Floyd | A .38 revolver. It has served you well for many years, like a trusty
Floyd | servant never leaving your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "There's *always* a drawer, isn't there"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x servant" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SERVANT
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Smith Wesson, your trusty servant, is at your side as always. He
Floyd | is dressed in a grey suit and a tie.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take gun" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Aha, the servant"
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to servant" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SERVANT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good evening, sir," says Mr. Wesson. "If you need me to do anything,
Floyd | just say something like 'Wesson, take the ball' or 'Wesson, attack the
Floyd | man'. I will do my very best to fulfill your wishes. If you can't
Floyd | figure out what to do, you can always talk to me. I might be able to
Floyd | give you some hints."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh geez"
		JimKaplan says, "Weeeiirrdd"
		DavidW says, "That's amazing"
Zach says (to Floyd), "wesson, give assurance" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WESSON, GIVE ASSURANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of anything to say on that topic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "wesson, talk to butler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WESSON, TALK TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Wesson has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "take assurance" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ASSURANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take gun" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x gun" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | A .38 revolver. It has served you well for many years, like a trusty
Floyd | servant never leaving your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan asks, "Show the gun, perhaps?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "show gun to butler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW GUN TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Allan Jameson is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, I don't think so."
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to butler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mr. Jameson, how can I convince you that I am the right man for the
Floyd | job?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He thinks for a few seconds. "I am not certain. You seem like a pretty
Floyd | decent person, but perhaps I should investigate some other options
Floyd | before I decide."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan asks, "Did we try showing the case files to him?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "take file" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FILE
Floyd |
Floyd | You are tired of living in the past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show files to butler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW FILES TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the case files)
Floyd | You are tired of living in the past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "live in the present, man" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIVE IN THE PRESENT, MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative coagulated blood
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a figurative smoldering ember (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put blood on marble" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLOOD ON MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the white marble red like blood would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan asks, "How about lighting the oil with the ember?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put marble on knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MARBLE ON KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the holy knight as smooth and hard as marble would not be
Floyd | helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put ember on oil" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT EMBER ON OIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the oil warmer would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cup" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put marble on oil" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MARBLE ON OIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the oil as smooth and hard as marble would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "put ember on butler" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT EMBER ON BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | His eyes light up with a friendly glow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan exclaims, "Ha!"
		MTW says, "put ember on knight"
		DavidW says, "yikes"
		Zach says, "Yay"
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to butler" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mr. Jameson, I think this might be the beginning of a beautiful
Floyd | business relationship."
Floyd |
Floyd | He laughs heartily. "Please, call me Allan. It's really been a
Floyd | pleasure talking to you, Douglas. I am so glad I decided to visit you,
Floyd | instead of going with one of the other people. They were all so glum
Floyd | and cynical."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The pleasure is entirely mine," you say with a smile. "Now, shall we
Floyd | go see the Baron?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course. Follow me."
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you,
Floyd | like
Floyd | a sleeping giant. Light seeps out from a single window on the second
Floyd | floor to the right; all the others are dark. Two large mahogany doors
Floyd | guard the entrance to the north. The path to the south leads to the
Floyd | gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here we are, sir," says Jameson. "If you will just follow me."
Floyd |
Floyd | He opens the doors and disappears into the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Hee hee hee"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x doors" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | Two massive dark mahogany doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x giant" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GIANT
Floyd |
Floyd | The giant seems to have been asleep for some time. His face is serene;
Floyd | his breath, calm and rhythmic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "wait, can we return to the oil if we need it?"
		JimKaplan says, "Maybe we don't."
		Zach says, "I was thinking about that, but it might just be a black herring"
		JimKaplan says, "Ho ho ho"
Zach says (to Floyd), "wake giant" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAKE GIANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You poke the giant, but there is no reaction. Figures; your tiny
Floyd | fingers would hardly be noticeable on his massive hide.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Zach), "maybe that's what the red blood is for?>"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Your Office 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put marble on fingers" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MARBLE ON FINGERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You do not normally need to refer to specific parts of the body.
Floyd |
Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "put marble .")
Floyd | What do you want to put the white marble around?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put marble on me" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MARBLE ON ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Making yourself as smooth and hard as marble would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "So we can return to the office."
Zach says (to Floyd), "poke giant with marble" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POKE GIANT WITH MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use the white marble as a weapon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you,
Floyd | like
Floyd | a sleeping giant. Light seeps out from a single window on the second
Floyd | floor to the right; all the others are dark. Two large mahogany doors
Floyd | guard the entrance to the north. The path to the south leads to the
Floyd | gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put blood on giant" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLOOD ON GIANT
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the giant red like blood would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on doors" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a frozen lake of grey
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Jameson ascends the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "I believe we're meant to follow him"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x lake" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | The lake seems to have been frozen forever. You can feel the cold
Floyd | through your shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "ice fish" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ICE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "we should follow Jameson, I think."
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Jameson opens the east door and enters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library
Floyd | Bookshelves line every wall, allowing only a small space for the door
Floyd | to the west and another one for the small window in the north wall.
Floyd | The floor is covered in a thick luxurious red carpet. The air smells
Floyd | of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron sits in a black leather easy chair on the east side of the
Floyd | room. He has been reading a book, but when you enter he puts it away
Floyd | on a small table next to the chair. A hint of something that might one
Floyd | day grow into a smile is briefly visible on his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, Mr. Jameson. You have brought the detective. Excellent; you may
Floyd | leave us."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Jameson leaves through the door, closing it behind him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you should check him out first?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | Thin, as though his skin had been draped over his skeleton with
Floyd | nothing in between. Dark blue eyes, like deep lakes carved into his
Floyd | face. What little is left of his hair is entirely grey, like strands
Floyd | of steel embedded into his scalp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Oh my"
		JimKaplan says, "How romantic"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x steel" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The strand seems to have been cut from a roll of steel wire. It is
Floyd | long, thin, and sharp. It might be useful as a weapon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take steel" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x lakes" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          75
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAKES
Floyd |
Floyd | The lakes are deep and dark. What secrets hide beneath the surface of
Floyd | the water, you wonder? Perhaps you should take a swim and find out?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "swim in lakes" 		

Floyd ]  Near the Surface                                     76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM IN LAKES
Floyd |
Floyd | You dive. The surface of the lake approaches quickly, until it fills
Floyd | your entire field of vision. Then the cool water surrounds you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the Surface
Floyd | It is dark under the water and you can't see much more than a few
Floyd | yards in any direction. Above you, the sun shines through the surface.
Floyd | Below, the darkness gets thicker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Whoops"
		JimKaplan says, "I got lost in his dreamy eyes"
		Zach says, "I'm sure it's fine"
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deeper
Floyd | It is darker down here; you can't see much more than a few feet in any
Floyd | direction. A few fish pass by, just outside your field of vision. From
Floyd | above, the distant sun shines faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x fish" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | A variety of multicolored fish. You can't identify the species.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "take fish" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach for them, but they quickly slip away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess we're indulging in some vitreous humour."
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | The darkness engulfs you. The sun is no longer visible. You are
Floyd | floating in an infinite void. Lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | The sharp smell of smelling salts pull you back to the library. Mr.
Floyd | Jameson is standing above you. The Baron is leaning forward in his
Floyd | chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How are you feeling, Douglas?" asks Allan. "I would hate to lose a
Floyd | new friend so soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | You brush him off. "I am fine, thank you. I just haven't had much
Floyd | sleep lately."
Floyd |
Floyd | He shrugs. "As you wish."
Floyd |
Floyd | He leaves the room, leaving you alone with the Baron once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library
Floyd | Bookshelves line every wall, allowing only a small space for the door
Floyd | to the west and another one for the small window in the north wall.
Floyd | The floor is covered in a thick luxurious red carpet. The air smells
Floyd | of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron sits in a black leather easy chair on the east side of the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Eye see what you did there"
		JimKaplan asks, "clubfloyd Shall we try again?"
		JimKaplan says, "Swimming, that is? We could go up instead.,"
		DavidW asks, "We could try talking to the Baron, surely, now?"
		JimKaplan says, "Sure, I just get the impression maybe there was something to be achieved there"
Zach says (to Floyd), "dive in" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIVE IN
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to dive in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "lake" 		

Floyd ]  Near the Surface                                     81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You dive. The surface of the lake approaches quickly, until it fills
Floyd | your entire field of vision. Then the cool water surrounds you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the Surface
Floyd | It is dark under the water and you can't see much more than a few
Floyd | yards in any direction. Above you, the sun shines through the surface.
Floyd | Below, the darkness gets thicker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, probably there is."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge from the lake, gasping for air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library
Floyd | Bookshelves line every wall, allowing only a small space for the door
Floyd | to the west and another one for the small window in the north wall.
Floyd | The floor is covered in a thick luxurious red carpet. The air smells
Floyd | of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron sits in a black leather easy chair on the east side of the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Oh."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x carpet" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARPET
Floyd |
Floyd | A soft red carpet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron takes a deep breath. His voice, when it emerges, is like a
Floyd | scratched vinyl record.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am glad you could come on such short notice, Mr...."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Reilly. Douglas Reilly."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mr. Reilly. I don't normally deal with your kind, but I have a
Floyd | precarious problem that will need to be handled with the utmost
Floyd | discretion..." His voice trails off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "take drape" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DRAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm just feeling a bit overwhelmed and would like to know our goal."
		JimKaplan says, "We should keep talking I think."
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | "It might help, Mr. von Bülow, if I knew what the problem was."
Floyd |
Floyd | He blinks. The lakes are briefly covered with clouds, then reappear.
Floyd |
Floyd | His hoarse voice continues. "Of course. You must excuse an old man. It
Floyd | concerns my daughter, you see. She has always been a free spirit, but
Floyd | now she has run off with that damnable boyfriend of hers. Obviously,
Floyd | the police can't get involved, but I need her found. If you can also
Floyd | convince her to leave the man, that would be perfect, but the primary
Floyd | goal is to locate her and make sure she is unharmed. Do you think you
Floyd | can handle that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Good timing, von Bulow"
		Zach says (to DavidW), "The PC feels the same way"
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can you tell me some more about your daughter and her boyfriend?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course. My daughter's name is Lisa von Bülow" - he shows you a
Floyd | photograph - "she is 22 years old, much too old for this rebellious
Floyd | nonsense in my opinion."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And the boyfriend?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He sneers. "I am afraid I don't have a picture. I only met the man
Floyd | once, but he is a drunkard Scotsman with a scraggly full beard. His
Floyd | name is Erik McAllister. You can't miss him. I have no idea what my
Floyd | daughter sees in him."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan exclaims, "Hey! I'm 22 and I'm not too old for nonsense!"
		MTW says, "never too old for it"
		JimKaplan says, "Erik with a K"
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | "How do you know they have run off together?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, I don't know that for certain; I am simply assuming since they
Floyd | both disappeared at the same time. It's possible that they are both
Floyd | dead in a ditch somewhere, but I prefer to believe that my daughter is
Floyd | alive. You must humour an old man."
Floyd |
Floyd | You shrug. "Of course. Do you have any idea where they might have
Floyd | gone?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He laughs. His laughter erupts in hard bursts, like a record getting
Floyd | stuck. "I have some ideas - I know where they used to spend time
Floyd | together, anyway - but I expect you to be able to figure these things
Floyd | out by yourself. You are a detective, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take record" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RECORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Say no"
		Zach says, "Nice"
		JimKaplan says, "Good catch"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x record" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          89
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RECORD
Floyd |
Floyd | It is full of scratches. It probably won't be very pleasant to listen
Floyd | to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          90
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mr. von Bülow, I may be a detective, but I still need something to
Floyd | work with. If you won't give me any information, I am not sure how
Floyd | much I can do."
Floyd |
Floyd | The lakes are still for a moment, and you detect a glimmer of
Floyd | something hidden in their depths. "Then perhaps I should hire someone
Floyd | else, Mr. Reilly."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "dive into eyes" 		

Floyd ]  Near the Surface                                     91
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIVE INTO EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | You dive. The surface of the lake approaches quickly, until it fills
Floyd | your entire field of vision. Then the cool water surrounds you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the Surface
Floyd | It is dark under the water and you can't see much more than a few
Floyd | yards in any direction. Above you, the sun shines through the surface.
Floyd | Below, the darkness gets thicker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deeper
Floyd | It is darker down here; you can't see much more than a few feet in any
Floyd | direction. A few fish pass by, just outside your field of vision. From
Floyd | above, the distant sun shines faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "There's something here, dammit"
		MTW says, "enter the field"
		Zach says, "Oh, the things people do for love"
		JimKaplan asks, "Could we attract them with blood?"
		DavidW says, "We might need a light source or bait or someother tool."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x field" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan asks, "We've got blood, right?"
		MTW says, "okay"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "give blood to fish" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BLOOD TO FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put blood in water" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLOOD IN WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the lake water red like blood would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think the blood is primarily for 'redness'."
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You will need a source of light to avoid getting lost again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               95
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative vinyl record
Floyd |   a figurative steel strand
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative coagulated blood
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "listen to record" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO RECORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have a record player.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The ember was a light source."
		JimKaplan says, "Maybe we need to find the butler and get it back"
		DavidW says, "But there might be others."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "spear fish" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPEAR FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "I agree, maybe we should resurface"
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Near the Surface                                     97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the Surface
Floyd | It is dark under the water and you can't see much more than a few
Floyd | yards in any direction. Above you, the sun shines through the surface.
Floyd | Below, the darkness gets thicker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          98
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge from the lake, gasping for air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library
Floyd | Bookshelves line every wall, allowing only a small space for the door
Floyd | to the west and another one for the small window in the north wall.
Floyd | The floor is covered in a thick luxurious red carpet. The air smells
Floyd | of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron sits in a black leather easy chair on the east side of the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          99
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | A small window with a view of the back garden. It looks like it hasn't
Floyd | been opened in generations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, we can return to this lake."
Zach says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron doesn't look like he would appreciate it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x generations" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GENERATIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          101
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't seem to be getting through to him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x garden" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          101
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GARDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x bookshelves" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          102
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKSHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are filled with a wide variety of books, mostly dealing with
Floyd | literature and history.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Now that we have the steel, I think we can wake the giant"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search books" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          103
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are filled with a wide variety of books, mostly dealing with
Floyd | literature and history.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x carpet" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARPET
Floyd |
Floyd | A soft red carpet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x air" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AIR
Floyd |
Floyd | The room could use some ventilation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we want to wake the giant?"
		JimKaplan says, "Maybe we should explore more...that could be dangerous"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x steel" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The strand seems to have been cut from a roll of steel wire. It is
Floyd | long, thin, and sharp. It might be useful as a weapon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to x), "skin" 		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x skin" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says (to DavidW), "No, we couldn't feel our soft little fingers"
		Zach says, "s/we/he"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x skeleton" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKELETON
Floyd |
Floyd | Thin, as though his skin had been draped over his skeleton with
Floyd | nothing in between. Dark blue eyes, like deep lakes carved into his
Floyd | face. His hair is grey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x skin" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search skeleton" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SKELETON
Floyd |
Floyd | Thin, as though his skin had been draped over his skeleton with
Floyd | nothing in between. Dark blue eyes, like deep lakes carved into his
Floyd | face. His hair is grey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x drape" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
murphy_slaw arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		JimKaplan says, "I say we check out some other rooms"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the east door)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok. There was an ice lake marble, I think we passed."
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the west door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x railing" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAILING
Floyd |
Floyd | The railing is cool to the touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to butler" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr, Jameson smiles warmly. "I trust you are getting along with the
Floyd | Baron, Douglas?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take embers" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE EMBERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to butler" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "How are you, sir? I trust you are getting along with the Baron?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I guess we could try exploring the lake again"
		DavidW says, "Could try, sure."
		JimKaplan says, "Sure, why not"
		DavidW says, "The lake might put the ember out, though."
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		JimKaplan says, "Hmm"

Floyd ]  The Library                                          115
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library
Floyd | Bookshelves line every wall, allowing only a small space for the door
Floyd | to the west and another one for the small window in the north wall.
Floyd | The floor is covered in a thick luxurious red carpet. The air smells
Floyd | of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron sits in a black leather easy chair on the east side of the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  The Library                                          115
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "swim in lake" 		

Floyd ]  Near the Surface                                     116
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM IN LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You dive. The surface of the lake approaches quickly, until it fills
Floyd | your entire field of vision. Then the cool water surrounds you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the Surface
Floyd | It is dark under the water and you can't see much more than a few
Floyd | yards in any direction. Above you, the sun shines through the surface.
Floyd | Below, the darkness gets thicker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               117
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deeper
Floyd | It is darker down here; you can't see much more than a few feet in any
Floyd | direction. A few fish pass by, just outside your field of vision. From
Floyd | above, the distant sun shines faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               118
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You will need a source of light to avoid getting lost again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               119
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative smoldering ember
Floyd |   a figurative vinyl record
Floyd |   a figurative steel strand
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative coagulated blood
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x ember" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | The water has extinguished the glow. It is just a lump of black coal
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "put ember on darkness" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               121
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT EMBER ON DARKNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the distant sun warmer would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's no longer a lightsource."
		DavidW says, "It's now 'warmth'."
		DavidW says, "go back up"
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Near the Surface                                     122
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the Surface
Floyd | It is dark under the water and you can't see much more than a few
Floyd | yards in any direction. Above you, the sun shines through the surface.
Floyd | Below, the darkness gets thicker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          123
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge from the lake, gasping for air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library
Floyd | Bookshelves line every wall, allowing only a small space for the door
Floyd | to the west and another one for the small window in the north wall.
Floyd | The floor is covered in a thick luxurious red carpet. The air smells
Floyd | of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron sits in a black leather easy chair on the east side of the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x ember" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          124
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | From within the warm piece of coal, a red glow can still be glimpsed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "blow on ember" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          124
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLOW ON EMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x glow" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          124
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          125
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative smoldering ember (providing light)
Floyd |   a figurative vinyl record
Floyd |   a figurative steel strand
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative coagulated blood
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "put ember on lakes" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          126
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT EMBER ON LAKES
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the deep lakes warmer would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Ah, it's still a light source"
		DavidW says, "Only out of the water."
		DavidW says, "This is tricky."
		Zach says, "Maybe we can find a glass jar or something like that"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          127
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe if the ember was inside a clear bubble to protect it."
Zach says (to Floyd), "open west door" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          128
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WEST DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "tmg"
Zach says (to Floyd), "knock on west door" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          128
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON WEST DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x west door" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          129
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WEST DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is the kind of door you could hack away at for hours with an axe
Floyd | without making a dent. The crack under the door is dark. Either no one
Floyd | is using the room, or they have gone to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask butler about door" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          130
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BUTLER ABOUT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | [Use TALK TO to interact with characters.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x crack" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          131
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The crack under the door is too small to be of any use to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             132
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a frozen lake of grey
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x lake" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             133
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | The lake seems to have been frozen forever. You can feel the cold
Floyd | through your shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "A *giant* crack might be large enough."
Zach says (to Floyd), "break ice" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             134
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK ICE
Floyd |
Floyd | You were never much of a pugilist. If you want to use a weapon, use
Floyd | the ATTACK SOMETHING WITH SOMETHING syntax instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  135
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you,
Floyd | like
Floyd | a sleeping giant. Light seeps out from a single window on the second
Floyd | floor to the right; all the others are dark. Two large mahogany doors
Floyd | guard the entrance to the north. The path to the south leads to the
Floyd | gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "poke giant with steel" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  136
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says (to DavidW), "maybe we need the giant's crack"

Floyd | > POKE GIANT WITH STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You poke the giant with the sharp steel strand. The giant
Floyd | absentmindedly swats in your general direction, but it doesn't wake
Floyd | up. Maybe you could find a way to make the strand hurt more?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put marble on steel" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  137
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MARBLE ON STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the steel strand as smooth and hard as marble would not be
Floyd | helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "put ember on steel" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  138
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT EMBER ON STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the steel strand warmer would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put record on steel" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RECORD ON STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the steel strand sound like a scratched record would not be
Floyd | helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Aww, can't brand the giant"
Zach says (to Floyd), "shoot giant" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  140
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT GIANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't like using your gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "warmth isn't burning"
		DavidW says, "Try the warmth on the ice inside."
		JimKaplan says, "Good idea"
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             141
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a frozen lake of grey
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "put ember on lake" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             142
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT EMBER ON LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | The ice evaporates as the floor bursts into flame.
Floyd |
Floyd | The steel strand grows red hot from the fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "oooh"
		JimKaplan says, "Now let's poke the giant, I think"
		DavidW says, "oh ho"
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  143
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you,
Floyd | like
Floyd | a sleeping giant. Light seeps out from a single window on the second
Floyd | floor to the right; all the others are dark. Two large mahogany doors
Floyd | guard the entrance to the north. The path to the south leads to the
Floyd | gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "poke giant with steel" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  144
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POKE GIANT WITH STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The red hot steel strand sizzles as it penetrates the skin. The giant
Floyd | roars, and scrambles to its feet, its eyes ablaze with rage. It looks
Floyd | around for its attacker, but luckily it seems to be looking for
Floyd | someone of the same size. It doesn't notice you huddling at its feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Ha! We *can* brand the giant"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take giant" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GIANT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't suppose the giant would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Maybe we should enter the mansion and see if anything's changed"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x giant" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  146
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GIANT
Floyd |
Floyd | The giant is wide awake now. His eyes scan the horizon for potential
Floyd | attackers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to giant" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GIANT
Floyd |
Floyd | He seems angry. You should probably avoid attracting attention to
Floyd | yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             148
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The steel strand grows red hot from the fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "There's a back garden, but also him waking may have affected something upstairs"
		DavidW asks, "hm. Garden?"
		DavidW says, "oh, the giant at the balcony. Eye level."
		JimKaplan asks, "D'you think sticking the hot strand in von Bulow's eyes would achieve anything?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           149
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the french doors)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Garden
Floyd | The grass here has been meticulously groomed. Not a single strand
Floyd | stands above the others, like citizens in a socialist utopia. Stone
Floyd | paths wind through the grass like scaly snakes, going nowhere and
Floyd | everywhere. From a fountain in the middle of the garden, from a
Floyd | trumpet held by an angel, water shoots into the air. The mansion lies
Floyd | behind you, to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The air is cold and clear, like the justice we all seek, but never
Floyd | find.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "go to the balcony. I bet the giant is looking there."
Zach says (to Floyd), "take justice" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE JUSTICE
Floyd |
Floyd | You try, but it slips away between your fingers, as always.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x justice" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUSTICE
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Heh"
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light seeps from the crack beneath the door to the west, like fluid
Floyd | from a leaky container.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Oh ho"
Zach says (to Floyd), "take container" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CONTAINER
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x fluid" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLUID
Floyd |
Floyd | A kind of luminescent fluid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take fluid" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FLUID
Floyd |
Floyd | You will need some kind of container to carry it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open west door" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WEST DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the west door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bedroom
Floyd | A large luxurious bed completely dominates the room. Next to the bed
Floyd | is a small dresser. On the dresser is a lamp. Apart from these things,
Floyd | the room is entirely empty. The window to the south provides a view of
Floyd | the front garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | A large table lamp, which somehow manages to light up the entire room.
Floyd | A paper lampshade shields your eyes from the light, like a white
Floyd | cocoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | A delicate white cocoon. It seems like it should be able to contain
Floyd | small items.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          159
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | A large table lamp, which somehow manages to light up the entire room.
Floyd | The lamp has a paper lampshade.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x shade" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHADE
Floyd |
Floyd | The paper lampshade covers the light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take shade" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          162
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SHADE
Floyd |
Floyd | A paper lampshade is hardly going to be of any use to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put ember in cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          162
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT EMBER IN COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get lamp" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a table lamp, not a flashlight. There would be no point to
Floyd | carrying it around with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "get lamp" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a table lamp, not a flashlight. There would be no point to
Floyd | carrying it around with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Aw dang, timing"
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          165
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |   a figurative vinyl record
Floyd |   a figurative steel strand
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative coagulated blood
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "darn"
		JimKaplan says, "Maybe if we go out, the light will have changed"
		JimKaplan says, "Or perhaps the coccoon could hold it"
		Zach says, "Oh, the ember is gone"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x dresser" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          166
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRESSER
Floyd |
Floyd | A small wooden dresser. So ordinary that not a single simile comes to
Floyd | mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open dresser" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          167
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRESSER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, we fill the cocoon with light or oil, I think."
		JimKaplan says, "Fourth wall, you so crazy"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          168
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the kind of bed that looks like it could swallow a man whole. You
Floyd | get the feeling that if you went to sleep in it, you might disappear
Floyd | entirely, never to be seen again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "That's ominous."
Zach says (to Floyd), "look out window" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          169
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK OUT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood the first part of that-- trying anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "look.")
Floyd | The Bedroom
Floyd | A large luxurious bed completely dominates the room. Next to the bed
Floyd | is a small dresser. On the dresser is a lamp. Apart from these things,
Floyd | the room is entirely empty. The window to the south provides a view of
Floyd | the front garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "I suggest popping out and trying to put light in the coccoon"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          170
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | From here you can see the front garden. The path winds towards the
Floyd | gates leading away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          171
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the west is standing wide open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "close west door" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          172
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE WEST DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the west door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          173
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light seeps from the crack beneath the door to the west, like fluid
Floyd | from a leaky container.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I kinda want to add similies to the dresser, just 'cause."
		Zach says, "Oh, maybe we can"
		JimKaplan says, "Could be a future mechanic"
Zach says (to Floyd), "put fluid in cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          174
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FLUID IN COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the luminescent fluid)
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Wahey"
		DavidW says, "woot"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          175
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | A delicate white cocoon. It seems like it should be able to contain
Floyd | small items.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the white cocoon is some luminescent fluid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Let's go diving"
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library
Floyd | Bookshelves line every wall, allowing only a small space for the door
Floyd | to the west and another one for the small window in the north wall.
Floyd | The floor is covered in a thick luxurious red carpet. The air smells
Floyd | of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron sits in a black leather easy chair on the east side of the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "swim in lake" 		

Floyd ]  Near the Surface                                     177
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM IN LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You dive. The surface of the lake approaches quickly, until it fills
Floyd | your entire field of vision. Then the cool water surrounds you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the Surface
Floyd | It is dark under the water and you can't see much more than a few
Floyd | yards in any direction. Above you, the sun shines through the surface.
Floyd | Below, the darkness gets thicker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               178
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deeper
Floyd | It is darker down here; you can't see much more than a few feet in any
Floyd | direction. A few fish pass by, just outside your field of vision. From
Floyd | above, the distant sun shines faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottom of the Lake                               179
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bottom of the Lake
Floyd | The sun is no longer visible at all. Only the soft glow from the
Floyd | cocoon allows you to see anything. The bottom of the lake is white
Floyd | sand. Close by, you notice an old wooden chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x sand" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottom of the Lake                               180
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Soft white sand covers the bottom of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottom of the Lake                               181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "take chest" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottom of the Lake                               182
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chest" 		

Floyd | > TAKE CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  The Bottom of the Lake                               183
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like something straight out of a pirate movie. A big metal
Floyd | padlock is supposed to guard the contents from unauthorized visitors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x padlock" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottom of the Lake                               184
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PADLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | A big old-fashioned padlock. You are pretty sure you could get it open
Floyd | if you had something that could be used as a lockpick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x padlock" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottom of the Lake                               185
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PADLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | A big old-fashioned padlock. You are pretty sure you could get it open
Floyd | if you had something that could be used as a lockpick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan asks, "The strand?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "put steel in lock" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottom of the Lake                               186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT STEEL IN LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pick the padlock with the steel strand, but you break
Floyd | the strand in the process.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "try it"
Zach says (to Floyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottom of the Lake                               187
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the wooden chest, revealing a treasure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x treasure" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottom of the Lake                               188
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREASURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Gold doubloons, jewelry, and gemstones. Everything a good treasure
Floyd | needs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take treasure" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottom of the Lake                               189
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TREASURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Neato"
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottom of the Lake                               190
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bottom of the Lake
Floyd | The sun is no longer visible at all. Only the soft glow from the
Floyd | cocoon allows you to see anything. The bottom of the lake is white
Floyd | sand. Close by, you notice an old wooden chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan asks, "Up, I guess?"
		DavidW says, "hm. I guess."
		JimKaplan says, "Then we can talk to the baron again"
		Zach says, "Now that we have the treasure, let's forget this job and retire."
		DavidW says, "I don't see any use in a treasure."
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Deeper                                               191
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deeper
Floyd | It is darker down here; you can't see much more than a few feet in any
Floyd | direction. A few fish pass by, just outside your field of vision. From
Floyd | above, the distant sun shines faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Near the Surface                                     192
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the Surface
Floyd | It is dark under the water and you can't see much more than a few
Floyd | yards in any direction. Above you, the sun shines through the surface.
Floyd | Below, the darkness gets thicker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Near the Surface                                     193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge from the lake, gasping for air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library
Floyd | Bookshelves line every wall, allowing only a small space for the door
Floyd | to the west and another one for the small window in the north wall.
Floyd | The floor is covered in a thick luxurious red carpet. The air smells
Floyd | of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron sits in a black leather easy chair on the east side of the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "It's figurative treasure. We'd be metaphorically rich."
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative treasure
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |   a figurative vinyl record
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative coagulated blood
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | Thin, as though his skin had been draped over his skeleton with
Floyd | nothing in between. Dark blue eyes, like deep lakes carved into his
Floyd | face. His hair is grey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x hair" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You do not normally need to refer to specific parts of the body.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "talk to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't seem to be getting through to him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "show treasure to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW TREASURE TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | For some reason, you seem to be only one capable of seeing these
Floyd | things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "give treasure to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE TREASURE TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | His face lights up with a golden glow. He seems much more friendly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mr. von Bülow, I am really not going to get anywhere without more
Floyd | information. Do you want your daughter found or not?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He smiles. "Of course. I really must apologize for playing these
Floyd | little games with you." He pauses to collect his thoughts. "Let me
Floyd | see, there are several places they might be. Mr. McAllister lives in
Floyd | an apartment on 23 Roosevelt Street. I really doubt they are hiding
Floyd | out in such an obvious location, but there might be some clues there
Floyd | at least. The man is also a degenerate gambler and alcoholic. He
Floyd | gambles all the time at a joint called the Butterfly Club - sometimes
Floyd | he even drags my daughter down there with him, the bastard. When he
Floyd | isn't gambling he is drinking heavily down at a local bar called the
Floyd | Water Buffalo. That's about all I know. Will that be of any help, Mr.
Floyd | Reilly?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod. You know both of the places he mentioned. "Absolutely. I have
Floyd | enough to get started, anyway. I will let you know how the case
Floyd | proceeds."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you." He sighs. "I hope you find her. I should have done
Floyd | something about that terrible Scotsman a long time ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "This man is racist against Scotsmen"
		Zach says, "Ah yes, the Butterfly Club is in the rough part of town."
		JimKaplan says, "As the name suggests."
		JimKaplan says, "A bludgeon for killing butterflies."
		DavidW says, "They dance the Flitterbug there."
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to butler" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BUTLER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of anything to say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          203
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library
Floyd | Bookshelves line every wall, allowing only a small space for the door
Floyd | to the west and another one for the small window in the north wall.
Floyd | The floor is covered in a thick luxurious red carpet. The air smells
Floyd | of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron sits in a black leather easy chair on the east side of the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          204
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please find my daughter, Mr. Reilly."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess if we go south of the castle, we'll get a menu of locales to choose from."
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          205
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you.
Floyd | Light blares from two windows on the second floor, like the eyes of an
Floyd | angry giant. Two large mahogany doors guard the entrance to the north.
Floyd | The path to the south leads to the gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Ah, waking the giant lit the room because the windows are his eyes."
		DavidW says, "ha, angry giant eyes"
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Your Office 		
Floyd [2] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "so weiiird"
Zach says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You head towards the gambling joint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Butterfly Club
Floyd | All sorts of gambling tables dot the floor. There are roulette,
Floyd | blackjack, poker and more games you have never even heard of. No one
Floyd | looks at you. Every ounce of their attention is directed toward the
Floyd | random events that decide their lives. A giant crystal chandelier
Floyd | hangs from the ceiling, like an intricate icicle formation. To the
Floyd | west, massive double doors lead outside. At the eastern wall is a
Floyd | small discreet door; the kind of door you are not supposed to notice,
Floyd | much less enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "vote 3"
		Zach says, "Whoops, sorry"
		JimKaplan says, "The Gambling Joint...a sentient marijuana cigarette that gambles, no doubt"
		DavidW says, "no matter"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x formation" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FORMATION
Floyd |
Floyd | Icicles grow from the ceiling in an intricate formation. Why haven't
Floyd | they melted, you wonder?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take icicles" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ICICLES
Floyd |
Floyd | It is too far up. If you had someone to help you, you might be able to
Floyd | reach it together.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, the door to the gay bar"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x gamblers" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAMBLERS
Floyd |
Floyd | People from all strata of society are gathered here as equals, united
Floyd | through their common addiction. It almost warms your heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x games" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAMES
Floyd |
Floyd | Countless gambling tables cover almost every square foot of the room.
Floyd | Every imaginable game of chance is represented here. A lot of people
Floyd | seem to be watching the poker game in the corner of the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "warm formation with the people" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WARM FORMATION WITH THE PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x poker" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       214
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POKER
Floyd |
Floyd | Four people are playing a high stakes game of poker in the corner of
Floyd | the hall. A small crowd has gathered around the table, attracted by
Floyd | the sight of large amounts of money changing hands. One of the players
Floyd | draw your attention: a pale man wearing a tuxedo who seems to be
Floyd | losing big.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x pale man" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       215
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PALE MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the nouveau riche for sure. He looks like someone who has never
Floyd | tried wearing a tuxedo before. His face is like putty; every emotion
Floyd | leaves a visible mark. Not a good thing for a poker player. He seems
Floyd | to be losing a lot of money.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x putty" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       216
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PUTTY
Floyd |
Floyd | The putty is soft and pliable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "putty"
Zach says (to Floyd), "take putty" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       217
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PUTTY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "put marble on pale man" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       218
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MARBLE ON PALE MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | His face is like carved out of marble. No emotion is visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Nice"
		JimKaplan says, "But of course"
		DavidW says, "poker face"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x pale man" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       219
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PALE MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the nouveau riche for sure. He looks like someone who has never
Floyd | tried wearing a tuxedo before. His face is expressionless, as if it
Floyd | had been carved out of marble. A good thing for a poker player. He
Floyd | seems to be winning a lot of money.
Floyd |
Floyd | The poker game continues. The other players try to read the emotions
Floyd | of the tuxedo man, but his face is impenetrable. They all fold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		MTW exclaims, "poker face? i don't even know her!"
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       220
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The other onlookers hush you. Clearly, disturbing the game isn't an
Floyd | option.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You are not fooling me this time," says one of the poker players and
Floyd | reveals his hand: Three aces. One by one, the tuxedo man puts his
Floyd | cards on the table: 6-7-8-9-10. A straight. The audience claps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Her face, that is"
		DavidW says (to MTW), "Be glad it's not butter."
		JimKaplan says, "I can't believe it isn't."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x poker" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       221
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POKER
Floyd |
Floyd | Four people are playing a high stakes game of poker in the corner of
Floyd | the hall. A small crowd has gathered around the table, attracted by
Floyd | the sight of large amounts of money changing hands. One of the players
Floyd | draw your attention: a pale man wearing a tuxedo who seems to be
Floyd | winning big.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tuxedo man wins again. And again. The mountain of chips in front
Floyd | of him grows to unprecedented heights. Finally, a crack appears in his
Floyd | face and he smiles. "Enough with this. This is my lucky night!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He picks up the huge pile of chips, walks to the roulette table and
Floyd | drops the pile down next to the spinning wheel. "I am putting it all
Floyd | on red!" The marble cracks and falls apart as a huge smile appears on
Floyd | his face. You have a feeling you might be able to find it again with
Floyd | its original owner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "take crack" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       221
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "use the blood!"
		JimKaplan says, "Damn, can't take drugs in game"
Zach says (to Floyd), "put blood on man" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       222
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLOOD ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the tuxedo man red like blood would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am sorry sir," says the croupier. "The table can't match your bet.
Floyd | I am going to have to get the manager." He goes through the small
Floyd | discreet door and emerges a few minutes later, followed by a tall thin
Floyd | man dressed in a beige suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "put blood on roulette" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       223
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLOOD ON ROULETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the roulette table red like blood would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tuxedo man looks at the newcomer and smiles even more broadly.
Floyd | "What will it be Camino? Are you afraid I am going to bankrupt you
Floyd | tonight?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The man in the beige suit - whose name seems to be Camino - pays no
Floyd | attention the tuxedo man. He looks straight at the croupier. "It's
Floyd | alright. Let him play." His voice is soft and smooth.
Floyd |
Floyd | The wheel spins. The entire club seems to be holding its breath. The
Floyd | wheel slows down; the ball jumps a few times, and finally comes to
Floyd | rest ---- on red.
Floyd |
Floyd | The club erupts in applause. Everyone looks at the tuxedo man as if he
Floyd | had just single-handedly defeated Hitler in one-on-one combat. The
Floyd | tuxedo man picks up his winnings and leaves the club followed by an
Floyd | entourage of admirers. Camino does nothing, except look pensively at
Floyd | the wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       224
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | A perennial favorite of the gambling crowd, the roulette is simple and
Floyd | exciting. More people are playing now, after the tuxedo man's big win.
Floyd | A big winner is good advertisement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x Camino" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       225
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall thin man impeccably dressed in a beige suit and a trilby hat.
Floyd | Everything about him is beige; even his pale skin is almost
Floyd | indistinguishable from the color of his clothes. A scar crosses his
Floyd | left cheek, like a canyon in the middle of an otherwise pristine
Floyd | African savanna.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "put blood on wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       226
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLOOD ON WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the roulette table red like blood would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x canyon" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       227
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CANYON
Floyd |
Floyd | The canyon is deep. It must have been carved in the landscape many
Floyd | aeons ago. At the bottom, you can just barely make out a river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter canyon" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       228
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CANYON
Floyd |
Floyd | It is way too steep. You would fall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       229
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Even from all the way up here, you can tell that the river is crystal
Floyd | clear. No pollution is going to reach it in this pristine landscape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "We need a glider"
Zach says (to Floyd), "take canyon" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       230
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CANYON
Floyd |
Floyd | A canyon is not something you can carry around. Maybe there is
Floyd | something of interest down there?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Find a glider, yeah"
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to Camino" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       231
Floyd | >

		JimKaplan says, "Or we could pollute the river"

Floyd | > TALK TO CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | "A bad day for you, I suppose?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He emerges from his reverie. "Not really. A big winner makes everyone
Floyd | else believe they can do the same. The extra business should make up
Floyd | for the loss."
Floyd |
Floyd | His eyes scan you inquisitively. "I haven't seen you around here
Floyd | before. What can I do for you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to Camino" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       232
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | "My name is Douglas Reilly. I am a private detective. I was wondering
Floyd | if we could have a word?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't do business with private dicks. Unless you have you some
Floyd | useful information for me, I am not interested."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "But we're a public dick!"
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to Camino" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       233
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am looking for Lisa von Bülow. I understand she used to come here
Floyd | along with a bloke named McAllister?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He has the perfect poker face. "I never talk about my clientele. It's
Floyd | bad for business."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to Camino" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       234
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please, Mr. Reilly. Unless you have something of use to me, I have no
Floyd | interest in talking to you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       235
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the discreet door)
Floyd | An Italian-American man wearing a pinstriped suit grabs your arm.
Floyd | "Sorry, sir. This is a private area." He merges with the crowd once
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Probably it's in the canyon."
		JimKaplan says, "Avoid his private area"
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       236
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Avoid it ... like a plague?"

Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Butterfly Club
Floyd | All sorts of gambling tables dot the floor. There are roulette,
Floyd | blackjack, poker and more games you have never even heard of. No one
Floyd | looks at you. Every ounce of their attention is directed toward the
Floyd | random events that decide their lives. A giant crystal chandelier
Floyd | hangs from the ceiling, like an intricate icicle formation. To the
Floyd | west, massive double doors lead outside. At the eastern wall is a
Floyd | small discreet door; the kind of door you are not supposed to notice,
Floyd | much less enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino - the owner of the club - is looking pensively at the roulette
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x poker" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       236
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POKER
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Try a different locale?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       236
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the gambling tables or the roulette table?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x gambling tables" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAMBLING TABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Countless gambling tables cover almost every square foot of the room.
Floyd | Every imaginable game of chance is represented here. A couple of
Floyd | people are playing the roulette table, apparently hoping that the
Floyd | tuxedo man's winning streak will transfer to them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. okay. I'm getting a bit lost. I can't keep notes at this speed."
		JimKaplan says, "There's a lot of detail to keep track of, yeah"
		DavidW says, "I'll say"
		JimKaplan says, "Argh, a thing"
		DavidW says, "but yeah, try the apartment next. Also, if the marble returned to the butler, maybe the ember returned to the office."
		JimKaplan says, "I'll be back in a mo"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       238
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             239
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to check out McAllister's apartment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | The entrance to the apartment is a dark narrow hallway. The door
Floyd | behind you to the south leads back outside. To the east, the door to
Floyd | the living room is standing ajar. To the north is the bathroom. An old
Floyd | denim jacket hangs on a hook on the wall, like a dirty rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "might wanna wait for JK to get back."
		DavidW says, "Bet the rag is good for cleaning the knight at the office."
		JimKaplan says, "My thing could go on for a bit of a while"
		JimKaplan says, "Feel free to continue without me"
		DavidW says, "oh, ok"
		DavidW says, "thanks"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x rags" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             239
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAGS
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rag" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             240
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x rag" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             241
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old dirty rag. It looks like it hasn't been cleaned in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rag" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             242
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old dirty rag. It looks like it hasn't been cleaned in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             243
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | The entrance to the apartment is a dark narrow hallway. The door
Floyd | behind you to the south leads back outside. To the east, the door to
Floyd | the living room is standing ajar. To the north is the bathroom. An old
Floyd | denim jacket hangs on a hook on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             244
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | An old worn denim jacket. You notice a piece of paper sticking out
Floyd | from one of the pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             245
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | An old worn denim jacket. You notice a piece of paper sticking out
Floyd | from one of the pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Whoops, I'll let you drive"
		DavidW says, "sorry, go ahead"
Zach says (to Floyd), "read paper" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             246
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The writing is almost illegible, but you manage to decipher it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lisa
Floyd |
Floyd | I know you have something going on with that bawbag Camino. Don't try
Floyd | to deny it I have seen how you flirt and god knows what else you are
Floyd | doing. You are not gonna do that no more or im gonna have to take
Floyd | matters into ma own hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | Erik."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yikes"
Zach says (to Floyd), "take jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             247
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have all the clothes you need.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take paper" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             248
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             249
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The toilet is filthy. You quickly exit back to the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      250
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the Eastern Door)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | What a mess! A large couch stands against the southern wall, with a
Floyd | table in front of it. The table is covered with a diverse variety of
Floyd | empty liquor bottles, rising from the surface like minarets in a
Floyd | dilapidated middle eastern city. To the north is a kitchen counter
Floyd | with two stove plates built into it. Above it is a kitchen cabinet. To
Floyd | the west is the door to the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps show the paper to Camino"
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter city" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             251
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CITY
Floyd |
Floyd | The City
Floyd | The sun bakes down on the city from above. Streets wind in every
Floyd | direction among the buildings. The streets are crowded with people,
Floyd | all hurrying in different directions. Close to you, a majestic minaret
Floyd | reaches towards the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x minaret" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             252
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MINARET
Floyd |
Floyd | The Minaret is a tall, round, white tower. Inside it, a winding
Floyd | staircase leads to the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, okay."
		DavidW says, "I guess up is also out."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             253
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | They hurry by too quickly for you to get a good look at any one of
Floyd | them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x buildings" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             254
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUILDINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | All sorts of buildings occupy the city. Your attention is drawn to the
Floyd | majestic minaret nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of the Minaret                               255
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of the Minaret
Floyd | From here the entire city is stretched out beneath you. Tiny people
Floyd | are milling around on the streets far below, waiting for someone to
Floyd | perform the next call to prayer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I was mistaken"
Zach says (to Floyd), "call" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of the Minaret                               256
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath and perform the call to prayer as loudly as you
Floyd | can. Beneath you, the people stop what they are doing and head inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of the Minaret                               257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of the Minaret
Floyd | From here the entire city is stretched out beneath you. The streets
Floyd | are empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The City
Floyd | The sun bakes down on the city from above. Streets wind in every
Floyd | direction among the buildings. Close to you, a majestic minaret
Floyd | reaches towards the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see an old beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "um, and now that the people are gone...?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             259
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "I thought the voice seemed unfamiliar," says the beggar. "Haven't
Floyd | seen you around here before. Can you spare some food or coin for a
Floyd | poor man?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah"
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             260
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   some figurative putty
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |   a figurative vinyl record
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative coagulated blood
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x putty" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             261
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PUTTY
Floyd |
Floyd | The putty is soft and pliable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "shape putty into money" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             261
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHAPE PUTTY INTO MONEY
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Use the putty on the bouncer."
		Zach says, "Ah"
		DavidW says, "hm. No money or food yet."
Zach says (to Floyd), "exit city" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      262
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT CITY
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood the first part of that-- trying anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "exit.")
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | What a mess! A large couch stands against the southern wall, with a
Floyd | table in front of it. The table is covered with a diverse variety of
Floyd | empty liquor bottles, rising from the surface like minarets in a
Floyd | dilapidated middle eastern city. To the north is a kitchen counter
Floyd | with two stove plates built into it. Above it is a kitchen cabinet. To
Floyd | the west is the door to the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x couch" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      263
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | An old couch that looks like it has seen everything and now just wants
Floyd | to be left alone. There is a blanket and a pillow lying on the floor
Floyd | next to it. Apparently, Mr. McAllister also uses it as a bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search couch" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      264
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | An old couch that looks like it has seen everything and now just wants
Floyd | to be left alone. There is a blanket and a pillow lying on the floor
Floyd | next to it. Apparently, Mr. McAllister also uses it as a bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x pillow" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      265
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Thrown in a pile on the floor. Mr. McAllister hardly seems like the
Floyd | epitome of neatness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x blanket" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      266
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Thrown in a pile on the floor. Mr. McAllister hardly seems like the
Floyd | epitome of neatness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "drat. no coins in the couch"
Zach says (to Floyd), "put pillow on couch" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      267
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PILLOW ON COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see no reason to mess with McAllister's dirty linen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x stove" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      268
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Covered with grime from a dozen meals. The place doesn't seem like it
Floyd | gets cleaned very often.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      269
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the cabinet, revealing a knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      270
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      271
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | A large brutal bowie knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean stove" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      272
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you kidding? This isn't even your place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      273
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The multitude of bottles, matchboxes, candlesticks and general junk on
Floyd | the table almost make it seem like someone has tried to create a model
Floyd | city out of the mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x matchboxes" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      274
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MATCHBOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | The multitude of bottles, matchboxes, candlesticks and general junk on
Floyd | the table almost make it seem like someone has tried to create a model
Floyd | city out of the mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      275
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      276
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | What a mess! A large couch stands against the southern wall, with a
Floyd | table in front of it. The table is covered with a diverse variety of
Floyd | empty liquor bottles, rising from the surface like minarets in a
Floyd | dilapidated middle eastern city. To the north is a kitchen counter
Floyd | with two stove plates built into it. Above it is a kitchen cabinet. To
Floyd | the west is the door to the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Try the casino again?"
		DavidW says, "hm, okay"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             277
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | The entrance to the apartment is a dark narrow hallway. The door
Floyd | behind you to the south leads back outside. To the east, the door to
Floyd | the living room is standing ajar. To the north is the bathroom. An old
Floyd | denim jacket hangs on a hook on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             278
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       279
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | You head towards the gambling joint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Butterfly Club
Floyd | All sorts of gambling tables dot the floor. There are roulette,
Floyd | blackjack, poker and more games you have never even heard of. No one
Floyd | looks at you. Every ounce of their attention is directed toward the
Floyd | random events that decide their lives. A giant crystal chandelier
Floyd | hangs from the ceiling, like an intricate icicle formation. To the
Floyd | west, massive double doors lead outside. At the eastern wall is a
Floyd | small discreet door; the kind of door you are not supposed to notice,
Floyd | much less enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino - the owner of the club - is looking pensively at the roulette
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "show paper to camino" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       280
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PAPER TO CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | He scans the letter and his eyes widen. "Where did you get this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I never reveal my sources, Mr. Camino. Would you like to discuss the
Floyd | issue, or should I continue digging up dirt?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not here. Come with me. We can discuss this in my office." He unlocks
Floyd | the small eastern door and enters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      281
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the discreet door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino's Office
Floyd | Neat. Everything here is neat. The stack of papers on the desk is so
Floyd | perfect that it looks more like a big white brick rather than the
Floyd | disorderly piles you see in most offices. There is not a speck of dust
Floyd | on the mahogany desk. It makes you uncomfortable. You never trust
Floyd | people who always need to be in control. That desire hardly ever stops
Floyd | with themselves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino is sitting behind the desk, waiting for your next move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "brick"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x brick" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      282
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | The brick is painted a bright white color. The paint seem to have been
Floyd | applied recently. You wonder if it might still be possible to wipe it
Floyd | off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take brick" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      283
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "wipe brick" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      284
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIPE BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You vigorously scrub the brick with the old rag. The paint comes off
Floyd | easily, and soon you are left holding a plain brown brick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put blood on brick" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      285
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLOOD ON BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the brown brick red like blood would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hmm"
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to camino" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      286
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have my attention, Mr. Reilly. Do you have anything more for me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to camino" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      287
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have my attention, Mr. Reilly. Do you have anything more for me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "throw brick at camino" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      288
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BRICK AT CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      289
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino's Office
Floyd | Neat. Everything here is neat. The papers on the desk are neatly
Floyd | stacked. There is not a speck of dust on the mahogany desk. It makes
Floyd | you uncomfortable. You never trust people who always need to be in
Floyd | control. That desire hardly ever stops with themselves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino is sitting behind the desk, waiting for your next move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      290
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark red mahogany desk that looks like no one has ever spilled
Floyd | coffee on its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x papers" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      291
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The papers are stacked on top of each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "read papers" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      292
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ PAPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The papers are stacked on top of each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We don't really have anything else to discuss with the guy yet."
		Zach asks, "Yeah. Check out the bar?"
		DavidW says, "ok"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       293
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Butterfly Club
Floyd | All sorts of gambling tables dot the floor. There are roulette,
Floyd | blackjack, poker and more games you have never even heard of. No one
Floyd | looks at you. Every ounce of their attention is directed toward the
Floyd | random events that decide their lives. A giant crystal chandelier
Floyd | hangs from the ceiling, like an intricate icicle formation. To the
Floyd | west, massive double doors lead outside. At the eastern wall is a
Floyd | small discreet door; the kind of door you are not supposed to notice,
Floyd | much less enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       294
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              295
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | You head towards the seedy bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bouncer pats you down in front of the entrance.
Floyd | The bouncer locates the revolver and confiscates it. "Sorry, Mister.
Floyd | No guns in the bar." Mr. Wesson manages to sneak in with you anyway.
Floyd | The bouncer easily locates the large conspicuous bowie knife. "Well,
Floyd | wadda we got here? Sorry, Mister. Can't have ya stabbin' the other
Floyd | patrons."
Floyd | "Your belongings will be returned to you when you leave, Mister."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bar
Floyd | The thick cigarette smoke makes it almost possible to see more than a
Floyd | few feet ahead. It's like being trapped in a thick London fog. Various
Floyd | people are sitting at the tables or standing by the bar. Behind the
Floyd | bar, the bartender is cleaning a whiskey glass with an old rag. The
Floyd | door to the south leads outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x fog" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              296
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The fog is so thick that it seems like you could cut it with a knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take fog" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              297
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It slips between your fingers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter fog" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              298
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER FOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You are already surrounded by fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to bartender" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              299
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARTENDER
Floyd |
Floyd | "What do you want, buddy?" says the bartender.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Actually I need some information. I am looking for Erik McAllister. I
Floyd | understand that he used to come here a lot?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The bartender sneers. "No idea who you are talking about, buddy. Order
Floyd | something or get out."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "if we *had* the knife, we coiuld cut the fog."
Zach says (to Floyd), "order drink" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              300
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ORDER DRINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy a cheap beer and drink it while your consider your options.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to bartender" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              301
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARTENDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't seem to be getting anywhere with him. Maybe if you could
Floyd | show him something to get his attention?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "show paper to bartender" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PAPER TO BARTENDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The bartender reads the letter and laughs out loud. "HAHAHAHA. I knew
Floyd | a loser like McAllister couldn't keep a girl like that. I told him she
Floyd | was way out of his league, but he wouldn't listen."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So you do know him?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, I guess you got me there, buddy. Look, I don't want any
Floyd | trouble. McAllister hasn't been around for the last couple weeks. You
Floyd | should talk to his friend; that brown haired guy over there with the
Floyd | scar. Leave me out of it."
Floyd |
Floyd | He points at a place in the thick fog. If you only you could see
Floyd | anything, that might actually be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Hmm, maybe we had to sneak the knife in"
		DavidW says, "uh-huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bouncer" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOUNCER
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. Put the putty on the knife, making it a harmless putty knife?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              303
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [4] McAllister's Apartment 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          304
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here you are, Mister," says the bouncer, and returns your weapons.
Floyd |
Floyd | You head back to your office.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Office
Floyd | Shadows huddle in the corners, like dark pools of oil; the sickly
Floyd | yellow light from the desk lamp does little to dispel the darkness. An
Floyd | old cigarette butt lies in the ashtray. Your desk is covered with old
Floyd | case files - reminders of past glories. Apart from the desk, the only
Floyd | other furniture is an old office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office door to the north leads to the corridor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put putty on knife" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          305
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PUTTY ON KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          306
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   some figurative putty
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |   a figurative vinyl record
Floyd |   some figurative coagulated blood
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "make knife" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          306
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "make putty into knife" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          306
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE PUTTY INTO KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "clean knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          307
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe some other day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          308
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | The knight seems weary. His armor is old and dirty. How much longer
Floyd | can he keep fighting, you wonder?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "clean knight with rag" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          309
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN KNIGHT WITH RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | That has no visible effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x rag" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          310
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old dirty rag. It looks like it hasn't been cleaned in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Hmm, maybe we can clean the rag first"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub knight with rag" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          311
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUB KNIGHT WITH RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | That has no visible effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x oil" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          312
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Greasy black oil.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put oil in cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          313
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT OIL IN COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the oil)
Floyd |
Floyd | The white cocoon is already full.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The old dirty desk lamp struggles valiantly to light up the office,
Floyd | like an elderly knight fighting to keep the forces of darkness at bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose we can pour the light out and take the oil instead, if that's useful."
		Zach asks, "Maybe we could show the paper to the baron?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "take fluid out of cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          315
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FLUID OUT OF COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood the first part of that-- trying anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "take fluid.")
Floyd | You carefully try to remove the luminescent fluid from the white
Floyd | cocoon, but it runs through your fingers and disappears. You have a
Floyd | feeling there is more where that came from.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put light on knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          316
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT LIGHT ON KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the desk lamp)
Floyd |
Floyd | Why would you want to carry around a desk lamp?
Floyd | You need to be holding the desk lamp before you can put it on top of
Floyd | something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put oil in cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          317
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT OIL IN COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the oil)
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put oil on knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          318
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT OIL ON KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put oil on chair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          319
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT OIL ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          320
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | The rust has long since caused the wheels on the chair to get stuck.
Floyd | It would be much more comfortable if you fixed them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put oil on wheels" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          321
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT OIL ON WHEELS
Floyd |
Floyd | The wheels look like they have been oiled recently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Lies"
Zach says (to Floyd), "fix chair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIX CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | A good idea, but you will have to be more specific. How, exactly, are
Floyd | you going to accomplish it?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "fix chair with oil" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIX CHAIR WITH OIL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to fix the office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "oil wheels" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OIL WHEELS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the chair to the side, revealing a coin that has apparently
Floyd | been stuck under one of the wheels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          324
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x coin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          325
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A shiny penny, which has been apparently been stuck under your chair
Floyd | for quite some time. One side of it has been crushed, making it as
Floyd | sharp as the blade of a knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take knife" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          326
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the literal knife)
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take blade" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BLADE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x blade" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          328
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLADE
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, how sharp it is. It seems like it could slice a hair into two.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Nice. Now we can solve two of zee puzzles"
		DavidW says, "coin for the beggar, and blade for the fog."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          329
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Don't forget to get light again later for the knight."
		Zach asks, "Hmm?"
		DavidW says, "You spoiled my attempt, and I still want to put light on knight."
		Zach says, "Ah, OK"
Zach says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             330
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to check out McAllister's apartment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | The entrance to the apartment is a dark narrow hallway. The door
Floyd | behind you to the south leads back outside. To the east, the door to
Floyd | the living room is standing ajar. To the north is the bathroom. An old
Floyd | denim jacket hangs on a hook on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      331
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | What a mess! A large couch stands against the southern wall, with a
Floyd | table in front of it. The table is covered with a diverse variety of
Floyd | empty liquor bottles, rising from the surface like minarets in a
Floyd | dilapidated middle eastern city. To the north is a kitchen counter
Floyd | with two stove plates built into it. Above it is a kitchen cabinet. To
Floyd | the west is the door to the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter city" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             332
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CITY
Floyd |
Floyd | The City
Floyd | The sun bakes down on the city from above. Streets wind in every
Floyd | direction among the buildings. Close to you, a majestic minaret
Floyd | reaches towards the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see an old beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "give coin to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             333
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COIN TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The coin is real. The beggar is not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh man"
Zach says (to Floyd), "put putty on coin" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             334
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PUTTY ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "make putty coin" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             334
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE PUTTY COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x coin" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             335
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A shiny penny, which has been apparently been stuck under your chair
Floyd | for quite some time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative sharp knife
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   some figurative putty
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |   a figurative vinyl record
Floyd |   some figurative coagulated blood
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      337
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | What a mess! A large couch stands against the southern wall, with a
Floyd | table in front of it. The table is covered with a diverse variety of
Floyd | empty liquor bottles, rising from the surface like minarets in a
Floyd | dilapidated middle eastern city. To the north is a kitchen counter
Floyd | with two stove plates built into it. Above it is a kitchen cabinet. To
Floyd | the west is the door to the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             338
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | The entrance to the apartment is a dark narrow hallway. The door
Floyd | behind you to the south leads back outside. To the east, the door to
Floyd | the living room is standing ajar. To the north is the bathroom. An old
Floyd | denim jacket hangs on a hook on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So we need a figuartive bit of money or food."
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             339
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              340
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | You head towards the seedy bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bouncer pats you down in front of the entrance.
Floyd | The bouncer locates the revolver and confiscates it. "Sorry, Mister.
Floyd | No guns in the bar." Mr. Wesson manages to sneak in with you anyway.
Floyd | The bouncer easily locates the large conspicuous bowie knife. "Well,
Floyd | wadda we got here? Sorry, Mister. Can't have ya stabbin' the other
Floyd | patrons."
Floyd | "Your belongings will be returned to you when you leave, Mister."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bar
Floyd | The thick cigarette smoke makes it almost possible to see more than a
Floyd | few feet ahead. It's like being trapped in a thick London fog. Various
Floyd | people are sitting at the tables or standing by the bar. Behind the
Floyd | bar, the bartender is cleaning a whiskey glass with an old rag. The
Floyd | door to the south leads outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "cut fog with blade" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              341
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT FOG WITH BLADE
Floyd |
Floyd | Using the knife, you cut the fog into more manageable pieces, which
Floyd | quickly fade away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              342
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bar
Floyd | Cigarette smoke winds through every part of the bar. Various people
Floyd | are sitting at the tables or standing by the bar. Behind the bar, the
Floyd | bartender is cleaning a whiskey glass with an old rag. The door to the
Floyd | south leads outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brown-haired man with a scar is sitting at one of the tables by
Floyd | himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay"
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | You approach the man with the scar. "Excuse me. I am looking for a man
Floyd | named Erik McAllister. I was told you might know something."
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks at you like one would look at a cockroach that has just
Floyd | slithered out from beneath the kitchen table. "I don't know nothin'.
Floyd | And even if I did, I ain't no snitch."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am looking for him for his own sake. I must insist that you tell me
Floyd | what you know."
Floyd |
Floyd | He laughs. "Insist? You ain't in no position to insist on anything,
Floyd | Mister." He pulls open his coat, revealing a small knife hidden in the
Floyd | inner pocket. "Me and me friend here says you should probably get out
Floyd | of here. Unless you got something to back up your words?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cockroach" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE COCKROACH
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x blade" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              344
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLADE
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, how sharp it is. It seems like it could slice a hair into two.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              345
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative sharp knife
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   some figurative putty
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |   a figurative vinyl record
Floyd |   some figurative coagulated blood
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put putty on knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              346
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PUTTY ON KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "show letter to man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              347
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW LETTER TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | He shows you his knife again. Doesn't seem like words alone will get
Floyd | his respect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scar" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              348
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SCAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Definitely from a knife wound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              349
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Cheap wooden tables who look like leftovers from a better
Floyd | establishment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              350
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | He shows you his knife again. Doesn't seem like words alone will get
Floyd | his respect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "give coin to man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              351
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COIN TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | the brown-haired man with the scar doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put blood on letter" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              352
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLOOD ON LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the letter red like blood would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Dang, I was hoping we could make a scarlet letter"
		DavidW says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "except that's not how the simile works"
		Zach asks, "Any ideas?"
		DavidW says, "hm"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x record" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              353
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RECORD
Floyd |
Floyd | It is full of scratches. It probably won't be very pleasant to listen
Floyd | to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              354
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative sharp knife
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   some figurative putty
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |   a figurative vinyl record
Floyd |   some figurative coagulated blood
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put record on letter" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              355
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RECORD ON LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the letter sound like a scratched record would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x rag" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              356
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old dirty rag. It looks like it hasn't been cleaned in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put record on man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              357
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RECORD ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | Making the brown-haired man with the scar sound like a scratched
Floyd | record would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, light on knight, is one idea."
Zach says (to Floyd), "put rag on man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              358
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RAG ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | The brown toupee is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take toupee" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              359
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TOUPEE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Heh, what?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x toupee" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              360
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOUPEE
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone seems to have spilled some grey paint on the toupee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toupee" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              361
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOUPEE
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone seems to have spilled some grey paint on the toupee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | A broad, muscular man who looks like he could crush your head like a
Floyd | grape with one of his hands. His hair is brown with some grey here and
Floyd | there. A vicious scar adorns his face; looks like a knife wound to
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put rag on man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              363
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RAG ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | His hair is like a dirty rag on top of his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              364
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | A broad, muscular man who looks like he could crush your head like a
Floyd | grape with one of his hands. His brown and grey hair rests on the top
Floyd | of his head, like a dirty rag. A vicious scar adorns his face; looks
Floyd | like a knife wound to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on toupee" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              365
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON TOUPEE
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put blood on toupee" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              366
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLOOD ON TOUPEE
Floyd |
Floyd | If you want to change his hair, just give the blood to Ronald.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I missed where to toupee came from."
		Zach asks, "Who is Ronald?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x bartender" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              367
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BARTENDER
Floyd |
Floyd | A middle aged man who looks like he should be sitting at the other
Floyd | side of the bar. He eyes the patrons jealously as they sip their
Floyd | drinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put blood on man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              368
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLOOD ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | The dirty rag is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take rag" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              369
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put blood on ronald" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              370
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLOOD ON RONALD
Floyd |
Floyd | His hair is reddish brown, like coagulated blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "One simile to a customer."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              371
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | A broad, muscular man who looks like he could crush your head like a
Floyd | grape with one of his hands. His hair is a reddish brown color, like
Floyd | coagulated blood. A vicious scar adorns his face; looks like a knife
Floyd | wound to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take blood" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              372
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You like him better this way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Changing his hair isn't helping, but it is interesting."
Zach says (to Floyd), "put rag on man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              373
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RAG ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | The coagulated blood is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, the game likes the blood there?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              374
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | A broad, muscular man who looks like he could crush your head like a
Floyd | grape with one of his hands. His hair is a reddish brown color, like
Floyd | coagulated blood. A vicious scar adorns his face; looks like a knife
Floyd | wound to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              375
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | He shows you his knife again. Doesn't seem like words alone will get
Floyd | his respect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Do you want to drive for a bit?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wound" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              376
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE WOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | It is there to stay, like all the wounds we receive in life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Aww"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grape" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              376
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "argh, lag"
		MTW says, "grandma's rotten bananas"
		MTW says, "sorry, wrong window"
		DavidW asks (of MTW), "Is that what your hands are like after washing dishes for an hour?"
		MTW says, "it's a reference to my grandmother's breasts"
Zach has disconnected. 		
Zach has connected. 		DavidW says, "yikes"
		MTW says, "you asked"
		DavidW says, "No one's supposed to notice grandmother breasts."
		MTW says, "i know, it's *if* you should, then that's the term for it"
		MTW asks, "what are you guys doing?"
		DavidW says, "PataNoir"
		MTW says, "oh, let's see then"
		DavidW says (to Zach), "I'm gonna try that light thing now, if that's okay."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              377
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bar
Floyd | Cigarette smoke winds through every part of the bar. Various people
Floyd | are sitting at the tables or standing by the bar. Behind the bar, the
Floyd | bartender is cleaning a whiskey glass with an old rag. The door to the
Floyd | south leads outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brown-haired man with a scar is sitting at one of the tables by
Floyd | himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              378
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [4] McAllister's Apartment 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  379
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here you are, Mister," says the bouncer, and returns your weapons.
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to visit the Baron again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you.
Floyd | Light blares from two windows on the second floor, like the eyes of an
Floyd | angry giant. Two large mahogany doors guard the entrance to the north.
Floyd | The path to the south leads to the gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             380
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          381
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Light seeps from the crack beneath the door to the west, like fluid
Floyd | from a leaky container.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fluid" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          382
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FLUID
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the luminescent fluid into the white cocoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             383
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Show the baron the letter?"
		DavidW asks, "Did we do anything in the garden yet?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          384
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Not that I remember"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          385
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library
Floyd | Bookshelves line every wall, allowing only a small space for the door
Floyd | to the west and another one for the small window in the north wall.
Floyd | The floor is covered in a thick luxurious red carpet. The air smells
Floyd | of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron sits in a black leather easy chair on the east side of the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show letter to baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          386
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW LETTER TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | He reads the letter, and his face grows red. "I swear if that damn
Floyd | Scotsman has done anything to hurt my daughter, I will make him pay."
Floyd | His face grows pale once more. "Please find her as soon as possible,
Floyd | Mr. Reilly. Make sure that she is okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x baron" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          387
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | Thin, as though his skin had been draped over his skeleton with
Floyd | nothing in between. Dark blue eyes, like deep lakes carved into his
Floyd | face. His hair is grey. His friendly smile lights up his face with a
Floyd | golden glow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          388
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             389
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  390
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you.
Floyd | Light blares from two windows on the second floor, like the eyes of an
Floyd | angry giant. Two large mahogany doors guard the entrance to the north.
Floyd | The path to the south leads to the gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  391
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Your Office 		
Floyd [2] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          392
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You head back to your office.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Office
Floyd | Shadows huddle in the corners; the sickly yellow light from the desk
Floyd | lamp does little to dispel the darkness. An old cigarette butt lies in
Floyd | the ashtray. Your desk is covered with old case files - reminders of
Floyd | past glories. Apart from the desk, the only other furniture is an old
Floyd | office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office door to the north leads to the corridor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put fluid on knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          393
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FLUID ON KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x butt" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          394
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUTT
Floyd |
Floyd | An old cigarette that you couldn't bother to finish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "the ember didn't return here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          395
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  396
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to visit the Baron again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you.
Floyd | Light blares from two windows on the second floor, like the eyes of an
Floyd | angry giant. Two large mahogany doors guard the entrance to the north.
Floyd | The path to the south leads to the gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  397
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             398
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          399
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x allan" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          400
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALLAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall, thin, and impeccably dressed in a tuxedo with a black bow tie.
Floyd | His face looks like it has been cut out of marble. No emotion is
Floyd | visible at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Oh yeah, did we try getting the marble -- timing"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take marble" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          401
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x red marble" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             403
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RED MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor is a conflagration of red marble. You can feel the warmth
Floyd | from the fire through your shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fire" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             404
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor is a conflagration of red marble. You can feel the warmth
Floyd | from the fire through your shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fire" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             405
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire is way too hot. Carrying fire around with you would probably
Floyd | not be a good idea, anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           406
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Garden
Floyd | The grass here has been meticulously groomed. Not a single strand
Floyd | stands above the others, like citizens in a socialist utopia. Stone
Floyd | paths wind through the grass like scaly snakes, going nowhere and
Floyd | everywhere. From a fountain in the middle of the garden, from a
Floyd | trumpet held by an angel, water shoots into the air. The mansion lies
Floyd | behind you, to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x utopia" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           406
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X UTOPIA
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x citizens" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           407
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CITIZENS
Floyd |
Floyd | Equal in every way. Are they happy, you wonder, without the weight of
Floyd | individuality on their shoulders?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I don't think we looked at the angel or the fountain"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to citizens" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           408
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CITIZENS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Beware the snakes," they tell you. Sounds like good advice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fountain" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           409
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't get close to it as long as the grass is full of snakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x snakes" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           410
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SNAKES
Floyd |
Floyd | They slither around in the grass, back and forth, unpredictably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take snakes" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           411
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SNAKES
Floyd |
Floyd | With your bare hands?  You have no idea how poisonous they might be. A
Floyd | single bite might be enough to kill you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x angel" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ANGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't get close to it as long as the grass is full of snakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grass" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           413
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The grass has been meticulously groomed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           414
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Garden
Floyd | The grass here has been meticulously groomed. Not a single strand
Floyd | stands above the others, like citizens in a socialist utopia. Stone
Floyd | paths wind through the grass like scaly snakes, going nowhere and
Floyd | everywhere. From a fountain in the middle of the garden, from a
Floyd | trumpet held by an angel, water shoots into the air. The mansion lies
Floyd | behind you, to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           415
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't get close to it as long as the grass is full of snakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           416
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't get close to it as long as the grass is full of snakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "eeagh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paths" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           417
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PATHS
Floyd |
Floyd | Like snakes, slithering through the grass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put marble on snakes" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           418
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MARBLE ON SNAKES
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the snakes as smooth and hard as marble would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           419
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a figurative sharp knife
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   some figurative putty
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |   a figurative vinyl record
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut snakes with knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           419
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT SNAKES WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the literal knife or the sharp knife?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sharp" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           420
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHARP
Floyd |
Floyd | You stab the nearest snake with the knife. It writhes in pain and
Floyd | flees from the garden. The other snakes follow its example.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW blinks
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paths" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           421
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PATHS
Floyd |
Floyd | The stones are like the scales of a giant snake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Happy Whacking Day!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fountain" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           421
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fountain" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           422
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The water pours from the trumpet into the air. The droplets rain down
Floyd | from above, glistening in the moonlight, like manna from heaven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take manna" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           423
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MANNA
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Food for the beggar!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x manna" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           424
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MANNA
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of white manna.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes, I think so"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x angel" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           425
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ANGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Its eyes are closed; its wings spread behind it, as if it is preparing
Floyd | to take off once the trumpet has been emptied. Too bad it never will
Floyd | be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           426
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | Its eyes are closed; its wings spread behind it, as if it is preparing
Floyd | to take off once the trumpet has been emptied. Too bad it never will
Floyd | be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           427
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | The water is clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           428
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | It might look clean, but you doubt it is safe to drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "go to the beggar now?"
		Zach says, "Sounds good"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             429
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  430
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you.
Floyd | Light blares from two windows on the second floor, like the eyes of an
Floyd | angry giant. Two large mahogany doors guard the entrance to the north.
Floyd | The path to the south leads to the gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  431
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Your Office 		
Floyd [2] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             432
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to check out McAllister's apartment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | The entrance to the apartment is a dark narrow hallway. The door
Floyd | behind you to the south leads back outside. To the east, the door to
Floyd | the living room is standing ajar. To the north is the bathroom. An old
Floyd | denim jacket hangs on a hook on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      433
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | What a mess! A large couch stands against the southern wall, with a
Floyd | table in front of it. The table is covered with a diverse variety of
Floyd | empty liquor bottles, rising from the surface like minarets in a
Floyd | dilapidated middle eastern city. To the north is a kitchen counter
Floyd | with two stove plates built into it. Above it is a kitchen cabinet. To
Floyd | the west is the door to the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter city" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             434
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CITY
Floyd |
Floyd | The City
Floyd | The sun bakes down on the city from above. Streets wind in every
Floyd | direction among the buildings. Close to you, a majestic minaret
Floyd | reaches towards the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see an old beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give manna to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             435
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE MANNA TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar takes the manna and eyes it suspiciously. He tries a bite
Floyd | and his face lights up. "Thank you, good sir. This will help me get
Floyd | through the day. Please allow me to give you this in return." He hands
Floyd | you a tiny needle before disappearing down one of the streets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x needle" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             436
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NEEDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny discreet needle that looks like it would disappear immediately
Floyd | if it got anywhere near a haystack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm."
		Zach says, "Maybe we can make the revolver discreet and sneak it into the bar"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put needle on revolver" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             437
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT NEEDLE ON REVOLVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the revolver more inconspicuous would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Lies"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put needle on literal knife" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             438
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT NEEDLE ON LITERAL KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | The knife is small and discreet, like a tiny needle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ahhhh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      439
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | What a mess! A large couch stands against the southern wall, with a
Floyd | table in front of it. The table is covered with a diverse variety of
Floyd | empty liquor bottles, rising from the surface like minarets in a
Floyd | dilapidated middle eastern city. To the north is a kitchen counter
Floyd | with two stove plates built into it. Above it is a kitchen cabinet. To
Floyd | the west is the door to the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             440
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | The entrance to the apartment is a dark narrow hallway. The door
Floyd | behind you to the south leads back outside. To the east, the door to
Floyd | the living room is standing ajar. To the north is the bathroom. An old
Floyd | denim jacket hangs on a hook on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             441
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              442
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | You head towards the seedy bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bouncer pats you down in front of the entrance.
Floyd | The bouncer locates the revolver and confiscates it. "Sorry, Mister.
Floyd | No guns in the bar." Mr. Wesson manages to sneak in with you anyway.
Floyd | "Your belongings will be returned to you when you leave, Mister."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bar
Floyd | Cigarette smoke winds through every part of the bar. Various people
Floyd | are sitting at the tables or standing by the bar. Behind the bar, the
Floyd | bartender is cleaning a whiskey glass with an old rag. The door to the
Floyd | south leads outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brown-haired man with a scar is sitting at one of the tables by
Floyd | himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take needle" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              443
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE NEEDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The knife is much more handy this way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show knife to man" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              444
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW KNIFE TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the literal knife to the brown-haired man with the scar)
Floyd | You open your coat, showing him the discreet knife hidden inside. His
Floyd | eyes open wide and then he laughs out loud. "I gotta give it to you,
Floyd | Mister. You have got some guts. I respect that. I am Ronald Ericksson.
Floyd | Call me Ronald if you want to."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to ronald" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              445
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RONALD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you know where I can find Mr. McAllister?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He shakes his head. "Nope, but I suspect he might be in trouble. I
Floyd | know he had been arguing lots with that broad of his lately. Then I
Floyd | start hearing rumors that he got into trouble with Camino, guy who
Floyd | owns the gambling joint down by the harbour, you know. That guy is
Floyd | trouble. I ain't afraid of him though. I've dealt with plenty worse in
Floyd | my time."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Erick with two S's"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to ronald" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              446
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RONALD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, Mister. That's all I know."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Is that enough to talk to camino some more? It doesn't seem like new info."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show paper to ronald" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              447
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PAPER TO RONALD
Floyd |
Floyd | "I ain't here to read, Mister."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bar" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              448
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The bar is covered with unidentifiable grime.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grime" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              449
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRIME
Floyd |
Floyd | The bar is covered with unidentifiable grime.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "any ideas?"
		Zach says, "Yeah, try Camino"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              450
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              451
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [4] McAllister's Apartment 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       452
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here you are, Mister," says the bouncer, and returns your weapons.
Floyd |
Floyd | You head towards the gambling joint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Butterfly Club
Floyd | All sorts of gambling tables dot the floor. There are roulette,
Floyd | blackjack, poker and more games you have never even heard of. No one
Floyd | looks at you. Every ounce of their attention is directed toward the
Floyd | random events that decide their lives. A giant crystal chandelier
Floyd | hangs from the ceiling, like an intricate icicle formation. To the
Floyd | west, massive double doors lead outside. At the eastern wall is a
Floyd | small discreet door; the kind of door you are not supposed to notice,
Floyd | much less enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      453
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino's Office
Floyd | Neat. Everything here is neat. The papers on the desk are neatly
Floyd | stacked. There is not a speck of dust on the mahogany desk. It makes
Floyd | you uncomfortable. You never trust people who always need to be in
Floyd | control. That desire hardly ever stops with themselves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino is sitting behind the desk, waiting for your next move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to camino" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      454
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mr. Camino, it has come to my attention that you had a beef with Mr.
Floyd | McAllister."
Floyd |
Floyd | His eyes flash. "Who told you that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I never reveal my sources. How about you tell me what you know? I can
Floyd | get on with my case, and we never have to see each other again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to camino" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       455
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have done a fine job digging up some pointless dirt, Mr. Reilly."
Floyd | His soft smooth voice surrounds you like a velvet blanket. "But I am
Floyd | afraid I see no hard evidence of any wrongdoing. If you discover any
Floyd | new information, do not hesitate to contact me."
Floyd |
Floyd | The blanket closes around you, and you find yourself standing outside
Floyd | the door to the office. You don't quite remember what he said to make
Floyd | you leave, but he was very convincing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Butterfly Club
Floyd | All sorts of gambling tables dot the floor. There are roulette,
Floyd | blackjack, poker and more games you have never even heard of. No one
Floyd | looks at you. Every ounce of their attention is directed toward the
Floyd | random events that decide their lives. A giant crystal chandelier
Floyd | hangs from the ceiling, like an intricate icicle formation. To the
Floyd | west, massive double doors lead outside. At the eastern wall is a
Floyd | small discreet door; the kind of door you are not supposed to notice,
Floyd | much less enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take blanket" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       455
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      456
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino's Office
Floyd | Neat. Everything here is neat. The papers on the desk are neatly
Floyd | stacked. There is not a speck of dust on the mahogany desk. It makes
Floyd | you uncomfortable. You never trust people who always need to be in
Floyd | control. That desire hardly ever stops with themselves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino is sitting behind the desk, waiting for your next move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put record on camino" 		

Floyd ]  Camino's Office                                      457
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RECORD ON CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | He clears his throat. The sound is like a record getting stuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to camino" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       458
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just what do you think you are doing here, Mr. Reilly?" His voice is
Floyd | coarse and insecure, like a broken record. "Did you think this
Floyd | pointless slander would scare me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mr. Camino, I have no interest in scaring you. I am simply trying to
Floyd | locate Miss von Bülow. If you could help me out, I assure you that I
Floyd | won't bother you again."
Floyd |
Floyd | His voice is almost a growl. "Oh, you won't bother me again. I am not
Floyd | worried about that at all. ALFONO!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens and the man in the pinstriped suit enters the room.
Floyd | Without a word, he grabs your arm and escorts you out of the office.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel like you are missing something. Perhaps you should explore
Floyd | more and make sure you have found everything?
Floyd |
Floyd | Butterfly Club
Floyd | All sorts of gambling tables dot the floor. There are roulette,
Floyd | blackjack, poker and more games you have never even heard of. No one
Floyd | looks at you. Every ounce of their attention is directed toward the
Floyd | random events that decide their lives. A giant crystal chandelier
Floyd | hangs from the ceiling, like an intricate icicle formation. To the
Floyd | west, massive double doors lead outside. At the eastern wall is a
Floyd | small discreet door; the kind of door you are not supposed to notice,
Floyd | much less enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, knight, chandelier, marble, canyon, ...?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       459
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a figurative sharp knife
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   some figurative putty
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Haven't used toupee, brick, or putty yet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       460
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the discreet door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "drat. Wanted to try putting putty on Camino."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       460
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the discreet door or the massive double doors?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "discreet" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCREET
Floyd |
Floyd | A small door that almost seems to blend in with the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x massive doors" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       462
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MASSIVE DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | Massive wooden doors that look like a battering ram would shatter
Floyd | against them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ram" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       462
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAM
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chandelier" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       463
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHANDELIER
Floyd |
Floyd | A giant crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling, like a intricate
Floyd | icicle formation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take formation" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       464
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FORMATION
Floyd |
Floyd | It is too far up. If you had someone to help you, you might be able to
Floyd | reach it together.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wesson, take formation" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       465
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WESSON, TAKE FORMATION
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Wesson nods. "I think I might just be able to reach it if you help
Floyd | me, sir." You let him climb up on your shoulders and just barely
Floyd | manage to lift his weight. He reaches towards the icicle. You struggle
Floyd | to keep your balance, and for one precarious moment it seems like you
Floyd | are going to end up in a pile on the floor. Then Mr. Wesson deftly
Floyd | breaks off an icicle and jumps down. He hands you the icicle. "Here
Floyd | you are, sir."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x icicle" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       466
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ICICLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A cool beautiful icicle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, is this a simile of beauty or cold now or either?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       467
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | A perennial favorite of the gambling crowd, the roulette is simple and
Floyd | exciting. More people are playing now, after the tuxedo man's big win.
Floyd | A big winner is good advertisement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poker" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       467
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POKER
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       468
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Butterfly Club
Floyd | All sorts of gambling tables dot the floor. There are roulette,
Floyd | blackjack, poker and more games you have never even heard of. No one
Floyd | looks at you. Every ounce of their attention is directed toward the
Floyd | random events that decide their lives. A giant crystal chandelier
Floyd | hangs from the ceiling. To the west, massive double doors lead
Floyd | outside. At the eastern wall is a small discreet door; the kind of
Floyd | door you are not supposed to notice, much less enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "gamble" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       469
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GAMBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You believe in never gambling what you cannot afford to lose. And you
Floyd | can't afford to lose anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       469
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Look for specific nouns or directions; usually, concepts like the
Floyd | floor and ceiling, or relative directions like left and right, are not
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "uh, use the icicle on the fire or water?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brick" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       470
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | The brown brick is dry and porous. You can almost feel its thirst.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "thirst?"
		Zach asks, "Hmm, maybe use the fountain?"
		DavidW says, "A fountain can be as dry as a bone, but we'll see."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       471
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  472
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to visit the Baron again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you.
Floyd | Light blares from two windows on the second floor, like the eyes of an
Floyd | angry giant. Two large mahogany doors guard the entrance to the north.
Floyd | The path to the south leads to the gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             473
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           474
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Garden
Floyd | The grass here has been meticulously groomed. Not a single strand
Floyd | stands above the others, like citizens in a socialist utopia. Stone
Floyd | paths wind through the grass; the stones are like scales left behind
Floyd | by a giant snake. From a fountain in the middle of the garden, from a
Floyd | trumpet held by an angel, water shoots into the air. The mansion lies
Floyd | behind you, to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on fountain" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           475
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on water" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           476
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             477
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on floor" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             478
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on fire" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             479
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          480
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          481
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the west door)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bedroom
Floyd | A large luxurious bed completely dominates the room. Next to the bed
Floyd | is a small dresser. On the dresser is a lamp. Apart from these things,
Floyd | the room is entirely empty. The window to the south provides a view of
Floyd | the front garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on dresser" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          482
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON DRESSER
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put marble on dresser" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          483
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MARBLE ON DRESSER
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the dresser as smooth and hard as marble would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          484
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the kind of bed that looks like it could swallow a man whole. You
Floyd | get the feeling that if you went to sleep in it, you might disappear
Floyd | entirely, never to be seen again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          484
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter bed" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          485
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | No way. That bed would eat you alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put putty on bed" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          486
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PUTTY ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on bed" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          487
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search bed" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          488
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the kind of bed that looks like it could swallow a man whole. You
Floyd | get the feeling that if you went to sleep in it, you might disappear
Floyd | entirely, never to be seen again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off lamp" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          489
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be pitch dark in here without the light from the lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          490
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | From here you can see the front garden. The path winds towards the
Floyd | gates leading away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  The Bedroom                                          490
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no score in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hmph. I can understand why people remove scoring from story-heavy IF, but not from puzzle-heavy IF."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          491
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Balcony
Floyd | From here you can see the hall beneath you. An iron railing prevents
Floyd | you from falling to the floor far below. Massive oak wood doors block
Floyd | the paths to the east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the west is standing wide open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Allan Jameson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give icicle to jameson" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          492
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE ICICLE TO JAMESON
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x railing" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          493
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAILING
Floyd |
Floyd | The railing is cool to the touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put icicle on railing" 		

Floyd ]  The Balcony                                          494
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ICICLE ON RAILING
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             495
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put icicle on fire" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             496
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ICICLE ON FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x french doors" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             497
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRENCH DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | The glass is so clean that it is almost invisible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mahogany doors" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             497
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAHOGANY DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mahogany" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             498
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAHOGANY
Floyd |
Floyd | Two massive dark mahogany doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             499
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  500
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you.
Floyd | Light blares from two windows on the second floor, like the eyes of an
Floyd | angry giant. Two large mahogany doors guard the entrance to the north.
Floyd | The path to the south leads to the gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  501
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The path winds south towards the gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  502
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Your Office 		
Floyd [2] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          503
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You head back to your office.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Office
Floyd | Shadows huddle in the corners; the sickly yellow light from the desk
Floyd | lamp does little to dispel the darkness. An old cigarette butt lies in
Floyd | the ashtray. Your desk is covered with old case files - reminders of
Floyd | past glories. Apart from the desk, the only other furniture is an old
Floyd | office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office door to the north leads to the corridor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          504
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown brick)
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          505
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the brown brick)
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x light" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          506
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the luminescent fluid)
Floyd | A kind of luminescent fluid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          507
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The old dirty desk lamp struggles valiantly to light up the office,
Floyd | like an elderly knight fighting to keep the forces of darkness at bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          508
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe some other day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          509
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | The knight seems weary. His armor is old and dirty. How much longer
Floyd | can he keep fighting, you wonder?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          510
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe some other day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x armor" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          511
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARMOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The knight seems weary. His armor is old and dirty. How much longer
Floyd | can he keep fighting, you wonder?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          512
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you going to say? A bunch of platitudes about how everything
Floyd | is going to be okay? Better to stay silent for now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask wesson about knight" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          513
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WESSON ABOUT KNIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | [Use TALK TO to interact with characters.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to wesson" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          514
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WESSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can't think of anything, sir. Maybe, if we went somewhere else, I
Floyd | could get some ideas?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          515
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             516
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to check out McAllister's apartment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | The entrance to the apartment is a dark narrow hallway. The door
Floyd | behind you to the south leads back outside. To the east, the door to
Floyd | the living room is standing ajar. To the north is the bathroom. An old
Floyd | denim jacket hangs on a hook on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Have we tried washing the rag?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hook" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             516
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wash rag" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             516
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WASH RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Maybe in the fountain?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean rag" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             517
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean rag in jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             517
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN RAG IN JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to clean the dirty rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "game doesn't understand the construction 'clean [x] in [y]'."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             518
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | The entrance to the apartment is a dark narrow hallway. The door
Floyd | behind you to the south leads back outside. To the east, the door to
Floyd | the living room is standing ajar. To the north is the bathroom. An old
Floyd | denim jacket hangs on a hook on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             518
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             518
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the Eastern Door, the Entrance Door, or the Toilet
Floyd | Door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             519
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood the first part of that-- trying anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "x n.")
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "north" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             520
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The toilet is filthy. You quickly exit back to the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toilet door" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             521
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOILET DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | A plain door with a sign saying "Toilet"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             522
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Toilet"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sign" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             523
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | What on earth would you want that for?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
MTW goes home. 		DavidW says, "well, maybe there's another sign underneath, and the room will change accordingly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      524
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | What a mess! A large couch stands against the southern wall, with a
Floyd | table in front of it. The table is covered with a diverse variety of
Floyd | empty liquor bottles, rising from the surface like minarets in a
Floyd | dilapidated middle eastern city. To the north is a kitchen counter
Floyd | with two stove plates built into it. Above it is a kitchen cabinet. To
Floyd | the west is the door to the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plates" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      525
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLATES
Floyd |
Floyd | Covered with grime from a dozen meals. The place doesn't seem like it
Floyd | gets cleaned very often.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x counter" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      526
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COUNTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Covered with grime from a dozen meals. The place doesn't seem like it
Floyd | gets cleaned very often.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      527
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like it used to be white, but it has now turned into a
Floyd | brownish yellowish color - the color of grease and cigarette smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grease" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      527
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GREASE
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter city" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             528
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CITY
Floyd |
Floyd | The City
Floyd | The sun bakes down on the city from above. Streets wind in every
Floyd | direction among the buildings. Close to you, a majestic minaret
Floyd | reaches towards the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sun" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             529
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a single cloud obscures its merciless rays.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             530
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You would soon get lost in the maze of twisty streets and alleys.
Floyd | Better to stay here. (If you want to get back to the living room, just
Floyd | type "exit".)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of the Minaret                               531
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of the Minaret
Floyd | From here the entire city is stretched out beneath you. The streets
Floyd | are empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]  The City                                             532
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The City
Floyd | The sun bakes down on the city from above. Streets wind in every
Floyd | direction among the buildings. Close to you, a majestic minaret
Floyd | reaches towards the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      533
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | What a mess! A large couch stands against the southern wall, with a
Floyd | table in front of it. The table is covered with a diverse variety of
Floyd | empty liquor bottles, rising from the surface like minarets in a
Floyd | dilapidated middle eastern city. To the north is a kitchen counter
Floyd | with two stove plates built into it. Above it is a kitchen cabinet. To
Floyd | the west is the door to the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to wesson" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      534
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WESSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can't think of anything, sir. Maybe, if we went somewhere else, I
Floyd | could get some ideas?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             535
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | The entrance to the apartment is a dark narrow hallway. The door
Floyd | behind you to the south leads back outside. To the east, the door to
Floyd | the living room is standing ajar. To the north is the bathroom. An old
Floyd | denim jacket hangs on a hook on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             536
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | An old worn denim jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             537
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | An old worn denim jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             538
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                             539
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              540
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | You head towards the seedy bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bouncer pats you down in front of the entrance.
Floyd | The bouncer locates the revolver and confiscates it. "Sorry, Mister.
Floyd | No guns in the bar." Mr. Wesson manages to sneak in with you anyway.
Floyd | "Your belongings will be returned to you when you leave, Mister."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bar
Floyd | Cigarette smoke winds through every part of the bar. Various people
Floyd | are sitting at the tables or standing by the bar. Behind the bar, the
Floyd | bartender is cleaning a whiskey glass with an old rag. The door to the
Floyd | south leads outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ronald Ericksson is sitting at one of the tables by himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to bartender" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              541
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARTENDER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look, I've already told you all I know, buddy."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              542
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A wide variety of shady people occupy the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ronald" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              543
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RONALD
Floyd |
Floyd | A broad, muscular man who looks like he could crush your head like a
Floyd | grape with one of his hands. His hair is a reddish brown color, like
Floyd | coagulated blood. A vicious scar adorns his face; looks like a knife
Floyd | wound to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to ronald" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              544
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RONALD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, Mister. That's all I know."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to wesson" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              545
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WESSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can't think of anything, sir. Maybe, if we went somewhere else, I
Floyd | could get some ideas?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Bar                                              546
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [4] McAllister's Apartment 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  547
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here you are, Mister," says the bouncer, and returns your weapons.
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to visit the Baron again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you.
Floyd | Light blares from two windows on the second floor, like the eyes of an
Floyd | angry giant. Two large mahogany doors guard the entrance to the north.
Floyd | The path to the south leads to the gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             548
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           549
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Garden
Floyd | The grass here has been meticulously groomed. Not a single strand
Floyd | stands above the others, like citizens in a socialist utopia. Stone
Floyd | paths wind through the grass; the stones are like scales left behind
Floyd | by a giant snake. From a fountain in the middle of the garden, from a
Floyd | trumpet held by an angel, water shoots into the air. The mansion lies
Floyd | behind you, to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to wesson" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           550
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WESSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "You should take the scale from the stone paths, sir. It might be
Floyd | useful later."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scale" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           551
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SCALE
Floyd |
Floyd | A single scale left behind by a fleeing snake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x path" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           552
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PATH
Floyd |
Floyd | The stones are like the scales of a giant snake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take scale" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           553
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SCALE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           554
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative snake scale
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a figurative sharp knife
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   some figurative putty
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. Scale armor for the knight?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             555
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  556
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you.
Floyd | Light blares from two windows on the second floor, like the eyes of an
Floyd | angry giant. Two large mahogany doors guard the entrance to the north.
Floyd | The path to the south leads to the gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shadows part and the man in the pinstriped suit steps forward. He
Floyd | is holding a gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "whoops"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put putty on man" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  557
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PUTTY ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  558
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | His tailored pinstriped suit makes him seem like a businessman on his
Floyd | way to accept his next promotion. Within the suit is an ordinary
Floyd | looking Italian-American man with a moustache resting above his lips
Floyd | like a small black snake. He is pointing a gun at you. His face is
Floyd | expressionless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  559
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He doesn't seem like the talkative type.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gun" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the 22 revolver)
Floyd | A small .22 revolver. Bad news; it means he is good enough to get by
Floyd | with that much gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  560
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot man" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  561
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He is holding you at gunpoint. You would be dead before you could even
Floyd | the gun out of your pocket.  You will have to distract him somehow.
Floyd | Maybe you could throw something at him?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw scale at man" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  562
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW SCALE AT MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  563
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative snake scale
Floyd |   a 38 revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a figurative sharp knife
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   some figurative putty
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw coin at man" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  563
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW COIN AT MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You expertly flick the coin at Alfono. It glides through the air, like
Floyd | a tiny flying disc, and bounces harmlessly off his neck. If only it
Floyd | was sharper. He doesn't even blink. He executes you with as much
Floyd | emotion as a businessman conducting a deal. If only you could get rid
Floyd | of the businessman, he might be less efficient.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died. ***
Floyd |
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 ]  Outside The Mansion                                  563
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put sharp knife on coin" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  564
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SHARP KNIFE ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The coin is sharp as a knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw coin at man" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  564
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW COIN AT MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You expertly flick the coin at Alfono. It glides through the air, like
Floyd | a tiny flying disc, and the sharp edge embeds itself in his neck. He
Floyd | doesn't even blink. He executes you with as much emotion as a
Floyd | businessman conducting a deal. If only you could get rid of the
Floyd | businessman, he might be less efficient.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died. ***
Floyd |
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 ]  Outside The Mansion                                  564
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  565
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | A well dressed gentleman who looks like he never lets his emotions
Floyd | interfere with business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give putty to businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  566
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PUTTY TO BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give icicle to businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  567
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE ICICLE TO BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  568
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative snake scale
Floyd |   a 38 revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   some figurative putty
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rag" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  569
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old dirty rag. It looks like it hasn't been cleaned in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give scale to businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  570
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SCALE TO BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the businessman scalier would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toupee" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  571
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOUPEE
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone seems to have spilled some grey paint on the toupee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take paint" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  572
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see no way to remove the paint without damaging the toupee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  572
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | His gun barks once, and once is enough. If only you could have
Floyd | distracted him somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died. ***
Floyd |
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 ]  Outside The Mansion                                  572
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Looks like we can't leave this engagement. Which suggests we have all the tools to handle this."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  573
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative snake scale
Floyd |   a 38 revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   some figurative putty
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  574
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | His tailored pinstriped suit makes him seem like a businessman on his
Floyd | way to accept his next promotion. Within the suit is an ordinary
Floyd | looking Italian-American man with a moustache resting above his lips
Floyd | like a small black snake. He is pointing a gun at you. His face is
Floyd | expressionless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  575
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the black snake)
Floyd | A smooth black snake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  576
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the snake scale)
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take black snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  577
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BLACK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | The smooth snake slithers between your fingers and escapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  578
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | His tailored pinstriped suit makes him seem like a businessman on his
Floyd | way to accept his next promotion. Within the suit is an ordinary
Floyd | looking Italian-American man with a moustache resting above his lips
Floyd | like a small black snake. He is pointing a gun at you. His face is
Floyd | expressionless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put scale on black snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  579
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SCALE ON BLACK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the scale on the black snake, but it just slides off the
Floyd | smooth skin. If only you had some way of making it stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gun" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  580
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the 22 revolver)
Floyd | A small .22 revolver. Bad news; it means he is good enough to get by
Floyd | with that much gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  581
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative snake scale
Floyd |   a 38 revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   some figurative putty
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put putty on scale" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  582
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PUTTY ON SCALE
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully attach the putty to the back of the scale. Now it should
Floyd | be able to stick to anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put scale on black snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  583
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SCALE ON BLACK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | The black snake is rough and scaly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take black snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  584
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BLACK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hissss," You quickly withdraw your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  585
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | His tailored pinstriped suit makes him seem like a businessman on his
Floyd | way to accept his next promotion. Within the suit is an ordinary
Floyd | looking Italian-American man with a moustache resting above his lips
Floyd | like a small black snake. He is pointing a gun at you. His face is
Floyd | expressionless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  586
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | A well dressed gentleman who looks like he never lets his emotions
Floyd | interfere with business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put toupee on businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  587
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TOUPEE ON BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the businessman feel old would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put toupee on black snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  588
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TOUPEE ON BLACK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the black snake feel old would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  589
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a 38 revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rag" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  590
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old dirty rag. It looks like it hasn't been cleaned in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rag on business man" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  591
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RAG ON BUSINESS MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rag on snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  591
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RAG ON SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the black snake or the snake scale?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "black snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  592
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLACK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  593
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a 38 revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on black snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  594
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON BLACK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  595
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  596
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please don't take this personal, sir. It's just business."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  597
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please don't take this personal, sir. It's just business."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wesson" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  598
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WESSON
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Smith Wesson, your trusty servant, is at your side as always. He
Floyd | is dressed in a grey suit and a tie.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put wesson on businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  599
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WESSON ON BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking Mr. Wesson)
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't suppose Mr. Wesson would care for that.
Floyd | You need to be holding Mr. Wesson before you can put him on top of
Floyd | something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  600
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a 38 revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fluid" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  601
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLUID
Floyd |
Floyd | A kind of luminescent fluid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  602
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | A delicate white cocoon. It seems like it should be able to contain
Floyd | small items.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the white cocoon is some luminescent fluid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on toupee" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  603
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON TOUPEE
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put toupee on brick" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  604
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TOUPEE ON BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the brown brick feel old would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put toupee on black snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  605
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TOUPEE ON BLACK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the black snake feel old would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put toupee on man" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  606
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TOUPEE ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Making Carlo Alfono feel old would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on alfono" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  607
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON ALFONO
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rag on alfono" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  608
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RAG ON ALFONO
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  609
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a 38 revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rag on businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  610
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RAG ON BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put icicle on businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  611
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ICICLE ON BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  612
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cocoon on businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  613
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT COCOON ON BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to wesson" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  614
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WESSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "He is too efficient, sir. Maybe you can scare away the businessman
Floyd | that makes him so? Try attacking the businessman."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw coin at businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  615
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW COIN AT BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  616
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You were never much of a pugilist. If you want to use a weapon, use
Floyd | the ATTACK SOMETHING WITH SOMETHING syntax instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit businessman with knife" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  617
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT BUSINESSMAN WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the literal knife)
Floyd | The literal knife is real. The businessman is not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sharp knife" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  618
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SHARP KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit businessman with sharp knife" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  619
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT BUSINESSMAN WITH SHARP KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | The businessman deftly avoids your attacks. "There is no need to get
Floyd | aggressive, sir. It's just business." If only you were a better
Floyd | fighter, you might be able to take him down. Maybe Mr. Wesson would
Floyd | have better luck?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wesson, hit businessman with sharp knife" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  620
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WESSON, HIT BUSINESSMAN WITH SHARP KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | (Mr. Wesson first taking the sharp knife)
Floyd | "If you want me to have the sharp knife, you should give it to me,
Floyd | sir."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sharp knife to wesson" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  621
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SHARP KNIFE TO WESSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, sir. Let me know if you want me to attack someone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wesson, attack businessman" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  622
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WESSON, ATTACK BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You both advance on the businessman. Mr. Wesson is brandishing the
Floyd | knife. You follow not far behind him. The businessman looks from one
Floyd | of you to the other, and his professional demeanor evaporates. "Look,
Floyd | I don't want any trouble. This really isn't any of my business." With
Floyd | that, he disappears into the shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wesson, attack snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  622
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WESSON, ATTACK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the black snake or the snake scale?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "black" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  623
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLACK
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't think that would accomplish anything, sir."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wesson, take black snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  624
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WESSON, TAKE BLACK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Wesson has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wesson, give knife to me" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  625
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WESSON, GIVE KNIFE TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | (the sharp knife to yourself)
Floyd | "Of course, sir. Here you are."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put it on coin" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  626
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT IT ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The coin is sharp as a knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carlo" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  627
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARLO
Floyd |
Floyd | He is wearing a pinstriped suit. Within the suit is an ordinary
Floyd | looking Italian-American man with a moustache resting above his lips
Floyd | like a small black snake. He is pointing a gun at you. His face is
Floyd | expressionless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit snake with icicle" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  628
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT SNAKE WITH ICICLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the black snake with the icicle)
Floyd | You can't use the icicle as a weapon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  629
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the black snake)
Floyd | "Hissss," You quickly withdraw your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give icicle to snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  630
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE ICICLE TO SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the black snake)
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  631
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a 38 revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give brick to snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  632
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BRICK TO SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the black snake)
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put snake in cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  633
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SNAKE IN COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (the black snake in the white cocoon)
Floyd | The white cocoon is just a simile. It can't contain literal objects.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill snake with knife" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  634
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL SNAKE WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the black snake with the literal knife)
Floyd | The knife is real. The snake is not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take blade" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  635
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BLADE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill snake with blade" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  636
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL SNAKE WITH BLADE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the black snake with the sharp knife)
Floyd | The snake nimbly avoids your attacks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put blade on coin" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  637
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLADE ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The coin is sharp as a knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show coin to black snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  638
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO BLACK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | The black snake is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hiss" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  638
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HISS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to black snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  639
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BLACK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of anything to say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I have no idea why I wanted this snake to be scaly. How does that help me?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x icicle" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  640
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ICICLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A cool beautiful icicle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  641
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a 38 revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a literal knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a coin
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give marble to snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  642
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE MARBLE TO SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the black snake)
Floyd | Making the black snake as smooth and hard as marble would not be
Floyd | helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x letter" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  643
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The writing is almost illegible, but you manage to decipher it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lisa
Floyd |
Floyd | I know you have something going on with that bawbag Camino. Don't try
Floyd | to deny it I have seen how you flirt and god knows what else you are
Floyd | doing. You are not gonna do that no more or im gonna have to take
Floyd | matters into ma own hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | Erik."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put toupee on letter" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  644
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TOUPEE ON LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Making the letter feel old would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put toupee on carlo" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  645
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TOUPEE ON CARLO
Floyd |
Floyd | Making Carlo Alfono feel old would not be helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to wesson" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  646
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WESSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "It is still futile to attack him while he is holding us at gunpoint,
Floyd | sir. You will have to distract him somehow."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw coin at carlo" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  647
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW COIN AT CARLO
Floyd |
Floyd | You expertly flick the coin at Alfono. It glides through the air, like
Floyd | a tiny flying disc, and the sharp edge embeds itself in his neck. He
Floyd | cries out in pain, and instinctively reaches for the wound. His gun
Floyd | points towards the clear night sky. His moustache gleams in the
Floyd | moonlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take disc" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  647
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DISC
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot carlo" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  648
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT CARLO
Floyd |
Floyd | It's tempting, but dead men tell no tales. You want to take him alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  649
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't like using your gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut moustache with knife" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  650
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT MOUSTACHE WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the literal knife)
Floyd | That seems like a bad idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw knife at carlo" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  650
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW KNIFE AT CARLO
Floyd |
Floyd | (the literal knife at Carlo Alfono)
Floyd | Nice try, but he executes you as soon as you pull the knife. Perhaps
Floyd | you should try a more discreet object?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
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 ]  Outside The Mansion                                  650
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take moustache" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    651
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | While he is distracted, you grab his moustache and pull as hard as you
Floyd | can. He roars in pain and the gun drops to the ground. It doesn't take
Floyd | long before your roles are reversed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who sent you?" you ask. He merely stares at you, without a word.
Floyd | "Tell me what I want to know, and I might let you live." You can tell
Floyd | he knows you are bluffing. You are no murderer.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a moot point anyway. You can hear the police sirens approaching
Floyd | in the distance. Someone from the mansion must have noticed the
Floyd | commotion. The police will have to deal with him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Copernik's Office (on your chair)
Floyd | This small cramped office is just large enough to fit in a desk and
Floyd | two chairs. The walls are yellow from cigarette smoke.  On the desk is
Floyd | an ashtray that looks like it was made by a kindergartener as a gift.
Floyd | It is filled with old cigarette butts, like tiny mummified bodies. To
Floyd | the west, a door leads to the rest of the police station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Detective Copernik is sitting on the chair behind the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    651
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x copernik" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    652
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COPERNIK
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge man, almost as broad as he is tall. His eyes are piercing; his
Floyd | hair, jet black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to him" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    653
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO HIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You have been talking for what seems like hours already. What more
Floyd | does he want to know?
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have already told you what happened, Detective. Why don't you just
Floyd | let me go now and we can both get some sleep?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Detective Copernik lights yet another cigarette and blows a ring of
Floyd | smoke at your face. It dissipates before it reaches you, merging with
Floyd | the grey substance that passes for air in here. "I just want to make
Floyd | sure I have all the facts straight here. Private dicks always
Floyd | complicate matters. We tell people they should just let us do our
Floyd | jobs, but they never listen. So, you visit this Camino fella about
Floyd | Miss Bülow. You get him angry, and shortly afterwards his goon tries
Floyd | to kill you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's correct. Has Mr. Alfono said anything?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He leans back in his chair. "We are actively pursuing all leads. Now,
Floyd | I am wondering why Mr. Camino would want to have you killed merely for
Floyd | asking a few questions. Would it surprise you to hear that we are also
Floyd | looking for Miss Bülow? The Baron filed a missing persons report."
Floyd |
Floyd | That does surprise you. "That doesn't surprise me."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I should have known he would hire a private dick as well. These old
Floyd | rich guys never trust the authorities. Now that you are involved, we
Floyd | might as well make the best of it. Why don't you tell me everything
Floyd | you know?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bodies" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    654
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BODIES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are at peace. The fire in their hearts died aeons ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gift" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    654
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GIFT
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x kindergartener" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    654
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KINDERGARTENER
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    655
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A flat piece of wood resting on four wooden legs. That is all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to copernik" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    656
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO COPERNIK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Detective, I have already told you everything I know. Keeping me here
Floyd | serves no purpose."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't think so," he says. His eyes are fixed at your face. "You
Floyd | people always hide something. Why don't you tell me what it is so you
Floyd | can get out of here? I am used to staying in this crappy office. I am
Floyd | sure you are more uncomfortable than I am."
Floyd |
Floyd | He is right. The cramped room. The yellow walls. Everything
Floyd | contributes to the claustrophobic atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    657
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They might have been white in the distant past, but they have long
Floyd | since turned a sickly yellow color from the cigarette smoke - like the
Floyd | skin of a man slowly dying from liver cancer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skin" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    658
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | He is delirious from fever. He clearly doesn't have long left to live.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x atmosphere" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    658
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ATMOSPHERE
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cramped" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    658
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRAMPED
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to skin" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    659
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | He is delirious. You can't make sense of anything he is saying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    660
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown toupee
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put toupee on copernik" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    661
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TOUPEE ON COPERNIK
Floyd |
Floyd | His hair is getting grey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on copernik" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    662
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON COPERNIK
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x copernik" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    663
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COPERNIK
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge man, almost as broad as he is tall. His hair is getting grey.
Floyd | His eyes are tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take toupee" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    664
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TOUPEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You like him better with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search bodies" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    665
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BODIES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are at peace. You don't want to disturb them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick on skin" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    666
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON SKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to copernik" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    667
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO COPERNIK
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not getting anywhere. The atmosphere in here just isn't made
Floyd | for friendly conversation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    668
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Copernik's Office (on your chair)
Floyd | This small cramped office is just large enough to fit in a desk and
Floyd | two chairs. The walls are yellow from cigarette smoke.  On the desk is
Floyd | an ashtray that looks like it was made by a kindergartener as a gift.
Floyd | It is filled with old cigarette butts, like tiny mummified bodies. To
Floyd | the west, a door leads to the rest of the police station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Detective Copernik is sitting on the chair behind the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ashtray" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    669
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ASHTRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The "ashtray" is an amorphous blob of congealed clay shaped so that it
Floyd | can just barely keep its contents from spilling all over the desk. It
Floyd | is filled with ancient cigarette butts, resting in the recess, like
Floyd | mummies from long forgotten eras.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    670
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You wish you could just leave and go home. Alas, the Detective does
Floyd | not look to be done with you yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    671
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Copernik's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    672
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour fluid on skin" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    673
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POUR FLUID ON SKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give icicle to skin" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    674
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE ICICLE TO SKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The icicle will burn him if it touches him directly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cocoon to skin" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    675
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COCOON TO SKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put icicle on rag" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    676
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ICICLE ON RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully wrap the icicle in the rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give rag to skin" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    677
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE RAG TO SKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the dirty rag)
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rag" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    678
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old dirty rag. It looks like it hasn't been cleaned in ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    679
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   a figurative icicle
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put icicle in rag" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    680
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ICICLE IN RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully wrap the icicle in the rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give it to skin" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    681
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE IT TO SKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | With the icicle carefully wrapped in the rag, you touch it to his
Floyd | forehead. There is a sigh of relief as his skin cools. A sizzling
Floyd | sound emerges from within the rag as the icicle melts, evaporates, and
Floyd | dissipates. The man opens his eyes - the color has returned to his
Floyd | skin.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, friend," he says, and smiles. "I feel much better now. I
Floyd | should probably go see my doctor." With that, he gets up and leaves
Floyd | the room. You are left holding the empty rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    682
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Copernik's Office (on your chair)
Floyd | This small cramped office is just large enough to fit in a desk and
Floyd | two chairs. The walls are bright white, lighting up the room.  On the
Floyd | desk is an ashtray that looks like it was made by a kindergartener as
Floyd | a gift. It is filled with old cigarette butts, like tiny mummified
Floyd | bodies. To the west, a door leads to the rest of the police station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Detective Copernik is sitting on the chair behind the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to copernik" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    683
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO COPERNIK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Detective, I really have told you everything. I think we are both
Floyd | going to solve this case much faster if you just let me go."
Floyd |
Floyd | He smiles. "I suppose you are right. Whatthehell, I am in a good mood
Floyd | today. You can go, Mr. Reilly, as long as you promise to keep me up to
Floyd | date if you manage to dig up some more information."
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand up and shake his hands. "Of course, Detective."
Floyd |
Floyd | Copernik's Office
Floyd | This small cramped office is just large enough to fit in a desk and
Floyd | two chairs. The walls are bright white, lighting up the room.  On the
Floyd | desk is an ashtray that looks like it was made by a kindergartener as
Floyd | a gift. It is filled with old cigarette butts, like tiny mummified
Floyd | bodies. To the west, a door leads to the rest of the police station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Detective Copernik is sitting on the chair behind the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    684
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [4] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [5] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       685
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | You head towards the gambling joint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Butterfly Club
Floyd | All sorts of gambling tables dot the floor. There are roulette,
Floyd | blackjack, poker and more games you have never even heard of. No one
Floyd | looks at you. Every ounce of their attention is directed toward the
Floyd | random events that decide their lives. A giant crystal chandelier
Floyd | hangs from the ceiling. To the west, massive double doors lead
Floyd | outside. At the eastern wall is a small discreet door; the kind of
Floyd | door you are not supposed to notice, much less enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       686
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the discreet door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       687
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Running out of tools."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       688
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       689
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Butterfly Club                                       690
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		
Floyd [5] The Police Station 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "5" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    691
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 5
Floyd |
Floyd | You head back to the police station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Copernik's Office
Floyd | This small cramped office is just large enough to fit in a desk and
Floyd | two chairs. The walls are bright white, lighting up the room.  On the
Floyd | desk is an ashtray that looks like it was made by a kindergartener as
Floyd | a gift. It is filled with old cigarette butts, like tiny mummified
Floyd | bodies. To the west, a door leads to the rest of the police station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Detective Copernik is sitting on the chair behind the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show letter to copernik" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    692
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW LETTER TO COPERNIK
Floyd |
Floyd | He reads the letter without much interest. "Nice find, Mr. Reilly, but
Floyd | my gut tells me that Camino is behind the girl's disappearance.
Floyd | McAllister is too much of a loser to pull of something like this."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    693
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x knife" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    694
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | A small discreet knife, like a tiny needle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "afk for a few"
Tale arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW says, "back"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    695
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [4] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [5] The Bar 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  696
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to visit the Baron again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you.
Floyd | Light blares from two windows on the second floor, like the eyes of an
Floyd | angry giant. Two large mahogany doors guard the entrance to the north.
Floyd | The path to the south leads to the gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             697
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           698
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Garden
Floyd | The grass here has been meticulously groomed. Not a single strand
Floyd | stands above the others, like citizens in a socialist utopia. Stone
Floyd | paths wind through the grass. From a fountain in the middle of the
Floyd | garden, from a trumpet held by an angel, water shoots into the air.
Floyd | The mansion lies behind you, to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tale says, "Nn..No...it has all gone back to english! All my work ! Nooooo!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bick to angel" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           698
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BICK TO ANGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tale jumps out the window like a bat from hell.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "o brick" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           698
Floyd | >
Floyd | > O BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Tale), "get back here"
		DavidW asks, "Zach's abandoned me and I seem to be playing alone again. How does this keep happening that end up playing solo?"
		DavidW asks, "Would it help if I stopped attending CF?"
		DavidW asks, "Where did MTW go? Where did JimKaplan go?"
		Tale says, "I dunno"
		Tale says, "But I know all puzzle solutions by heart at this point"
		DavidW says, "So you could hint a smidge, then."
		Tale says, "Sure"
		Tale asks, "what seems to be the trouble?"
		Zach says, "Sorry, but I'm a busy boy"
		DavidW says (to Zach), "uh-huh"
		DavidW says (to Tale), "well, it's getting difficult to tell where to continue investigating. We've escaped from the police office and never got into the canyon."
		Tale asks, "Did you get Copernik to lighten up a bit?"
		DavidW says, "well, I lighted up his office walls and greyed his hair. Didn't do anything with the bodies."
		Tale asks, "Hm, and that hasn't given you a new location?"
		DavidW says, "no"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Garden                                           699
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Garden
Floyd | The grass here has been meticulously groomed. Not a single strand
Floyd | stands above the others, like citizens in a socialist utopia. Stone
Floyd | paths wind through the grass. From a fountain in the middle of the
Floyd | garden, from a trumpet held by an angel, water shoots into the air.
Floyd | The mansion lies behind you, to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Hall                                             700
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Hall
Floyd | It almost seems like a waste for such a massive entrance hall to be
Floyd | used to welcome a single person. The floor is a conflagration of red
Floyd | marble. Two sets of stairs lead up to a balcony above. French doors in
Floyd | the north side of the room lead to the back garden. To the south, the
Floyd | mahogany doors lead back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  701
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Mansion
Floyd | The stately mansion of the Baron von Bülow looms in front of you.
Floyd | Light blares from two windows on the second floor, like the eyes of an
Floyd | angry giant. Two large mahogany doors guard the entrance to the north.
Floyd | The path to the south leads to the gate, away from the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside The Mansion                                  702
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Your Office 		
Floyd [2] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		
Floyd [5] The Police Station 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The newest location is just the police station itself."
Tale says (to Floyd), "5" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    703
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 5
Floyd |
Floyd | You head back to the police station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Copernik's Office
Floyd | This small cramped office is just large enough to fit in a desk and
Floyd | two chairs. The walls are bright white, lighting up the room.  On the
Floyd | desk is an ashtray that looks like it was made by a kindergartener as
Floyd | a gift. It is filled with old cigarette butts, like tiny mummified
Floyd | bodies. To the west, a door leads to the rest of the police station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Detective Copernik is sitting on the chair behind the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tale says (to Floyd), "talk to copernik" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    704
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO COPERNIK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Think about it, Detective. I do all the hard work. You get all the
Floyd | credit. I get my paycheck and everyone is happy. What do you say?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He sighs. "I guess you have a point. I am getting too old for this
Floyd | shit. Look, I am afraid we don't know much more than you do. All I can
Floyd | tell you is that Camino owns a vacation home on the outskirts of the
Floyd | city. I haven't had time to check it out yet. Why don't you do it and
Floyd | tell me if you find anything?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tale says, "Aha."
		DavidW says, "ah"
		DavidW says, "it wasn't obvious he had any more to say."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Copernik's Office                                    705
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [4] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [5] The Bar 		
Floyd [6] The Vacation House 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "thanks"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "6" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           706
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 6
Floyd |
Floyd | You head towards the vacation house.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the Vacation House
Floyd | The moonlight filters through the trees like silvern waterfalls. In
Floyd | front of you, to the north, is the house. There is light coming from
Floyd | both windows. To the south, the forest path leads back towards the
Floyd | city.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x waterfalls" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           707
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATERFALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | The liquid shines with a light that seems to come from within.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter waterfalls" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           708
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER WATERFALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search waterfalls" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           709
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH WATERFALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | The liquid shines with a light that seems to come from within.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x windows" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           710
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the windows you can make out Camino arguing with a young girl
Floyd | you can only assume must be Lisa von Bülow. Bingo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           711
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | A sturdy front door. It is all that stands between you and your
Floyd | target.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           712
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           713
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      714
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | So this is were she has apparently been hiding this entire time. The
Floyd | living room is littered with expensive furniture - the kind that
Floyd | exists solely to show that the resident can afford it. You pay no
Floyd | attention to the decorations. The people are all that matters. The
Floyd | door to the south leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino is looking straight at you. His face is contorted in a mixture
Floyd | of anger and surprise.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa von Bülow is smiling, and looking at you as if you were a new
Floyd | plaything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lisa" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      715
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LISA
Floyd |
Floyd | Built like a mountain road, full of dangerous curves - drive too fast
Floyd | and you might go right over a cliff. A sly smile plays on her face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x road" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      716
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The road goes up, twisting around the mountain. There is no telling
Floyd | where it ends. Maybe you should check it out?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter road" 		

Floyd ]  On the Mountain Road                                 717
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER ROAD
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Mountain Road (in the car)
Floyd | The road twists around the mountain, like the curves of a beautiful
Floyd | woman. To the north, the road turns left, disapearing behind walls of
Floyd | stone. Who knows where it might lead? To the south, the road leads
Floyd | back where you came from.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      718
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farther Along the Mountain Road (in the car)
Floyd | The road continues to the west before ending abruptly in a road block.
Floyd | A police cruiser is parked behind the road block, its emergency lights
Floyd | silently illuminating the road. To the east, the road leads back down
Floyd | the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police officer is leaning against the cruiser.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x officer" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      719
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OFFICER
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall fit man in a police uniform. He looks like he has dealt with
Floyd | far worse than you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to officer" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      720
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO OFFICER
Floyd |
Floyd | "The road is closed, sir," says the officer. "There has been a
Floyd | rockfall farther along the road. It's not safe to drive here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      721
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know what I am doing, officer. Why don't you just let me through? I
Floyd | am fine with the risk."
Floyd |
Floyd | He shakes his head slowly. "Sorry, sir. I would be held responsible if
Floyd | you got hurt."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And there is nothing that can change your mind?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That depends..." He smiles. "Wadda ya got?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cruiser" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      722
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRUISER
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue and white police cruiser.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x uniform" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      722
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X UNIFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | That is either not here, or doesn't need to be referred to at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roadblock" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      723
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROADBLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Road Block," says the sign. That's a road block, all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to officer" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      724
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO OFFICER
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you want me to risk my job, you gonna have to give me something in
Floyd | return, Mister."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      725
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "carve marble" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      725
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CARVE MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give marble to officer" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      726
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE MARBLE TO OFFICER
Floyd |
Floyd | "What on earth would I want with that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cocoon to officer" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      727
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COCOON TO OFFICER
Floyd |
Floyd | "What on earth would I want with that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I don't have a figuative donut shop to give to the officer."
Tale says (to Floyd), "look in cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      728
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | A delicate white cocoon. It seems like it should be able to contain
Floyd | small items.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the white cocoon is some luminescent fluid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give brick to officer" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      729
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BRICK TO OFFICER
Floyd |
Floyd | "What on earth would I want with that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give fluid to officer" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      730
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE FLUID TO OFFICER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the luminescent fluid)
Floyd | You carefully try to remove the luminescent fluid from the white
Floyd | cocoon, but it runs through your fingers and disappears. You have a
Floyd | feeling there is more where that came from.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      729
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Farther Along the Mountain Road
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour fluid on officer" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      730
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POUR FLUID ON OFFICER
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x car" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      731
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Old, a bit worse for wear, but reliable. Like you, really.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tale says (to davidW), "You're on the right track"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure how."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      732
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |     some figurative luminescent fluid (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Unless there's a donut shop in the Camino canyon."
		Tale asks, "Have you encountered any other liquids that might be worth something?"
		DavidW says, "Not really. Oil. Water. Light."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  On the Mountain Road                                 733
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Mountain Road (in the car)
Floyd | The road twists around the mountain, like the curves of a beautiful
Floyd | woman. To the north, the road turns left, disapearing behind walls of
Floyd | stone. Who knows where it might lead? To the south, the road leads
Floyd | back where you came from.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      734
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | So this is were she has apparently been hiding this entire time. The
Floyd | living room is littered with expensive furniture - the kind that
Floyd | exists solely to show that the resident can afford it. You pay no
Floyd | attention to the decorations. The people are all that matters. The
Floyd | door to the south leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino is looking straight at you. His face is contorted in a mixture
Floyd | of anger and surprise.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa von Bülow is smiling, and looking at you as if you were a new
Floyd | plaything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x camino" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      735
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall thin man impeccably dressed in a beige suit and a trilby hat.
Floyd | Everything about him is beige; even his pale skin is almost
Floyd | indistinguishable from the color of his clothes. A scar crosses his
Floyd | left cheek, like a canyon in the middle of an otherwise pristine
Floyd | African savanna.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x canyon" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      736
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CANYON
Floyd |
Floyd | The canyon is deep. It must have been carved in the landscape many
Floyd | aeons ago. At the bottom, you can just barely make out a river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      737
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Even from all the way up here, you can tell that the river is crystal
Floyd | clear. No pollution is going to reach it in this pristine landscape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter canyon" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      738
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CANYON
Floyd |
Floyd | It is way too steep. You would fall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fly" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      738
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLY
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put river in cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      739
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RIVER IN COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | The white cocoon is just a simile. It can't contain literal objects.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           740
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the Vacation House
Floyd | The moonlight filters through the trees like silvern waterfalls. In
Floyd | front of you, to the north, is the house. There is light coming from
Floyd | both windows. To the south, the forest path leads back towards the
Floyd | city.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put waterfall in cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           741
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WATERFALL IN COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the liquid silver)
Floyd |
Floyd | The white cocoon is already full.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, it's silver."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           742
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully try to remove the luminescent fluid from the white
Floyd | cocoon, but it runs through your fingers and disappears. You have a
Floyd | feeling there is more where that came from.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put silver in cocoon" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           743
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SILVER IN COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the liquid silver)
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      744
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | So this is were she has apparently been hiding this entire time. The
Floyd | living room is littered with expensive furniture - the kind that
Floyd | exists solely to show that the resident can afford it. You pay no
Floyd | attention to the decorations. The people are all that matters. The
Floyd | door to the south leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino is looking straight at you. His face is contorted in a mixture
Floyd | of anger and surprise.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa von Bülow is smiling, and looking at you as if you were a new
Floyd | plaything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter road" 		

Floyd ]  On the Mountain Road                                 745
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER ROAD
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Mountain Road (in the car)
Floyd | The road twists around the mountain, like the curves of a beautiful
Floyd | woman. To the north, the road turns left, disapearing behind walls of
Floyd | stone. Who knows where it might lead? To the south, the road leads
Floyd | back where you came from.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      746
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farther Along the Mountain Road (in the car)
Floyd | The road continues to the west before ending abruptly in a road block.
Floyd | A police cruiser is parked behind the road block, its emergency lights
Floyd | silently illuminating the road. To the east, the road leads back down
Floyd | the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police officer is leaning against the cruiser.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cocoon to officer" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      747
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COCOON TO OFFICER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the liquid silver)
Floyd | His eyes light up with greed as you show him the silver. "Wow, that'll
Floyd | certainly do the job, Mister. Thanks a lot." He pours the silver into
Floyd | a canteen, and secures the lid. "I can't wait to find out how much
Floyd | that will be worth. Enjoy your mountain trip, Mister." He removes the
Floyd | road block, gets into the cruiser, and drives down the road,
Floyd | disapearing around the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      748
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         749
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Even Farther up the Mountain (in the car)
Floyd | The road continues south before ending at a huge pile of rocks. A
Floyd | quaint log cabin has been erected east of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cabin" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         750
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the log cabin)
Floyd | An old-fashioned log cabin; the kind that William Henry Harrison
Floyd | wasn't born in. There is light coming from the windows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x windows" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         751
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | An old-fashioned log cabin; the kind that William Henry Harrison
Floyd | wasn't born in. There is light coming from the windows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rocks" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         752
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | A giant pile of big heavy rocks blocks the road. There is no way you
Floyd | are getting past here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         753
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | An old-fashioned log cabin; the kind that William Henry Harrison
Floyd | wasn't born in. There is light coming from the windows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter cabin" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         754
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CABIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the log cabin)
Floyd | The car won't fit through the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         755
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the car.
Floyd |
Floyd | Even Farther up the Mountain
Floyd | The road continues south before ending at a huge pile of rocks. A
Floyd | quaint log cabin has been erected east of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see your car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 756
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the cabin door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Log Cabin
Floyd | The warm air in the cabin caresses your face. The heat comes from a
Floyd | cozy fireplace fire that fills the cabin with a soft warm light. An
Floyd | old couch stands by one of the walls. On the couch table are two
Floyd | glasses of brandy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x couch" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 757
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the old couch)
Floyd | An old worn couch that seems like it has been used by generations of
Floyd | log cabin owners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brandy" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 758
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRANDY
Floyd |
Floyd | (the first glass of brandy)
Floyd | A glass of brandy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 759
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | A crackling fire keeps the log cabin warm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 760
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A simple wooden couch table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search couch" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 761
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the old couch)
Floyd | An old worn couch that seems like it has been used by generations of
Floyd | log cabin owners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take brandy" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 762
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BRANDY
Floyd |
Floyd | (the first glass of brandy)
Floyd | You pick up one of the glasses of brandy. Mr. Wesson takes the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "taste brandy" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 763
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TASTE BRANDY
Floyd |
Floyd | (the first glass of brandy)
Floyd | You taste nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wesson, taste brandy" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 764
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WESSON, TASTE BRANDY
Floyd |
Floyd | (the first glass of brandy)
Floyd | Mr. Wesson has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make toast" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 764
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE TOAST
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sip brandy" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIP BRANDY
Floyd |
Floyd | (the first glass of brandy)
Floyd | You clink the glasses together and down the brandy. A warm feeling
Floyd | spreads throughout your entire body. Mr. Wesson finishes his glass and
Floyd | sighs contentedly. He sits down at the couch and stares longingly at
Floyd | the fireplace. The fire is reflected in his eyes. "You know, sir, I
Floyd | have always dreamed of having my own cabin in the mountains. If it's
Floyd | okay with you I think I am just going to stay here. Do you think you
Floyd | can handle things without me?"(Answer Yes or No)>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 765
Floyd | can handle things without me?"(Answer Yes or No)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | He has served you well for so many years. You can't bear to refuse
Floyd | him.
Floyd |
Floyd | A smile lights up his face. "Thank you, sir. You can still visit me
Floyd | any time you want if you need my advice."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to wesson" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 766
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WESSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "You will have to get rid of Camino before you can talk to Lisa, sir.
Floyd | Maybe try attacking him?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wesson" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 767
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WESSON
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Wesson is lounging on the couch. He looks content.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x couch" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 768
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the old couch)
Floyd | An old worn couch that seems like it has been used by generations of
Floyd | log cabin owners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Log Cabin                                 769
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Log Cabin
Floyd | The warm air in the cabin caresses your face. The heat comes from a
Floyd | cozy fireplace fire that fills the cabin with a soft warm light. Mr.
Floyd | Wesson is lounging on the couch in front of the fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         770
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Even Farther up the Mountain
Floyd | The road continues south before ending at a huge pile of rocks. A
Floyd | quaint log cabin has been erected east of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see your car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "so weird."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gun" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         771
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | A .38 revolver. What more do you need to know?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mountain" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         772
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The peak of the mountain is lost in the clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clouds" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         773
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOUDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The peak of the mountain is lost in the clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         774
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | It is too far to walk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x car" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         775
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Old, a bit worse for wear, but reliable. Like you, really.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter car" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         776
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the car.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Even Farther up the Mountain                         777
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Farther Along the Mountain Road                      778
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farther Along the Mountain Road (in the car)
Floyd | The road continues to the west before turning around another corner.
Floyd | The path ahead is clear. To the east, the road leads back down the
Floyd | mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  On the Mountain Road                                 779
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Mountain Road (in the car)
Floyd | The road twists around the mountain, like the curves of a beautiful
Floyd | woman. To the north, the road turns left, disapearing behind walls of
Floyd | stone. Who knows where it might lead? To the south, the road leads
Floyd | back where you came from.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ]  On the Mountain Road                                 780
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Impenetrable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      781
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | So this is were she has apparently been hiding this entire time. The
Floyd | living room is littered with expensive furniture - the kind that
Floyd | exists solely to show that the resident can afford it. You pay no
Floyd | attention to the decorations. The people are all that matters. The
Floyd | door to the south leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino is looking straight at you. His face is contorted in a mixture
Floyd | of anger and surprise.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa is smiling nervously and looking at Camino, like a servant girl
Floyd | waiting for her master to handle matters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to camino" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      782
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | "You again?" he says. "I thought Alfono would have taken care of you
Floyd | by now."
Floyd |
Floyd | You shrug. "I am tougher than I look. If you have other employees you
Floyd | need to get rid of, feel free to send them my way. Now, I think it's
Floyd | time for Miss Bülow to go home."
Floyd |
Floyd | He laughs. "She is not going anywhere. Now scram, or I will deal with
Floyd | you myself."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit camino with knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      783
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT CAMINO WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not sure you can take him in a fair fight. You need to find a
Floyd | weak spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "camino" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      783
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x camino" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      784
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall thin man impeccably dressed in a beige suit and a trilby hat.
Floyd | Everything about him is beige; even his pale skin is almost
Floyd | indistinguishable from the color of his clothes. A scar crosses his
Floyd | left cheek, like a canyon in the middle of an otherwise pristine
Floyd | African savanna.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hat" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      785
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | A stylish beige trilby hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x suit" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      786
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | A beige suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tale asks, "Sorry, was afk - did you talk to Wesson?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x savanna" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      787
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAVANNA
Floyd |
Floyd | The savanna is dry, with only a few clumps of grass bravely clinging
Floyd | to their lives. The sun beats down mercilessly from above. You see no
Floyd | signs of animal life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes, he's now staying at the cabin."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grass" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      788
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The savanna is dry, with only a few clumps of grass bravely clinging
Floyd | to their lives. The sun beats down mercilessly from above. You see no
Floyd | signs of animal life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      789
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give brick to camino" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      790
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BRICK TO CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tale says, "This puzzle is very weird."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick in river" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      791
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK IN RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | There doesn't seem to be much point to throwing a clean brick into the
Floyd | river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rag in river" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      792
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RAG IN RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick in rag" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      793
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK IN RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rag on brick" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      794
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RAG ON BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      795
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a figurative dirty rag
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   some figurative white marble
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a figurative brown brick
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a figurative white cocoon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub rag on brick" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      796
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUB RAG ON BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood the first part of that-- trying anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "rub rag.")
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tale asks, "Hint?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub brick with rag" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      797
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUB BRICK WITH RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | That has no visible effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tale says (to Floyd), "rub brick" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      798
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUB BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | That has no visible effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I assume we need to dirty up the river in the canyon for some odd reason."
		Tale says, "hmm"
Tale says (to Floyd), "clean brick" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      799
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | That has no visible effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tale says (to Floyd), "x brick" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      800
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | The brown brick is dry and porous. You can almost feel its thirst.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tale says (to Floyd), "clean brick with rag" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      801
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN BRICK WITH RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | That has no visible effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rag on brick" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      802
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RAG ON BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | That would not be a very good simile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "The oil, maybe?"
		Tale says, "Well, yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           803
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the Vacation House
Floyd | The moonlight shines through the treetops. In front of you, to the
Floyd | north, is the house. There is light coming from both windows. To the
Floyd | south, the forest path leads back towards the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           804
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] Your Office 		
Floyd [3] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [4] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [5] The Bar 		
Floyd [6] The Police Station 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          805
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You head back to your office.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Office
Floyd | Shadows huddle in the corners; the sickly yellow light from the desk
Floyd | lamp does little to dispel the darkness. An old cigarette butt lies in
Floyd | the ashtray. Your desk is covered with old case files - reminders of
Floyd | past glories. Apart from the desk, the only other furniture is an old
Floyd | office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office door to the north leads to the corridor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take oil" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          806
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE OIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the oil into the white cocoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put oil on brick" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          807
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT OIL ON BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You pour the oil on the brick. The viscous black fluid is quickly
Floyd | absorbed. The brick is now as black as midnight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          808
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Where would you like to go?
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] The Baron's Mansion 		
Floyd [2] The Gambling Joint 		
Floyd [3] McAllister's Apartment 		
Floyd [4] The Bar 		
Floyd [5] The Police Station 		
Floyd [6] The Vacation House 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "6" 		

Floyd ]  Outside the Vacation House                           809
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 6
Floyd |
Floyd | You head towards the vacation house.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the Vacation House
Floyd | The moonlight shines through the treetops. In front of you, to the
Floyd | north, is the house. There is light coming from both windows. To the
Floyd | south, the forest path leads back towards the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      810
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Living Room
Floyd | So this is were she has apparently been hiding this entire time. The
Floyd | living room is littered with expensive furniture - the kind that
Floyd | exists solely to show that the resident can afford it. You pay no
Floyd | attention to the decorations. The people are all that matters. The
Floyd | door to the south leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camino is looking straight at you. His face is contorted in a mixture
Floyd | of anger and surprise.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa is smiling nervously and looking at Camino, like a servant girl
Floyd | waiting for her master to handle matters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick in river" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      811
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BRICK IN RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You throw the oily brick down the canyon, and can just barely make it
Floyd | out hitting the river far, far below. The effect is immediate: The oil
Floyd | spreads quickly, and within moments the previously pristine profluence
Floyd | is black with pollution. You say a quick prayer for the poor fish who
Floyd | might have lived there. They never saw it coming.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x camino" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      812
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall thin man impeccably dressed in a beige suit and a trilby hat.
Floyd | Everything about him is beige; even his pale skin is almost
Floyd | indistinguishable from the color of his clothes. A gangrenous wound
Floyd | crosses his left cheek, like a polluted river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut wound with knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      813
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT WOUND WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems like a bad idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit camino with knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      814
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT CAMINO WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not sure you can take him in a fair fight. You need to find a
Floyd | weak spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stab wound" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      815
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAB WOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have a knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      816
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      817
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | A small discreet knife, like a tiny needle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tale says (to Floyd), "touch wound" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      818
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH WOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stanb wound with knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      818
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STANB WOUND WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stab wound with knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      819
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAB WOUND WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems like a bad idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stab camino with knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      820
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAB CAMINO WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not sure you can take him in a fair fight. You need to find a
Floyd | weak spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw knife at wound" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      821
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW KNIFE AT WOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | Futile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw knife at camino" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      822
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW KNIFE AT CAMINO
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut wound with knife" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      823
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT WOUND WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems like a bad idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit wound" 		

Floyd ]  The Living Room                                      824
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT WOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | Before he has a chance to react, you reach out and rip some of the
Floyd | gangrenous flesh off his face. He should be thankful, really, but as
Floyd | he drops screaming to his knees with blood flowing from his cheek, you
Floyd | are sure that gratitude is the last thing on his mind. Lisa looks at
Floyd | him with contempt. "Is that really the best you can do?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He turns towards towards her; his face, a mask of rage. "YOU STUPID
Floyd | BITCH! I help cover up the murder of your pathetic boyfriend, and I
Floyd | have got nothing but misery to show for it. I am not going to risk my
Floyd | life for your sake anymore."
Floyd |
Floyd | He gets up, covering the wound with one hand, adjusting his hat with
Floyd | the other. "She is all yours, mister detective. Just keep her out of
Floyd | my sight." With that, he disappears out the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, that explains why Erik hasn't made an appearance yet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to lisa" 		

Floyd ]  The Library                                          825
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO LISA
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, Miss von Bülow, you've had your fun. Time to go home."
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks at her feet and chews at a bit of hair. "I am sorry I ran
Floyd | away, but I was so scared. I didn't mean to kill Erik. We were arguing
Floyd | and..." She sobs.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't worry about it," you say, and take her hand. "I am sure your
Floyd | father will be able to sort things out."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library
Floyd | Bookshelves line every wall, allowing only a small space for the door
Floyd | to the west and another one for the small window in the north wall.
Floyd | The floor is covered in a thick luxurious red carpet. The air smells
Floyd | of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Jameson is standing by the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Detective Copernik is standing next to the Baron.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa von Bülow is standing in front of her father, awaiting her
Floyd | judgement.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron sits in a black leather easy chair on the east side of the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  The Library                                          825
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to baron" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          826
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BARON
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa looks pleadingly at her father. His face melts in the glow from
Floyd | her eyes, and he smiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lisa, I have spoken to the detective, and I think we have reached an
Floyd | understanding."
Floyd |
Floyd | Copernik nods. "It is obvious that your daughter was being framed by
Floyd | Mr. Camino. No one could possibly suspect such an innocent creature. I
Floyd | will see to it that Camino is brought to justice for the murder of
Floyd | Erik McAllister. At the very least, you have no reason to worry,
Floyd | miss."
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles. The kind of smile that wars have been fought over. "Thank
Floyd | you so much, Detective. You should come visit me some day. We could
Floyd | have lots of fun."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well... I... Ehm..." The detective leaves the room without ever
Floyd | finishing the sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Baron hands you your check. "Thank you so much for bringing my
Floyd | daughter back, Mr. Reilly. You can't imagine how much that means to
Floyd | me."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I was only doing my job," you assure him, as you accept the check. No
Floyd | need to get personal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Office (on the office chair)
Floyd | Shadows huddle in the corners, like dark pools of oil; the sickly
Floyd | yellow light from the desk lamp does little to dispel the darkness. A
Floyd | cigarette butt smolders in the ashtray, like the last embers from a
Floyd | dying camp fire. Your desk is covered with old case files - reminders
Floyd | of past glories. Apart from the desk, the only other furniture is an
Floyd | old office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office door to the north leads to the corridor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a knock at the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
PaulS arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          827
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens and your doctor enters the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x doctor" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          828
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOCTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | A fine medical professional, no doubt. If only he wouldn't try to
Floyd | interfere with your life all the time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to doctor" 		

Floyd ]  Your Office                                          828
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DOCTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks around the office. "It stinks in here."
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the oil. It stinks up the place.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Have you been sitting in your office all day?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Of course not! You tell him all about the case. The Baron, the missing
Floyd | daughter, the treasure hidden beneath the lake. Everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is sadness in his eyes. "I spoke to Mr. Jameson. He mentioned
Floyd | that you did not seem well."
Floyd |
Floyd | What an asshole. You solved the case, didn't you?
Floyd |
Floyd | "I really wish you would listen to my advice. You need to take your
Floyd | medication every day. Lytton-Chandler syndrome is no joking matter."
Floyd |
Floyd | Absolutely. You will make sure to remember it from now on.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very well." He sighs. "I will stop by and see how you are doing next
Floyd | week." He leaves, closing the door behind him.
Floyd |
Floyd | He is okay, though, just way too pedantic. You don't need to take it
Floyd | every day. You work much better without it.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Another case solved by Douglas Reilly, PI ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Tale says, "There is a second ending"
		DavidW asks, "I think I'm okay with this one. I assume in the other, Lisa goes to jail instead?"
		Tale says, "yes"
		DavidW says, "I'd like to get going to see if I can get some hot dogs."
		DavidW says, "I can try for the other ending later."
		Tale says, "it's really only like 2 actions more"
PaulS 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 Tale), "I'm amazed this was translatable into German."
		DavidW says, "anyway, I'll be back later. Thanks for the help!"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Life of a Wizard by Mike Walter
As played on ifMUD on September 29, 2013

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 Life of a Wizard written by Mike Walter. Life of a Wizard is a Choice of Game that was released in 2012. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting its Choice of Games page.

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 lifeofawizard" 		

Floyd | Wizards.  From the kindly old white bearded casters wearing robes with
Floyd | stars and moons to the battle-hardened war-mage throwing fireballs at
Floyd | dragons.  The royal family has always had one on hand: a wise diviner
Floyd | to lead the kingdom into peace or a dangerous conjurer to dominate all
Floyd | of the land under one rule.  Or perhaps a divine healer?  An
Floyd | alchemist?  Or even a necromancer?  The combinations are boundless.
Floyd | Let me tell you my story.
Floyd |
Floyd | I wasn't always a wizened old wizard, you know.  Wizards begin their
Floyd | lives the same as everyone else.  I was born in a small village in the
Floyd | Kingdom of Daria.  King Norbert and Queen Audrey reigned in the
Floyd | capital city of Tornassa, which was many miles away from my small
Floyd | village.
Floyd |
Floyd | I remember the day I was born.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: My parents were good people.
Floyd | B: My parents didn't want me.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Short but sweet"
		JimKaplan says, "The Kingdom of Daria, neat"
		JimKaplan asks, "So, high school?"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "I remember the day I was born? Damn, wizards are *good*"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, should we go the emo route or the Pollyanna route?"
		JimKaplan says, "Hey, the protagonist of Fallout 3 practiced pre-emptive eugenics on himself"
		JimKaplan says, "Emo, whynot"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "B" 		

Floyd | > It was a terrible start for a baby:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Boy
Floyd | B: Girl
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Also, "Norbert" is not the most regal of names"
		JimKaplan asks, "Hmm...USB jack or USB port?"
		Jacqueline says, "We can't choose our name. Though I suppose if you're the king you can."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I like being a girl, but perhaps that's just me."
		JimKaplan says, "I like being a - uh, I like lady protagonists"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > They named me:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Morgana
Floyd | B: Prunella
Floyd | C: Griselda
Floyd | D: Gladys
Floyd | E: Helena
Floyd | F: Something else
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "NOT B"
		JimKaplan says, "PRUNELLA OMG"
		JimKaplan asks, "You know that was the name of the actor who played Basil Fawlty's wife right?"
		JimKaplan says, "Prunella Scales"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, maga just brought that up."
		Jacqueline says, "So, A or C are my votes."
		JimKaplan says, ""Something else" seems like a pretty lame name"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm OK with A mostly"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "A" 		

Floyd | > I grew up in the village of Elmvale where nearly everyone was human,
Floyd | although there were a few exceptions.  The entire kingdom of Daria was
Floyd | like that, besides the dwarves under the Grey Mountains, the elves in
Floyd | the Alderheart Forest and the orcs in the wilderness to the west.  Our
Floyd | kingdom was very racially tolerant, when I was young.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: My parents and I were human.
Floyd | B: My parents and I were elves.
Floyd | C: My parents and I were dwarves.
Floyd | D: My parents and I were halflings.
Floyd | E: My parents and I were gnomes.
Floyd | F: My parents and I were half-orcs.
Floyd | G: My parents and I were half-elves.
Floyd | H: My parents and I were pure blood orcs.
Floyd | I: My parents and I were goblins.
Floyd | J: My parents and I were trolls.
Floyd |

		zarf says, "okay now this is just stereotyping"
		JimKaplan says, "Wowza, we're heavy on the role-playing"
		JimKaplan says, "It's funny...usually when picking race they tell you what difference it'll make to your stats"
		Jacqueline says (to zarf), "No, it's what zach wanted. It's surroundsoundtyping."
		JimKaplan says, "I guess at this point we're in a place where it's assumed we already know the racial traits"
		JimKaplan says, "Let's see...gnomes tend to have the highest INT scores"
		Jacqueline says, "Surroundsoundtyping is my new awkward hyperbole for over-the-top stereotyping. Thanks, zach, now people will think I'm even a bigger dork."
		JimKaplan says, "But they get a penalty to WIS, so."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "I always go for high elves, but that's not an option, sadly."
		JimKaplan says, "I'd actually like to see a viable troll wizard"
		JimKaplan says, "That rarely seems to happen"
		JimKaplan says, "Morgana seems like a very non-troll name tho"
		JimKaplan says, "Morgana, glamorous troll magician"
		Jacqueline says, "I think if we went emo, and our parents didn't like us, let's go for one of the 'less pretty' options."
		Jacqueline says (to Jim), "Exactly."
		JimKaplan says, "Emo-wise a half-breed seems apt."
		Jacqueline says, "I am for H, I, or J."
		Jacqueline says, "or, hm, yeah, F is fine."
		Jacqueline says, "Although I've always wanted to be a garden gnome."
		JimKaplan says, "OK, F if you're OK with it"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | > It was sometimes a little difficult for me, being a half-orc growing
Floyd | up in a village of humans, but I managed.
Floyd | (Orc Faction +25, Fighting +25, Body +10, Willpower -5 and Personality
Floyd | -5)
Floyd |
Floyd | My parents weren't poor, although they never bothered to make sure
Floyd | that my clothes were without holes or that my shoes fit.  They fought
Floyd | a lot and my father was often drunk.  They never hit me, but I think
Floyd | it was because they knew that the temple priests would never allow
Floyd | such a thing.  I always had the impression that they were waiting for
Floyd | me to become old enough to move out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Even as a young child, I was drawn into the unknown.  I remember my
Floyd | first magical experience, even though I was only five years old.  I
Floyd | don't know where my parents were, but I wandered off alone:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Into the forest.
Floyd | B: Into a graveyard.
Floyd | C: Into the temple.
Floyd | D: Into the village witch's hut.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Heh, it really does assume you know racial traits"
		JimKaplan says, "Personality -5? Girl, I'm ALL personality"
		Jacqueline says, "So, to cut this game some slack, it may be surroundsoundtyping, but the childhood of a wizard is kind of a novel thing."
		JimKaplan says, "Sure, yeah"
DavidW arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		JimKaplan says, "If we had to pick class as well, this would risk getting really bland"
		JimKaplan says, "I almost get the feeling the game will be over once we're done deciding the character's stats and backstory though"
		DavidW says, "sorry, was in another window and lost track of the time"
		Jacqueline says, "I want to go to the graveyard."
		JimKaplan says (to DavidW), "What is it with you and perching on windows, dude"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Want us to pause for a sec while you recap?"
		Jacqueline asks (of Jim), "He's a gargoyle. Didn't you know?"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm fine with pausing, and also the graveyard."
		JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "Now who's stereotyping, you goylephobe"
		Jacqueline says, "I'll have you know some of my best friends are gargoyles. David, for example."
		JimKaplan says, "Damn."
		JimKaplan says, "She bested me with LOGIC"
		Jacqueline snaps her fingers.
		JimKaplan) Jacqueline says, "You couldn't handle it, honey"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Let us know when you're caught up."
		JimKaplan says, "We'll just sit here and quietly banter"
		DavidW asks, "I'm confused. Did a game start?"
		JimKaplan says, "Er...technically yes"
		JimKaplan says, "But we're still actually deciding character stuff"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah. We're playing a ChoiceScript game."
		Jacqueline says, "@recap Toyshop to catch up."
		DavidW says, "oh well. Recapping the toyshop is wretched. I'll just try to catch up without recap."
		JimKaplan says, "We're a female troll wizard named Morgana"
		Jacqueline says, "Want me to post the transcript thus far? That's easy."
		JimKaplan says, "With an unhappy childhood"
		Jacqueline says, "One sec."
		DavidW says, "fwiw, I was creating a walkthrough for A Roiling Original in the other window."
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		DavidW says, "thanks"
		DavidW says, "ok, caught up"
		Jacqueline says, "Yay."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, graveyard, then?"
		JimKaplan says, "Sure sure"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I remember how the moon had cast odd shadows upon the gravestones
Floyd | that night.  I had wandered between the tombstones for some time

		DavidW asks, "Why not?"

Floyd | before a glowing shape appeared before me.  It was a ghost, a spirit
Floyd | trapped on our side of the veil.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I ran home and told the local priests what I saw.
Floyd | B: I tried to force it to do what I wanted.
Floyd | C: I felt sad for it, so I tried to cheer the ghost up.
Floyd | D: I tried to break the gravestone it was in front of.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "We are five."
		JimKaplan says, "Hm...what breed of emo, I wonder"
		Jacqueline says, "When I was five, I would have done C."
		JimKaplan says, "I'd like to think I would have done C"
		DavidW says, "I was thinking C also"
		Jacqueline says, "But I'm open to whatever."
		Jacqueline says, "Sounds like you guys want C, though."
		JimKaplan asks, "Just to be clear, we're talking about Cocaine, right?"
		Jacqueline removes JimKaplan from the channel.
		JimKaplan says, "Or option C, sure, why not"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > I'm not sure how much it understood of a five year old's ramblings.
Floyd | I like to think that I brought the creature some measure of peace.
Floyd | (Good +1, Diplomacy +10 and Personality +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | At the age of seven, I made a friend.  Childhood friends are special
Floyd | since they remain a part of you for the rest of your life, even long
Floyd | after you have grown apart. My best friend was:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: A boy.
Floyd | B: A girl.
Floyd | C: Imaginary.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Ohhh"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "C!"
olethros arrives, full of fun and funk. 		JimKaplan says, "Sure, C"
		Jacqueline says, "Or, y'know, something boring."
		JimKaplan says, "Hmm...I *do* like boring things..."
		JimKaplan says, "I'm with C, though"
		DavidW says, "c"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > I was a very lonely child.
Floyd | (Personality -5)
Floyd |
Floyd | There was a bully in my village who was a few years older than me.
Floyd | Yes, even I had this type of trouble when I was a child.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: He terrorized my childhood.
Floyd | B: She terrorized my childhood.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "AW"
		JimKaplan says, "Grr"
		olethros says, "ha ha"
		JimKaplan says, "Now we're picking the gender of our childhood bully? Wow."
		DavidW says, "B"
		Jacqueline says, "I had imaginary friends, and I wasn't lonely. I just like imaginary friends because they were more on my wavelength and were substanailly lower drama."
		Zach says, "It's OK. We're just keeping things realistic."
		Jacqueline asks, "So B?"
		DavidW says, "This seems to be still a stats rolling pre-game thing."
		JimKaplan says, "I agree, B. Women are so underrepresented among pre-teen bullies"
		olethros says, "i had an imaginary person, but it was not a friend"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah"
		Jacqueline asks (of o), "Oh?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Was it the bully?"
		JimKaplan says (to olethros), "That may have been a demon"
		olethros says, "it was an alien that appeared in the palm of my hand and would sometimes answer questions"
		Jacqueline asks, "Super cool. Was it generally right?"
		Jacqueline asks, "What did it look like?"
		olethros says, "it always agreed with me"
		olethros says, "it was a green humanoid, though I think the colour was due to the clothes"
		Jacqueline) olethros asks (the tiny palm-alien), "Should I steal that other child's baklava?" and it answers "YES!"
		olethros says, "but now this might be a false memory of an imaginary friend, implanted to me via my parents' referencing the episode"
		JimKaplan says, "Did schoolkids get baklava? Wow"
		JimKaplan says, "We never got baklava"
		olethros asks, "were your imaginary friends full-sized?"
		Jacqueline says, "I was hoping that in Greece they did."
		olethros says, "we actually got cream or cheese pie"
		Jacqueline asks, "Cheese pie? Is that like cheese cake?"
		Jacqueline says, "We'll play this game eventually, but I'm really enjoying the tangents it's creating."
		olethros says, "get back to the game's imaginary childhood!"
		JimKaplan says, "I was gonna say"
		Jacqueline says (to olethros), "Aw! Fine."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, female bully, then?"
		JimKaplan says, "There's plenty of time in the future for childhood dessert discussions. Anyway, I say B."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Her name was:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Sue
Floyd | B: Brianna
Floyd | C: Francine
Floyd | D: Natasha
Floyd | E: Something else
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Great, the bully gets all the cool names"
		Jacqueline asks, "Should we try E, just to see if it gives us more options or lets us type something in?"
		JimKaplan says, "Yeah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > >Type Something

		Jacqueline asks, "Prunella?"
		DavidW says, "Cruella"
		JimKaplan says, "HAH. Yes, Prunella."
		olethros says, "ha ha"
		JimKaplan says, "Explains why she bullies other people - her own life sucks"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Are you cool with Prunella?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		olethros says, "(taking the pie discussion to #greece )"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Prunella" 		

Floyd | Prunella was:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: A human.
Floyd | B: An elf.
Floyd | C: A dwarf.
Floyd | D: A halfling.
Floyd | E: A gnome.
Floyd | F: A half-orc.
Floyd | G: A half-elf.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Jesus."
		olethros says, "huh"
		Jacqueline says, "I think Prunella was an elitist elf."
		olethros says, "sounds right"
		Jacqueline says, "Head of all the cliques. Total showoff."
		olethros says, "though dwarf would be nice too"
		JimKaplan says, "This is either gonna be a totally awesome commentary on race and identity politics, or a huge waste of time"
		olethros says, "ok, let's go for B and be done with it"
		Jacqueline says (to Jim), "I have a guess, but I'm keeping it to myself."
		JimKaplan says, "Yeah, cool"
		JimKaplan says, "B up dat stuff"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I know that I shouldn't have stereotyped all elves because of how
Floyd | Prunella behaved, but I couldn't help myself.
Floyd | (Elf Faction -10)
Floyd |
Floyd | I remember the first day Prunella started picking on me.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I kicked her shins and ran away.
Floyd | B: I tried reasoning with the bully.
Floyd | C: I didn't want to be bullied my entire life, so I started
Floyd | exercising.
Floyd | D: I tried to join Prunella.  I thought that we'd be able to bully
Floyd | more kids together.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh dear."
		JimKaplan says, "Wow."
		JimKaplan says, "OK I guess if we try to befriend a ghost, it might be because we're too alienated to form other friends"
		Jacqueline says, "I am without words."
		JimKaplan says, "So, uh....hmm."
		Jacqueline says, "But I now have this vision of us as a tiny half-breed Rocky, running up stairs in sweatpants."
		JimKaplan says, "Sure A whynot"
		olethros says, "I like A, hm"
		DavidW asks, "A?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I was eventually caught and beaten up, but I learned from the
Floyd | experience.
Floyd | (Fighting +7)
Floyd |
Floyd | I was seven years old when I started noticing the difference between
Floyd | boys and girls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I was attracted to girls.
Floyd | B: I was attracted to boys.
Floyd | C: I was attracted to both boys and girls.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Christ on a stick"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh dear."
		olethros says, "i suggest randomness"
		JimKaplan says, "Or Christ in a hole, I guess"
		zarf says, "'both trolls and goblins'"
		maga says, "Jacqueline is laughing uncontrollably, and wheezing because she has a cold"
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "You tattletale."
		DavidW says, "I wonder if we're an ass or a legs troll."
		Jacqueline says, "I say we hedge our bets and go with C. We have enough love to go around."
		JimKaplan says, "Man, I was sort of joking about the race politics thing"
		JimKaplan says, "But now"
		JimKaplan says, "Yeah, C."
		olethros says, "get it over with"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > A: That was the year I met a very special girl.
Floyd | B: That was the year I met a very special boy.
Floyd | C: It was a very lonely year for me.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Lonely."
		olethros says, "she was seven so"
		DavidW says, "D: That was the year I met twins. It was a great year!"
		JimKaplan says, "Hey, pre-teens need lovin' too...god, that sounds wrong"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "yay"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's say C."
		JimKaplan says, "Yes."
		Jacqueline says, "We were going emo, I thought."
		zarf says, "I suspect that somewhere in this code is a table of puberty age per race"
		olethros asks, "what is our race?"
		JimKaplan says, "Half-orc."
		JimKaplan says, "I think."
		Jacqueline says (to z), "I'll be right back. I need to have a wash."
		JimKaplan says, "I don't even remember anymore."
		JimKaplan says, "Arright, I'm going C."
		JimKaplan says, "More emo."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "C" 		

Floyd | > I had nobody to play with and I never experienced puppy love when I
Floyd | was young.
Floyd | (Personality -2)
Floyd |
Floyd | Life in Elmvale was pleasant and it was a beautiful place to grow up.
Floyd | There were farms all around us and a sparkling river that ran through
Floyd | the center of it.  We had all of the amenities of a small town as
Floyd | well.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I enjoyed swimming in the town's river on hot summer days.
Floyd | B: I did small jobs for the local business owners.
Floyd | C: I rarely left my home, I prefered to stay at home and read.
Floyd | D: I got into a lot of trouble.
Floyd | E: I helped out at the local temple.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, ""Puppy love""
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, we're half-orc."
		JimKaplan says, "Now I'm seeing half-dog half-half-orc children in my imagination"
		olethros says, "D"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm cool with D or C"
		JimKaplan says, "We're also eventually a wizard, of course"
		JimKaplan says, "But it's D if no objections"
		DavidW asks, "what, no F: I hid behind buildings and tore the heads off dandelions?"
		olethros says, "wizards get in trouble"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "D" 		

Floyd | > My petty actions began to grow into larger crimes as I got older.  I
Floyd | lied, I took things that didn't belong to me and I got into fights.
Floyd | (Evil +1, Fighting +10, Thievery +10 and Willpower -3)
Floyd |
Floyd | I remember one day when we found a little puppy in a back alley.  It
Floyd | looked so sad and lonely, which made me think it didn't belong to
Floyd | anyone.  It was very dirty and had a broken leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I nursed it back to health.
Floyd | B: I threw rocks at it until it died.
Floyd | C: I caught it and sold it to some orcs.
Floyd | D: I ignored it.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "How many stats does this game even have"
		JimKaplan exclaims, "Oh, wait, finally a chance at puppy love!"
		Jacqueline says, "Damn. I did not see this road of trechery we were on."
		olethros says, "D"
		DavidW says, "A"
		Jacqueline says, "I like A as well"
		JimKaplan says, "I want A"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "A" 		

Floyd | > I fed it and kept it clean until its leg healed.  It was a strong
Floyd | little dog.
Floyd | (Good +1 and Healing +15)
Floyd |
Floyd | I was twelve years old when tragedy struck.  Rumors of trouble had
Floyd | been building for weeks, but as a kid, I never paid it any attention.
Floyd | One day I saw the streets full of smoke.  At first, I thought it was
Floyd | the great dragon Parnaxxus, breathing fire upon my small village.
Floyd | That wasn't the case, soon I learned that raiders were setting fire to
Floyd | houses and stores.  Our small village was being attacked by:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Elves
Floyd | B: Dwarves
Floyd | C: Orcs
Floyd |

		olethros asks, "Are we a bad-ass half-orc bisexual wizard with good feelings?"
		DavidW says, "We can train it to be our attack dog."
		Jacqueline says, ".olethros yeah"
		JimKaplan says (to olethros), "Pitch it to Starz"
		JimKaplan asks, "Parnaxxus...is that a dragon pornstar name?"
		DavidW says, "A. Elves are teh evil."
		JimKaplan says, "Hmm...I don't really care which"
		Jacqueline says, "We could introduce internal race conflict by chosing C."
		olethros says, "half-orcs are not orcs"
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah, our bully is A, so I'm cool with that as well."
		JimKaplan says, "Arright, A."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "A" 		

Floyd | > I wondered where King Norbert was and why weren't his soldiers there
Floyd | to protect us.  I later learned that most of Daria was attacked that
Floyd | year.  The king really had his hands full.  I did the only thing I
Floyd | could think of.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I grabbed a sword to protect my friends and family.
Floyd | B: I went to the temple to tend the wounded.
Floyd | C: I looted the corpses.
Floyd | D: I hid in the basement of my house.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says (to olethros), "I totally read that in the voice of Worf."
		JimKaplan says, "King Norbert is a fucking wimp, that's why"
		JimKaplan says, "Just look at his name"
		JimKaplan says, "He probably spent most of his reign collecting ceramic figurines"
		Jacqueline says, "Man, this morning's been all about sterotypes."
		olethros says, "well, seems like it must be either A, B, or C here"
		Jacqueline asks, "Not D?"
		olethros says, "though the village corpses must have been poor fare"
		DavidW says, "I like A and C."
		JimKaplan) Jacqueline says (to JimKaplan), "Whoah, this is a side of you I haven't seen before"
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, we're 12. D seems not unreasonable. But it also seems like we'd get more lame stats."
		JimKaplan says, "I like C."
		JimKaplan says, "Emo troublemaker"
		JimKaplan says, "C or D seems best"
		Jacqueline says, "C is horrible but pragmatic. Fine."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > I looted both the villagers and the raiders.  They were dead and
Floyd | their belongings were there for the taking.  I even found an enchanted
Floyd | dagger on a dead elf.
Floyd | (Thievery +15, Gold +65 and Gained Enchanted Dagger)
Floyd |
Floyd | The elf raiders were ruthless.  Many people were killed and several
Floyd | buildings burned down.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: My parents were killed.
Floyd | B: I was very badly injured.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "ok, let's hope we find something useful in the corpses.."
		olethros says, "oh we did"
		Jacqueline says, "Enchanted dagger."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		JimKaplan says, "Gotta be honest, I'm not sure if we've actually started playing or if we're still deciding the backstory"
		olethros says, "ok, obviously A, unless we want to be mr crippled wizard"
		Jacqueline says, "A. Those losers."
		JimKaplan says, "A, sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I had mixed feelings.  My parents had been cruel and mean, but they
Floyd | were still my parents and now they were dead. It didn't go unnoticed
Floyd | to me that Prunella, the bully, was an elf, like the attackers.  It
Floyd | was just a mean spirited thought since Prunella had nothing to do with
Floyd | the raid.
Floyd |
Floyd | The attack changed everything, putting an end to my carefree days as a
Floyd | child.  I likely would have had a few more years of fun and innocence,
Floyd | but after the attack, I had to get a job and become an adult.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I moved into the temple orphanage.
Floyd | B: I got my own place and found a job.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Prunella was a mole, don't kid yourself, kid."
		JimKaplan says, "Wow, fairly self-aware on our own prejudices, are we"
		olethros says, "it's present day half-orc speaking"
		JimKaplan says, "Everything changed when the elf nation attacked"
		Jacqueline says (to o), "True. Half-orc hindsight is slightly better than 20-20"
		JimKaplan says, "Hm. I have no preference."
		olethros says, "maybe the temple gives mad skillz"
		Jacqueline asks, "So do we want to be all 'please, sir, may I have some more?' or should we get a pad of our own?"
		DavidW says, "I like B."
		JimKaplan says, "Like calling upon unholy spirits to rend the souls of our enemies? Sounds neat"
		Jacqueline says, "I like B as well"
		olethros says, "but B seems more like in character"
		JimKaplan says, "On the other hand, being a self-supporting entrepreneur is cool"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Life was hard, as a young adult, but I earned a living.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I apprenticed to the local blacksmith.
Floyd | B: I joined the town guard.
Floyd | C: I became a nature guide.
Floyd | D: I became an apprentice to a scribe.
Floyd | E: Actually, I did something else.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "I want C or D"
		olethros says, "I think that means ... E!"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh oh oh oh park ranger"
		olethros says, "sure, C"
		JimKaplan says, "D is more wizardly in terms of nerdiness, but C is more wizardly in terms of communing with the spirit world"
		Jacqueline says, "I have a lot of trouble believing that there'd be work for nature guides in this genre, to be honest."
		JimKaplan says, "True, everyone's a nature guide"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Exactly."
		DavidW asks, "This kid is destined to be a wizard regardless?"
		Binder says, "It's not guiding people to nature, it's guiding nature in to attack people."
		olethros says, "here's were my dad died .. and here you can still see the ichor stains from that elf's blood"
		JimKaplan says (to DW), "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Seems like it."
		Jacqueline says (to olethros), "Yay"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "C" 		

Floyd | > I was hired by priests, herbalists and healers to go into the woods
Floyd | to collect rare reagents.  I was also hired by people for hunting
Floyd | trips, fishing trips and general camping.  I traveled far and wide,
Floyd | but I kept returning to my village.
Floyd | (Body +3, Willpower +1, Geography +25, Nature, +30 and Gold +20)
Floyd |
Floyd | When I was fourteen, Prunella the bully, and some of her friends,
Floyd | cornered me in an alley. I thought that now that I was a nature guide,
Floyd | these types of things wouldn't happen.  Prunella didn't see it that
Floyd | way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I stood up for myself and fought them off. (Needs 30 Fighting and
Floyd | 30 Body)
Floyd | B: I talked them out of it. (Needs 35 Personality)
Floyd | C: I drew my magic dagger.
Floyd | D: Remember that dog I helped?  He came back and helped me fight them
Floyd | off.
Floyd | E: I got beaten up badly that day, but I vowed to get my revenge in
Floyd | the future.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Workin' on mah body"
		JimKaplan says, ""I thought that now I was a nature guide, these types of things wouldn't happen?" WTF"
		DavidW says, "See? Attack dog is here!"
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
		Jacqueline says, "Great line."
		olethros says, "ha ha"
		JimKaplan asks, "Are we a nature guide or a fucking crime boss?"
		Jacqueline says, "We're a fucking nature guide, that's what."
		JimKaplan says, "You know it"
		JimKaplan says, "OK, I say attack dog."
olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc nature guide.
Floyd | Age: 14
Floyd |   51% Good vs. 49% Evil
Floyd | Body: 38%
Floyd | Personality: 16%
Floyd | Willpower: 18%
Floyd | Fame: 0%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "So we could actually fight them I guess"
		Jacqueline asks, "Sword and magic helmet? I mean, magic dagger?"
olethros says (to Floyd), "A" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 0%
Floyd | Conjuration: 0%
Floyd | Divination: 0%
Floyd | Enchantment: 0%
Floyd | Healing: 15%
Floyd | Illusion: 0%
Floyd | Necromancy: 0%
Floyd | Summoning: 0%
Floyd | Transmutation: 0%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 0%
Floyd | Agriculture: 0%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 10%
Floyd | Economics: 0%
Floyd | Fighting: 42%
Floyd | Geography: 25%
Floyd | History: 0%
Floyd | Nature: 30%
Floyd | Religion: 0%
Floyd | Smithing: 0%
Floyd | Thievery: 25%
Floyd | Warcraft: 0%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Magic-shank 'em up"
		Jacqueline says, "Or yeah, attack dog is good too."
		olethros says, "yeah we can fuck them or attack dog them"
		DavidW says, "geez. Lots of stats."
		JimKaplan says, "magic dog"
olethros says (to Floyd), "C" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		Jacqueline says, "I'm good with whatever."
		DavidW asks, "How big is this game, anyway?"
		Jacqueline says, "Dunno"
olethros says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | I was hired by priests, herbalists and healers to go into the woods to
Floyd | collect rare reagents.  I was also hired by people for hunting trips,
Floyd | fishing trips and general camping.  I traveled far and wide, but I
Floyd | kept returning to my village.
Floyd | (Body +3, Willpower +1, Geography +25, Nature, +30 and Gold +20)
Floyd |
Floyd | When I was fourteen, Prunella the bully, and some of her friends,
Floyd | cornered me in an alley. I thought that now that I was a nature guide,
Floyd | these types of things wouldn't happen.  Prunella didn't see it that
Floyd | way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I stood up for myself and fought them off. (Needs 30 Fighting and
Floyd | 30 Body)
Floyd | B: I talked them out of it. (Needs 35 Personality)
Floyd | C: I drew my magic dagger.
Floyd | D: Remember that dog I helped?  He came back and helped me fight them
Floyd | off.
Floyd | E: I got beaten up badly that day, but I vowed to get my revenge in
Floyd | the future.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > They had me cornered, when suddenly the dog dove over my shoulder
Floyd | and landed right on Prunella. His teeth dug into her arm and bit
Floyd | deeply while Prunella screamed in pain and surprise.  After a few
Floyd | minutes, the dog let go.  Prunella and the other bullies ran away. I
Floyd | knew at that moment that I could form a special bond to this wonderful
Floyd | animal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Did I find my familiar that day?
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, I did.
Floyd | B: No, I didn't keep the dog.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan asks, "After a few minutes?"
		olethros says, "well"
		JimKaplan says, "That must have gotten monotonous"
		JimKaplan says, "Still, I like having a badass canine familiar"
		olethros asks, "we want the dog?"
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha minute of it latching on, mildly growling."
		Jacqueline says, "I want the dog, yeah"
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > So I named it:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Max
Floyd | B: Shadow
Floyd | C: Killer
Floyd | D: Fido
Floyd | E: Something else
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "FIDO"
		zarf says, "Prunella!"
		DavidW says, "Shadow"
		Jacqueline says, "Of COURSE we wait to name it for a few years."
		JimKaplan says, "Prunella Killa"
		zarf says, "you are what you eat"
		olethros says, ""Killah P""
		JimKaplan says, "Mr. Scruffy"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, Killah P"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > >Type Something

		JimKaplan says, "Or Prunilla Kazilla"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Killah P" 		

Floyd | Killah P never left my side.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're probably wondering when my magical training began.  I became a
Floyd | mighty wizard, after all, yet so far my story has been about my
Floyd | childhood.  I was fifteen years old when I left my job as a nature
Floyd | guide.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I stole a magic ring from a sorcerer who visited my village. (Needs
Floyd | 10 Thievery)
Floyd | B: I was going through my parents' belongings.
Floyd | C: I had seen enough magic in my life to know that I wanted to be a
Floyd | wizard.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "(RIP)"
		JimKaplan says, "Also Killah P is a French poodle"
		JimKaplan says, "An attack poodle"
		Jacqueline says (to Jim), "A French toy poodle."
olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc nature guide.
Floyd | Age: 15
Floyd |   51% Good vs. 49% Evil
Floyd | Body: 38%
Floyd | Personality: 16%
Floyd | Willpower: 18%
Floyd | Fame: 0%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Steal from sorcerer."
		Jacqueline says, "That makes the last scene that much better."
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 0%
Floyd | Conjuration: 0%
Floyd | Divination: 0%
Floyd | Enchantment: 0%
Floyd | Healing: 15%
Floyd | Illusion: 0%
Floyd | Necromancy: 0%
Floyd | Summoning: 0%
Floyd | Transmutation: 0%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 0%
Floyd | Agriculture: 0%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 10%
Floyd | Economics: 0%
Floyd | Fighting: 42%
Floyd | Geography: 25%
Floyd | History: 0%
Floyd | Nature: 30%
Floyd | Religion: 0%
Floyd | Smithing: 0%
Floyd | Thievery: 25%
Floyd | Warcraft: 0%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "I know, right."
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | Killah P never left my side.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're probably wondering when my magical training began.  I became a
Floyd | mighty wizard, after all, yet so far my story has been about my
Floyd | childhood.  I was fifteen years old when I left my job as a nature
Floyd | guide.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I stole a magic ring from a sorcerer who visited my village. (Needs
Floyd | 10 Thievery)
Floyd | B: I was going through my parents' belongings.
Floyd | C: I had seen enough magic in my life to know that I wanted to be a
Floyd | wizard.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "It would help if the stats were in alphabetical order"
		olethros says, "ok so we can do A"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, I kind of like it when stats we have show us things we can do, but otherwise we don't know we missed that choice, as opposed to having to look at our stats."
olethros says (to Floyd), "stats thievery" 		

Floyd | > Invalid selection
Floyd | A: I stole a magic ring from a sorcerer who visited my village. (Needs
Floyd | 10 Thievery)
Floyd | B: I was going through my parents' belongings.
Floyd | C: I had seen enough magic in my life to know that I wanted to be a
Floyd | wizard.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "I like magic rings, but I'm down with going through our parents' stuff."
		olethros says, "ok, why not"
		DavidW says, "I want the ring."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, fine. Get the ring."
		JimKaplan says, "Put that ring down, steal it and reverse it"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > He caught me right away which made me suspect that he used magic.
Floyd | He was surprisingly nice about the whole thing.  He said that I had
Floyd | likely been drawn to the ring due to my own potential talent to become
Floyd | a wizard.  He suggested that I go to the Academy to unlock this power.
Floyd | I decided to do as he suggested and he even let me keep the ring.
Floyd | (Gained Ruby Ring)
Floyd |
Floyd | I knew I needed a horse to get to the Academy.  It was in the royal
Floyd | city of Tornassa, many miles away.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I purchased a horse for 75 gold.  (Needs 75 Gold)
Floyd | B: So I stole a horse. (Needs 25 Thievery)
Floyd | C: I needed cash, so I decided to sell my enchanted dagger.
Floyd | D: I needed cash, so I decided to sell my ruby ring.
Floyd | E: I chose to borrow the money.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "but i suppose that having a prerequisite results in a probably more powerful result"
inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		JimKaplan says, "RIDE THE DOG"
		Jacqueline says, "We just decided it was a toy poodle, though."
		JimKaplan says, "Our attack poodle is a mighty steed"
		JimKaplan asks, "Anyway...I don't think we have the gold, do we?"
		olethros says, "well, we can easily steal a horse"
zarf says, "Okay must go buy food in real life" 		
zarf walks off through the wall; pale violet light flares briefly around him. 		olethros says, "thief-wizard!"
		JimKaplan says, "OK, steal I say"
		Jacqueline asks, "Do we know how much money we have?"
		DavidW says, "I think we must have the gold to have that option."
olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc nature guide.
Floyd | Age: 15
Floyd |   51% Good vs. 49% Evil
Floyd | Body: 38%
Floyd | Personality: 16%
Floyd | Willpower: 18%
Floyd | Fame: 0%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "I remember 65 gold from the looting"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Gold:  85
Floyd |
Floyd | INVENTORY:
Floyd | A magical ruby ring.
Floyd | An enchanted dagger.
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		JimKaplan says, "Oh, huh."
		olethros says, "ok, 85"
		Jacqueline says, "85, so yeah"
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | He caught me right away which made me suspect that he used magic.  He
Floyd | was surprisingly nice about the whole thing.  He said that I had
Floyd | likely been drawn to the ring due to my own potential talent to become
Floyd | a wizard.  He suggested that I go to the Academy to unlock this power.
Floyd | I decided to do as he suggested and he even let me keep the ring.
Floyd | (Gained Ruby Ring)
Floyd |
Floyd | I knew I needed a horse to get to the Academy.  It was in the royal
Floyd | city of Tornassa, many miles away.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I purchased a horse for 75 gold.  (Needs 75 Gold)
Floyd | B: So I stole a horse. (Needs 25 Thievery)
Floyd | C: I needed cash, so I decided to sell my enchanted dagger.
Floyd | D: I needed cash, so I decided to sell my ruby ring.
Floyd | E: I chose to borrow the money.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "yikes. That's almost all our gold."
		Jacqueline says, "So frugal."
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah, he's right."
		Jacqueline asks, "We could steal it, David. Would that make you sleep better?"
		JimKaplan says, "I like thievery"
		DavidW says, "If we steal from Prunella."
		JimKaplan says, "Just hide it under our shirt and no one will suspect a thing"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, that makes it okay then."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, B?"
		JimKaplan says, "B"
		Jacqueline says, "I am against B, but I'll go with it."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I made a short trip to a nearby village where I found a horse that I
Floyd | liked.  I snuck into the stables late one night.  It wasn't hard to
Floyd | take the animal out of its pen and pretend that it was my own when I
Floyd | returned home.
Floyd |
Floyd | I mounted up and left my village.  I didn't know it at the time, but
Floyd | my magic would end up greatly extending my mount's lifespan. I decided
Floyd | to name it:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Blaze
Floyd | B: Dash
Floyd | C: Spirit
Floyd | D: Prancer
Floyd | E: Something else
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "yeah, try to steal it."
		JimKaplan asks, "Rudolf?"
		JimKaplan asks, "Donkey?"
		Jacqueline says, "Please not Prancer."
		olethros says, "Dressager"
		DavidW says, "Lightning"
		JimKaplan asks, "What's the name of the protagonist of MLP?"
		Jacqueline says (to Romney), "No."
		Jacqueline says, "I like Lightning"
		Jacqueline asks, "MLP?"
		JimKaplan says, "My Little Pony"
		JimKaplan asks, "Friendshipia?"
		JimKaplan asks, "Twilight Sparkle?"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, yeah. I really like Twilight Sparkle."
		DavidW says, "Rainbow Spectacular"
		JimKaplan says, "I'll go with Twilight Sparkle or Rainbow Spectacular"
		JimKaplan says, "The Saturday Night Special is also cool with me"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "?"
		DavidW says, "Twilight Sparkle is fine"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > >Type Something

		JimKaplan says, "Arright, Twilight Sparkle"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Twilight Sparkle" 		

Floyd | Needless to say, Killah P, my dog, came with me.
Floyd |
Floyd | I had a nice little party before I left.  We had it in the newly
Floyd | rebuilt tavern since the old one had been burned down during the elf
Floyd | raid. I gave up the life of a nature guide and left for the Academy
Floyd | the next day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next Chapter

		JimKaplan says, "I'm liking these names"
		Jacqueline says, "I almost typed Twilight Sparklepants, but restrained myself."
		JimKaplan says, "Heh"
		JimKaplan says, "I was going to suggest Thank God It's Friday"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | The trip to Tornassa went well.  I spent the first day as a tourist,
Floyd | just looking at the sights.  King Norbert and Queen Audrey's castle
Floyd | was impressive.  I stared up at the towers, hoping to catch a glimpse
Floyd | of Prince Gareth, who was now 25, or Princess Emily, who was two years
Floyd | younger.  I didn't see any royalty that day.
Floyd |
Floyd | The next morning, I went to the Academy.  This was where all of the
Floyd | great mages learned their skills, including the royal advisor
Floyd | Fraledan.  The Academy was financed by the Mage's Guild, which was
Floyd | nice, since it meant I didn't have to pay anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | I stood at the entrance to the Academy, uncertain as to how to
Floyd | proceed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why have you come?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The voice came from a little old man sitting on a rock next to the
Floyd | doors leading into the Academy.  He was very small and his bald head
Floyd | made him seem vulnerable.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who are you?" I asked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am Master Durgan, the doorkeeper to the Academy.  Why have you
Floyd | come?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I told him that I wanted to learn magic.
Floyd | B: I told him that I wanted to learn Necromancy.
Floyd | C: I told him that I wanted to learn everything.
Floyd | D: I told him it was none of his business and to let me in.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "C"
		JimKaplan says, "Hey, Emly's in this game"
		Jacqueline says, "Still reading"
		DavidW asks, "Are we gonna have a royal threesome?"
		Jacqueline says, "C"
		JimKaplan says, ""I have come...to tell you I'm really glad my name isn't Durgan""
		JimKaplan says, "But yes, C"
		DavidW says, "C"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > He nodded wisely.  "A well-rounded education is important for a
Floyd | wizard.  Magical knowledge is important, but the other disciplines
Floyd | will be invaluable."
Floyd |
Floyd | He smiled warmly at me and led me to the testing chamber.
Floyd | (Arcana +5, Agriculture +5, Diplomacy +5, Economics +5, Geography +5,
Floyd | History +5, Religion +5, Smithing +5, Warcraft +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Durgan placed his hands on my head and concentrated.  After a
Floyd | few moments, he nodded his bald head in approval.  "Yes, the spark is
Floyd | within you.  Welcome to the Academy."
Floyd |
Floyd | I was given a room in the Academy, it had a bed, a desk and a chair.
Floyd | It was very sparse, but it was my own.  I was given a schedule of
Floyd | classes.  My training as a wizard had begun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although I learned many things at the Academy, my favourite class was:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Alchemy
Floyd | B: Conjuration
Floyd | C: Divination
Floyd | D: Enchantment
Floyd | E: Illusion
Floyd | F: Summoning
Floyd | G: Transmutation
Floyd | H: Something else
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Like Optimus Prime, the spark is within us"
		inky says, "H: Recess"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		JimKaplan says, "I like illusion"
		JimKaplan says, "Since we're already into thievery"
		DavidW says, "I like Alchemy"
		Jacqueline says, "Aw. But RECESS"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "You just want us to have more gold."
		Jacqueline says, "Which, yeah, can't fault you there."
		JimKaplan says, "H: Cheat codes"
		olethros says, "hm, I wonder what happens if we do H then. Hm."
		DavidW says, "No! I like acids and teas and magic paint and all sorts of stuff."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Okay!"
		Zach says, "Hmm, what about gym? We might be awesome at badminton."
		JimKaplan says, ""Acids" seems like it does not belong in that list DW"
		JimKaplan exclaims, "I like arts and crafts and ricin!"
		Jacqueline asks, "Can I please say H and type 'underwater basketweaving'?"
		olethros says, "not that kind of acids, JK"
		olethros says (to Jacqueline), "sure"
		JimKaplan says, "I still say Illusion"
		DavidW looks away from the computer.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "h" 		

Floyd | > I learned that Necromancy wasn't studied, it was considered an evil
Floyd | magic.  Healing also wasn't taught in a specific class, being
Floyd | considered mostly the domain of priests.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Healing was my true gift, even though it wasn't officially taught
Floyd | at the Academy.
Floyd | B: Necromancy was where true power lay.
Floyd | C: Actually, my favourite class WAS one of those others.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Also we have imaginary friends remember"
		olethros says, "aha"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, we don't get to enter it. Damn."
		JimKaplan says, "The POWER of IMAGINATION"
		Jacqueline says, "And I don't think there's an UNDO"
		Jacqueline says, "poop"
		JimKaplan says, "C is Undo"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, so it is."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Although I learned many things at the Academy, my favourite class
Floyd | was:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Alchemy
Floyd | B: Conjuration
Floyd | C: Divination
Floyd | D: Enchantment
Floyd | E: Illusion
Floyd | F: Summoning
Floyd | G: Transmutation
Floyd | H: Something else
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Imaginaaation....imaginaaaaaaashawn"
		Jacqueline asks, "So people liked A and E?"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm still for E"
		Jacqueline says, "I will go with E."
		olethros says, "E sounds ok"
		Jacqueline says, "That's a lot of Es. Sorry, DW."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > The creation of things that don't really exist.  An illusionist
Floyd | could make people see and hear anything they wanted to.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, I was pretty good at it.
Floyd | B: No, not Illusion.
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Conjuration isn't bad. Conjure up food at any time?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, good point."
		JimKaplan says, "I'll conjure my foot...up the asses of my enemies"
		olethros says, "if this is D&D, it's going to be attack spells"
		Jacqueline says, "But I think we need to move forward."
		Jacqueline says, "So I say A."
		JimKaplan says, "A"
		olethros says, "sure"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I was on the road to becoming an illusionist.
Floyd | (Illusion +30)
Floyd |
Floyd | My classes went well as I began to learn the arcane arts. It was a lot
Floyd | of work, reading ancient tomes and trying to force mystical energies
Floyd | to do as I wished.  I learned a little bit of everything that was
Floyd | taught during my time in the Academy.
Floyd | (Arcana +10, Alchemy +10, Conjuration +10, Divination +10, Enchantment
Floyd | +10, Illusion +10, Summoning +10, Transmutation +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I made a friend.  He was also a student.
Floyd | B: I made a friend.  She was also a student.
Floyd | C: I concentrated solely on my studies leaving me no time for
Floyd | socializing.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Hmm."
		olethros says, "forcing mystical energies to do as I wished was also my favourite fantasy .. err"
		Jacqueline says, "We have thus far been answering in the vein of C, but perhaps we will come out of our shell."
		JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "Yeah, I was thinking about that too"
		olethros says, "affirmative"
		Jacqueline says, "I say B."
		JimKaplan says, "My guess is the student will die or something"
		DavidW says, "Let's dally with someone with the key to the *special* laboratory."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Jim!"
		JimKaplan exclaims, "Good opportunity for tragedy!"
		JimKaplan says, "I say B"
		Jacqueline says, "meh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Her name was:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Marissa
Floyd | B: Brigitte
Floyd | C: Tessa
Floyd | D: Lucy
Floyd | E: Something else
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, of course we name her."
		Jacqueline says, "Of course we do."
		JimKaplan says, "Barbara"
		DavidW says, "We have the dog for future tragedy."
		Jacqueline says, "I like Tessa."
		JimKaplan says, "Esmerelda"
		DavidW says, "Tessa is good."
		JimKaplan says, "OK, Tessa."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Tessa was:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: A human.
Floyd | B: An elf.
Floyd | C: A dwarf.
Floyd | D: A halfling.
Floyd | E: A gnome.
Floyd | F: A half-orc.
Floyd | G: A half-elf.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline bangs her head on her laptop.
		JimKaplan says, "I hear you"
		JimKaplan says, "Apply desk to head. Repeat vigorously"
		Jacqueline asks, "An elf, for a twist?"
		JimKaplan asks, "What if Tessa's a half-breed elf?"
		JimKaplan asks, "Half-breed like us, but elf like our enemies?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, okay."
		DavidW says, "Tessa's hair was A: blonde and long-flowing B:blonde and short, ..."
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | > Racial diversity was even more prominent in the capital city of
Floyd | Tornassa, especially in the Academy. It seemed natural that a half-orc
Floyd | and a half-elf would be friends. I learned a lot about her culture.
Floyd | (Elf Faction +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | We met in Transmutation class.  We got to talking and it turned out
Floyd | that her big passion was:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Gardening
Floyd | B: Board games
Floyd | C: Sword fighting
Floyd | D: History
Floyd | E: Making toy soldiers.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan asks, "Is this a dating sim and I didn't realize it?"
		Jacqueline says, "We are just friends."
		DavidW says, "For now."
		Jacqueline says, "Women can be friends with other women without wanting to play swords with them."
		JimKaplan says, "Yeah, sure"
		JimKaplan says, "Though technically in this case it may be playing scabbards"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I want to see if there are Eurogames in this universe."
		DavidW says, "It's all fun and games until someone sits on the washing machine."
		JimKaplan says, "Oh dear Lord"
		Jacqueline asks, "B?"
		JimKaplan says, "Anyway, I say B or D"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I was introduced to all sorts of neat games.  Our favourite was one
Floyd | where we each had a kingdom and we had to advance our armies to take
Floyd | over duchies until one of us ruled the entire land.  It was a lot of
Floyd | fun.
Floyd | (Diplomacy +5, Warcraft +10, Body -1)
Floyd |
Floyd | My Summoning class was always interesting.  We learned to create
Floyd | protective circles and to bring forth all kinds of animals, demons and
Floyd | elementals from various planes.  It was important to keep control of
Floyd | the creatures that were summoned.  I had a really difficult Summoning
Floyd | assignment in my first year.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: That ruby ring gave me an advantage.
Floyd | B: I cheated by going into the woods and catching a rabbit. (Needs 10
Floyd | Nature)
Floyd | C: I cheated by using Killah P, my dog.
Floyd | D: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes.
Floyd | E: I didn't even bother to try.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "hee cheating"
		Jacqueline asks, "What? Boardgames lowers your body stats?"
		JimKaplan says, "Boardy stat"
		olethros says, "only slightly!"
		DavidW says, "A"
		Jacqueline says (to o), "True."
		JimKaplan says, "A seems the least costly"
		Jacqueline says, "I like A."
		JimKaplan says, "Other than dog"
		JimKaplan says, "So sure, A"
		olethros says, "ok"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > It had some sort of fire affinity Enchantment.  I found that I was
Floyd | able to access the plane of fire with much more ease than I should
Floyd | have.  I summoned a fire elemental and passed the assignment.
Floyd | Everyone was pretty impressed and it was a great boost to my
Floyd | confidence.
Floyd | (Personality +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | Tessa and I spent a lot of time together.  It was nice to have a
Floyd | friend at the Academy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: We liked to pull pranks on the teachers.
Floyd | B: We spent all our time studying.
Floyd | C: We liked to bully the other students.
Floyd | D: We started a business to earn some extra money.
Floyd | E: We volunteered in the school infirmary.
Floyd | F: We studied weaponry together.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "I say pranks"
		DavidW says, "D"
		Jacqueline says, "I like a lot of these."
		Jacqueline says, "B is nice."
		Jacqueline says, "E is nice."
		olethros says, "yeah, let's be superwizards with B"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm okay with superwizardry"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm okay with D."
		DavidW says, "I think the job would open up our contacts list."
		olethros asks, "is ALL the game multiple choice tests?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm not so keen on A."
		Jacqueline says (to o), "Yes"
		JimKaplan says, "A seems more in tune with our young self"
		JimKaplan says, "But admittedly we are growing as a person"
		DavidW says, "I'll go with B is that's what people want."
		Jacqueline asks, "When have we pulled pranks?"
		JimKaplan says, "Well, not pranks, but we've been mischievous"
		olethros says, "we were pragmatic"
		JimKaplan says, "Stealing stuff"
		JimKaplan says, "Sneaking around is a skill we have"
		JimKaplan says, "Also, illusion is great for pranks"
		Jacqueline says, "B is admittedly kind of introverted (AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT) but it seems like it could up our various wizard stats."
		olethros says, "I can roll a dice"
		Jacqueline says (to Jim), "Hm, true."
		JimKaplan says, "A and B I'd both be okay with"
		olethros says, "or .. a die"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure, roll a die."
		JimKaplan says, ""I'd both"...suddenly I'm two people."
		Jacqueline says, "You have this die nearby, I hope."
		JimKaplan asks, "I have a coin?"
		Jacqueline says, "Otherwise I'm going with B."
		olethros asks, "which choices?"
		JimKaplan says, "A and B"
		olethros asks, "A, B, D, E?"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's form a committee."
		JimKaplan says, "We need to convene the Senate before we can form a committee"
		JimKaplan says, "Which reminds me, we have to elect a Senate"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm about to type B."
		Jacqueline asks, "Is anyone going to stop me?"
		JimKaplan says, "OK, do B"
		JimKaplan says, "Let's keep it rolling"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > It was good to have a study partner since the material we were
Floyd | learning was very difficult.
Floyd | (Arcana +1, Alchemy +1, Conjuration +1, Divination +1, Enchantment +1,
Floyd | Illusion +1, Summoning +1, Transmutation +1, Body -3)
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the new subjects that we had to study at the Academy was
Floyd | Arcana.  This included everything from the theory of magic to magical
Floyd | artifacts.  We learned about the nature of reality and how our
Floyd | mystical energies were able to change the very fabric of existence.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: It was tremendously exciting and I was an apt pupil.
Floyd | B: A fifth year student sold me a potion that helped me to concentrate
Floyd | better in class.
Floyd | C: I had trouble sitting still through the long lectures.  I wasn't
Floyd | much of a bookworm.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "man that was weak"
		olethros says, "just +1 to everything for -3 body"
		JimKaplan says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Studying and playing board games is making us fat."
		JimKaplan says, "Or skinny"
		JimKaplan says, "Both are antibody"
		Jacqueline says (to Jim), "Sorry, perhaps I was projecting."
		JimKaplan (to Jacq) (
		Jacqueline says (to Jim), "zomg your eyes"
		JimKaplan says, "Heh"
		JimKaplan says, "Anyway, I'm not interested in being a poor student"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm in favor of concentrating better in class"
		DavidW asks, "A then?"
		Jacqueline says, "Don't do B. Just say no, kids."
		Jacqueline says, "I like A."
		JimKaplan says, "I'm OK with A"
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > My teachers were happy to see how enthusiastic I was about learning
Floyd | everything.  I spent many hours studying Arcana and reading extra
Floyd | books on the subject.
Floyd | (Arcana +20, Body -5)
Floyd |
Floyd | It was in my second year at the Academy that I had my big Divination
Floyd | test.  We were given a blank piece of paper and told to write down the
Floyd | answer.  Our task was to use our magic to divine what the question
Floyd | was.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I begged my teacher for a hint and she eventually helped me. (Needs
Floyd | 35 Personality)
Floyd | B: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes.
Floyd | C: I didn't even bother to try.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "There goes our bod again."
		Jacqueline asks, "Can we do A?"
		DavidW says, "C"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc student.
Floyd | Age: 16
Floyd |   51% Good vs. 49% Evil
Floyd | Body: 29%
Floyd | Personality: 19%
Floyd | Willpower: 18%
Floyd | Fame: 0%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "I prefer our other magic not to suffer"
		Jacqueline says, "Personality is 19%"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		JimKaplan says, "Shame"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm willing to flunk rather than let other magic skills suffer"
		Jacqueline says, "I would prefer that as well, but I think we should go with B."
		Jacqueline asks (of Jim), "Really?"
		Jacqueline says, "Huh"
		Jacqueline asks, "What do other people think?"
		JimKaplan says, "In fairness I'm not sure what our magic stats are"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | Morgana, a half-orc student.
Floyd | Age: 16
Floyd |   51% Good vs. 49% Evil
Floyd | Body: 29%
Floyd | Personality: 19%
Floyd | Willpower: 18%
Floyd | Fame: 0%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 11%
Floyd | Conjuration: 11%
Floyd | Divination: 11%
Floyd | Enchantment: 11%
Floyd | Healing: 15%
Floyd | Illusion: 41%
Floyd | Necromancy: 0%
Floyd | Summoning: 11%
Floyd | Transmutation: 11%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 36%
Floyd | Agriculture: 5%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 20%
Floyd | Economics: 5%
Floyd | Fighting: 42%
Floyd | Geography: 30%
Floyd | History: 5%
Floyd | Nature: 30%
Floyd | Religion: 5%
Floyd | Smithing: 5%
Floyd | Thievery: 25%
Floyd | Warcraft: 15%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Other than illusion, we seem pretty mediocre anyway"
		JimKaplan says, "So I guess I'm ok with studying at the expense of other classes"
		Jacqueline says, "Our Arcana is also good."
		JimKaplan says, "True"
		Jacqueline says, "And because we kicked someone in the shins when we were, like, seven, we have good fighting."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "So, B?" 		

Floyd | My teachers were happy to see how enthusiastic I was about learning
Floyd | everything.  I spent many hours studying Arcana and reading extra
Floyd | books on the subject.
Floyd | (Arcana +20, Body -5)
Floyd |
Floyd | It was in my second year at the Academy that I had my big Divination
Floyd | test.  We were given a blank piece of paper and told to write down the
Floyd | answer.  Our task was to use our magic to divine what the question
Floyd | was.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I begged my teacher for a hint and she eventually helped me. (Needs
Floyd | 35 Personality)
Floyd | B: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes.
Floyd | C: I didn't even bother to try.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Oops, ILAC."
		Jacqueline asks, "But yeah, B?"
		JimKaplan says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline asks, "David, are you still here? Others?"
		JimKaplan says, "I wonder if we'll actually take a hit on stats or if they'll just grow slower"
		DavidW says, "fine"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I divined that the question was: "What was the teacher's favourite
Floyd | number?"  It was 7.  I wrote that down and passed the test.
Floyd | (Willpower +3, Alchemy -2, Conjuration -2, Divination +12, Enchantment
Floyd | -2, Illusion -2, Summoning -2, Transmutation -2)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Academy was filled with young men and women who were filled with
Floyd | young hopes and dreams.  Despite the fact that we were studying
Floyd | knowledge that seemed better suited to older people, we still acted
Floyd | like kids sometimes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I met an attractive girl in my second year.
Floyd | B: I met a handsome boy in my second year.
Floyd | C: I didn't have time for such thoughts.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "The number they're thinking of is always seven"
		inky says, "oh, that was a divination test? weird"
		JimKaplan says, "Also, yeah, I guess we took a hit"
		olethros says, "no"
		olethros says, "gained +3 overall"
		JimKaplan says, "The magic skills went down"
		olethros says, "and to a primary stat"
		JimKaplan says, "My concern was largely with the magic skills, but anyway."
		olethros says, "div + 12, all other mag skills -12 total"
		JimKaplan asks, "Do we get our booty thang on?"
		JimKaplan asks, "Or whatever the kids call it these days?"
		inky says, "of course"
		olethros says, "so we are hot on divination and illusion at the moment"
		JimKaplan says, "I assume it will boost personality"
		olethros says, "it boosted willpower, do try and pay attention"
		DavidW says, "yuck. This study style sucks."
		JimKaplan says (to olethros), "No, getting our booty thang on"
		Jacqueline says, "I am finding this an odd reaction, but I wish we didn't get a choice here, either."
		JimKaplan says, "Though I guess good willpower is required to effectively get one's booty thang on"
		Jacqueline says, "Like, you become attracted to this person and you don't get to chose because you can't fight it."
		JimKaplan says (to Jacqueline), "It is a bit of an odd educational system we seem to be experiencing"
		JimKaplan says, "I have no preference at this point"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm sort of running out of energy to invest in these choices"
		Jacqueline says, "I think this is the focus of the game, at university, as the title is Way Walkers: University. It's by J. Leigh, by the way."
		DavidW says, "I wonder if the entire game is gonna feel like it's in pre-game mode."
		Jacqueline says, "So, we don't have a preference, but we know we want to have a relationship. I'm asking maga to flip a coin. Heads it's A."
		Jacqueline says, "And it's heads."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Her name was:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Amanda
Floyd | B: Jill
Floyd | C: Julie
Floyd | D: Rosie
Floyd | E: Something else
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "OK."
		DavidW says, "Let's have a boy this time. It's been all girls so far."
		Jacqueline says, "oops"
		JimKaplan says, "More with the names"
		DavidW says, "damnit"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry. Was trying to move us along."
		JimKaplan says, "Call her International Airport"
		Jacqueline asks (of Jim), "?"
		JimKaplan says, "I dunno, I just want silly names now"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's name her Fascination."
		DavidW asks (of JK), "Have you heard of the Adorable Care Plan?"
		JimKaplan says (to Jacqueline), "That sounds like a perfume"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		inky says, "you could call her Fred"
		JimKaplan says (to DavidW), "An acquaintance of my aunt's was named Government Car"
		Jacqueline asks (of inky), "Like in Angel?"
		JimKaplan says (to inky), "Or Romanadvoratrelundar"
		DavidW says (to JK), "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "We could just call her Generic Love Interest"
		JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "YES."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > >Type Something

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Generic Love Interest" 		

Floyd | Generic Love Interest was:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: A human.
Floyd | B: An elf.
Floyd | C: A dwarf.
Floyd | D: A halfling.
Floyd | E: A gnome.
Floyd | F: A half-orc.
Floyd | G: A half-elf.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "NOOOOO"
		olethros says, "random"
		JimKaplan sobs silently
		JimKaplan says, "Halfling."
		maga says, "pssh, everyone knows Generic is a boy's name"
		olethros says, "RNG gave: half-elf"
		JimKaplan says, "For the image of giant gruff half-orc getting it on with a cutesy halfling"
		Jacqueline asks, "I used the random number generator, and it said G. Cool?"
		JimKaplan says, "Fine."
		DavidW says, "Generic Love Interest has a tattoo on his/her: A: throat, B: chest, C: left arm, ..."
		olethros says, "hey, so did my RNG. Awesome."
		JimKaplan says, "Generic Love Interest's shoe size is..."
		Jacqueline asks (of olethros), "BUT HOW CAN THEY BOTH BE RANDOM?"
		Jacqueline says, "<j/k>"
inky says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | > I found myself thinking about her eyes while meditating in
Floyd | Divination class, or wondering what it would be like to kiss her lips
Floyd | when I should have been practicing my conjuring.
Floyd | (Personality +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | A: We started dating.
Floyd | B: But it never really amounted to anything.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Generic Love Interest's *favorite* shoe size is"
		JimKaplan says, "Kiss her lips? That's vanilla."
		Jacqueline says, "We went to all this trouble, we *must* date her."
		JimKaplan says, "Yeah, date the fuck out of that girl"
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > It was a romantic place to court someone.  We spent nights in the
Floyd | diviner's tower, watching the stars, and we spent days watching the
Floyd | illusionists practice their craft.  There was always something
Floyd | interesting to do or to see. In a city as big as Tornassa, a half-orc
Floyd | dating a half-elf didn't turn that many heads. I found her pointed
Floyd | ears very appealing.
Floyd | (Elf Faction +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | I really enjoyed her company.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: We slept together in her room nearly every night.
Floyd | B: Our relationship remained chaste, we did no more than kiss.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Or fuck the date out of her, whichever"
		olethros says, "time for a cold shower, JK"
		Jacqueline says (to olethros), "Agreed."
		JimKaplan says (to olethros), "Cold showers are a turn-on for me"
		JimKaplan says, "So i'm damned if I do and damned if I don't"
		Jacqueline asks, "Why am I not surprised?"
		olethros says, "have fun then"
		olethros says, "bye bye"
		JimKaplan says, "I say chastity"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, now I'm surprised."
		JimKaplan says, "Hmm, we have an ear fetish"
		Jacqueline says, "But I also agree."
		Jacqueline says, "I say we kiss those pointy ears and nothing else."
		JimKaplan says, "I think we have body image issues"
		JimKaplan says, "Given that we're a half-breed and nerdy"
		JimKaplan says, "Kind of"
		maga says, "this channel is particularly disturbing today"
		Jacqueline cackles.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > We were a nice couple, we did fun things together, but we spent our
Floyd | nights in our own rooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | My Alchemy class included a lot of memorization.  I had to know what
Floyd | each ingredient did, how they reacted to each other and what type of
Floyd | incantations would make the potions stable.  There was a very
Floyd | difficult project that year.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I borrowed a potion from Tessa, handing it in as my own.
Floyd | B: I stole the recipe from the teacher's desk.  (Needs 20 Thievery)
Floyd | C: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes.
Floyd | D: I didn't even bother to try.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "B."
		Jacqueline says, "Sometimes it's best to read #clubfloyd without actually being in the room to read the game text, yeah."
		inky says, "hmm"
		JimKaplan says, "A lot of this could be interpreted as us actually discussing our lives and tastes, yeah"
		inky says, "I wonder what the difference is between B and D skill-wise"
		JimKaplan says, "D is I think just alchemy suffers"
		inky says, "or A and B and D, I guess"
		JimKaplan says, "B might increase thievery"
		DavidW says, "I don't like any of these choices."
		Jacqueline laughs. It *is* more fun when you read back over our stuff without the context.
		inky says, "hmm"
		JimKaplan says, "Insofar as magic goes, I prefer to stick to Divination and Illusion"
		JimKaplan asks, "We have to be bad at some things, right?"
		JimKaplan says, "Though I guess willpower would suffer as well."
		inky says, "I assume if you get like seven of these that boost one by +12 and the others by -2, you'll net out at +0 over the years"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm thinking eventually we may get caught stealing."
		JimKaplan says (to Jacqueline), "Is the stealing random, though"
		DavidW says, "Divination and Illusion are very poor schools of magic. We're gonna be hopeless."
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, that would be interesting."
		JimKaplan says, "Stealth + illusion = awesome"
		Jacqueline says, "True"
		JimKaplan says, "Divination = see in dark"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, B?"
		maga says (to DW), "you're thinking in D&D terms, man"
		JimKaplan says (to maga), "So is this game, sort of"
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "This game has that spraypainted all over it"
		JimKaplan says, "Anyway, I stand by B"
		olethros says, "i think that we always gain more if we leverage our own skills"
		olethros says, "so B"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > The potion was much easier to brew, with the teacher's own recipe.
Floyd | I had to bite my tongue when the teacher said that my potion was
Floyd | uninspired and lacked creativity, but at least I passed.
Floyd | (Thievery +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | There was a terrible accident in my transformations class at the
Floyd | beginning of my third year.  We were taking turns working on a
Floyd | standard spell when a young red-haired boy's magic went wild.  The
Floyd | walls turned translucent and then shiny, as the brick turned to glass.
Floyd | A loud crack silenced everyone in the room but there was no time to
Floyd | think before the roof came crashing down upon us.  Many students were
Floyd | badly injured from flying glass and falling stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I was able to help a lot. (Needs 20 Healing)
Floyd | B: I was able to help a little bit. (Needs 10 Healing)
Floyd | C: I tried to help. (Needs 1 Healing)
Floyd | D: I chose not to help anyone
Floyd |

		JimKaplan asks, "What's our healing stat?"
		maga says, "aww, and here I was hoping that all the sexing you're going on about meant that it was sort of Monsterhearts High-Fantasy"
		JimKaplan says, "We got some from the nature guide thing"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc student.
Floyd | Age: 17
Floyd |   51% Good vs. 49% Evil
Floyd | Body: 29%
Floyd | Personality: 22%
Floyd | Willpower: 21%
Floyd | Fame: 0%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 9%
Floyd | Conjuration: 9%
Floyd | Divination: 23%
Floyd | Enchantment: 9%
Floyd | Healing: 15%
Floyd | Illusion: 39%
Floyd | Necromancy: 0%
Floyd | Summoning: 9%
Floyd | Transmutation: 9%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 36%
Floyd | Agriculture: 5%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 20%
Floyd | Economics: 5%
Floyd | Fighting: 42%
Floyd | Geography: 30%
Floyd | History: 5%
Floyd | Nature: 30%
Floyd | Religion: 5%
Floyd | Smithing: 5%
Floyd | Thievery: 35%
Floyd | Warcraft: 15%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		Jacqueline says, "A young red-haired boy's magic went wild in our university class? Someone call JK."
		JimKaplan says, "Speaking."
		Binder snorts.
		JimKaplan says, "And by "magic" I assume we're using a euphemism."
		Binder says, "Healing 15% whee"
		JimKaplan says, "So B is an option."
		Jacqueline says, "This is reminding me of the Harry Potter Puppet Pals episode where Snape writes in his diary about how Weasly vomits a rainbow."
		olethros says, "yeah, let's boost healing"
		Jacqueline says, "ok"
		maga says (to JimKaplan), "a euphemism for friendship, I hope"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | The potion was much easier to brew, with the teacher's own recipe.  I
Floyd | had to bite my tongue when the teacher said that my potion was
Floyd | uninspired and lacked creativity, but at least I passed.
Floyd | (Thievery +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | There was a terrible accident in my transformations class at the
Floyd | beginning of my third year.  We were taking turns working on a
Floyd | standard spell when a young red-haired boy's magic went wild.  The
Floyd | walls turned translucent and then shiny, as the brick turned to glass.
Floyd | A loud crack silenced everyone in the room but there was no time to
Floyd | think before the roof came crashing down upon us.  Many students were
Floyd | badly injured from flying glass and falling stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I was able to help a lot. (Needs 20 Healing)
Floyd | B: I was able to help a little bit. (Needs 10 Healing)
Floyd | C: I tried to help. (Needs 1 Healing)
Floyd | D: I chose not to help anyone
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says (to maga), "Well, friendship *is* magic"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I knew a little about Healing and I was able to help a few students
Floyd | with their wounds.  Unfortunately, one student still died in the
Floyd | accident, although it was still a good thing I was there.
Floyd | (Mage Guild +10, Healing +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | I remember the day I had a knock on my door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: It turned out to be a mistake.  They were at the wrong door.
Floyd |

		Binder says, "Nice option list."
		JimKaplan asks, "Um, what?"
		olethros says, "wtf"
		Binder exclaims, "Defiantly choose Z!"
		Jacqueline says, "We have been complaining about having too many choices, people."
		JimKaplan says, "World's shortest choose-your-own adventure, am I right"
		Jacqueline asks, "Now the game rewards us, and we are all WTF?"
		Binder says, "I haven't been complaining about anything."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I felt very lonely.
Floyd | (Personality -5)
Floyd |
Floyd | My Conjuration class was very practical.  We learned to throw fire and
Floyd | create magical shields for combat casting and dueling.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I still won my share of duels since I knew how to fight. (Needs 25
Floyd | Fighting)
Floyd | B: I still won my share of duels since I was very strong. (Needs 35
Floyd | Body)
Floyd | C: I used the ruby ring.
Floyd | D: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes.
Floyd | E: I didn't even bother to try.
Floyd |

		Binder says, "I love everything."
		JimKaplan says, "WHAT"
		Jacqueline says, "ha. That was awesome."
		olethros says, "we had no friends, hence no choice!"
Binder asks, "Fighting" 		JimKaplan says, "Jesus Louisus"
Binder ilac 		
olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc student.
Floyd | Age: 17
Floyd |   51% Good vs. 49% Evil
Floyd | Body: 29%
Floyd | Personality: 17%
Floyd | Willpower: 21%
Floyd | Fame: 0%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog
Floyd | My horse named Twilight Sparkle
Floyd |
Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend
Floyd | - a half-elf named Tessa, a friend I met in the academy.
Floyd |
Floyd | FACTIONS:
Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 10
Floyd | Royal Family: 0
Floyd | Elves: -40
Floyd | Dwarves: 0
Floyd | Orcs: -5
Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0
Floyd | Mage Guild: 10
Floyd | Fighter Guild: 0
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Wow, yeah, we're total pariahs"
		maga says, "Jacq is unable to explain what just happened because she is laughing too hard"
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		Binder says, "Fighting is 42%, though"
		JimKaplan says, "Admittedly I'm feeling short of breath myself"
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | I felt very lonely.
Floyd | (Personality -5)
Floyd |
Floyd | My Conjuration class was very practical.  We learned to throw fire and
Floyd | create magical shields for combat casting and dueling.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I still won my share of duels since I knew how to fight. (Needs 25
Floyd | Fighting)
Floyd | B: I still won my share of duels since I was very strong. (Needs 35
Floyd | Body)
Floyd | C: I used the ruby ring.
Floyd | D: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes.
Floyd | E: I didn't even bother to try.
Floyd |

		maga says, "FINE"
		JimKaplan asks, "Isn't throwing fire evocation?"
maga arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Binder says, "yay we conjured maga"
		JimKaplan says (to maga), "We were given only one choice, and then punished for that choice."
		inky says, "hmm"
		olethros says, "ring of course"
		maga exclaims (at JimKaplan), "life is often like this!"
		JimKaplan says (to maga), "But...but..."
		inky says, "I had thought maybe this game didn't show options you couldn't do, but that doesn't seem to be correct"
		olethros asks, "> LIVE: Y/N ?"
		DavidW says, "I wish we had opened that business with Tessa when we could."
		JimKaplan says, "I say ring"
		DavidW says, "yeah, ring here."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > My ruby ring made casting fire spells so much easier.  During the
Floyd | school duels, I was able to cast fire bolts so quickly that few could
Floyd | stand before me.  My teacher never suspected that I was using an
Floyd | enchanted ring.
Floyd | (Conjuration +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | I was beginning to learn that the Academy was a very dangerous place.
Floyd | I had made it to my fourth year, but I was becoming less concerned
Floyd | with the graduation rate and more ill at ease with the survival rate.
Floyd | Another accident took place in my Summoning class.  Some student had
Floyd | found access to the Archmage's personal library and learned a spell
Floyd | they couldn't control.  I filed that thought away for later.  The idea
Floyd | that extra powerful tomes were kept apart was very interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spell began normally as the student made the necessary gestures
Floyd | and said the needed magic words.  Unfortunately, he missed a key
Floyd | component to the spell and the snakes he summoned were out of his
Floyd | control.  To make matters worst, they were poisonous and extremely
Floyd | aggressive.  They immediately began to attack everyone in sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I commanded the snakes to follow my orders. (Needs 30 Willpower)
Floyd | B: I grabbed a chair and fought the snakes. (Needs 30 Fighting)
Floyd | C: I fried them all with conjured lightning. (Needs 25 Conjuration)
Floyd | D: Several of the snakes bit me.
Floyd |

		inky says, "ha ha"
		Binder says, "yay cheating"
		JimKaplan says, "E: Speak Parseltongue"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc student.
Floyd | Age: 18
Floyd |   51% Good vs. 49% Evil
Floyd | Body: 29%
Floyd | Personality: 17%
Floyd | Willpower: 21%
Floyd | Fame: 0%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 9%
Floyd | Conjuration: 19%
Floyd | Divination: 23%
Floyd | Enchantment: 9%
Floyd | Healing: 25%
Floyd | Illusion: 39%
Floyd | Necromancy: 0%
Floyd | Summoning: 9%
Floyd | Transmutation: 9%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 36%
Floyd | Agriculture: 5%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 20%
Floyd | Economics: 5%
Floyd | Fighting: 42%
Floyd | Geography: 30%
Floyd | History: 5%
Floyd | Nature: 30%
Floyd | Religion: 5%
Floyd | Smithing: 5%
Floyd | Thievery: 35%
Floyd | Warcraft: 15%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Willpower too low"
		inky says, "anyway, I note that in that case, it appears that you got a conjuration boost despite cheating"
		Jacqueline exclaims (at JK), "Yes, Parseltongue!"
		JimKaplan says, "We can only fight them or get bitten, it seems"
		Jacqueline says, "Our fight is good."
		DavidW says, "For pities sake! WHY all the stats checking? I can't read without the story scrolling off!"
		inky says, "hmm"
		JimKaplan says, "Because there are too many stats"
		maga exclaims (at inky), "just like Harry Potter!"
		inky says (to maga), "ha ha"
		inky says, "I guess this game would have a better UI if the choices indicated whether you could take them or not"
		Jacqueline says, "I say we fight."
		DavidW asks, "And you have to check every frickin' turn?"
		olethros says, "5 points for stupiddor"
		JimKaplan says, "I shall endeavor to remember"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Yeah"
olethros says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd | > Invalid selection
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "I prefer fighting to getting bitten by snakes"
		Jacqueline says, "Or didn't offer them to you if you couldn't have them, just like in LIFE"
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd | My ruby ring made casting fire spells so much easier.  During the
Floyd | school duels, I was able to cast fire bolts so quickly that few could
Floyd | stand before me.  My teacher never suspected that I was using an
Floyd | enchanted ring.
Floyd | (Conjuration +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | I was beginning to learn that the Academy was a very dangerous place.
Floyd | I had made it to my fourth year, but I was becoming less concerned
Floyd | with the graduation rate and more ill at ease with the survival rate.
Floyd | Another accident took place in my Summoning class.  Some student had
Floyd | found access to the Archmage's personal library and learned a spell
Floyd | they couldn't control.  I filed that thought away for later.  The idea
Floyd | that extra powerful tomes were kept apart was very interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spell began normally as the student made the necessary gestures
Floyd | and said the needed magic words.  Unfortunately, he missed a key
Floyd | component to the spell and the snakes he summoned were out of his
Floyd | control.  To make matters worst, they were poisonous and extremely
Floyd | aggressive.  They immediately began to attack everyone in sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I commanded the snakes to follow my orders. (Needs 30 Willpower)
Floyd | B: I grabbed a chair and fought the snakes. (Needs 30 Fighting)
Floyd | C: I fried them all with conjured lightning. (Needs 25 Conjuration)
Floyd | D: Several of the snakes bit me.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Admittedly this is a personal preference"
		olethros says, "hm"
		olethros says, "maybe we can check a single stat"
		Binder says, "Needs a dual screen UI"
olethros says (to Floyd), "stat willpower" 		

Floyd | > Invalid selection
Floyd | A: I commanded the snakes to follow my orders. (Needs 30 Willpower)
Floyd | B: I grabbed a chair and fought the snakes. (Needs 30 Fighting)
Floyd | C: I fried them all with conjured lightning. (Needs 25 Conjuration)
Floyd | D: Several of the snakes bit me.
Floyd |

		inky says (to JimKaplan), "ha ha"
olethros says (to Floyd), "willpower" 		

Floyd | > Invalid selection
Floyd | A: I commanded the snakes to follow my orders. (Needs 30 Willpower)
Floyd | B: I grabbed a chair and fought the snakes. (Needs 30 Fighting)
Floyd | C: I fried them all with conjured lightning. (Needs 25 Conjuration)
Floyd | D: Several of the snakes bit me.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Wouldn't run in Floyd then, I'm afraid."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm betting the actual game does have that."
		JimKaplan says, "Maybe getting bitten by snakes builds character"
		Jacqueline says, "B, please"
		maga says, "maybe we're looking at this all wrong! maybe snakebite will make us popular and competent"
		DavidW asks, "er, 'actual game'? What?"
		Binder says (to Jacqueline), "I actually had a dream that Floyd grew multiple channels specifically for the purpose of better client integration but mostly people used it to be snarky across several conduits."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Well, I mean the browser-based version, not this conversion that's been done."
		maga says, "it worked for Steve Irwin, temporarily"
		inky says (to Binder), "ha ha"
		JimKaplan says, "I say B"
		JimKaplan says, "Any objections"
		Jacqueline says, "No"
		JimKaplan says, "The other option is being eaten by snakes"
		JimKaplan says, "OK"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I grabbed the closest thing I could find, a chair, and began to
Floyd | fight the snakes.  They fell, one at a time, and nobody was seriously
Floyd | injured.  After a few minutes, their corpses disappeared, returned to
Floyd | where they had come from.
Floyd | (Fame +1, Mage Guild +15, Fighting +15)
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone congratulated me on my heroism.  I don't know how poisonous
Floyd | their venom was.  I was just glad that I wasn't bitten.
Floyd |
Floyd | My Enchantment exam was very interesting.  The Academy hired a man
Floyd | from a nearby town for us to work our magic on.  He stood at the front
Floyd | of the class and we were told to use our enchanting spells to make him
Floyd | do what we wanted.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I bribed him 100 gold to do what I told him to do. (Needs 100 Gold)
Floyd | B: I cheated by flirting with the man.  He was putty in my hands.
Floyd | (Needs 30 Personality)
Floyd | C: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes.
Floyd | D: I didn't even bother to try.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "...this seems like a human rights violation of some kind"
		maga asks, "question: if you kill a legless foe, does it really 'fall'?"
		Binder says, "Yeah, they should have used an elf."
		JimKaplan says, "My Grown-Up Pony: Flirting is Magic"
		maga says (to JimKaplan), "enh, muggles aren't really human"
		Jacqueline says, "I am starting to wonder if this is nothing but loosely-connected vingettes, or if there will eventually be some great challenge that comes our way."
		JimKaplan says, "we don't have enough personality."
		JimKaplan says, "Also, neither does our character."
		Jacqueline says, "Nor gold."
		JimKaplan says, "BAM"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "I say C."
		inky says, "I think we should blow off this one"
		Jacqueline says, "But."
		JimKaplan says, "I like blowing off."
		Jacqueline says, "But."
		Jacqueline says, "But. But."
		JimKaplan says, "Also, we shouldn't try."
		inky says, "well, if we pick C, it'll lower our illusion and divination skills"
		inky says, "(I assume)"
		Jacqueline says, "This is totally against my personality, but I think you two are probably right."
		Jacqueline says, "Go ahead, be a slacker."
		olethros says, "anyway, this does not make sense"
		JimKaplan says, "The downside is our willpower will either go down or disproprtionately not go up"
		olethros says, "yes"
		Binder cheers unenergetically.
		olethros says, "let's willpowerit"
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > I don't think he even knew I was casting since he just stood there,
Floyd | looking back at me.
Floyd | (Willpower -3)
Floyd |
Floyd | I remember that fateful day in my fourth year when all classes were
Floyd | cancelled.  Good King Norbert had died, Prince Gareth, who was 28
Floyd | years old at the time, was to be our new king.  All of the wizards of
Floyd | the Academy gathered for the coronation ceremony.  The royal wizard,
Floyd | Fraledan, smiled at the students from his place of honor near the
Floyd | prince and princess.  He held his gnarled wooden staff in his hands
Floyd | and smiled through his thick white beard.
Floyd |
Floyd | King Norbert's widow, Queen Audrey, looked very sad, she had obviously
Floyd | loved her husband very much. Princess Emily looked very sad as well.
Floyd | Her lightly curled brown hair lay across her shoulders and her deep
Floyd | brown eyes had a shine to them that showed she had been crying.
Floyd | Prince Gareth seemed eager to assume the crown, his dark gaze never
Floyd | left the official who was conducting the coronation.  After the
Floyd | ceremony, the festivities began.  I saw Archmage Lacius sitting with
Floyd | Fraledan for most of the celebration. Ciel, Lacius' familiar, was
Floyd | nowhere to be seen.  The raven was likely flying high in the sky and
Floyd | out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: My accomplishments had become known to a few nobles. (Needs 1 Fame)
Floyd | B: I watched Princess Emily.  She was very beautiful.
Floyd | C: I watched our newly appointed ruler, King Gareth, he was very
Floyd | handsome.
Floyd | D: I sat with my fellow students and enjoyed the festivities.
Floyd |

		inky says, "oops, you're right"
		olethros says, "yup, we lost the willpower"
		inky says, "here's a chance to check out a guy"
		JimKaplan says, "Thick white beard"
		inky says, "although he seems like he might be a bad guy"
		JimKaplan asks, "I assume Fraledan is gay and this is his stupid white wife?"
		olethros asks, "ok, A?"
		JimKaplan says, "Sure, A"
		inky asks, "oh, we have some fame?"
		olethros says, "from killing SNAKES"
		JimKaplan says, "We have 1 fame from fighting the snakes"
		inky says, "I guess that seems like the option to take if we do"
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I was the center of attention and many important people dropped by
Floyd | to say hello. I was even given a gift by one of them.  It was a
Floyd | beautifully enchanted ring to enhance the bravery I had already shown.
Floyd | (Diplomacy +10, Gained Ring of Courage)
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone was sad that King Norbert had died, he had been a good king.
Floyd | We all had great hopes for our new monarch, King Gareth.  The Kingdom
Floyd | of Daria waited in eager anticipation to see what kind of king he
Floyd | would be.
Floyd |
Floyd | My Illusion teacher took the occasion to implement a unique type of
Floyd | test.  Our class gathered that night to cast entertainments into the
Floyd | sky for everyone to enjoy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I created a spectacle of lights and sounds that was talked about
Floyd | for years.
Floyd | B: I made up a fake cultural reason to get out of doing it. (Needs 20
Floyd | Geography)
Floyd | C: I cheated by making a special mixture using fertilizer. (Needs 20
Floyd | Agriculture)
Floyd | D: I didn't even bother to try.
Floyd |

		Indy asks, "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?"
		inky says, "badass"
		olethros says, "hey, A"
		olethros says, "we are badass"
		inky says, "hmmm interesting"
		JimKaplan says, "A, yes."
		maga asks, "so, is the game's premise that all character development comes from wearing increasing numbers of enchanted rings?"
		JimKaplan says, "A: Invent motion pictures."
		olethros says, "Mr. W"
		maga says, "man, Gareth is the least kingly name ever"
		JimKaplan says, "Film people get all the babes"
		inky says, "so here is (I assume) a case where it changes the displayed choices, it doesn't just show you everything"
		JimKaplan asks (of maga), "Less so than NORBERT?"
		inky says (to maga), "to an american all british names sound kingly"
		DavidW says, "A, sure"
		maga says, "you're not allowed to be a king called Gareth unless you were born a swineherd or something"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I really enjoyed my Illusion class.  I started with balls of light,
Floyd | but then I started getting creative, sending up displays of fairies,
Floyd | griffons and charging horses.  For my grand finale, I created a
Floyd | life-sized Illusion of the fierce dragon Parnaxxus.  Although everyone
Floyd | was terrified at first, when the dragon glowed brightly and exploded
Floyd | into thousands of twinkling lights, I was given an applause that
Floyd | thundered across the city.  It really helped the relationship between
Floyd | the royal family and the mage guild.
Floyd | (Mage Guild +30, Royal Faction +30, Kingdom +30)
Floyd |
Floyd | My days in the Academy were numbered, I only had one more year after
Floyd | this one.  Perhaps this was the reason that I started thinking about
Floyd | romance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I was still madly in love with Generic Love Interest.
Floyd | B: Although I was dating Generic Love Interest, I was secretly in love
Floyd | with Tessa, my friend from the Academy.  I decided to break up with
Floyd | Generic Love Interest and follow my heart's true desire.
Floyd | C: I felt like it was time for me and Generic Love Interest to break
Floyd | up.  I felt the need to be single.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "yeah, no 'studied hard' choice"
		JimKaplan says, "Gareth Swineherdson"
		JimKaplan says, "Goodness gracious, great balls of light"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like I've seen this fireworks display somewhere before."
		JimKaplan says, "Also does it occur to anyone that we are basically gandalf"
		Jacqueline says, "Timing"
		JimKaplan says, "Dragon fireworks from the Long-Expected Party"
		olethros asks, "oh there was a dragon firework there?"
		JimKaplan | I was still madly in love with Generic Love Interest.
		JimKaplan says, "Heh"
		JimKaplan says (to olethros), "In the movie at least"
		Jacqueline asks, "We just started thinking about it? What about our girlfriend?"
		inky says, "if we could do it all over again, I would have named the horse Generic Medieval Transportation"
		JimKaplan says, ""Feel the need to be single""
		olethros says, "the game makes little sense"
		JimKaplan says, "Must be nice to feel that"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "heehee"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, B?"
		inky asks, "did you have any moments with tessa?"
		JimKaplan says, "B whynot"
		Jacqueline asks, "Break up with Generic Love Interest (TM) and get a girlfriend with an actual name?"
		inky says, "all I saw is where you didn't get the alchemy formula from her"
		JimKaplan exclaims (at inky), "You're right!"
		JimKaplan says, "She's not supportive"
		JimKaplan says, "DTMFA"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "We had many good moments with her. You have to be someone's friend before you can become more. Or something."
		JimKaplan says, "God, I'll settle for a coin toss"
		inky says, "well ok fair enough"
		inky says, "it's probably smoochier to switch to her"
		Jacqueline says, "I will use the RNG."
		Jacqueline says, "If people want."
		inky says, "sure"
		Jacqueline says, "The RNG says we are still madly in love with GLI."
		FlightoftheConchords says, "Jacq, don't use the RNG"
		FlightoftheConchords says, "I know it's very tempting"
		Jacqueline says, "YAY"
		inky says, "hmm"
		JimKaplan says, "Anyway, yes, remain madly in love"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I took Generic Love Interest to the tournament yards, to watch the
Floyd | jousting and swordfighting.  It was a very popular form of
Floyd | entertainment. We held hands as we walked around the tournament, there
Floyd | was a lot going on.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: We watched the bards putting on show.
Floyd | B: I entered myself into the sword fighting competition. (Needs 10
Floyd | Gold)
Floyd | C: We watched the jousting.
Floyd |

		inky says, "ooh, yeah, let's sword fight"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		inky says, "we have good fighting by now"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm seriously getting consumer choice fatigue"
		Jacqueline asks, "DW, may we please spend some gold?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's not very much."
		DavidW says, "ok"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > It cost 10 gold to join, but it was exciting.  I took the practice
Floyd | blade and stood in the participant box. It was thrilling, having
Floyd | Generic Love Interest cheering me on from the sidelines.
Floyd | (Gold -10)
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I fought well. (Needs 30 Fighting)
Floyd | B: I fought okay. (Needs 25 Fighting)
Floyd | C: I didn't even try, I was just there for fun.
Floyd |

		inky says, "we'll win it all back!"
		inky says, "unless we lose"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		JimKaplan asks, "We have over 30, don't we?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I believe we do."
		JimKaplan says, "Yes, 42"
		JimKaplan says, "A"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's impress GLI"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I did really well.  I fought hard, and although I didn't win the
Floyd | competition, I placed high enough to win 250 gold!  It was a great
Floyd | achievement, considering that the winning fighters devoted their lives
Floyd | to the blade.
Floyd | (Gold +250)
Floyd |
Floyd | We had a wonderful time at the tournament and had a lot of fun.  We
Floyd | returned to the Academy that night.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: We went to my room and made love.
Floyd | B: We had a beautiful goodnight kiss and went to our separate rooms.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "w00t"
		inky says, "aw yeah"
		JimKaplan says, "I say bonk her"
		JimKaplan says, "We're overflowing with victory hormones"
		maga says, "ladies love the ritual violence"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		JimKaplan says, "Sorry, *boink* her"
		Jacqueline says (to JK), "I don't see an option for bonking or boinking."
		JimKaplan says, "Bonk I assume is hitting on the head"
		inky says, "I hope it tells us that since this is our first time it is kind of complicated and not very good"
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "True, dat."
		JimKaplan says, "So that's why my girlfriends keep breaking up with me"
		JimKaplan says, "Not violent ENOUGH"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Fortunately, we can't get pregnant our first time. Particularly since we're both female."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > It was very sweet.  I was madly in love with Generic Love Interest.
Floyd | Whatever the future after the Academy held in store and the challenges
Floyd | it would bring, I knew that it would be at her side.
Floyd |
Floyd | My studies in the tower didn't deal exclusively with magic.  The royal
Floyd | wizard, Fraledan, was a great example. As the court mage, he was
Floyd | constantly being relied upon to know about the world around him in
Floyd | order to effectively advise the king.  Sometimes a wizard's sagely
Floyd | knowledge was just as beneficial as their arcane power.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I studied a little of everything.
Floyd | B: I studied a lot about agriculture. (Agriculture: 5)
Floyd | C: I studied a lot about diplomacy. (Diplomacy: 30)
Floyd | D: I studied a lot about economics. (Economics: 5)
Floyd | E: I studied a lot about geography. (Geography: 30)
Floyd | F: I studied a lot about history. (History: 5)
Floyd | G: I studied a lot about religion. (Religion: 5)
Floyd | H: I studied a lot about smithing. (Smithing: 5)
Floyd | I: I studied a lot about warcraft. (Warcraft: 15)
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "And she's imaginary."
		EricIdle exclaims (at Jacq), "Stop oppressing me!"
		inky says, "I'm confused"
		JimKaplan says (to inky), "That's what they said about us"
		inky asks, "is that stat minimums or the boost you'll get or your current stat level?"
		JimKaplan says, "But no, we're bi"
		JimKaplan says, "J: Underwater basket-weaving"
		JimKaplan says, "K: Pole-dancing"
		DavidW says (to inky), "The pre-reqs for that choice to appear."
		maga says, "I assume that 'studied a lot about warcraft' means 'stay in our dorm room and play MMORPGs'"
		olethros says, "let's do diplomacy, sounds potentially useful"
		Jacqueline says (to JK), "I am really starting to wonder about you, dude."
		inky says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says (to o), "True."
		JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "I am an international man of mystery, yes"
		Jacqueline asks, "Anybody against diplomacy?"
		Jacqueline says, "The fact is, you're either with us in diplomacy or you're against us."
		Binder says, "It takes too long to play."
		JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "Diplomacy is still on the table"
		DavidW says, "Unless it's our current stats, in which case it's being inconsistent in the display of these choices."
		JimKaplan says, "I assume it's current stats."
		JimKaplan says, "I say Diplomacy."
		inky says (to DavidW), "it seems weird the prereqs would be different levels for the different skills"
		Jacqueline asks, "May I please type C, please?"
		JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "Knock yourself out"
		inky says, "yes"
		olethros says, "C!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Successful treatises were essential to a well-functioning kingdom.
Floyd | I set my mind to learning more about them.
Floyd | (Diplomacy +20)
Floyd |
Floyd | My fifth and final year in the Academy was very thrilling.  I had been
Floyd | hearing about Archmage Lacius' private library since I first came.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: (Needs 30 Thievery) I decided to try to break in.
Floyd | B: I was invited in. (Needs 30 Mage Guild Faction)
Floyd | C: I learned of a way to sneak in. (Needs 35 History)
Floyd | D: I had no idea how to get inside.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it was our current stats. Weird."
		inky asks, "do we qualify with the faction?"
		Jacqueline says, "Would have been nice if it had done that all along."
		JimKaplan exclaims, "Break in!"
		DavidW says, "Shame we didn't do smithing, but I remember the nature trail choice."
		JimKaplan says, "We have enough thievery to do it."
		Jacqueline says, "I say we just choose B and see what happens even if we don't have enough to qualify."
		JimKaplan says, "Hmm."
		JimKaplan asks, "Can we save?"
		Jacqueline says, "Nope"
		JimKaplan says, "OK, then whatever you like."
		Jacqueline says, "Ain't no such thang in ChoiceScript, I don't think. Not on Floyd, anyway."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I was in the common area late at night when Master Durgan, the
Floyd | doorkeeper came in to get a midnight snack. His small stature made him

		inky asks, "wait, you can pick choices that you don't qualify for stats-wise?"

Floyd | very quiet as he entered unobtrusively.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How are your studies going?" he asked me in a friendly tone.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They're going well, but I'm having some troubles with recursive
Floyd | enchantments."
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's a book in the Archmage's library that explains it really
Floyd | well.  Come along."
Floyd |
Floyd | I got up immediately, astounded by my luck.  He led me across the
Floyd | Academy and to the Archmage's quarters, the torchlight reflecting on
Floyd | his bald head. He opened the door to the library and we were just
Floyd | about to enter when he said that he had forgotten an important task
Floyd | that he needed to do.  I had no idea what he could have forgotten
Floyd | about, that late at night, but I said that it was alright.  He
Floyd | apologized and said that he'd get me the book the next day.  He closed
Floyd | the door and hurried away.  But, the door didn't latch.  It was
Floyd | ironic, considering that he was the doorkeeper.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: So, I went in.
Floyd | B: I closed the door and returned to my studies.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "B, I think."
		DavidW says, "ack. FOR previous menu"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Dunno. Just thought I'd try."
		JimKaplan says, "Hm."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, I understand you."
		inky says, "hmm"
		JimKaplan says, "Let's go in."
		inky says, "I mean, this is all a test obviously"
		inky says, "but we still have to go in"
		JimKaplan asks, "Kobayashi Maru scenario?"
		JimKaplan says, "DO IT"
		Jacqueline says, "No, I say we don't."
		Jacqueline says, "It's a test."
		inky says, "I forget which fantasy series has the doorkeeper as being the most powerful wizard"
		JimKaplan says, "Earthsea"
		inky says, "aha"
		JimKaplan asks, "Right?"
		inky says, "yeah, that sounds right"
		DavidW says, "A"
		Jacqueline says, "So, let's take a vote."
		Binder says, "I was thinking Dilbert."
		Jacqueline says, "DW says A."
		Jacqueline says, "I say B."
		Jacqueline says, "Jim says A."
		Jacqueline asks, "inky?"
		inky says, "I would like to go inside"
Jacqueline sighs. 		Jacqueline sighs on the channel.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > My curiosity had gotten the better of me.  I opened the unlatched
Floyd | door and slipped quietly inside. The library was very exciting and
Floyd | there was a wealth of information to be had.  I wondered why the books
Floyd | weren't available to everyone.  After skimming a few of them, I saw
Floyd | why.  They were dangerous!  The magic involved was intense and
Floyd | powerful.  One book in particular caught my eye.  It was a book about
Floyd | golemcraft. I knew I couldn't stay long, but the book showed how to
Floyd | make a golem that would serve its master forever.  And, the best thing
Floyd | was, I had access to the materials from my assorted classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: The temptation was too great, I took the book.
Floyd | B: The danger was too great, I put the book back and left.
Floyd |

		inky says, "sorry for leading you into illicit behavior"
		Binder says (to inky), "Is that a macro"
		inky says, "hmm"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm disowning you people. Toy with the darkarts at your peril."
		inky says, "on the one hand this doesn't seem that dangerous"
		inky says, "on the other hand, it doesn't seem that useful"
		DavidW says, "Tessa is sleeping with Generic Love Interest. Make the golem."
		olethros asks, ";we want willpower?"
		Jacqueline says, "I dunno, if Prunella shows back up, our pet golem could definitely kick her in the shins."
		olethros asks (of davidw), "wait, she is?"
		DavidW says (to oletrhos), "A raven told me."
		Binder says, "I say we should walk away from Golemcraft."
		Jacqueline passes David the platter. "Here, have some more crack."
		Binder says, "I'm all about crimes, but book learning is dum."
		DavidW says, "Fine, put the book back"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I knew that the book was kept locked away for a reason.  It was just
Floyd | too powerful, so I left it behind.
Floyd | (Good +3, Willpower +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | My Transmutation class was pretty boring, although it might just have
Floyd | been the teacher.  We always seemed to be doing the same things, turn
Floyd | a stone into bronze, then to iron, then to gold...  That might sound
Floyd | like it should have been financially lucrative, but it wasn't.  We
Floyd | used to spend hours to create the tiniest bit of gold from another
Floyd | material.  I think I could have made the same amount of money, for the
Floyd | time it took, working at a normal job.  I knew that Transmutation
Floyd | would eventually allow you to turn an enemy to stone, or to craft an
Floyd | item into giving it special powers, but that was very advanced magic.
Floyd |
Floyd | We were each given a finely crafted statue of King Gareth, at the
Floyd | beginning of the year.  They had all been sculpted from stone by very
Floyd | talented artisans.  Our task was to convert the statue into ruby, the
Floyd | royal gemstone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I cheated by finding another ruby statue of King Gareth. (Needs 10
Floyd | Mage Faction and 10 Thievery)
Floyd | B: I cheated by making one the old fashioned way. (Needs 15 Economics
Floyd | and 65 Gold)
Floyd | C: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes.
Floyd | D: I didn't even bother to try.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "There'll be more books in our future."
		Binder asks (of DavidW), "Are you threatening me?"
		Jacqueline says, "Something tells me that the author frequently had to cram for one class at the expense of others."
		DavidW says, "I hate that there's so many options for cheating in this school."
		Binder pulls his shirt up over his head.
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yes"
		olethros says, "so do we want transmutation and +3 willpower, and -2 everywhere else, or do we want... jsut transmutation and some lost gold"
olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc student.
Floyd | Age: 18
Floyd |   54% Good vs. 46% Evil
Floyd | Body: 29%
Floyd | Personality: 17%
Floyd | Willpower: 28%
Floyd | Fame: 1%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 9%
Floyd | Conjuration: 19%
Floyd | Divination: 23%
Floyd | Enchantment: 9%
Floyd | Healing: 25%
Floyd | Illusion: 39%
Floyd | Necromancy: 0%
Floyd | Summoning: 9%
Floyd | Transmutation: 9%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 36%
Floyd | Agriculture: 5%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 50%
Floyd | Economics: 5%
Floyd | Fighting: 57%
Floyd | Geography: 30%
Floyd | History: 5%
Floyd | Nature: 30%
Floyd | Religion: 5%
Floyd | Smithing: 5%
Floyd | Thievery: 35%
Floyd | Warcraft: 15%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		DavidW says (to Binder), "what? I said nothing to you. I didn't even know you're here."
		JimKaplan says, "Yeah, we don't seem to have a very balanced approach to studying"
		inky says, "we can pick A, I believe"
		Binder says (to DavidW), "I get that a lot."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "You threatened him with book learnin'"
		JimKaplan says (to Binder), "Aww"
		inky says, "which I assume will give either nothing or maybe a little transmutation for nothing"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | I knew that the book was kept locked away for a reason.  It was just
Floyd | too powerful, so I left it behind.
Floyd | (Good +3, Willpower +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | My Transmutation class was pretty boring, although it might just have
Floyd | been the teacher.  We always seemed to be doing the same things, turn
Floyd | a stone into bronze, then to iron, then to gold...  That might sound
Floyd | like it should have been financially lucrative, but it wasn't.  We
Floyd | used to spend hours to create the tiniest bit of gold from another
Floyd | material.  I think I could have made the same amount of money, for the
Floyd | time it took, working at a normal job.  I knew that Transmutation
Floyd | would eventually allow you to turn an enemy to stone, or to craft an
Floyd | item into giving it special powers, but that was very advanced magic.
Floyd |
Floyd | We were each given a finely crafted statue of King Gareth, at the
Floyd | beginning of the year.  They had all been sculpted from stone by very
Floyd | talented artisans.  Our task was to convert the statue into ruby, the
Floyd | royal gemstone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I cheated by finding another ruby statue of King Gareth. (Needs 10
Floyd | Mage Faction and 10 Thievery)
Floyd | B: I cheated by making one the old fashioned way. (Needs 15 Economics
Floyd | and 65 Gold)
Floyd | C: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes.
Floyd | D: I didn't even bother to try.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "I am still lawful good and prefer C."
		olethros says, "i wonder if we gain something at all by doing a"
		olethros says, "compared to d"
		Jacqueline asks, "We don't get in trouble?"
		inky says, "well, d gives -willpower, right? and a probably doesn't"
		olethros says, "hopefully not"
		olethros says, "but C gives a gain in willpower"
		olethros says, "and I think we want that in general"
		inky says, "we haven't previously got caught cheating, but I can imagine we might eventually"
		DavidW says, "I like C."
		Jacqueline says, "As do I."
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > I had to stay up late for many nights to convert the entire statue
Floyd | to ruby.  It was hard to do the small pieces, like a lock of hair or a
Floyd | little finger.  I accidentally broke off one ear and the fingers on
Floyd | the left hand never completely converted into gem.  It was enough to
Floyd | pass, so I was content.
Floyd | (Willpower +3, Alchemy -2, Conjuration -2, Divination -2, Enchantment
Floyd | -2, Illusion -2, Summoning -2, Transmutation +12)
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next

		Binder says, "Ouch."
		JimKaplan says, "Hmm."
		olethros says, "it's standard for 'study hard'"
		Jacqueline says, "Sounds like we did a crappy job."
		JimKaplan says, "If it was higher to begin with it may have been less crappy"
		Binder says, "Well, we chose C and C-work is what we did."
		DavidW says, "At least we're not turning woodland critters into water goblets."
		inky says, "basically we're bad at most of these classes"
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "heh"
		inky says, "so our choices are to study really hard and produce half-assed results, or cheat"
		olethros says, "i remember last time we cheated we got +10 in conjuration anyway"
		inky says, "or don't try"
		JimKaplan asks, "We hit space I guess?"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "There's a life lesson in there somewhere."
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | It was a nervous time for all students, when they reached the end of
Floyd | their fifth year.  The courses had been difficult, and although I had
Floyd | learned a lot of magic.  I was afraid of what my final grades would
Floyd | be.  I remember being called into Archmage Lacius' office to see my
Floyd | final evaluation.  Ciel, his raven, sat on a wooden stand in the
Floyd | corner as I looked over my grades.
Floyd |
Floyd | Final Transcript for Morgana
Floyd | Alchemy: Passed.
Floyd | Conjuration: Passed.
Floyd | Divination: Passed.
Floyd | Enchantment: Failed.
Floyd | Illusion: Passed.
Floyd | Summoning: Passed.
Floyd | Transmutation: Passed.
Floyd |
Floyd | My heart leaped into my throat.  I had failed and wouldn't be
Floyd | receiving my wizardly robes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Chin up," Archmage Lacius said sternly.  "Remember, some of the
Floyd | greatest wizards in history have been unsuccessful in their schooling.
Floyd | You are still Academy trained and you shall find your place in the
Floyd | world."
Floyd |
Floyd | I remember packing up my bags, books and other belongings.  The
Floyd | Academy had been my home for five years and I was a little nervous
Floyd | about what the future held. At least I wouldn't be alone, Killah P, my
Floyd | dog, would be at my side. Even though I no longer had a schedule or
Floyd | teachers, my education as a wizard was farfrom over.  I would
Floyd | continued to grow and learn for the rest of my life.  I had a large
Floyd | decision to make: I had to decide if I would continue to be an
Floyd | illusionist or if I should generalize my studies.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I decided to specialize.  I would become an illusionist
Floyd | B: I decided to diversify.  I would study all of the magical arts.
Floyd |

		inky says, "we got +10 in conjuration for cheating there, but I believe we didn't get +10 for cheating at the alchemy exam"
		JimKaplan says, "Well, dang"
		JimKaplan says, "I didn't know we had to pass everything"
Roger arrives, full of fun and funk. 		inky asks, "wait, what?"
		inky says, "that blows"
		JimKaplan says, "Also, saying "Chin up" sternly seems to me to defeat the point of saying "chin up""
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "It's okay, bro. Our dog, Killa P, will be by our side."
		olethros asks, "what happened in alchemy class?"
		Jacqueline says, "er, Killah P."
		JimKaplan says, "We were uncreative but successful"
		JimKaplan asks, "We stole a recipe right?"
		olethros says, "oh ok"
		inky says, "in alchemy class we stole the recipe from the teacher's desk, yeah"
		JimKaplan asks, "I guess cheating doesn't work in the end?"
		inky says, "and got a thievery boost but no alchemy boost"
		inky says, "no, it does"
		olethros says, "aha, so you always get a boost with cheating"
		Jacqueline says, "Clearly nothing happened in Enchantment. We didn't even get a chance to cheat, did we? Oh wait, we did... they hired that muggle we were supposed to control. I forget what happened, though."
		inky says, "we just talked Jacqueline into blowing off enchantment entirely"
		inky says, "more fools us"
		olethros says, "yeah, blowing it off was bad"
		JimKaplan asks, "Anyway, Illusionist or generalist?"
		inky says, "I think we should specialize in illusions and be the finest illusionist in the land"
		inky says, "that'll show those fools at the academy"
		JimKaplan says, "I *am* a fan of being the finest things in the land"
		olethros says, "ok let's be an awesome illusionist"
		DavidW says, "I remember playing a campaign vs an illusionist's lair, and I couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy the entire time. And I felt sorry for Iris in the Xanth series too."
		inky asks, "sorry for them being so lame?"
		olethros says, "create an illusion that we are the greatest wizzzards ever"
		DavidW says, "no, neither were lame."
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I left the academy and returned to Elmvale, my home village.
Floyd | Twilight Sparkle, my horse, seemed eager to be on the road. Generic
Floyd | Love Interest and Tessa had traveled with me to my home village from
Floyd | the academy.  I was grateful for their companionship.
Floyd |
Floyd | I had a lot to think about, now that my life as a student was over.
Floyd | The next logical step for any wizard was to find traveling companions
Floyd | and set out on an adventure. I stayed a few weeks in my village, but I
Floyd | knew that this was no longer my home.  I tearfully said goodbye to
Floyd | everyone, explaining that I needed some time alone to find my place in
Floyd | the world.  I promised that I would send word as soon as I could. I
Floyd | mounted Twilight Sparkle and left my village.  My destiny awaited.
Floyd |
Floyd | >Next Chapter

		maga says (to DW), "it's super-powerful if the main point of magic isn't combat-oriented"
		DavidW says, "But they were unhappy and had to commit to living a lie."
		JimKaplan | In a world where the next logical step is "find traveling companions and set out on an adventure"
		DavidW says, "Illusions are lies. To be a master illusionist, you have to be a master liar."
		inky says, "yeah, that is pretty funny"
		JimKaplan says, "I have to laugh at fantasy worlds where "adventurer" is like this super-common profession"
		inky says, "I guess there's no real job structure here"
inky pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | I spent some time looking for a suitable adventuring party, which was
Floyd | more difficult than I had thought. I knew that I'd need a fighter, a
Floyd | thief and a cleric.  A strong fighter would keep the enemies away
Floyd | while I cast my magic, a dexterous thief would open locks and find
Floyd | traps, and a wise cleric would heal us all when trouble occurred.
Floyd | Even though I could do a little of each job, I knew that it was
Floyd | important to have specialists so that I could concentrate on my magic.
Floyd | After nearly a year of searching, I came upon the solution, I would
Floyd | form the party myself.  I rented a room at the Full Cup Inn in
Floyd | Tornassa and began to accept applicants. Generic Love Interest moved
Floyd | in with me and the innkeeper was nice enough to let us stay for free,
Floyd | provided that I promised to help with security or any other troubles
Floyd | that routinely cropped up.
Floyd |
Floyd | First, I had to hire someone for the fighter position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the fighter
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the fighter
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Grom, a dwarf who applied for the job, for the fighter
Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Stewart, a man who applied for the job, for the
Floyd | fighter position.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "They must have no concept of risky investments"
		inky says, "ha ha ha"
		inky says, "of course you need a fighter and a cleric and a thief"
		inky says, "ha ha ha ha more"
		JimKaplan asks, "What are even these people's stats?"
		Jacqueline says, "No preference."
		olethros says, "ha ha ha"
		inky says, "tessa, qualifications: friendship grom, qualifications: dwarf stewart, qualifications: showed up"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		olethros says, "this person is really juvenile"
		Jacqueline asks, "Who is, the author?"
		JimKaplan says, "I say be racist and hire the dwarf"
		olethros says, "the author"
		inky says, "I can't tell if we graduated or not"
		olethros says, "we need a cleric and a fighter, hm"
		JimKaplan says, "The author's conception of fantasy seems a tad juvenile"
		olethros says (to inky), "we graduated sans diploma"
		JimKaplan says (to inky), "We didn't get into the guild, I think"
		inky says, "ok we should hire Grom then, he seems like the best"
		Jacqueline says, "We didn't graduate, no."
		inky says, "Tessa is presumably a bad fighter because she was at the mage's academy with us"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm in favor of affirmative action for dwarves"
		inky says, "oh, well"
		Jacqueline says, "We can just say that we studied there."
		olethros says, "ok, so we are rincewind"
		Jacqueline says, "Hire the dwarf. Let's hope he has an AXE"
		JimKaplan says, "A loaf of bread would do"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Grom for the fighter position:
Floyd | - Dwarves made great fighters.
Floyd | - Had his own equipment.
Floyd | - Some fighting experience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - He was a stranger.
Floyd | - Costs 25 gold retainer fee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall fighter rating: 4
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Grom the dwarf for the fighter position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		inky says, "oh, interesting"
		JimKaplan says, "Oh, now you tell us"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > First, I had to hire someone for the fighter position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the fighter
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the fighter
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Grom, a dwarf who applied for the job, for the fighter
Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Stewart, a man who applied for the job, for the
Floyd | fighter position.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Stewart for the fighter position:
Floyd | - He applied for the job.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - Low fighting experience.
Floyd | - Has no equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall fighter rating: 2
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Stewart for the fighter position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "I'm seriously beginning to feel physically exhausted from this"
		maga says, "what a resume"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > First, I had to hire someone for the fighter position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the fighter
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the fighter
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Grom, a dwarf who applied for the job, for the fighter
Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Stewart, a man who applied for the job, for the
Floyd | fighter position.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Tessa for the fighter position:
Floyd | - I trusted her friendship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - No fighting experience, trained as a wizard instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall fighter rating: 1
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Tessa for the fighter position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky asks, "see?"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > First, I had to hire someone for the fighter position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the fighter
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the fighter
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Grom, a dwarf who applied for the job, for the fighter
Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Stewart, a man who applied for the job, for the
Floyd | fighter position.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "ok"
		Roger says, "This is quite the game, as someone coming in midway"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Generic Love Interest for the fighter position:
Floyd | - I was in love.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - No fighting experience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall fighter rating: 1
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Generic Love Interest for the fighter position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > First, I had to hire someone for the fighter position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the fighter
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the fighter
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Grom, a dwarf who applied for the job, for the fighter
Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Stewart, a man who applied for the job, for the
Floyd | fighter position.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "NEPOTISM"
		maga says, "ahahaha"
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
		olethros says, "ok, it's d"
		maga says, "HARD CHOICES"
		inky says, "I'm not sure "I'm in love with them" is a great reason to want to fight with them"
		Roger says, "I love them, generically, so they must die"
		JimKaplan says, "Just be ruthless and hire the qualified people"
		maga says (to inky), "maybe you enjoy getting all hot and sweaty in battle"
olethros says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Stewart for the fighter position:
Floyd | - He applied for the job.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - Low fighting experience.
Floyd | - Has no equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall fighter rating: 2
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Stewart for the fighter position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		inky says, "good point"
		olethros asks, "wait, both d and c suck?"
		Jacqueline says, "I still like Grom."
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > First, I had to hire someone for the fighter position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the fighter
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the fighter
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Grom, a dwarf who applied for the job, for the fighter
Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Stewart, a man who applied for the job, for the
Floyd | fighter position.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Grom for the fighter position:
Floyd | - Dwarves made great fighters.
Floyd | - Had his own equipment.
Floyd | - Some fighting experience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - He was a stranger.
Floyd | - Costs 25 gold retainer fee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall fighter rating: 4
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Grom the dwarf for the fighter position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		maga says, "everybody sucks but the dwarf"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes"
		JimKaplan says, "Grom's the best."
		olethros says, "ah, ok"
		JimKaplan says, "Do Grom."
		maga says, "which is odd, because he's at the right height for it"
		olethros says, "let's pay the bastard"
		inky says, "har"
		olethros says, "the other guy is free? wtf"
		inky says, "we made a profit of 240 gold from the swordfighting at school"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I paid Grom his 25 gold retainer fee.
Floyd | Next, I had to hire someone for the thief position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Kal, a halfling who applied for the job, for the thief
Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Maris, a woman who applied for the job, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd |

		inky says, "hmm, ok, I guess these are indeed all going to be like this"
		Jacqueline says, "So, I guess we go through the round-about way of seeing their stats."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Tessa for the thief position:
Floyd | - I trusted her friendship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - No thieving experience, having been trained as a wizard instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall thief rating: 1
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Tessa for the thief position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		olethros asks, "wait 'needs to have graduated'?"
		inky asks, "though consider that our thievery is pretty good ourself, right?"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Next, I had to hire someone for the thief position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Kal, a halfling who applied for the job, for the thief
Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Maris, a woman who applied for the job, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd |

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Generic Love Interest for the thief position:
Floyd | - I was in love.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - No thieving experience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall thief rating: 1
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Generic Love Interest for the thief position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "meh"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Next, I had to hire someone for the thief position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Kal, a halfling who applied for the job, for the thief
Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Maris, a woman who applied for the job, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd |

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Kal for the thief position:
Floyd | - Halflings made great thieves.
Floyd | - Good thieving experience.
Floyd | - Had his own equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - He was a stranger.
Floyd | - Costs 25 gold retainer fee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall thief rating: 3
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Kal the halfling for the thief position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "How about WE be the thief?"
		inky says, "so theoretically we could hire the less-experienced person here and cover ourselves"
		JimKaplan says, "I think we have to be the wizard"
		JimKaplan says, "Though actually that wouldn't make a whole lot of sense"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, that one is okay."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Next, I had to hire someone for the thief position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Kal, a halfling who applied for the job, for the thief
Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Maris, a woman who applied for the job, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd |

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Maris for the thief position:
Floyd | - She applied for the job.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - Low thieving experience.
Floyd | - Has no equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall thief rating: 1
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Maris for the thief position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Hire Kal."
		inky says, "hmm"
		JimKaplan says, "Maris Crane is applying for work as a thief? Hunh."
		olethros says, "D is for when we have no cash"
		JimKaplan says, "Anyway, yeah, I'm hiring Kal."
		inky says, "Maris isn't actually any better than Tessa or GLI"
		inky says, "ok go for it"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Next, I had to hire someone for the thief position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Kal, a halfling who applied for the job, for the thief
Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Maris, a woman who applied for the job, for the thief
Floyd | position.
Floyd |

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Kal for the thief position:
Floyd | - Halflings made great thieves.
Floyd | - Good thieving experience.
Floyd | - Had his own equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - He was a stranger.
Floyd | - Costs 25 gold retainer fee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall thief rating: 3
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Kal the halfling for the thief position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		maga says, "you realise that the moment you get outside the city gates, these hired strangers are going to beat you up and steal every penny you have"
		inky says, "ha ha"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I paid Kal his 25 gold retainer fee.
Floyd | Finally, I had to hire someone for the cleric position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Rachel, a human who applied for the job, for the
Floyd | cleric position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Barry, a human who applied for the job, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd |

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "barry the cleric"
		inky says, "brilliant"
		Jacqueline asks, "I really find it interesting, how difficult these choices are. Hire one of three people with no experience, or this one person who has great stats and comes with their own equipment?"
		JimKaplan says, "HMM I WONDER HOW THIS WILL GO"
		Binder says, "That's why it's a good incentive to spend all the money on hiring them. Then they know there's no point in mugging you."
		maga says, "there are some who call me... Barry"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Tessa for the cleric position:
Floyd | - Some experience in magic.
Floyd | - I trusted her friendship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - None
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall cleric rating: 3
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Tessa for the cleric position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		inky says, "oh, hmmmm"
		JimKaplan exclaims, "Wow, she doesn't totally suck!"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Finally, I had to hire someone for the cleric position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Rachel, a human who applied for the job, for the
Floyd | cleric position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Barry, a human who applied for the job, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "yay"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Generic Love Interest for the cleric position:
Floyd | - I was in love.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - No cleric experience, but willing to learn.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall cleric rating: 1
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Generic Love Interest for the cleric position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Finally, I had to hire someone for the cleric position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Rachel, a human who applied for the job, for the
Floyd | cleric position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Barry, a human who applied for the job, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd |

		inky says, "I guess it makes sense there is some cleric/mage overlap"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Rachel for the cleric position:
Floyd | - Already a priestess.
Floyd | - Had her own equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - She was a stranger.
Floyd | - Costs 25 gold retainer fee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall cleric rating: 2
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Rachel for the cleric position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Huh"
		olethros says, "let's get tessa!"
		JimKaplan says, "She's not the best"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Finally, I had to hire someone for the cleric position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Rachel, a human who applied for the job, for the
Floyd | cleric position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Barry, a human who applied for the job, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd |

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "D" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Barry for the cleric position:
Floyd | - He applied for the job.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - Although already a priest, he has very little experience.
Floyd | - Has no equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall cleric rating: 1
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Barry for the cleric position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		inky says, "we should have switched to dating Tessa and then we wouldn't have two useless people here"
		olethros asks, "wait, barry is also a priest?"
		JimKaplan says, "Barry apparently is a priest"
		JimKaplan says, "THough he sucks as a priest"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, now, he's new."
		inky says, "let's hire Tessa, she"
		Jacqueline says, "You were new at things once, Jim."
		olethros says, "oh no the previous one was Naris"
		inky says, "er, she is cool"
		JimKaplan says, "Give him a few decades, he'll be the first president of the US"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Finally, I had to hire someone for the cleric position:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd | C: I considered Rachel, a human who applied for the job, for the
Floyd | cleric position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold)
Floyd | D: I considered Barry, a human who applied for the job, for the cleric
Floyd | position.
Floyd |

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Reasons to hire Tessa for the cleric position:
Floyd | - Some experience in magic.
Floyd | - I trusted her friendship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reasons against:
Floyd | - None
Floyd |
Floyd | Overall cleric rating: 3
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Yes, hire Tessa for the cleric position.
Floyd | B: No, hire someone else.
Floyd |

		
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > My party was complete.  The four of us had a good long talk about
Floyd | the kinds of missions we'd like to do and how we would go about doing
Floyd | them.  I soon learned that my partners were terrible with money: The
Floyd | fighter drank it away, the cleric offered it all to charity and the
Floyd | thief lost it through gambling as fast as it was made.  The result was
Floyd | that I was left outfitting the party.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "I think we could do as many of these as possible"
		Binder says, "Yay heroic accounting."
		Roger says, "Reasons against: -named Barry"
		JimKaplan says, "Just in case, I suggest we pick the most important one to start with"
		JimKaplan says, "In case we stupidly can only do one thing"
		JimKaplan says, "Actually, that's too stupid to be a thing."
		JimKaplan asks, "It'll probably let us go back, right?"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm trying A."
		JimKaplan asks, "Any objections?"
		Jacqueline says, "No"
		olethros says, "let's train tessa a bit, since she is the worst"
		olethros says, "the fighter has equipment"
		JimKaplan says, "OK"
		olethros says, "so we need to get her equipment"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		olethros asks, "also C no?"
		JimKaplan asks, "Huh...we can keep training her?"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 3, wielding her hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Buy an enchanted mace. (Needs 2000 Gold)
Floyd | B: Smith a regular mace. (Needs 15 Smithing)
Floyd | C: Buy a regular mace. (Needs 10 Gold)
Floyd | D: Craft an enchanted mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and
Floyd | 35 Alchemy)
Floyd | E: Craft the Holy Mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and 50
Floyd | Religion 50)
Floyd | F: Craft the Elixir of Wisdom. (Needs 50 Alchemy and 25 Divination)
Floyd | G: Find the Ancient Holy Symbol. (Needs 30 Geography, 50 History and
Floyd | 35 Religion)
Floyd | H: Craft the Healer's Kit. (Needs 30 Alchemy, 30 Nature and 30
Floyd | Healing)
Floyd | I: Do something else.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, and we can train them."
		JimKaplan says, "Wielding her hands? Heh"
		Jacqueline says, "This is going to get grindy."
		JimKaplan says, "Her hands are considered deadly weapons"
		Jacqueline says, "I weild my hands. See?" and wiggles her jazzhands.
		JimKaplan says, "I read H as Craft the Healer's Kilt"
		JimKaplan says, "I can only throw up my hands at how much choice we're being given here"
		Jacqueline says, "I don't care what you guys do, I just want to get through this and move on."
		Roger says, "I'm imagining the game just goes on and on like this and you never, in fact, ever get to the fireworks factory"
		JimKaplan says, "Same, my patience is really ebbing"
		JimKaplan says (to Roger), "I suspect that's the case, actually"
		JimKaplan says, "Either that or this is like a 60-hour game"
		Roger says, "Haha I would faintly applaud that."
		JimKaplan asks, "Shall I see if there's a limit to how much we can train?"
		Jacqueline says, "This is sort of crazy. We've been playing for two and a half hours, and it feels like we're just generated our character."
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I borrowed a smithy from a blacksmith I knew in Tornassa.  I
Floyd | proceeded to forge a standard mace for Tessa.  It was good work.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "I know."
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 4, wielding her mace.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Buy an enchanted mace. (Needs 2000 Gold)
Floyd | B: Craft an enchanted mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and
Floyd | 35 Alchemy)
Floyd | C: Craft the Holy Mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and 50
Floyd | Religion 50)
Floyd | D: Craft the Elixir of Wisdom. (Needs 50 Alchemy and 25 Divination)
Floyd | E: Find the Ancient Holy Symbol. (Needs 30 Geography, 50 History and
Floyd | 35 Religion)
Floyd | F: Craft the Healer's Kit. (Needs 30 Alchemy, 30 Nature and 30
Floyd | Healing)
Floyd | G: Do something else.
Floyd |

		Roger says, "WHAT!?! I didn't know that."
		JimKaplan says, "I'm still not sure if we're actually playing the game."
olethros says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > I brewed the powerful Elixir of Wisdom using some very powerful
Floyd | magic.  The moment Tessa drank it, amazing words of insight came from
Floyd | her mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		maga asks, "well, isn't it called Way Walkers: University?"
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 5, wielding her mace.
Floyd | Equipped with the legendary:
Floyd | - Elixir of Wisdom
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Buy an enchanted mace. (Needs 2000 Gold)
Floyd | B: Craft an enchanted mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and
Floyd | 35 Alchemy)
Floyd | C: Craft the Holy Mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and 50
Floyd | Religion 50)
Floyd | D: Find the Ancient Holy Symbol. (Needs 30 Geography, 50 History and
Floyd | 35 Religion)
Floyd | E: Craft the Healer's Kit. (Needs 30 Alchemy, 30 Nature and 30
Floyd | Healing)
Floyd | F: Do something else.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > The Ancient Holy Symbol wasn't something I could make.  Instead, I
Floyd | had to study history books and old maps to learn where I could obtain
Floyd | one.  With a little luck, I found one buried in the ground near an old
Floyd | battle site.  Tessa, our cleric, accepted it with great pride, putting
Floyd | it around her neck and never taking it off again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan exclaims (at maga), "...but we're *done* with university!"
		maga says, "so presumably now we've left the university... right"
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 6, wielding her mace.
Floyd | Equipped with the legendary:
Floyd | - Elixir of Wisdom
Floyd | - Ancient Holy Symbol
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Buy an enchanted mace. (Needs 2000 Gold)
Floyd | B: Craft an enchanted mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and
Floyd | 35 Alchemy)
Floyd | C: Craft the Holy Mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and 50
Floyd | Religion 50)
Floyd | D: Craft the Healer's Kit. (Needs 30 Alchemy, 30 Nature and 30
Floyd | Healing)
Floyd | E: Do something else.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I had to use several alchemical processes to get the metal right,
Floyd | but once I did, I smithed a powerful Enchanted Mace for Tessa to use.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 7, wielding her
Floyd | enchanted mace.
Floyd | Equipped with the legendary:
Floyd | - Elixir of Wisdom
Floyd | - Ancient Holy Symbol
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Craft the Holy Mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and 50
Floyd | Religion 50)
Floyd | B: Craft the Healer's Kit. (Needs 30 Alchemy, 30 Nature and 30
Floyd | Healing)
Floyd | C: Do something else.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I made the legendary Holy Mace using my knowledge of religious
Floyd | icons.  Once I knew what the divine Gods wanted, I smithed a mace and
Floyd | imbued it with the appropriate transformation magic.  Tessa felt
Floyd | honored to carry the holy weapon.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 8, wielding her Holy
Floyd | Mace.
Floyd | Equipped with the legendary:
Floyd | - Elixir of Wisdom
Floyd | - Ancient Holy Symbol
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Craft the Healer's Kit. (Needs 30 Alchemy, 30 Nature and 30
Floyd | Healing)
Floyd | B: Do something else.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > It took a combination of my Alchemy skills and herbalism from my
Floyd | knowledge of nature, but when I was finished, I had crafted a very
Floyd | potent Healer's Kit.  Tessa gratefully took it, knowing that it would
Floyd | allow her divine magic to last longer, since they could use the kit
Floyd | for minor wounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "ok, done"
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Our Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of skill: 5, wielding his sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Buy an enchanted sword. (Needs 2000 Gold)
Floyd | B: Craft an enchanted sword. (Needs 50 Smithing and 50 Transmutation)
Floyd | C: Craft the Sword of Death. (Needs 50 Smithing, 25 Transmutation and
Floyd | 65 Necromancy)
Floyd | D: Craft the Gauntlets of Strength. (Needs 25 Healing, 25
Floyd | Transmutation and 10 Gold)
Floyd | E: Give the Ring of Courage to Grom.
Floyd | F: Craft the Helm of Battle Insight. (Needs 50 Divination, 25
Floyd | Transmutation and 15 Gold)
Floyd | G: Do something else.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Nice"
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > First, I used my skills as a weapons mith to craft an excellent
Floyd | blade.  Then, I cast a powerful Transmutation spell upon it.  I was
Floyd | very pleased with the results, the enchanted sword I had crafted would
Floyd | become a part of legend, Grom was very pleased.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Our Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of skill: 6, wielding his enchanted
Floyd | sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Craft the Sword of Death. (Needs 50 Smithing, 25 Transmutation and
Floyd | 65 Necromancy)
Floyd | B: Craft the Gauntlets of Strength. (Needs 25 Healing, 25
Floyd | Transmutation and 10 Gold)
Floyd | C: Give the Ring of Courage to Grom.
Floyd | D: Craft the Helm of Battle Insight. (Needs 50 Divination, 25
Floyd | Transmutation and 15 Gold)
Floyd | E: Do something else.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > First, I used my skills as a weapon smith to craft an excellent
Floyd | blade.  Then, I cast a powerful Transmutation spell upon the blade.
Floyd | At that point, it was already very powerful.  But next, I used my
Floyd | Necromancy skills to bind several souls to the blade.  It was truly
Floyd | epic, Grom was very pleased.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan exclaims, "Sword of Death!"
		olethros says, "IT WAS TRULY EPIC"
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Our Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of skill: 7, wielding his Sword of
Floyd | Death.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Craft the Gauntlets of Strength. (Needs 25 Healing, 25
Floyd | Transmutation and 10 Gold)
Floyd | B: Give the Ring of Courage to Grom.
Floyd | C: Craft the Helm of Battle Insight. (Needs 50 Divination, 25
Floyd | Transmutation and 15 Gold)
Floyd | D: Do something else.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "A" 		

Floyd | > I purchased a pair of really nice gauntlets.  I then cast the
Floyd | Transmutation spell upon them, changing them and imbuing them with the
Floyd | Healing property of strength.  The result was very good: I had crafted
Floyd | the legendary Gauntlets of Strength.  Grom wasmore than happy to wear
Floyd | them.
Floyd | (Gold -10)
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Our Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of skill: 8, wielding his Sword of
Floyd | Death.
Floyd | Equipped with the legendary:
Floyd | - Gauntlets of Strength
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Give the Ring of Courage to Grom.
Floyd | B: Craft the Helm of Battle Insight. (Needs 50 Divination, 25
Floyd | Transmutation and 15 Gold)
Floyd | C: Do something else.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Grom placed the Ring of Courage onto his finger, the results were
Floyd | immediate. It wasn't the recklessness of false bravado, the courage it
Floyd | instilled made every motion more confident and deadly, it was a
Floyd | beautiful piece of magic.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Our Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of skill: 9, wielding his Sword of
Floyd | Death.
Floyd | Equipped with the legendary:
Floyd | - Gauntlets of Strength
Floyd | - Ring of Courage
Floyd | A: Craft the Helm of Battle Insight. (Needs 50 Divination, 25
Floyd | Transmutation and 15 Gold)
Floyd | B: Do something else.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I purchased a sturdy helm of good quality and cast a spell of
Floyd | Transmutation on it.  After that, I cast a powerful Divination spell
Floyd | into the weave of magic.  The result was excellent.  I had crafted the
Floyd | Helm of Battle Insight. It would become a piece of history in ages to
Floyd | come, Grom was eager to be the first to use it.
Floyd | (Gold -15)
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "we can do everything, or what"
olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 20
Floyd |   54% Good vs. 46% Evil
Floyd | Body: 29%
Floyd | Personality: 17%
Floyd | Willpower: 31%
Floyd | Fame: 1%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 7%
Floyd | Conjuration: 17%
Floyd | Divination: 21%
Floyd | Enchantment: 7%
Floyd | Healing: 25%
Floyd | Illusion: 37%
Floyd | Necromancy: 0%
Floyd | Summoning: 7%
Floyd | Transmutation: 21%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 36%
Floyd | Agriculture: 5%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 50%
Floyd | Economics: 5%
Floyd | Fighting: 57%
Floyd | Geography: 30%
Floyd | History: 5%
Floyd | Nature: 30%
Floyd | Religion: 5%
Floyd | Smithing: 5%
Floyd | Thievery: 35%
Floyd | Warcraft: 15%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "We seem to be pretty good at everything considering we're dropouts"
		olethros says, "yes"
		JimKaplan says, "Or what have you"
		olethros says, "seems like no checks are necessary"
		olethros says, "or checks are not implemented"
		JimKaplan says, "If checks are not implemented, I will punch something"
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog
Floyd | My horse named Twilight Sparkle
Floyd |
Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend
Floyd |
Floyd | MY PARTY:
Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 10, wielding his Sword of Death
Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 4, wielding his dagger
Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 9, wielding her Holy Mace
Floyd |
Floyd | FACTIONS:
Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 40
Floyd | Royal Family: 30
Floyd | Elves: -40
Floyd | Dwarves: 0
Floyd | Orcs: -5
Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0
Floyd | Mage Guild: 55
Floyd | Fighter Guild: 0
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 7%
Floyd | Conjuration: 17%
Floyd | Divination: 21%
Floyd | Enchantment: 7%
Floyd | Healing: 25%
Floyd | Illusion: 37%
Floyd | Necromancy: 0%
Floyd | Summoning: 7%
Floyd | Transmutation: 21%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 36%
Floyd | Agriculture: 5%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 50%
Floyd | Economics: 5%
Floyd | Fighting: 57%
Floyd | Geography: 30%
Floyd | History: 5%
Floyd | Nature: 30%
Floyd | Religion: 5%
Floyd | Smithing: 5%
Floyd | Thievery: 35%
Floyd | Warcraft: 15%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		JimKaplan says, "Because checks are like 80% of the information I've been factoring into my game"
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | I purchased a sturdy helm of good quality and cast a spell of
Floyd | Transmutation on it.  After that, I cast a powerful Divination spell
Floyd | into the weave of magic.  The result was excellent.  I had crafted the
Floyd | Helm of Battle Insight. It would become a piece of history in ages to
Floyd | come, Grom was eager to be the first to use it.
Floyd | (Gold -15)
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		inky says, "man"
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Our thief: a halfling named Kal of skill: 4, wielding his dagger.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Buy an enchanted dagger. (Needs 1500 Gold)
Floyd | B: Craft an enchanted dagger. (Needs 25 Smithing and 50 Transmutation)
Floyd | C: Give the enchanted dagger to Kal.
Floyd | D: Craft the Dagger of Sharpness. (Needs 50 Smithing and 60
Floyd | Transmutation)
Floyd | E: Craft the Boots of Silence. (Needs 25 Illusion, 25 Transmutation
Floyd | and 8 Gold)
Floyd | F: Craft the Cloak of Shadows. (Needs 45 Illusion, 25 Transmutation
Floyd | and 15 Gold)
Floyd | G: Craft the Collection of Poisons. (Needs 45 Alchemy and 50 Nature)
Floyd | H: Do something else.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > First, I used my skills as a weapon smith to craft an excellent
Floyd | blade, then I cast an extremely powerful Transmutation spell onto the
Floyd | blade.  It was sharp enough to cut stone when I finished.  Kal had to
Floyd | be careful when putting the Dagger of Sharpness through his belt loop.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "ok, dagger of sharpness"
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Our thief: a halfling named Kal of skill: 6, wielding his Dagger of
Floyd | Sharpness.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Give the enchanted dagger to Kal.
Floyd | B: Craft the Boots of Silence. (Needs 25 Illusion, 25 Transmutation
Floyd | and 8 Gold)
Floyd | C: Craft the Cloak of Shadows. (Needs 45 Illusion, 25 Transmutation
Floyd | and 15 Gold)
Floyd | D: Craft the Collection of Poisons. (Needs 45 Alchemy and 50 Nature)
Floyd | E: Do something else.
Floyd |

		olethros asks, "well, should I stop?"
		JimKaplan says, "This game needs a Rapier of Wit"
		inky says, "I hope this game is over when we select Journey onward"
		JimKaplan says (to o), "Keep going"
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, keep going. Thank you for doing this."
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I purchased a pair of really nice boots.  I then cast the
Floyd | Transmutation spell upon them, followed by an Illusion spell that was
Floyd | designed to eliminate any noise.  The result was very great.  Kal now
Floyd | had a pair of Boots of Silence.
Floyd | (Gold -8)
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Yeah, seriously"
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Our thief: a halfling named Kal of skill: 7, wielding his Dagger of
Floyd | Sharpness.
Floyd | Equipped with the legendary:
Floyd | - Boots of Silence
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Give the enchanted dagger to Kal.
Floyd | B: Craft the Cloak of Shadows. (Needs 45 Illusion, 25 Transmutation
Floyd | and 15 Gold)
Floyd | C: Craft the Collection of Poisons. (Needs 45 Alchemy and 50 Nature)
Floyd | D: Do something else.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I purchased an expensive black cloak.  I then cast the Transmutation
Floyd | spell upon it, followed by a powerful Illusion spell which made the
Floyd | wearer blend into the smallest of shadows.  Kal was very excited to
Floyd | wear the Cloak of Shadows, anitem which would live on in history.
Floyd | (Gold -15)
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Our thief: a halfling named Kal of skill: 8, wielding his Dagger of
Floyd | Sharpness.
Floyd | Equipped with the legendary:
Floyd | - Boots of Silence
Floyd | - Cloak of Shadows
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Give the enchanted dagger to Kal.
Floyd | B: Craft the Collection of Poisons. (Needs 45 Alchemy and 50 Nature)
Floyd | C: Do something else.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > It took a combination of my Alchemy skills and herbalism from my
Floyd | knowledge of nature, but when I wasfinished, I had crafted a
Floyd | Collection of Poisons the likes of which the world had never seen.
Floyd | Kal was very eager to start trying them out.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Grom a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Grom a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 20
Floyd |   54% Good vs. 46% Evil
Floyd | Body: 29%
Floyd | Personality: 17%
Floyd | Willpower: 31%
Floyd | Fame: 1%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog

		JimKaplan says, "This is ridiculous"

Floyd | My horse named Twilight Sparkle
Floyd |
Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend
Floyd |
Floyd | MY PARTY:
Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 11, wielding his Sword of Death
Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 9, wielding his Dagger of
Floyd | Sharpness
Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 9, wielding her Holy Mace
Floyd |
Floyd | FACTIONS:
Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 40
Floyd | Royal Family: 30
Floyd | Elves: -40
Floyd | Dwarves: 0
Floyd | Orcs: -5
Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0
Floyd | Mage Guild: 55
Floyd | Fighter Guild: 0
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Who teaches the teacher?"
olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 20
Floyd |   54% Good vs. 46% Evil
Floyd | Body: 29%
Floyd | Personality: 17%
Floyd | Willpower: 31%
Floyd | Fame: 1%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog
Floyd | My horse named Twilight Sparkle
Floyd |
Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend
Floyd |
Floyd | MY PARTY:
Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 11, wielding his Sword of Death
Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 9, wielding his Dagger of
Floyd | Sharpness
Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 9, wielding her Holy Mace
Floyd |
Floyd | FACTIONS:
Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 40
Floyd | Royal Family: 30
Floyd | Elves: -40
Floyd | Dwarves: 0
Floyd | Orcs: -5
Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0
Floyd | Mage Guild: 55
Floyd | Fighter Guild: 0
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "OK, we're maxed out I guess"
		olethros says, "well i cannot train them anymore"
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "I guess G"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "G!"
olethros says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern.
Floyd |
Floyd | Our first job came to us where first jobs usually did.  We were
Floyd | sitting around the Full Cup Inn and drinking.  We were also discussing
Floyd | tactics, but often the useful conversation gave way to the useless
Floyd | after as the night wore on.  A caravan guard from a nearby town came
Floyd | into our tavern complaining that he had been robbed.  He said that a
Floyd | group of kobold bandits were charging people a toll for using a
Floyd | kingdom road.  It was a small band, so the royal guards hadn't been
Floyd | sent.  This was our chance to begin our new careers.  We left
Floyd | immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | Twilight Sparkle, my horse, was very impatient at our slow moving.  I
Floyd | knew that we would have to get mounts for everyone eventually, if we
Floyd | wanted to take jobs that were further away.  We hadn't gone far down
Floyd | the forest road when five kobolds stepped in front of us.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Give us your money!" they exclaimed upon our arrival.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I cast several fire bolts at them.  (Needs 20 Conjuration)
Floyd | B: I told them that they didn't have the legal right to collect a toll
Floyd | on that road. (Needs 20 Geography)
Floyd | C: I told Grom to attack. (Needs Fighter Power 4)
Floyd | D: I didn't think we were ready, so I did as they requested.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "the journey begins"
		inky says, "oh man oh man"
		inky asks, "can we pick B?"
		olethros says, "ha ha geography"
		olethros says, "yes yes"
		JimKaplan says, "Yeah, quote law at the bandits"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm sure that'll work"
		olethros says, "we can undo"
		JimKaplan says, "Actually, do try that"
		olethros says, "f b"
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > We had a good discussion about kingdom boundary lines.  After nearly
Floyd | an hour of discussion about when the currentboundary was put into
Floyd | place, they finally agreed and left.
Floyd | (History +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | It was a good victory and a nice start to our adventuring days.  We
Floyd | returned to the tavern and told everyone that the road was now safe.
Floyd | A few caravanners gave us some gold for our troubles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I happily accepted the reward.
Floyd | B: I demanded more money for our efforts.
Floyd | C: I told them that no reward was necessary.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "YAY"
		JimKaplan says, "WHAAAAAAT"
		inky says, "hooray"
		maga says, "hahahahahaha"
		Jacqueline says, "That is so awesome."
JimKaplan MOTHER OF 		
JimKaplan ILAC 		JimKaplan says, "Mother of"
		maga says, "I don't even"
		olethros says, "you can only steal from citizens of Jaetumbia"
		JimKaplan says, "This is"
		JimKaplan says, "I"
		JimKaplan says, "What"
		Jacqueline laughs.
		olethros says, "this here is Xelos"
		JimKaplan says, "I'm slapping myself in the face right now"
		Jacqueline asks, "A?"
		olethros says, "sure"
		JimKaplan says, "Yes, A"
		inky says, "sure"
		Binder says, "i like munn"
		Jacqueline says, "This game may have some grindy weirdness and, oddly enough, Too Many Choices, but damn it does have its moments."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > It was our rightful pay and we needed the money.
Floyd | (Gold +60, Fame +1)
Floyd |
Floyd | We spent several days in the Full Cup Inn as we looked for our next
Floyd | job.  There was a dwarf shopkeeper who had a task for us, a couple of
Floyd | orcs had stolen his wife's diamond necklace.  We learned that the orcs
Floyd | had a camp just outside of Tornassa.
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn't difficult to find the orc encampment.  We spoke to the three
Floyd | warriors who were living there and they said that they took the
Floyd | necklace because the dwarf owed them money for services that they had
Floyd | provided but hadn't been paid for.  They claimed to have been working
Floyd | as guards for the dwarf's store.  I wasn't sure about this
Floyd | arrangement, perhaps if they had been half-orcs it would have made
Floyd | sense, but full orcs were not reliable and likely wouldn't have been
Floyd | hired.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I spoke to them, using our orc heritage as common ground.
Floyd | B: I felt that they deserved the necklace, so I told them so, even
Floyd | though it meant we would fail the quest. (Needs 20 Personality)
Floyd | C: I sent in Kal, the thief, to steal it back.  (Needs Thief Power 5)
Floyd | D: I cast an Enchantment spell to make the orcs want to give me the
Floyd | necklace. (Needs 30 Enchantment)
Floyd | E: I cast a Transmutation spell to turn the ground into mud. (Needs 20
Floyd | Transmutation)
Floyd | F: I didn't see any safe way to recover the necklace, so we gave up.
Floyd |

		Binder says, "+y"
		JimKaplan says, "Orc Heritage seems best to me"
		maga says, "suuuure, go all blood-quantum on my brothers"
		JimKaplan says, "Kal is skilled enough to steal it"
		JimKaplan says, "I think we may not have enough personality"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm cool with heritage."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > They were nice enough about the situation, explaining that they only
Floyd | wanted what was fair.
Floyd | (Diplomacy +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I sided with the orcs, they deserved the necklace for services
Floyd | rendered.
Floyd | B: I sided with the dwarf shopkeeper, asking for the necklace back.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "I guess we can pick between orc faction and gold"
		JimKaplan asks, "?"
		Jacqueline says, "A seems the most fair, though of course they should have taken this to small claims court, instead of taking the law into their own hands."
		olethros says, "probably the necklace is worth far too much compared to their guard duty pay"
		inky says, "hmm"
		Binder says, "We should side with the people paying our bills."
		maga says, "small claims court doesn't recognise orcs, I'll bet"
		Jacqueline says (to olethros), "Hm, possibly, I guess."
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "True enough."
		inky says, "I mean, it's possible they're just lying"
		olethros says, "say B"
		Binder says (to inky), "Racist."
		maga says, "and the orc tribal authority court is just hitting one another with a club"
		olethros says, "3 .."
		olethros says, "2.."
		inky says (to Binder), "the game says orcs are unreliable and shifty, not like noble half-orcs"
		olethros says, "1.."
olethros says (to Floyd), "B" 		

Floyd | > It took a little charm, but they handed the necklace over.
Floyd | (Personality +2, Diplomacy +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | A: We returned the necklace to the dwarf shopkeeper for our reward.
Floyd | B: I gave them back the necklace and told them that no reward was
Floyd | necessary.
Floyd | C: We kept the necklace and sold it.
Floyd |

		Binder says (to inky), "Oh, well, that's fair, then."
		inky says, "wow"
		olethros asks, "well, no 'we gave the reward to the orcs'?"
		olethros asks, "A?"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > The dwarf and his wife were very happy to get the diamond necklace
Floyd | back.  They gave us a nice reward too.
Floyd | (Dwarf Faction +10, Gold +65, Fame +1)
Floyd |
Floyd | I was beginning to get used to living in the Full Cup Inn.  It got
Floyd | loud at times, but it was nice to be so close to my party.  The room I
Floyd | shared with my girlfriend Generic Love Interest was just the right
Floyd | size.  It wasn't always peaceful.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I remember the time Grom, our fighter, got drunk and came into our
Floyd | room.
Floyd | B: I remember the time I caught Kal, our thief, stealing from me.
Floyd | C: I remember the time Tessa tried to convert me to her faith.
Floyd |

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "Tessa, you're not supposed to go native!"
		olethros says, "i like A as a story"
		Jacqueline says, "Please A."
olethros says (to Floyd), "A" 		

Floyd | > As if it wasn't bad enough to have an intruder in our room, imagine
Floyd | my anger when Grom started hitting on Generic Love Interest!
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I forgave Grom and it never happened again.
Floyd | B: I blasted Grom with magic.
Floyd |

		inky says, "whoah"
		olethros says, "ha ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "Wowza"
		maga exclaims, "blast him! blast him!"
		Jacqueline says, "B"
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Grom was too drunk to stop me.  The next morning, he didn't even
Floyd | remember what had happened.
Floyd | (Conjuration +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | It was in my first year of adventuring that rumors about King Gareth's
Floyd | rule began surface.  I had a front-row seat for the event because we
Floyd | came across a job from his royal highness.  A bounty was posted for an
Floyd | escaped elf prisoner.  The 250 gold reward drew bounty hunters and
Floyd | adventurers from across the land, all of us hoping to capture the
Floyd | prisoner first.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a few days of searching Tornassa with no success, we tried a new
Floyd | tactic.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I used my Divination magic. (Needs 15 Divination)
Floyd | B: We spent a lot of money on bribes.  (Needs 75 Gold)
Floyd | C: I used my contacts in the Thieves Guild to find him.  (Needs 10
Floyd | Thieves Guild Faction)
Floyd | D: We found his cellmate and tortured him.
Floyd | E: We were unable to find him.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "hahah"
		maga asks, "also, no obvious option C?"
		Jacqueline asks (of maga), "Which was?"
		inky asks, "wow, there was really no repercussion there?"
		inky says, "more like option 3 IYKWIM"
		Jacqueline says, "golly"
		olethros says, "of course"
		Jacqueline says, "Except he beat our girlfriend, so NO"
		DavidW says, "A. You guys paid for it."
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "hitting *on*"
		olethros says, ""hitting on""
		maga says (to Jacq), "hitting *on*, not hitting"
		inky says, "although he's a fighter so maybe he gets confused"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. I guess I read that wrong."
		Binder says, "or DID you"
		Jacqueline says, "I actually did."
		Binder says, "Well all right then."
		Jacqueline says, "I was wondering what the hell you all were doing talking about three-ways."
		olethros says, "three-way round-house kick"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, there's an escaped elf prisoner, and I think we should catch her to see if her name is Prunella."
olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 20
Floyd |   54% Good vs. 46% Evil
Floyd | Body: 29%
Floyd | Personality: 19%
Floyd | Willpower: 31%
Floyd | Fame: 3%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 7%
Floyd | Conjuration: 27%
Floyd | Divination: 21%
Floyd | Enchantment: 7%
Floyd | Healing: 25%
Floyd | Illusion: 37%
Floyd | Necromancy: 0%
Floyd | Summoning: 7%
Floyd | Transmutation: 21%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 36%
Floyd | Agriculture: 5%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 70%
Floyd | Economics: 5%
Floyd | Fighting: 57%
Floyd | Geography: 30%
Floyd | History: 15%
Floyd | Nature: 30%
Floyd | Religion: 5%
Floyd | Smithing: 5%
Floyd | Thievery: 35%
Floyd | Warcraft: 15%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "hm we have enough, but not sure it's necessary"
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | Grom was too drunk to stop me.  The next morning, he didn't even
Floyd | remember what had happened.
Floyd | (Conjuration +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | It was in my first year of adventuring that rumors about King Gareth's
Floyd | rule began surface.  I had a front-row seat for the event because we
Floyd | came across a job from his royal highness.  A bounty was posted for an
Floyd | escaped elf prisoner.  The 250 gold reward drew bounty hunters and
Floyd | adventurers from across the land, all of us hoping to capture the
Floyd | prisoner first.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a few days of searching Tornassa with no success, we tried a new
Floyd | tactic.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I used my Divination magic. (Needs 15 Divination)
Floyd | B: We spent a lot of money on bribes.  (Needs 75 Gold)
Floyd | C: I used my contacts in the Thieves Guild to find him.  (Needs 10
Floyd | Thieves Guild Faction)
Floyd | D: We found his cellmate and tortured him.
Floyd | E: We were unable to find him.
Floyd |

		olethros asks, "A?"
		olethros says, "E is so lame"
		Binder says, "I like A. Let's put our degree to work."
olethros says (to Floyd), "A" 		

Floyd | > My spell shimmered in the air, showing the elf very clearly.  He had
Floyd | gotten across most of Daria and was waiting for a ship along the
Floyd | eastern coast.  It was no wonder that nobody found him in Tornassa
Floyd | since the Silver Sea was on the other side of Daria. We left
Floyd | immediately.
Floyd | (Divination +10, Geography +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | My horse wasn't ideal, since he wasn't trained for combat, I knew I
Floyd | could get Twilight Sparkle trained for 350 gold.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I had Twilight Sparkle trained.
Floyd | B: I didn't have Twilight Sparkle trained.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "haha - For some reason, maga was sure that we'd named the Kingdom."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, the elf is a he."
		olethros says, "well, elves."
		Jacqueline says, "Golly. Thatsalottamoney."
		Binder says, "It's an investment."
		olethros says, "we earn lots of gold"
		maga says, "seems like something we're going to need"
		inky says, "there's no time to train our horse, we're on the trail of a prisoner"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm fine either way."
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Twilight Sparkle learned many combat commands and learned to not shy
Floyd | away from the smell of blood or the sounds of fighting.
Floyd | (Gold -350, Twilight Sparkle becomes a Warhorse)
Floyd |
Floyd | It was a long way to the Silver Sea, especially since only I had a
Floyd | mount.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: It was about time we were mounted, so I bought horses for my three
Floyd | companions. (Needs 210 Gold)
Floyd | B: It was about time we were mounted, so I stole horses for my three
Floyd | companions. (Needs 35 Thievery)
Floyd | C: I summoned horses using my magic. (Needs 35 Summoning)
Floyd | D: We had no choice but to walk the entire way.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "David seems to be gone, and he was the only reason we were being wise with our funds."
		olethros says, "oh well"
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > It was a nice piece of magic, summoning a trio of horses for my
Floyd | companions as we needed them.  We rode across Daria to the Silver Sea.
Floyd | It took us a few weeks to get there.  We got to see a lot of the
Floyd | country as we went and Twilight Sparkle, my warhorse, was happy to be
Floyd | moving at a decent speed.
Floyd | (Geography +10, Summoning +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of salt hung in the air as we arrived at the shores of the
Floyd | Silver Sea.  I saw large ships and the blue ocean for the first time
Floyd | in my life. We got to work, looking for the elf once again.  When we
Floyd | asked around, we were given very specific directions to a street down
Floyd | by the docks.  It seemed like our luck was with us.
Floyd |
Floyd | We went to the seaside and searched where we were told.  The alley was
Floyd | dark and smelled of fish.  I'll never forget seeing that enormous fist
Floyd | flying right toward my face!
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I took the punch, not letting it slow me down. (Needs 30 Body)
Floyd | B: I blocked the punch. (Needs 25 Fighting)
Floyd | C: I fought through the dizziness.  (Needs 30 Willpower)
Floyd | D: I conjured a very quick shield.  (Needs 25 Conjuration)
Floyd | E: I awoke a few minutes later.
Floyd |

		maga says (to inky), "see, we just clicked the upgrade button and bam, warhorse"
		Jacqueline says, "Twilight Sparkle: The Warhorse."
		DavidW says, "I'm not gone. I just can't care much or follow this."
		inky says, "wow, awesome"
		maga says, "block"
		olethros | The alley ewas dark and smelled of fish
		DavidW says, "You guys are playing a character I don't like overmuch."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Gosh, I can't understand why.</sarcasm>"
		Jacqueline says, "Block the punch."
olethros says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > My hand moved out of instinct and knocked the punch aside before it
Floyd | could hit me.  The sailors who had ambushed us were very surprised.
Floyd | (Fighting +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | There were six sailors in total and they were all large muscular men.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I let Grom handle it. (Needs Fighter Power 4)
Floyd | B: I sprayed the sailors with hard balls of ice.  (Needs 25
Floyd | Conjuration)
Floyd | C: I threw punches right back at them.  (Needs 25 Fighting)
Floyd | D: I created the illusion of a sea monster.  (Needs 25 Illusion)
Floyd | E: I summoned a swarm of spiders.  (Needs 25 Summoning)
Floyd | F: I pleaded for mercy.
Floyd |

		inky says, "ha ha"
		Binder exclaims, "ooh sea monster!"
		olethros says, "yay, sea monster"
		Jacqueline says, "I *would* be interested in replaying a completely different way to see what happens, except I've already played this longer than I'd intended to play today. I will have to go in a bit."
olethros says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > The monster I created was so large it could be seen from the alley
Floyd | we were within.  It was all tentacles and suckers, reaching and
Floyd | grabbing toward the sailors.  I made the illusion climb out of the
Floyd | water and toward the alley.  They backed down immediately,
Floyd | surrendering and calling for mercy.
Floyd | (Illusion +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | The sailors turned on the elf right away, telling us everything.  They
Floyd | had been hired to slow down any pursuers to allow him a chance to get
Floyd | away.  We went immediately to where we were told he could be found. We
Floyd | found him in a seaside bar called the Rusty Harpoon where the elf was
Floyd | sitting at a table and having a drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I cast an Enchantment spell upon him, forcing him to come with us.
Floyd | (Needs 20 Enchantment)
Floyd | B: I got Grom to rough him up a bit. (Needs Fighter Power 5)
Floyd | C: I talked him into coming back to Tornassa with us. (Needs 40
Floyd | Personality)
Floyd | D: I brewed a sleeping potion and slipped it into his drink. (Needs 20
Floyd | Alchemy)
Floyd | E: We had no choice but to try to capture him.
Floyd |

		maga says, "I sprayed the six muscular sailors with hard balls of... ice"
		Binder says, "oh my"
		inky asks, "hmm, we can't do most of these, can we?"
		olethros says, "we can do it all"
		Jacqueline says, "We can do it nine times."
		olethros says, "no checks, see? or at least, no checks implemented in that one bit"
olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 20
Floyd |   54% Good vs. 46% Evil
Floyd | Body: 29%
Floyd | Personality: 19%
Floyd | Willpower: 31%
Floyd | Fame: 3%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 7%
Floyd | Conjuration: 27%
Floyd | Divination: 31%
Floyd | Enchantment: 7%
Floyd | Healing: 25%
Floyd | Illusion: 47%
Floyd | Necromancy: 0%
Floyd | Summoning: 17%
Floyd | Transmutation: 21%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 36%
Floyd | Agriculture: 5%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 70%
Floyd | Economics: 5%
Floyd | Fighting: 67%
Floyd | Geography: 45%
Floyd | History: 15%
Floyd | Nature: 30%
Floyd | Religion: 5%
Floyd | Smithing: 5%
Floyd | Thievery: 35%
Floyd | Warcraft: 15%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | The monster I created was so large it could be seen from the alley we
Floyd | were within.  It was all tentacles and suckers, reaching and grabbing
Floyd | toward the sailors.  I made the illusion climb out of the water and
Floyd | toward the alley.  They backed down immediately, surrendering and
Floyd | calling for mercy.
Floyd | (Illusion +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | The sailors turned on the elf right away, telling us everything.  They
Floyd | had been hired to slow down any pursuers to allow him a chance to get
Floyd | away.  We went immediately to where we were told he could be found. We
Floyd | found him in a seaside bar called the Rusty Harpoon where the elf was
Floyd | sitting at a table and having a drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I cast an Enchantment spell upon him, forcing him to come with us.
Floyd | (Needs 20 Enchantment)
Floyd | B: I got Grom to rough him up a bit. (Needs Fighter Power 5)
Floyd | C: I talked him into coming back to Tornassa with us. (Needs 40
Floyd | Personality)
Floyd | D: I brewed a sleeping potion and slipped it into his drink. (Needs 20
Floyd | Alchemy)
Floyd | E: We had no choice but to try to capture him.
Floyd |

		olethros asks, "so our enchantment is too low... should we try it?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm interested in how that will fail, sure."
olethros says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > It was easy, with a little magic.  After I cast the spell, he
Floyd | followed along and did as he was told.  All we needed to do was return
Floyd | to Tornassa.
Floyd | (Enchantment +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | The return trip went better than I suspected.  I asked the elf
Floyd | prisoner why he had been locked up.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I honestly don't know," the elf said.  "I was the official ambassador
Floyd | to the elf nation, it makes no sense for your king to have thrown me
Floyd | in the dungeons."
Floyd |
Floyd | Memories of the elf attack on my village went through my head as he
Floyd | spoke.    I guessed that he must be connected in some way, despite
Floyd | what he claimed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I spoke to the prisoner a lot during the trip back.  (Needs 30
Floyd | Personality)
Floyd | B: We played chess every night during our trip back.  (Needs 15
Floyd | Warcraft)
Floyd | C: I was cruel to him during the trip back.
Floyd | D: I was civil to the prisoner, being careful to keep our boundaries
Floyd | professional.
Floyd |

		inky says, "man"
		olethros says, "ok, this is just not implemented at all"
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		DavidW says, "E: I was more than civil to the prisoner, careless of our boundaries."
		olethros says, "i don't care anymore"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I began to suspect that he really was a diplomat because he seemed
Floyd | to know a lot of things.
Floyd | (Geography +5, Diplomacy +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | We finally arrived in Tornassa.  It was good to be home.  We took the
Floyd | elf directly to the royal castle and were granted an immediate
Floyd | audience with King Gareth.  It had only been two years since the
Floyd | coronation, but it looked like he had aged ten years instead.  His
Floyd | hair was still black, but he had a weariness in his eyes that spoke of
Floyd | many sleepless nights.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Put the elf in the dungeons!" he screamed to his guards, spittle
Floyd | flying from his lips.
Floyd |
Floyd | He left without granting us a reward, but Wizard Fraledan was there to
Floyd | make things right.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you for your service," the white bearded wizard said as he gave
Floyd | us our reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | We heard about the public execution a few days later and naturally we
Floyd | went.
Floyd | (Gold +250, Fame +1, Royal Faction +10, Kingdom Faction +20)
Floyd |
Floyd | It was a cold and wet day, but the courtyard was filled with people.
Floyd | There hadn't been an execution in Daria for nearly a hundred years.
Floyd | Many of the citizens thought that it was barbaric, but they came
Floyd | anyway to see history in the making.  King Gareth watched from his
Floyd | balcony, his black hair waving in the wind.  He didn't address the
Floyd | crowd, instead he simply watched the proceedings with his dark eyes.
Floyd | The elf was escorted to the noose by a pair of royal guards but no
Floyd | words were said as they put the rope around his neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I called out, demanding to know what his crimes were.
Floyd | B: I was happy to see the elf die, since it was his kind that had
Floyd | attacked my village.  I started throwing rocks at him.
Floyd | C: I said nothing and simply watched.
Floyd |

		Binder asks, "So we don't actually need the purported minimums to do stuff?"
		inky says, "spittle, eh"
		inky says, "I guess not"
		Binder says, "hrmph"
		olethros asks, "ok, A then?"
		Binder says, "Sure, A."
olethros says (to Floyd), "A" 		

Floyd | > It was very bold of me, but I wanted to know.  The guards gave me
Floyd | dirty looks and King Gareth ignored me.  I didn't get my answer that
Floyd | day, but later that night, Wizard Fraledan came by the Full Cup Inn.
Floyd | His clean white beard lay across his chest as he clutched his wooden
Floyd | staff in his wrinkled hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The king doesn't sleep well," the kindly wizard explained.  "He often
Floyd | flies into rages.  The elf used to be the royal ambassador to the
Floyd | elfnation, but his imprisonment and execution had nothing to do with
Floyd | any of this. King Gareth had been eating in the throne room and had
Floyd | spilled a glass of wine across the front of his shirt.  The elf had
Floyd | laughed, so the king sent him to the dungeons the very next day."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please, tell no one.  King Gareth is having his troubles, but he is
Floyd | still our king and the people need to believe in him.  These stories
Floyd | are making it very difficult."
Floyd |
Floyd | He left the Full Cup Inn, leaving me with many questions about our
Floyd | monarch.
Floyd | (Diplomacy +15, History +10, Mage Guild +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | We were very fortunate to have the patronage of the Full Cup Inn for
Floyd | our base of operations.  The deal was that we would help the owner if
Floyd | he ever ran into trouble.  We had been staying there for nearly a year
Floyd | before we were needed.  A group of fighters from the Fighters Guild
Floyd | were drinking and not paying.  They claimed that they were protecting
Floyd | the inn, but since this was our job, we knew they were lying.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I cast an Illusion of filth over the place every time they entered.
Floyd | (Needs 25 Illusion)
Floyd | B: I poisoned their drinks, killing the entire group. (Needs 30
Floyd | Nature)
Floyd | C: I told them about a bar that they might like better. (Needs 30
Floyd | Geography)
Floyd | D: I summoned cockroaches to drive them away. (Needs 25 Summoning)
Floyd | E: I had no choice but to tell the town guard.
Floyd |

		Binder says, "This king is kind of creeping me out."
		inky says, "we knew he was a bad guy from the start because he wanted to be king"
		inky says, "the only people who should be king are the people who don't want to"
		inky asks, "wow, you can just poison everyone?"
		Binder says, "yay moral relativism"
		Jacqueline says, "wow"
		inky says, "A, B, and D seem terrible for the inn's other business"
		Binder says, "Now I'm picturing prisoners being sentenced to monarchy."
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > "The Gray Cat is closer to your barracks and the drinks are
Floyd | cheaper," I told them.
Floyd |
Floyd | It worked well, they left happy and we had our bar back.
Floyd | (Fighter Guild +15, Geography +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | One day, a richly dressed halfling purchased our services.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My family graveyard is no longer resting in peace.  Several of my
Floyd | deceased relatives have been seen wandering the grounds."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tessa, our cleric, was eager to go.  This was exactly the type of
Floyd | mission that religious people enjoyed so much.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. The halfling's
Floyd | estate was just outside of Tornassa, so I left Twilight Sparkle, my
Floyd | warhorse, in the stables and we walked.  We found his home easily and
Floyd | went straight to the graveyard.  The mausoleum doors were locked, so
Floyd | we acquired a key and went inside.  We didn't go far before the first
Floyd | halfling zombies approached us.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Tessa turned them. (Needs Cleric Power 4)
Floyd | B: I used my dark magic to bind the halflings to my will. (Needs 25
Floyd | Necromancy)
Floyd | C: I roasted the halfling zombies with flame. (Needs 20 Conjuration)
Floyd | D: We smashed them with our weapons.
Floyd |

		Binder says, "Religious people are apparently all Goths."
		olethros says, "TURN THEM"
		olethros says, "or smash them!"
		Binder says, "awww, adorable halfling zombies. We should adopt them as pets."
		olethros asks, "bind them?"
		inky says, "I'm not sure our client will be happy about that"
		Roger says, "they're just a TINY bit undead"
		Binder says, "I like a turning."
		olethros | Berlusconi’s ‘crazy idea’: Running for the EU elections in Estonia
		olethros says, "lac"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Tessa called to the Gods, forcing the halfling zombies to fall to
Floyd | the ground, lifeless once more. I think I saw some of the mystical
Floyd | bindings that had been used, everything was a potential learning
Floyd | experience.
Floyd | (Necromancy +5, Religion +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | We followed the corridor some more and found ourselves at a dead end.
Floyd | There didn't seem to be anywhere to go.  It didn't seem likely that we
Floyd | would be hired to get rid of a couple of zombies.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I used my Divination to find the way. (Needs 20 Divination)
Floyd | B: I suspected something about the crypt. (Needs 25 Religion)
Floyd | C: I could sense something magical. (Needs 25 Arcana)
Floyd | D: We returned to the halfling who had hired us, unable to get any
Floyd | further into the crypt.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I found the answer, a secret passage!  We pulled a torch sconce and
Floyd | a section of the wall opened to reveal a dark corridor.
Floyd | (Divination +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | The corridor took us to a well-lit chamber.  I saw the markings on the
Floyd | floor and the walls, someone had been doing some very powerful magic.
Floyd | I immediately suspected Necromancy, someone was trying to raise the
Floyd | dead.  The focus of the power led me to the center of the designs
Floyd | where the mummified remains of a halfling lay.  He was still dead, but
Floyd | I wasn't sure for how much longer.  Suddenly, five other halflings
Floyd | burst into the crypt!  They were wearing priestly gowns and held long
Floyd | sharp knives.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I took control of the dead halfling, raising him myself. (Needs 40
Floyd | Necromancy)
Floyd | B: I cast chain-lightning from my fingertips. (Needs 30 Conjuration)
Floyd | C: I summoned an ogre. (Needs 30 Summoning)
Floyd | D: I let Grom handle it. (Needs Fighter Power 5)
Floyd | E: I enchanted the cultists to fight each other. (Needs 30
Floyd | Enchantment)
Floyd | F: We ran away as fast as we could.
Floyd |

		inky says, "awesome, halfling cultists"
		Jacqueline asks, "We ended up not studying necromancy, right?"
		inky says, "I think that is correct"
		Binder says, "But apparently it doesn't matter if we want to pretend we have it."
		inky says, "maybe we should let Grom handle this since he hasn't done anything yet"
		Binder says, "Yeah, let's deploy the dwarf."
		olethros says, "yeah, he has to grow"
		olethros says, "RELEASE THE DWARFEX"
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > The five halflings were no problem for Grom and his Sword of Death.
Floyd | (Fighting +10, Warcraft +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | The halfling who had hired us returned to the crypt.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am ashamed to say that those cultists are relatives of mine," he
Floyd | said, his eyes on the dead halfling on the slab in front of us.  "This
Floyd | was my great-great-grandfather.  I believe that they were planning to
Floyd | raise him in order to to have him retroactively change his will and
Floyd | give the estate to their side of the family."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please clean this up before you leave," he said as he handed over a
Floyd | large bag of gold and left the crypt.
Floyd | (Gold +180, Fame +1)
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I studied the undead halfling, curious as to the powers being used.
Floyd | B: Loot!  He had asked us to clean up, so I really cleaned up.
Floyd | C: I took the gold and left things where they were.  I wasn't a maid
Floyd | or an undertaker.
Floyd | D: I tidied up the crypt, being careful to leave all of the valuables
Floyd | with the deceased bodies.
Floyd |

		inky says, "whoah, brilliant"
		inky says, "raise the dead to have them change their will? that is amazing"
		olethros says, "ha ha retroactive will changes by resurrected people!"
		olethros says, "ok, this is definitely written by a pre-teen"
		Binder says, "This kingdom *really* needs a civil court system."
		olethros says, "it's almost like axe cop"
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > It was a nice thing to do, to clean up after such a terrible
Floyd | situation.  It took a few hours, but when I was done, the crypt looked
Floyd | clean and tidy.
Floyd | (Good +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | It was a nice sunny day when an old man came into the Full Cup Inn
Floyd | with a job for us.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My name is Gorion.  I'm a former member of the Thieves Guild," he
Floyd | told us.  "I need an escort out of Tornassa. I'll be honest with you,
Floyd | I stole a large sum of money from the guild and they are hunting me
Floyd | down."
Floyd |
Floyd | A: We did as he asked and tried to escape Tornassa.
Floyd | B: I cut his throat and took his stolen money for myself.
Floyd | C: We took him directly to the guild for a reward.
Floyd |

		inky says, "hmm"
		olethros says, "oh, consequences"
		Binder asks, "Wait, who does that? Who rips off a thieve's guild and then confesses to strangers?"
		olethros says, "a character in a child's adventure game"
		Binder says, "thieves guild? thieves' guild? whatever."
		olethros says, "and an old man too"
		DavidW says, "Ion of Gor."
		Binder says (to DavidW), "ha ha ha"
		inky says, "I wonder if C gives us a +Good bonus"
		Binder says, "uh, I mean, no idea what you're referencing ahem"
		olethros says, "is our motto 'we take all business'"
		inky says, "sure ok"
		olethros says, "also, the thieves guild are thieves, and so who gives a fuck, let's give this guy some protection"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > We took him up to our room to make plans.  The Guild was powerful
Floyd | and it wouldn't be good to cross them, but the man was willing to pay,
Floyd | so we took the job.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I cast an Illusion upon him. (Needs 30 Illusion)
Floyd | B: I knew the guild, so I went to the guild master to discuss
Floyd | leniency. (Needs 20 Thieves Guild Faction)
Floyd | C: I bribed every thief I saw on our way out of the city. (Needs 90
Floyd | Gold)
Floyd | D: We put a disguise on him and tried to get out of the city.
Floyd |

		Binder asks, "I really have no idea what to want here. It seems like cripping the guild is good?"
		maga says, "obviously we are illusionish"
		Binder exclaims, "Illusion!"
		olethros says, "we are illusionists!"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > It was almost too easy, the thieves of the city weren't looking for
Floyd | a young woman.  The Illusion held and we simply walked out of
Floyd | Tornassa.
Floyd | (Illusion +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | Gorion was happy that we had gotten him out of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I used to be the guild's top poisoner, but it's a terrible line of
Floyd | work.  I'll use this money to retire. You know, I can offer you more
Floyd | than money."
Floyd |
Floyd | A: He taught me the Alchemy needed to brew poisons.
Floyd | B: He taught me the Healing needed to heal poisons.
Floyd | C: I didn't accept the trade.  I wanted money.
Floyd | D: I told him that no reward was necessary.
Floyd |

		inky says, "man"
		Binder asks, "b?"
		Binder says, "That seems like it might be handy"
		inky asks, "so we just helped out the top poisoner steal money from his ex-friends?"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Tessa and I listened as he told us about anti-toxins and
Floyd | anti-venoms.  It was really good information to know.
Floyd | (Nature +15, Healing +15)
Floyd |
Floyd | I continued to hear terrible stories about King Gareth's reign.  He
Floyd | had raised taxes every year since he had come into power, but nobody
Floyd | knew where the money was going. Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend,
Floyd | heard that he was simply stockpiling it in his treasury for reasons
Floyd | that nobody knew.  Public executions became commonplace in the capital
Floyd | city, yet the dungeons were still overflowing with prisoners from
Floyd | everyone that the king had imprisoned.  Even the other nations around
Floyd | Daria were beginning to become leary of Daria's monarch.  People were
Floyd | already starting to call him the Mad King at that time.  It was a name
Floyd | that would be on everyone's lips as the years went on.
Floyd |
Floyd | We had a very surprising visitor enter the Full Cup Inn one day.  She
Floyd | was in disguise at first, asking for a private meeting.  We took her
Floyd | up to our rooms before she removed her disguise.  It was Princess
Floyd | Emily, the king's sister!  Now that she had removed her costume, I was
Floyd | surprised that I didn't recognize her beautiful deep brown eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm afraid for my life," the princess stated bluntly as she flipped
Floyd | her long brown hair away from her slender neck.  "My brother has
Floyd | always been troubled, but since he gained the crown, his moods are
Floyd | even darker.  He's suspicious of everything and has been becoming
Floyd | increasingly cruel."
Floyd |
Floyd | "He's planning to kill me.  He doesn't want me to bear children, since
Floyd | he has no heirs of his own.  He's afraid that any child I have will
Floyd | become a threat to his reign."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I intend to go to the elves.  I know that they will grant me refuge
Floyd | in their forest."
Floyd |
Floyd | I said it was a bad idea, the elves couldn't be trusted since their
Floyd | attacks upon the kingdom.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is different.  The circumstances surrounding those attacks were
Floyd | unique, the elves are actually very trustworthy.  Perhaps my presence
Floyd | there will also help to mend the bad blood between our nations.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I decided to take Princess Emily to the elves.
Floyd | B: I decided not to help her.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, ";It's a long life, and this game is going to let us experience every moment of it."
		Binder says, "Holy textdump Batman"
		inky says, "man"
		inky says, "the elves are actually very trustworthy, hunh"
		olethros says, "yes, indeed, you can trust them to mess you up"
		olethros says, "ok, time for tea and shower and possible recap"
		Binder says, "I say we give her to the elves."
		inky says, "okey doke"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. The trip to the
Floyd | Alderheart Forest would take nearly a week.  Princess Emily was a good
Floyd | traveling companion, packing only what she could carry on one horse
Floyd | and leaving all of her royal retainers behind. Twilight Sparkle, my
Floyd | warhorse was happy to be moving and so were the horses that my
Floyd | companions were mounted upon.  It was a pleasant ride and I learned
Floyd | about many of the small villages in Daria.
Floyd | (Geography +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | We left Tornassa with no trouble, heading due east.  Princess Emily
Floyd | had done well, the king never knew she had left, so nobody chased us.
Floyd | We didn't travel far when we ran into trouble, a group of bandits
Floyd | surrounded us on the king's road itself. This was no small band of
Floyd | stupid kobolds, but instead, a pack of 20 well-armored and
Floyd | well-trained criminals.  It was another sign of the deteriorating
Floyd | state of the kingdom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I created a burst of fire to burn them all. (Needs 35 Conjuration)
Floyd | B: I created an Illusion of a large group of kingdom soldiers
Floyd | approaching. (Needs 25 Illusion.)
Floyd | C: I talked our way through.  (Needs 40 Personality)
Floyd | D: I rode Twilight Sparkle, my warhorse past the bandits.
Floyd | E: I cast an Enchantment spell that made them all forget what they
Floyd | were doing. (Needs 25 Enchantment)
Floyd | F: I surrendered, allowing the bandits to go through our gear.
Floyd |

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "I wonder if D requires a warhorse"
		Jacqueline says, "afk a sec"
		Binder says, "If so, we should do D. Let's get our money worth from our horse training."
		inky says, "it doesn't say it does, though"
		inky asks, "also, what about our other group members?"
		Binder says, "They're not that interested in this confrontation."
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "I am inclined to just solve all our problems with illusions"
		Binder says, "OK, it'll be interesting to see if these 'bandits' are actually just off-duty kingdom cops."
		Binder says, "So B-luff them"
		inky says, "okey doke"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > The illusionary soldiers marched toward us, getting the attention of
Floyd | all of the bandits.  Many of them dropped what they were holding as
Floyd | they scattered in every direction.  Princess Emily was very happy with
Floyd | my solution, since it had caused no bloodshed.
Floyd | (Royal Faction +10, Illusion +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | The remainder of the trip to the Alderheart went smoothly, the
Floyd | enormous ancient forest loomed up all around us as we entered. The
Floyd | path we took looked to be little more than an animal run, but Princess
Floyd | Emily assured us that it was the correct way.  We traveled for a few
Floyd | hours, the feeling of being observed was very strong.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Halt," a voice said from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | I looked up to see a dozen elves in the trees, many of them holding
Floyd | longbows.  I suspected that there were even more that we couldn't see.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I used my skills as a former nature guide to impress the elves.
Floyd | B: I greeted them using the appropriate formalities. (Needs 30
Floyd | Diplomacy)
Floyd | C: I set fire to their trees, attempting to burn them all. (Needs 20
Floyd | Conjuration)
Floyd | D: I let Princess Emily speak for us.
Floyd |

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "we should burn their trees down, that'll convince them"
		inky says, "I think we've been doing a bunch of diplomacy"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I knew the proper words and customs.  The elves were happy to see
Floyd | someone knowledgeable about their heritage. The elves came down out of
Floyd | the trees and escorted us to their city.
Floyd | (Elf Faction +20, Diplomacy +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | The elven city was beautiful to behold, the trees themselves were
Floyd | enormous and ancient.  I had never seen anything like it, they were
Floyd | thicker than a man was tall and had shimmering silver leaves.  Wooden
Floyd | bridges and spiralling walkways connected platforms high above us and
Floyd | everywhere I looked, I saw beautiful elves.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings and welcome to Oneiduin," the Elf Queen said graciously in
Floyd | elven.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you," Princess Emily said, surprising me with her elven
Floyd | language skills.  "I am eternally grateful for your hospitality."
Floyd |
Floyd | The queen escorted the princess to her new home and we were taken to a
Floyd | set of rooms to stay in.  We stayed in Oneiduin for several weeks
Floyd | while the princess settled in.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I spent the days talking to the elves and learning about their
Floyd | ways.
Floyd | B: I spoke with the elven spell-binders, learning about elven magic.
Floyd | C: I snuck around the elven city, stealing everything that wasn't
Floyd | nailed down. (Needs 30 Thievery)
Floyd | D: I spent the days hiding in my room and studying my magic, I didn't
Floyd | want anything to do with the elves.
Floyd |

		inky asks, "hmm, would we rather learn magic or elf faction stuff?"
		inky says, "I guess we're wizards so screw it"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > It was fascinating, the way they worked nature into all aspects of
Floyd | their magic.  They were impressed with my own magic, which was growing
Floyd | very strong through all of my studying.
Floyd | (Alchemy +5,  Healing +5, Summoning +5, Transmutation +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the end of my stay with the elves, I found Princess Emily alone
Floyd | in one of the gardens.  The flowers were in bloom and she was looking
Floyd | very pretty.  She looked melancholy and sad as she sat on a wooden
Floyd | bench among the green foliage.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I flirted with the princess. (Needs 40 Personality)
Floyd | B: I talked to her and tried to cheer her up.
Floyd | C: I called her a coward for leaving the kingdom.
Floyd |

		Roger says, "What, no regicidal option booo"
		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I chatted to her and tried to cheer her up.  We spent a few hours
Floyd | together in the garden and became friends.
Floyd | (Personality +5, Royal Faction +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | One day, I was approached by the elf queen herself.  She had heard
Floyd | that my village had been one of those attacked by the elves and she
Floyd | wanted to explain why.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It started with a band of kingdom loggers," she explained in her
Floyd | melodious voice.  "They were plying their trade too deeply into the
Floyd | Alderheart.  We sent messengers to King Norbert, but he refused to do
Floyd | anything about it.  Numarri, an elf-lord, was the one wholed the
Floyd | attacks on the kingdom without my consent."
Floyd |
Floyd | "To make matters worse, I later learned that King Norbert had been
Floyd | lied to by one of his dukes, he never knew just how deep the logging
Floyd | had been.  The duke was executed and Numarri was stripped of his
Floyd | titles.  The king and I were both ashamed over the incident, but we
Floyd | have since put it behind us."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The logging boundaries not only protect our forests, but it also
Floyd | protects the loggers themselves.  That particular incursion had come
Floyd | perilously close to intruding upon a magical moon glade of enormous
Floyd | power."
Floyd |
Floyd | The conversation continued in other directions after that.  Naturally,
Floyd | my wizardly mind returned to the concept of a mystical glade of great
Floyd | power.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: My curiosity got the better of me, so I decided to see this glade
Floyd | with my own eyes.
Floyd | B: I hated the elves for what they had done to my village, so I
Floyd | decided to go to the glade and see if I could damage it in some way.
Floyd | C: I decided to stay away from the glade.
Floyd |

		inky says, "magical moon glade eh"
		Jacqueline says, "okay. Back and caught up."
		Jacqueline says, "a"
		inky says, "ok I assume we want to look at the glade but not blow it up"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Curiosity was the downfall of many a wizard, I hoped that I wouldn't
Floyd | regret my decision, but I was intensely interested in such a mystical
Floyd | phenomena.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I used my magic sight to uncover the location of the glade. (Needs
Floyd | 30 Divination)
Floyd | B: I asked a few friendly elves where it was.  (Needs 30 Elf Faction)
Floyd | C: I studied a map and figured it out.  (Needs 25 Geography)
Floyd | D: I tracked the elves to the glade.  (Needs 35 Nature)
Floyd | E: I followed my sensing of the magic.  (Needs 30 Arcana)
Floyd | F: I had Killah P, my canine friend, sniff out the way.
Floyd | G: I had no idea where the moon glade was.
Floyd |

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky asks, "can I choose f?"
		DavidW says, "Fine with me."
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
inky says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | > Killah P was happy to lead me through the forest in the direction I
Floyd | wanted to go.
Floyd | (Geography +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | I left the elf city and traveled into the woods.  The moon was my only
Floyd | light as I made my way through the ancient trees.  It took a little
Floyd | time, but I soon found the glade.  A shimmering pool of magical water
Floyd | glowed in front of me.  It was the same colour as the moon itself.
Floyd | This was the infamous moon glade I had heard about.  I knew I didn't
Floyd | have a lot of time so I would have to be quick.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I took a sample of the glowing water and drank some myself.
Floyd | B: I bathed in the magical waters.
Floyd | C: I stood in it to my ankles, getting my boots wet.
Floyd | D: I analyzed the water, hoping to glean some insights about its
Floyd | magical nature.
Floyd | E: I did nothing but admire its beauty.
Floyd |

		inky says, "hmm"
		DavidW says, "We can blame the dog if there's a stink afterwards."
		inky says, "so that gave a geography boost"
		inky says, "I wonder if picking geography would have also given a geography boost"
		Roger says, "MORE POISON"
		Roger says, "It's the answer for everything"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm thinking either bathe or admire. B or E"
		DavidW says, "Bathing is the most risky and most powerful option, I think."
		inky says, "I guess we have't bathed all game"
		inky says, "we are probably filthy"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I don't know what possessed me to do so, but I submersed myself
Floyd | within the mystical pool.  I could feel the magic washing over me,
Floyd | erasing all tensions, healing all wounds.  I felt amazing when I came
Floyd | out.
Floyd | (Body +20, Nature +15)
Floyd |
Floyd | I stood before the moonglade, awed by its power and majesty.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I left the glade as I found it, respecting the elves and forgiving
Floyd | them for what they had done to my village.
Floyd | B: I desecrated the moon glade as best I could, hoping it would
Floyd | greatly hurt the elves.
Floyd |

		inky says, "snazzy"
		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
		Jacqueline says, "And you were right - we were filthy. heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Please do A."
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > People made poor choices, both human and elf.  I knew that the elves
Floyd | weren't perfect, but they were trying and I couldn't hold the rest of
Floyd | them at fault for the deeds of a few.  I felt much more at peace when
Floyd | I returned to the city.
Floyd | (Elf Faction +50, Good +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | It was soon time to go, Princess Emily was settled into her new home
Floyd | and I was no longer needed. The elves were very gracious and honored
Floyd | me with many praises when I left.  I would never forget my time among
Floyd | them. We returned to Tornassa, leaving the princess behind.
Floyd | (Geography +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | The princess offered us our reward for helping her to escape her
Floyd | brother.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I accepted the reward.
Floyd | B: I demanded more money, after all, what I had done would be
Floyd | considered treason.
Floyd | C: I told her that no reward was necessary.
Floyd |

		inky asks, "should we tell her no reward is necessary in the hopes of getting a bigger reward later?"
		olethros says, "ok"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		Jacqueline says, "Or smoochies."
		olethros says, ";maybe a different type of reward"
		inky says, "I think we might finally be at positive elf reputation with this boost, too"
		olethros says, "everybody loves us"
		inky says, "there was a flirt option earlier I didn't take because we didn't technically have the personality score"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > She smiled in thanks.  I knew I had made her very happy.  The elves
Floyd | were also impressed by my act of kindness.
Floyd | (Royal Faction +20, Elf Faction +10, Good +20)
Floyd |
Floyd | Rumours of the princess having left the castle were rampant when I
Floyd | returned.  Luckily, King Gareth never connected it to myself or my
Floyd | party.  It was easy to see that the princess was correct, had she
Floyd | stayed, she likely would have been imprisoned or killed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Four years went by as we continued to do various jobs for various
Floyd | clients.  We were slowly growing in fame and reputation.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I continued my studies as an illusionist. (Current Skill: 67)
Floyd | B: I continued to study a little bit of everything.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "hooray"
		olethros says, "though money is the one limit that is probably enforced, as it does keep track of it going down"
		olethros says, "or maybe not"
		inky says, "makes sense"
		olethros says, "maybe you just go in debt"
		inky says, "I'm going to keep specializing because why not"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I studied my chosen branch of magic, even though I got a little
Floyd | rusty at the other types.
Floyd | (Alchemy -1, Conjuration -1, Divination -1, Enchantment -1, Healing
Floyd | -1, Illusion +25, Necromancy -1, Summoning -1, Transmutation -1)
Floyd |
Floyd | I was also careful to continue to study other things as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I studied arcana. (Arcana: 36)
Floyd | B: I studied agriculture. (Agriculture: 5)
Floyd | C: I studied diplomacy. (Diplomacy: 100)
Floyd | D: I studied economics. (Economics: 5)
Floyd | E: I studied fighting. (Fighting: 77)
Floyd | F: I studied geography. (Geography: 78)
Floyd | G: I studied history. (History: 25)
Floyd | H: I studied nature. (Nature: 60)
Floyd | I: I studied religion. (Religion: 10)
Floyd | J: I studied smithing. (Smithing: 5)
Floyd | K: I studied thievery. (Thievery: 35)
Floyd | L: I studied warcraft. (Warcraft: 20)
Floyd |

		inky says, "wow"
murphy_slaw arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		inky says, "we are master diplomats"
		inky asks, "what should we work on? arcana? thievery?"
Zach has disconnected. 		
Zach has connected. 		
Zach has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Jacqueline says, "Hm."
		olethros says, "arcana. Let's be a particle wizard"
		Jacqueline says, "Seems a bit late in the game to be developing one of our crappy skills."
		Jacqueline says, "Arcana's fine with me."
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I studied every day, learning even more about arcana.
Floyd | (Arcana +25)
Floyd |
Floyd | I wasn't the only one who used my spare time to improve my skills.
Floyd | All of my companions continued to train and practice.  Although they
Floyd | all did well:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Grom improved the most.
Floyd | B: Kal improved the most.
Floyd | C: Tessa improved the most.
Floyd | D: Nobody stood out as improving the most.
Floyd |

		inky says, "Grom and Kal aren't our buddies, screw those guys"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Tessa worked really hard, training and practicing until her skills
Floyd | improved.
Floyd |
Floyd | King Gareth's atrocities grew as the Kingdom of Daria continued to
Floyd | fall apart.  I saw more beggars and homeless people on the streets
Floyd | than ever before.  Rumours of Princess Emily's exile gave the people
Floyd | hope, especially when gossip began to proclaim that she had married
Floyd | her childhood sweetheart, Duke Peter, and had a child with him. This
Floyd | was monumental.  The current heir to the throne was now living in
Floyd | exile with the elves.
Floyd |
Floyd | It was probably for this very reason that the king married.  The new
Floyd | queen was a young woman named Janice.  We continued to work out of the
Floyd | Full Cup Inn as the years passed, taking on many adventuring jobs and
Floyd | building a name for ourselves.
Floyd |
Floyd | I was 30 years old when I got a royal summons to meet King Gareth, who
Floyd | was now 40.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "queen janice, hunh"
		Binder says, "ferrsuure"
		DavidW says, "wait, we didn't get to name herrrr!"
		Jacqueline asks, "Should we train with any of them, or just go forward?"
olethros says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern.
Floyd |
Floyd | I was nervous, at first, afraid he had found out that I knew about
Floyd | Princess Emily's escape nine years ago. That wasn't the case at all, I
Floyd | learned when I arrived.  The king met with me in his private chambers,
Floyd | just the two of us.  His eyes had an intensity to them that was
Floyd | unnerving.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I found the king very attractive, so I flirted with him. (Needs 40
Floyd | Personality)
Floyd | B: I met him formally as my king.
Floyd |

		inky says, "I assume we trained everyone up pretty high already"
		inky says, "with all the magic swords and stuff"
		olethros says, "yeah, i cheated"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > The king sat in his chair and passed me a goblet of wine.  I took it
Floyd | and waited to hear why he had called me here. He then started to
Floyd | explain, very frankly, that Queen Janice would not give him an heir.
Floyd | He explained that he wanted me to use magic to help her carry his
Floyd | baby.  I asked why he didn't go to Fraledan, he said that he had, but
Floyd | the old wizard was a traditionalist and had never studied the Healing
Floyd | magics needed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I had just the Healing spell needed, I agreed to do the task.
Floyd | (Needs 25 Healing)
Floyd | B: I could use my Necromancy to bolster the child's lifeforce until it
Floyd | was born. (Needs 25 Necromancy)
Floyd | C: I didn't know any magic that would help, but I promised to look
Floyd | into it.
Floyd | D: I refused to help him.
Floyd |

		inky says, "no flirting with bad guys!"
		olethros says, "unless we had more options now, but I guess not"
		inky says, "hmm"
		olethros says, "aha, so either Fraledan, or the King are lying"
		Binder says, "ooh necrobaby"
		olethros asks, "so basically he can create a baby from the sperm?"
		inky asks, "is it moral to help the evil king have a kid who may or may not be evil?"
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "haha"
		olethros says, "the kid might suffer"
		Binder says, "It's not moral but it's probably story-full"
		inky says, "wait, I can't tell if he means that Janice is unwilling or unable to have a kid"
		olethros says, "Lich king!"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Good point."
		olethros says, "he says healing, so I guess she cannot"
		Jacqueline says, "C? See if we can speak to Fraledan, or, since we have no undo..."
		inky says, "I guess C buys some time"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > I returned to the Full Cup Inn and to my small library.  I
Floyd | researched the problem and eventually came up with the magic needed.
Floyd | It was a talented piece of sorcery, I was growing greatly in power, to
Floyd | be able to offer a solution that Fraledan could not.  I returned to
Floyd | the king with the answer to his problem.
Floyd | (Healing +5, Nature +5, Royal Faction +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | The next day, I was taken to Queen Janice herself.  She hardly spoke
Floyd | to me as I set up the magic I would need to help her carry a baby to
Floyd | term.  Once everything was in place, I began to cast. The magic worked
Floyd | flawlessly as it flowed directly into the queen.  It worked so well,
Floyd | that I was confident that she would get pregnant immediately and have
Floyd | a baby in nine months.
Floyd |
Floyd | The king and queen thanked me for my services.  It was somewhat odd,
Floyd | since they had no proof that my magic had done the deed.  Nine months
Floyd | later, the queen had a little boy, Prince Eric, the new heir to the
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few months after Prince Eric was born, Princess Emily and her small
Floyd | family moved back into the royal castle.  Now that the king had an
Floyd | heir of his own, the princess and her son were no longer in danger.
Floyd | The people of the kingdom were very happy, everyone hoped that two
Floyd | princes and the renewal of the royal family would mean that the
Floyd | troubled days were over. They were all wrong, of course, things got
Floyd | even worse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nearly a year after I was called to King Gareth's private room and
Floyd | given my reward in secret.  Nobody knew that I was the one responsible
Floyd | for the queen's ability to have a baby.
Floyd | (Gold +300, Royal Faction +15)
Floyd |
Floyd | A stocky dwarf came into the Full Cup Inn and hired us a few months
Floyd | later.  He said that his brethren under the Grey Mountains had
Floyd | tunneled too deep and had awoken something ancient and evil.  It was
Floyd | an old tale, almost a cliche, but there it was.
Floyd |
Floyd | We rode north toward the Grey Mountains.
Floyd | (Geography +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | We arrived at the foothills of the Grey Mountains in the late fall of
Floyd | that year.  I was worried about the weather, afraid that one good
Floyd | snowfall might trap us for the entire winter, but we ventured forward
Floyd | anyway.  Our dwarf guide led us through a grand arch and deep into the
Floyd | mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Welcome!" the Dwarf Chief said in a deep voice as he smiled at us
Floyd | through his thick beard.  "We have no time to waste.  The blasted
Floyd | monster has stopped all mining and production."
Floyd |
Floyd | He gave us maps to follow the mine shafts to where they had
Floyd | encountered the beast.  We spent the night in the dwarven halls and
Floyd | left the very next day.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: My Divination magic led us there unerringly. (Needs 35 Divination)
Floyd | B: I knew a little about underground phenomena. (Needs 40 Nature)
Floyd | C: Although the map was subterranean, the principles were the same.
Floyd | (Needs 30 Geography)
Floyd | D: We got miserably lost.
Floyd |

		Binder says, "Stalling with C seems fine."
		Binder says, "The worst he can do is publically execute us."
		inky says, "whoops"
		inky says, "ok, so much for stalling"
		Binder says, "Almost a cliche"
		inky says, "let's use .. geography!"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > I followed the map, finally starting to get the hang of the 'up' and
Floyd | 'down' notation.
Floyd | (Geography +10, Nature +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | The mineshaft had indeed broken into a much older tunnel.  The dead
Floyd | bodies of dwarves could be seen scattered all about, the monster had
Floyd | killed a great number of them.  We proceeded forward cautiously, but
Floyd | didn't have to go far before we found it.  It stood an easy fifteen
Floyd | feet tall, it had large horns in its head and thick leathery skin all
Floyd | over its body.  Its eyes seemed to have flames dancing in them as it
Floyd | approached us, ready for the kill.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I battled the creature with my strongest fireballs. (Needs 40
Floyd | Conjuration)
Floyd | B: I summoned a demon to fight for us. (Needs 30 Summoning)
Floyd | C: I hid a vast canyon under an Illusion. (Needs 35 Illusion)
Floyd | D: I had read about such a beast, I knew its limitations. (Needs 35
Floyd | History)
Floyd | E: Grom charged the beast. (Needs Fighter Power 6)
Floyd | F: We had no choice but to run away, returning to the Dwarf Chief.
Floyd |

		olethros says, "ha ha getting the hang of up and down"
		Binder says, "the temptation to flip the map over is what you have to overcome"
		Binder says, "Let's use history to win fights. D."
		Binder says, "oh wait, illusion option"
		Binder asks, "missed that before. C?"
		olethros says, "we can train grom a bit more"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > It was an epic battle as the fighter and the monster fought blade
Floyd | versus tooth.  I sent a few small pieces of magic into the fray, but I
Floyd | had to be careful to not distract Grom.  In the end, the beast was
Floyd | killed.
Floyd | (Fighting +5, Warcraft +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | We returned through the tunnels, eventually finding our way back to
Floyd | the dwarven Great Hall.  The Dwarf Chief himself met us. He was
Floyd | overwhelmed with joy at our success!  He hugged each of us with his
Floyd | thick arms, lauging as he did so.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wonderful!" he exclaimed.  "We'll be telling your tale for years to
Floyd | come!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The dwarves held a great feast in our honor.  They were very happy and
Floyd | pleased to give us a substantial reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I accepted the reward.
Floyd | B: I demanded that they give us more, it had been a very difficult
Floyd | battle. (Needs 40 Personality)
Floyd | C: I declined the reward.
Floyd |

		inky says, "Grommmmm"
		olethros says, "ha ha"
		olethros says, "well, C, naturally"
		olethros says, "we can always steal money"
		Binder says, "ha"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "okey doke"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > The dwarves had never heard of such a thing, but they loved their
Floyd | gold, so they were more than happy to keep it.
Floyd | (Dwarf Faction +40, Good +15, Fame +1)
Floyd |
Floyd | We left the dwarven kingdom and headed to Tornassa.
Floyd |
Floyd | The next summer proved to be very dry and hot, all across Daria,
Floyd | farmers were having trouble with their crops.  It wasn't a
Floyd | full-fledged drought or famine, but it was a difficult year.  A few
Floyd | towns and villages were hit worse than others, including my home
Floyd | village.  I heard about their troubles from a letter I received from
Floyd | the mayor.  It wasn't one of our regular jobs, but I took it anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Twilight Sparkle, my warhorse was happy to be moving, so were the
Floyd | other mounts that the rest of my party were riding. It was an
Floyd | enjoyableride as we traveled back to my home village.
Floyd | (Geography +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | Elmvale was much smaller than I had remembered it, I had seen many
Floyd | great things since I had been there last. The beautiful river that ran
Floyd | through my village was all dried up.
Floyd |
Floyd | We were given a room in the local tavern. We sat down with the mayor
Floyd | later that night to talk business. He said that the temple had used up
Floyd | all of their funds to help pay for food, but it wasn't going to be
Floyd | enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I brewed many potions which would allow the crops to grow with very
Floyd | little water. (Needs 30 Alchemy)
Floyd | B: I conjured a rain shower. (Needs 30 Conjuration)
Floyd | C: I summoned many water elementals. (Needs 25 Summoning)
Floyd | D: I created a fake rain shower and fake healthy plants. (Needs 25
Floyd | Illusion)
Floyd | E: I didn't do anything to help my village.
Floyd |

		inky says, "ha ha D"
		Binder says, "ha ha I love D"
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
		olethros says, "awww"
		inky says, "I wonder if we can do any of these other ones legally"
		olethros says, "such a shitty thing to do"
		Jacqueline says, "Just when I'm about to say, 'Have fun, folks, I need to take a nap,' the game has another great moment."
inky says (to Floyd), "statistics" 		

Floyd | > Invalid selection
Floyd | A: I brewed many potions which would allow the crops to grow with very
Floyd | little water. (Needs 30 Alchemy)
Floyd | B: I conjured a rain shower. (Needs 30 Conjuration)
Floyd | C: I summoned many water elementals. (Needs 25 Summoning)
Floyd | D: I created a fake rain shower and fake healthy plants. (Needs 25
Floyd | Illusion)
Floyd | E: I didn't do anything to help my village.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 31 Body: 49%
Floyd | Personality: 24%
Floyd | Willpower: 31%
Floyd | Fame: 6%
Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 102 good karma.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 11%
Floyd | Conjuration: 26%
Floyd | Divination: 40%
Floyd | Enchantment: 16%
Floyd | Healing: 49%
Floyd | Illusion: 92%
Floyd | Necromancy: 4%
Floyd | Summoning: 21%
Floyd | Transmutation: 30%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 61%
Floyd | Agriculture: 5%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 100%
Floyd | Economics: 5%
Floyd | Fighting: 82%
Floyd | Geography: 94%
Floyd | History: 25%
Floyd | Nature: 70%
Floyd | Religion: 10%
Floyd | Smithing: 5%
Floyd | Thievery: 35%
Floyd | Warcraft: 25%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		Binder says (to inky), "so formal"
		inky says, "so yeah, I guess technically the illusion one is the only one we're qualified for"
		olethros says, "ok then"
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > Invalid selection
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
inky presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | A: I brewed many potions which would allow the crops to grow with very
Floyd | little water. (Needs 30 Alchemy)
Floyd | B: I conjured a rain shower. (Needs 30 Conjuration)
Floyd | C: I summoned many water elementals. (Needs 25 Summoning)
Floyd | D: I created a fake rain shower and fake healthy plants. (Needs 25
Floyd | Illusion)
Floyd | E: I didn't do anything to help my village.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > I received many celebratory hugs and handshakes, the illusion of the
Floyd | rain shower looked very authentic and the plants looked healthy.  I
Floyd | knew that it wasn't real, but they didn't.  They would be in for a
Floyd | surprise in a few days whenthe Illusion faded, leaving them with
Floyd | crops that were even deader than before.  When it happened, they
Floyd | blamed themselves, not me.
Floyd | (Illusion +10, Evil +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | My entire village was overjoyed.  They would not starve to death or go
Floyd | into great debt from importing food from other towns.  I was a local
Floyd | hero and word of my deeds spread across the land.  The mayor even
Floyd | offered me a small reward of 200 gold.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I took the gold.
Floyd | B: I asked for more money.
Floyd | C: I turned down the reward.
Floyd |

		inky says, "oh man"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > The mayor and all of the villagers burst into applause at these
Floyd | words.  They didn't have a lot of money and the coins they had
Floyd | intended to give me would be better used somewhere else.
Floyd | (Good +15, Fame +1)
Floyd |
Floyd | My party and I packed our bags and left my small village.
Floyd |
Floyd | I was 32 years old when the great dragon Parnaxxus renewed his
Floyd | terrible wrath upon the land.  King Gareth's reign was tearing the
Floyd | kingdom apart and the dragon was decimating what was left.  The
Floyd | Fighters Guild did very well through these years, gaining many
Floyd | contracts to defend villagers and merchants from the mighty beast.
Floyd | Grom, a dues paying member of the guild, was approached by the guild
Floyd | leader for a lucrative contract. Our fighter wasn't hired away from
Floyd | our party, instead, the entire party was offered a job.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guild hall in Tornassa had grown rich from the fear Parnaxxus was
Floyd | instilling in the land, even though the fighters who were hired out
Floyd | could do little against the mighty beast.  The guild leader brought
Floyd | the entire party into his office and told us what he needed.  A mighty
Floyd | wizard had hired the Fighters Guild to protect him against Parnaxxus.
Floyd | The guild sent a dozen fighters, but when the dragon attacked his
Floyd | tower, all twelve fighters were killed and the tower was laid to
Floyd | waste.  The contract was fulfilled, the fighters had fought to the
Floyd | best of their abilities, but the mage refused to pay.  The Mage Guild
Floyd | refused to get involved. We were to speak to the mage and get the 1000
Floyd | gold that was owed to the Fighters Guild.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		Binder says, "Nice."
		Jacqueline says, "Dman"
		Jacqueline says, "er, Damn"
inky says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | G: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Grom a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		inky says, "I wonder why I could only train Grom once but the others a bunch"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		inky says, "maybe my stats are higher or something"
inky says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. The wizard was
Floyd | living in a tent outside of the ruins of his tower.  It wasn't very
Floyd | far from Tornassa, so we walked. Parnaxxus had really decimated the
Floyd | poor man's residence, broken equipment, scattered herbs and bricks lay
Floyd | everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why should I pay the guild for their failure?" the wizard reasoned.
Floyd | "And, even if I wanted to, I can't. Everything I owned was in my tower
Floyd | and it's in shambles."
Floyd |
Floyd | A: We took the simple solution and paid the 1000 gold ourselves.
Floyd | (Needs 1000 Gold)
Floyd | B: I explained to the Fighters Guild that since the dragon had
Floyd | destroyed the tower, they were owed nothing. (Needs 40 Personality)
Floyd | C: I used my magic to make the mage pay his debt. (Needs 35
Floyd | Enchantment)
Floyd | D: I spoke to the wizard.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > He was very reasonable and said that the dragon had destroyed his
Floyd | tower and that he needed every bit of gold he had left in order to
Floyd | rebuild.  He said that it wasn't right that he would have to pay the
Floyd | Fighters Guild when they hadn't been able to protect him or his tower
Floyd | from the dragon.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I suggested that he sell his broken equipment to pay the debt.
Floyd | (Needs 30 Economics)
Floyd | B: I talked him into paying his debt. (Needs 40 Personality)
Floyd | C: I attacked him, trying to force him to pay his debt.
Floyd | D: I gave up and walked away.
Floyd |

		inky says, "I wonder how much gold we have"
		olethros says, "we can only attack him it seems"
		inky says, "or we can walk away"
		inky says, "screw those guys in the fighter's guild"
inky says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 32 Body: 49%
Floyd | Personality: 24%
Floyd | Willpower: 31%
Floyd | Fame: 7%
Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 112 good karma.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Gold:  732
Floyd |
Floyd | INVENTORY:
Floyd | A magical ruby ring.
Floyd | An enchanted dagger.
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog
Floyd | My warhorse named Twilight Sparkle
Floyd |
Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend
Floyd |
Floyd | MY PARTY:
Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 12, wielding his Sword of Death
Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 9, wielding his Dagger of
Floyd | Sharpness
Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 10, wielding her Holy Mace
Floyd |
Floyd | FACTIONS:
Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 60
Floyd | Royal Family: 105
Floyd | Elves: 40
Floyd | Dwarves: 50
Floyd | Orcs: -5
Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0
Floyd | Mage Guild: 65
Floyd | Fighter Guild: 15
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
inky presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | He was very reasonable and said that the dragon had destroyed his
Floyd | tower and that he needed every bit of gold he had left in order to
Floyd | rebuild.  He said that it wasn't right that he would have to pay the
Floyd | Fighters Guild when they hadn't been able to protect him or his tower
Floyd | from the dragon.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I suggested that he sell his broken equipment to pay the debt.
Floyd | (Needs 30 Economics)
Floyd | B: I talked him into paying his debt. (Needs 40 Personality)
Floyd | C: I attacked him, trying to force him to pay his debt.
Floyd | D: I gave up and walked away.
Floyd |

		inky says, "we definitely don't have the gold"
		inky asks, "do we want to make him pay or give up on the job?"
		olethros says, "we want to be good with the mage guid"
		olethros says, "or maybe we are angry at them because they kicked us out"
		inky says, "I guess mages are better than fighters"
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > The Fighters Guild wasn't happy to not be paid, they said that they
Floyd | would have to find someone else to do the job.
Floyd | (Fighters Guild -5)
Floyd |
Floyd | I remember the historical day when the entire Kingdom shook from an
Floyd | enormous earthquake, even though it wasn't until weeks later that the
Floyd | results were known.  A small village named Scone, in southern Daria,
Floyd | had suddenly started being attacked from within.  Their temple had
Floyd | begun to spew forth all manner of foul beasts. Many adventuring
Floyd | parties took it upon themselves to investigate the tunnels below.
Floyd | This vast dungeon soon became known as the Abyss.
Floyd |
Floyd | We didn't try our luck until nearly halfway into our adventuring
Floyd | career, many years after the monsters had appeared.  We didn't want to
Floyd | be just another party of adventurers defeated deep beneath the ground.
Floyd | We decided that the time was right for our party to test its skills
Floyd | against the great dungeon.  The only other challenge that took every
Floyd | member of my party's skill into account was when we met Parnaxxus, but
Floyd | that didn't happen until much later.
Floyd |
Floyd | Twilight Sparkle, my warhorse was happy to be moving, so were the
Floyd | other mounts that the rest of my party were riding. It was a nice ride
Floyd | as we traveled to the small village of Scone.
Floyd | (Geography +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | The village of Scone had made the best of a bad situation.  Over the
Floyd | years, they had built a thriving community around the Abyss.
Floyd | Weaponsmiths, inns, taverns and general stores catered to the
Floyd | adventurers.  They purchased the loot that came from the dungeon and
Floyd | sold new equipment to parties who needed things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 33 Body: 49%
Floyd | Personality: 24%
Floyd | Willpower: 31%
Floyd | Fame: 7%
Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 112 good karma.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		maga says, "man, it's still going"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog
Floyd | My warhorse named Twilight Sparkle
Floyd |
Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend
Floyd |
Floyd | MY PARTY:
Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 12, wielding his Sword of Death
Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 9, wielding his Dagger of
Floyd | Sharpness
Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 10, wielding her Holy Mace
Floyd |
Floyd | FACTIONS:
Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 60
Floyd | Royal Family: 105
Floyd | Elves: 40
Floyd | Dwarves: 50
Floyd | Orcs: -5
Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0
Floyd | Mage Guild: 65
Floyd | Fighter Guild: 10
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		inky says, "hmm"
olethros says, "off" 		
olethros says it takes the safety of donkeys "very seriously" 		inky says, "Kal and Tessa aren't actually increasing their rank"
		inky says, "so I guess training is pointless"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
inky presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. We entered the
Floyd | great Abyss through the front temple doors, at first, we didn't see
Floyd | anything besides broken pews and the old altar.  We cautiously made
Floyd | our way forward to the catacombs beneath.  So far, it didn't seem very
Floyd | dangerous.  But, everyone knew that the deeper an intrepid adventurer
Floyd | went, the stronger the danger and greater the reward.  We were broken
Floyd | from our thoughts by the sound of a group of skeletons approaching.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I let Tessa handle it. (Needs Cleric Power 6)
Floyd | B: We turned around and left the Abyss, ashamed that our cleric had
Floyd | failed.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Turning undead and healing injuries, that was the entire reason we
Floyd | had a cleric in our group.  Tessa was eager to call to her Gods and
Floyd | smite the skeletons.  They collapsed almost immediately.  Kal was
Floyd | quick to go through the bone fragments for treasure. It was grisly
Floyd | work, looting the undead corpses, but we found many valuables.  After
Floyd | we had finished taking everything of value, we continued deeper into
Floyd | the Abyss.
Floyd | (Gold +135, Healing +5, Religion +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | The catacombs had very little dust or spider webs on them, which
Floyd | wasn't really surprising, considering how many adventurers passed
Floyd | through every day.  We found a rickety old wooden staircase and
Floyd | descended down into the Abyss.  The wood looked old and ancient, we
Floyd | didn't get very far when something happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Kal found a trap! (Needs Thief Power 6)
Floyd | B: We tripped a trap, ending our journey into the Abyss.  Our thief
Floyd | had failed us.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Kal was giddy with excitement when the tripwires were spotted.  We
Floyd | stood back and watched as his deft hands quickly disarmed each of
Floyd | them. We were pleasantly surprised to find a locked treasure chest
Floyd | tucked in behind the traps.  Kal picked the lock and we claimed our
Floyd | reward before pressing forward.
Floyd | (Gold +190, Thievery +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | There was a solid stone staircase with a light trace of moss that led
Floyd | us down to the next level.  The hall was covered in the same green
Floyd | fuzz as the steps.  I cast a spell to create a small ball of light and
Floyd | was surprised to see the spell fizzle and the moss glow brightly.  I
Floyd | knew that my magic wouldn't be useful until we left the area.  Almost
Floyd | immediately, we were attacked by a band of lizardmen!
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Grom fought them off. (Needs Fighter Power 6)
Floyd | B: With my magic out of commission and our fighter being unable to
Floyd | stop the attack, we had to leave.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I was unable to help, the moss continued to leach away my magic.
Floyd | Luckily, Grom had no such concerns. I watched as his Sword of Death
Floyd | ended the life of each lizardman that approached.  When it was over,
Floyd | we were able to proceed forward. The lizardmen had coin purses and
Floyd | wore various jewelry that would fetch a decent price when we returned.
Floyd | We collected our reward before going onward.
Floyd | (Gold +215, Fighting +5, Warcraft +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | I was pleased to see that the magic-leaching moss ended at the next
Floyd | staircase.  As we descended, the hairs on my arms stood up, I could
Floyd | feel great magic ahead of us.  Gem-filled runes glowed along the wall
Floyd | and floor ahead of us, but a shimmering wall of force prevented us
Floyd | from going forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I used my knowledge of magic to dispel the barrier.  (Needs 30
Floyd | Arcana)
Floyd | B: I failed my party, unable to do my job as the group's wizard.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 33 Body: 49%
Floyd | Personality: 24%
Floyd | Willpower: 31%
Floyd | Fame: 7%
Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 112 good karma.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 11%
Floyd | Conjuration: 26%
Floyd | Divination: 40%
Floyd | Enchantment: 16%
Floyd | Healing: 54%
Floyd | Illusion: 100%
Floyd | Necromancy: 4%
Floyd | Summoning: 21%
Floyd | Transmutation: 30%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 61%
Floyd | Agriculture: 5%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 100%
Floyd | Economics: 5%
Floyd | Fighting: 87%
Floyd | Geography: 97%
Floyd | History: 25%
Floyd | Nature: 70%
Floyd | Religion: 15%
Floyd | Smithing: 5%
Floyd | Thievery: 45%
Floyd | Warcraft: 30%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		inky says, "we do have 30 arcana, in fact"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
inky presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | I was unable to help, the moss continued to leach away my magic.
Floyd | Luckily, Grom had no such concerns. I watched as his Sword of Death
Floyd | ended the life of each lizardman that approached.  When it was over,
Floyd | we were able to proceed forward. The lizardmen had coin purses and
Floyd | wore various jewelry that would fetch a decent price when we returned.
Floyd | We collected our reward before going onward.
Floyd | (Gold +215, Fighting +5, Warcraft +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | I was pleased to see that the magic-leaching moss ended at the next
Floyd | staircase.  As we descended, the hairs on my arms stood up, I could
Floyd | feel great magic ahead of us.  Gem-filled runes glowed along the wall
Floyd | and floor ahead of us, but a shimmering wall of force prevented us
Floyd | from going forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I used my knowledge of magic to dispel the barrier.  (Needs 30
Floyd | Arcana)
Floyd | B: I failed my party, unable to do my job as the group's wizard.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I studied the runes and learned the counter spell needed to bring
Floyd | down the barrier.  It felt good, I felt that I had done my duty as the
Floyd | party's wizard. It was easy to pry the gems free from the runes and I
Floyd | knew they would fetch a good price.
Floyd | (Gold +285)
Floyd |
Floyd | I knew that we were starting to get somewhere.  I was quite certain
Floyd | that most other parties didn't have the ability to get as far as we
Floyd | did.  Once again, there was only one direction worth pursuing,
Floyd | straight down.  This time, the staircase went deeper than we had
Floyd | suspected until the glow of magma could be seen all around us.  The
Floyd | heat and poisonous gas was extremely thick.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I used my Healing magic to allow us to go further. (Needs 30
Floyd | Healing)
Floyd | B: I transmuted our flesh into something that could handle the heat.
Floyd | (Needs 30 Transmutation)
Floyd | C: I crafted a potion of heat resistance. (Needs 35 Alchemy)
Floyd | D: We all touched the ruby ring.
Floyd | E: We had reached the end of the line, the heat was too intense to
Floyd | continue.
Floyd |

		Binder says, "wow, we've nailed diplomacy and geography"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > It was just a matter of Healing our lungs and our flesh as we
Floyd | continued to go deeper.  Using my magic, I also hid the pain, to allow
Floyd | us to function better.
Floyd | (Healing +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | We continued going down, further than anyone had ever gone before.
Floyd | Finally, we arrived at the heart of the Abyss.  An enormous throne had
Floyd | been built from the skulls and bones of failed adventurers and sitting
Floyd | upon it was a ferocious demon with blood red skin.  His dark black
Floyd | hair stood out in contrast from his bright red skin and his muscles
Floyd | rippled as he moved.  My demonology classes hadn't prepared me for
Floyd | such a sight.  I wasn't certain if he was a true demon, an evil God or
Floyd | something else entirely.  He began to clap as we arrived, but before
Floyd | he could explain his presence, he attacked!
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I conjured a great blast of ice.  (Needs 45 Conjuration)
Floyd | B: A throne of skulls was foolish, if you faced a necromancer.  (Needs
Floyd | 45 Necromancy)
Floyd | C: I summoned a bigger demon.  (Needs 45 Summoning)
Floyd | D: I crafted a clever Illusion  (Needs 45 Illusion)
Floyd | E: We ran away as fast as we could.
Floyd |

		inky says, "awesome"
		inky says, "skulls and bones of failed adventurers"
		inky says, "so presumably when the first person showed up the guy was just sitting on the floor"
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > I created a second red-skinned demon and placed him beside the
Floyd | monster in front of me.  He became enraged and attacked it, smashing
Floyd | himself into the solid rock.  I moved my Illusion around, causing the
Floyd | demon to continue to smash at the rock.  The cave in occurred almost
Floyd | immediately, burying him under an enomormous pile of rock.
Floyd | (Illusion +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | We had done it, we had beat the Abyss!  I never learned the true
Floyd | nature of the beast, but the monsters stopped coming forth.  We were
Floyd | praised as heroes upon our return, but the best part was all of the
Floyd | treasure we found. We found gold, gems and jewelry galore.  But one of
Floyd | my party members noticed something special among the treasure.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Tessa noticed an ancient holy symbol of enormous power.
Floyd | B: Kal noticed a shimmering cloak.
Floyd | C: Grom noticed a shiny gold ring.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "A?"
		inky says, "sure, props for Tessa again"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > It looked rather plain, but the power from the Ancient Holy Symbol
Floyd | was unmistakable.  I took it and put it in my pocket, intending to
Floyd | give it to Tessa when I got a chance.
Floyd | (Gold +5000, Fame +3, Arcana +25, Thievery +10, Geography +10, History
Floyd | +10, Gained Ancient Holy Symbol)
Floyd |
Floyd | We left Scone and returned to Tornassa, our fame traveling faster than
Floyd | we did.  When we returned to the Full Cup Inn, it was full of people
Floyd | wishing to congratulate us.  Our time toiling away in obscurity was
Floyd | over.
Floyd |
Floyd | Needless to say, I spent a lot of time with Generic Love Interest
Floyd | while waiting for jobs.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I ended up marrying my girlfriend, Generic Love Interest.
Floyd | B: We never got married.
Floyd | C: I decided to break up with Generic Love Interest and spend the rest
Floyd | of my days as a single person.
Floyd |

		inky says, "5000 gold!"
		inky says, "dang"
		DavidW says, "D: Crabb and Goyle noticed two floating cupcakes."
		inky asks, "so do we get married?"
		Roger says, "Surely"
		inky says, "alrighty"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I was madly in love with Generic Love Interest, I had a good paying
Floyd | job and I was an adult.  It only seemed natural to get married.  I was
Floyd | thrilled when Generic Love Interest said yes. We had no problem with a
Floyd | same-sex marriage and neither did my party. We had a wonderful wedding
Floyd | and went on a great honeymoon.
Floyd | (Religion +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | A: We rented a cabin in the woods. (Needs 20 Gold)
Floyd | B: We visited many famous battlegrounds across Daria. (Needs 35 Gold)
Floyd | C: We stayed in a vineyard for a few days. (Needs 10 Gold)
Floyd | D: We traveled across Daria, just visiting the sights. (Needs 95 Gold)
Floyd | E: We completed a great pilgrimage together.
Floyd | F: We never left my room at the inn.
Floyd |

		inky says, "religion +10, heh"
		inky says, "I guess that makes some sense"
		inky says, "hmm"
		Jacqueline says, "Most of these are pretty cheap as honeymoons go."
		Roger says, "Come on, stay in, get busy."
		inky says, "I wonder what skill C will gain"
		inky says, "obviously F will increase Body"
		Jacqueline says, "We've been gettin' busy for years. That's why we got +10 Religion, from finally getting legit."
		DavidW says, "F will introduce a baby."
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "heh"
		Roger says, "-10 Anatomy"
		Jacqueline says, "I like E."
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > We traveled the road of spirits, visiting many famous shrines and
Floyd | temples across Daria.  It was difficult at times, but we persevered.
Floyd | It was a holy and sacred experience which brought us close together,
Floyd | both spiritually and physically.
Floyd | (Religion +25)
Floyd |
Floyd | Even though I was now married, things went back to normal fairly
Floyd | quickly.  Considering the fact that we were already living together in
Floyd | the Full Cup Inn, our wedding didn't change very much.
Floyd |
Floyd | The years continued to pile up behind me.  I knew that wizards were
Floyd | supposed to be old, but as time wore on, I began to fit the mold.  My
Floyd | mystical knowledge continued to grow with me.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I continued my studies as an illusionist. (Current Skill: 100)
Floyd | B: I decided to focus on Alchemy. (Alchemy: 11)
Floyd | C: I decided to focus on Conjuration. (Conjuration: 26)
Floyd | D: I decided to focus on Divination. (Divination: 40)
Floyd | E: I decided to focus on Enchantment. (Enchantment: 16)
Floyd | F: I decided to focus on Healing. (Healing: 64)
Floyd | G: I decided to focus on Necromancy. (Necromancy: 4)
Floyd | H: I decided to focus on Summoning. (Summoning: 21)
Floyd | I: I decided to focus on Transmutation. (Transmutation: 30)
Floyd | J: I continued to study a little bit of everything.
Floyd |

		inky says, "hey hey, maximum religion"
		inky says, "er, maximum illusion"
		inky says, "possibly maximum religion too, I dunno"
		inky asks, "should we switch to a new specialization or be a generalist?"
		Jacqueline says, "hm"
		Jacqueline says, "Generalist seems good. Specialize in one or two things, but not suck in anything would be nice."
		inky says, "okey doke"
inky says (to Floyd), "j" 		

Floyd | > I was content to keep my magical education well-rounded.
Floyd | (Alchemy +3, Conjuration +3, Divination +3, Enchantment +3, Healing
Floyd | +3, Illusion +3, Necromancy +3, Summoning +3, Transmutation +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | I was also careful to continue to study other things as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I studied arcana. (Arcana: 86)
Floyd | B: I studied agriculture. (Agriculture: 5)
Floyd | C: I studied diplomacy. (Diplomacy: 100)
Floyd | D: I studied economics. (Economics: 5)
Floyd | E: I studied fighting. (Fighting: 87)
Floyd | F: I studied geography. (Geography: 100)
Floyd | G: I studied history. (History: 35)
Floyd | H: I studied nature. (Nature: 70)
Floyd | I: I studied religion. (Religion: 50)
Floyd | J: I studied smithing. (Smithing: 5)
Floyd | K: I studied thievery. (Thievery: 55)
Floyd | L: I studied warcraft. (Warcraft: 30)
Floyd |

		inky says, "maybe max out our arcana"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I studied every day, learning even more about arcana.
Floyd | (Arcana +25)
Floyd |
Floyd | I wasn't the only one who used my spare time to improve my skills.
Floyd | All of my companions continued to train and practice.  Although they
Floyd | all did well:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Grom improved the most.
Floyd | B: Kal improved the most.
Floyd | C: Tessa improved the most.
Floyd | D: Nobody stood out as improving the most.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 40 Body: 49%
Floyd | Personality: 24%
Floyd | Willpower: 31%
Floyd | Fame: 10%
Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 112 good karma.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog
Floyd | My warhorse named Twilight Sparkle
Floyd |
Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my wife
Floyd |
Floyd | MY PARTY:
Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 12, wielding his Sword of Death
Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 9, wielding his Dagger of
Floyd | Sharpness
Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 10, wielding her Holy Mace
Floyd |
Floyd | FACTIONS:
Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 60
Floyd | Royal Family: 105
Floyd | Elves: 40
Floyd | Dwarves: 50
Floyd | Orcs: -5
Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0
Floyd | Mage Guild: 65
Floyd | Fighter Guild: 10
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		inky says, "man"
		inky says, "Kal and Tessa are basically not improving"
		inky says, "maybe I will make Kal learn the most this time"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
inky presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | I studied every day, learning even more about arcana.
Floyd | (Arcana +25)
Floyd |
Floyd | I wasn't the only one who used my spare time to improve my skills.
Floyd | All of my companions continued to train and practice.  Although they
Floyd | all did well:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Grom improved the most.
Floyd | B: Kal improved the most.
Floyd | C: Tessa improved the most.
Floyd | D: Nobody stood out as improving the most.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Kal worked really hard, training and practicing, his skills really
Floyd | improved.
Floyd |
Floyd | I was forty years old when Queen Janice died.  King Gareth seemed to
Floyd | not care at all, at least that was the public opinion of the matter.
Floyd | Terrible rumors even circulated that he had something to do with the
Floyd | queen's death.  Their nephew, Prince Travis was 19 years old.  Luckily
Floyd | for him and his mother, Princess Emily, Prince Eric was alive and
Floyd | healthy.  Since he was the uncontested heir to the throne, Prince
Floyd | Travis and his family were safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Kingdom of Daria was in a terrible mess as everything seemed to be
Floyd | falling apart.  It was no wonder that the orcs decided to launch a
Floyd | major offensive upon seeing that Daria was so weak.  The white bearded
Floyd | wizard, Fraledan himself, came to me requesting help.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's good to see you again, Morgana," he said, treating me like an
Floyd | equal as he leaned on his wizardly staff.  "I need you and your
Floyd | companions to bring a treaty to the Orc Chieftain.  It has many
Floyd | concessions in it, but it's fair and it should stop the orcs from
Floyd | invading."
Floyd |
Floyd | It was a sad time for the kingdom of Daria, but we really had no
Floyd | choice.  We weren't prepared for war and the advantages that the
Floyd | treaty would give the orcs was the only way to stop an invasion.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I accepted the task.
Floyd | B: I turned down the task.
Floyd |

		inky says, "Prince Travis!"
		inky says, "it's pretty weird that our race being half-orc doesn't come into play with the racial politics in the game at all"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		Binder says, "Probably we use our illusions to look inoffensive."
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > "Your service to the kingdom won't go unnoticed," the kindly wizard
Floyd | said with a smile. Twilight Sparkle, my warhorse was happy to be
Floyd | moving, so were the other mounts the rest of my party was riding. It
Floyd | was a terrifyingjourney into the far west and into orc territory.
Floyd | (Geography +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | We left the Kingdom of Daria behind as we traveled toward the west and
Floyd | into orc territory, I was very excited to see my ancestral home.  Even
Floyd | though half-orcs were shunned by pure orcs, it would still be good to
Floyd | see where I had come from.
Floyd |
Floyd | We were deep into the wilderness when we stumbled upon something
Floyd | entirely different.  The trees had become older and older with each
Floyd | step and the forest was teeming with wildlife.  We were far from the
Floyd | orc homeland still, but as we passed through a circle of mushrooms, we
Floyd | began to see strange things.  Little people, similar to elves but much
Floyd | smaller, danced all around us. One of them came forward and asked for
Floyd | aid.  She wore a tiny little dress and her diminutive shoes were
Floyd | pointed.  She said that a 'monster' had attacked their forest home.
Floyd | We went to check it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The creature was enormous, larger than any boar I'd ever heard of.  It
Floyd | looked badly diseased, its eyes were bleeding and its fur was all
Floyd | matted with filth.  I would have guessed that it was undead, a zombie
Floyd | of some type, but my arcane skills told me that no Necromancy was
Floyd | involved.  It was corrupted and far from natural, my best guess was
Floyd | that it was the result of some magical experiment.  The moment it saw
Floyd | us, it charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Grom defended us well. (Needs Fighter Power 6)
Floyd | B: I shot a spark of fire toward the creature. (Needs 45 Conjuration)
Floyd | C: I sidestepped the creature without looking up. (Needs 45
Floyd | Divination)
Floyd | D: Killah P, my dog, attacked the boar.
Floyd | E: Tessa saved the day. (Needs Cleric Power 6)
Floyd | F: We were lucky to get away with our lives.
Floyd |

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "the stat checks are higher but this seems considerably less formidable than the demon lord thing we just fought"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > The boar struck me solidly across the face, dropping me to the
Floyd | ground.  Luckily, Tessa cast her healing magic upon me while Kal
Floyd | struck it across the back.  I got back on my feet, shaking off what
Floyd | could have been a mortal wound.
Floyd | (Healing +5, Religion +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | The corrupted beast roared in pain, but the fight wasn't over yet.  It
Floyd | charged a second time, this time, directly at me.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I bathed the creature in fire. (Needs 50 Conjuration)
Floyd | B: I turned the creature into stone. (Needs 35 Transmutation)
Floyd | C: I reacted physically, forgetting to use my magic. (Needs 50
Floyd | Fighting)
Floyd | D: I drained the creature of its lifeforce. (Needs 50 Necromancy)
Floyd | E: I healed the beast. (Needs 40 Healing)
Floyd | F: I froze in panic, just standing there.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > Although I didn't know where the corruption had come from, I had a
Floyd | good idea about how to stop it.  I used my magic to remove the taint,
Floyd | turning the boar back into a normal creature.  The boar wandered away,
Floyd | no longer a threat.
Floyd | (Healing +10, Nature +10, Good +15)
Floyd |
Floyd | The fey creatures were very happy with us, the evil creature was gone
Floyd | and they were safe.  There had to be a thousand of them living there,
Floyd | not all of them were small.  I saw nymphs, dryads, pixies, brownies
Floyd | and all other types of nature creatures.  The small fey fairy whom had
Floyd | requested our aid came forward with a reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I was presented with a bundle of herbs and plants that could make
Floyd | the most deadly poisons.
Floyd | B: I was presented with a bundle of herbs and plants that could make
Floyd | the most beneficial cures.
Floyd | C: I told them that no reward was necessary.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I graciously excepted the Healer's Kit, watching as Tessa eyed the
Floyd | bundle with curiosity.  It would complement her Healing magic well.
Floyd | (Gained Healer's Kit)
Floyd |
Floyd | The community of fey gathered around me, I could feel that they were
Floyd | very curious about me. I knew that something special was occurring, I
Floyd | had the opportunity to become a druid.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I became a druid. (Needs 80 Nature and Neutral Alignment)
Floyd | B: I declined the offer.
Floyd |

		inky says, "hunh"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "I guess we're too good-aligned to be a druid"
		DavidW asks, "We have an alignment?"
inky says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 40 Body: 49%
Floyd | Personality: 24%
Floyd | Willpower: 31%
Floyd | Fame: 10%
Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 127 good karma.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		inky says, "so this game is claiming the fey would like us better if we had kicked more puppies"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, why would high good preclude us from becoming a Druid?"
		inky says, "because in d&d druids have to be neutral"
		DavidW says, "I guess if we're too good, the mistletoe will make fun of us and lie about us to the other plants."
		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
inky presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | I graciously excepted the Healer's Kit, watching as Tessa eyed the
Floyd | bundle with curiosity.  It would complement her Healing magic well.
Floyd | (Gained Healer's Kit)
Floyd |
Floyd | The community of fey gathered around me, I could feel that they were
Floyd | very curious about me. I knew that something special was occurring, I
Floyd | had the opportunity to become a druid.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I became a druid. (Needs 80 Nature and Neutral Alignment)
Floyd | B: I declined the offer.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I was happy to have helped, but I had my own destiny in mind.  I
Floyd | turned down the offer to become a druid and continued onward toward
Floyd | the orc nation.  Even though I didn't become a druid, I still learned
Floyd | a lot from the fey creatures.
Floyd | (Nature +15)
Floyd |
Floyd | We arrived at the great orc city.  It wasn't really a city, but more
Floyd | of a collection of orc tribes.  They had pelt houses and wooden
Floyd | enclosures that stretched across the wilderness.  They were a rough
Floyd | species, but they allowed us to pass with only a few bad words and
Floyd | dirty looks.  We stopped at an inn to rest before presenting ourselves
Floyd | to the Orc Chieftain.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You must be the great wizard I had heard about," the Orc Chieftain
Floyd | said to me when we arrived.
Floyd |
Floyd | I gave him the peace treaty that Fraledan had given us.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You will stay with us and bring back my reply."
Floyd |
Floyd | The enormous orc warrior waved to his attendents who led us to a tent
Floyd | for us to stay in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The days passed as I stayed with the orcs.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I found myself more accepted than I thought I would.
Floyd | B: I understood why half-orcs were driven from the orc lands.
Floyd |

		inky asks, "do we like orcs?"
		Jacqueline says, "We seem to like pretty much everyone."
		inky says, "okey doke"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > Pure blood orcs were known to drive away half-orcs such as myself.
Floyd | The more time I spent among them, the more I realized that this didn't
Floyd | have to be the way.  They were dangerous and aggressive at times, but
Floyd | I felt no more excluded than I did in a human city.
Floyd | (Fighting +10, Body +3, Warcraft +10, Orc Faction +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | A few weeks later I was called back into the Orc Chieftain's tent.  He
Floyd | seemed very unsure of himself, obviously enjoying the concessions made
Floyd | within the treaty, but also wanting to continue with the invasion.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I smoothed over any last uncertainties, paving the way for peace.
Floyd | (Needs 40 Diplomacy)
Floyd | B: I talked him into signing it. (Needs 40 Personality)
Floyd | C: I planted a magical suggestion in his mind to sign it. (Needs 40
Floyd | Enchantment)
Floyd | D: I waited for him to make up his mind.
Floyd |

		inky says, "now we're >0 with all factions"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > The treaty was already pretty sweet, for the orcs, so it wasn't too
Floyd | difficult for me to show them just how good it was.  The Chieftain
Floyd | signed the papers happily before sending me on my way.
Floyd | (Diplomacy +10, Orc Faction +15)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fraledan seemed tired and sad when we returned.  He leaned heavily
Floyd | upon his old staff and his eyes had bags under them.  He was happy
Floyd | that the treaty had been accepted, but he knew that the concessions
Floyd | would weaken Daria even more.  He gave us our reward for a job well
Floyd | done.
Floyd | (Fame +1, Gold +175)
Floyd |
Floyd | I was reading an old dusty tome when I had a surprise visitor at the
Floyd | Full Cup Inn.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good morning, Morgana, I'm glad to see that you've continued to work
Floyd | on your magic."
Floyd |
Floyd | It was Master Durgan, the doorkeeper of the Academy!  I hadn't seen
Floyd | him in a long time but he hardly seemed to have changed at all.  He
Floyd | greeted me warmly as though the many years since I had failed to
Floyd | graduate didn't exist.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm afraid this isn't a social call," he said, bowing his bald head.
Floyd | "We need your help."
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Kal a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill)
Floyd | F: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > We trained for many hours.  I was able to teach Tessa a few things.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill)
Floyd | E: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. I could feel the
Floyd | wrongness the instant we arrived at the Academy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Archmage Lacius took ill a few weeks before the incidents began,"
Floyd | Master Durgan explained.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What incidents?" I asked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Instead of telling me, he showed me.  He muttered the magic words and
Floyd | waved his hands in intricate mystical designs.  I recognized the
Floyd | simple spell and knew that it should have created a small ball of
Floyd | light.  Instead of creating a soft illumination, it changed into
Floyd | something completely different.  The very fabric of reality was torn
Floyd | in front of me and a sharp toothed demon stepped forth!  Master Durgan
Floyd | was ready for it and cracked its head open with his staff.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is happening with any spell cast near the Academy," Master
Floyd | Durgan explained.  "They change into a Summoning spell.  The greater
Floyd | the magic, the greater the demon summoned.  The first summonings had
Floyd | been particularly destructive since the mages had tried to defend
Floyd | themselves with magic, which only made things worse."
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I asked to see Archmage Lacius.
Floyd | B: I experimented by casting various spells.
Floyd | C: I went immediately to the large Academy library and began
Floyd | researching.
Floyd | D: I apologized to Master Durgan, saying that I didn't know what to do
Floyd | either.
Floyd | E: I told the doorkeeper that it was his problem and not mine.
Floyd |

		inky says, "oh, hey, maxed out training Tessa"
		inky says, "well, obviously whatever is making him ill is connected"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I was taken to his private chambers where I found him lying in bed
Floyd | with Ciel, his raven, perched on the edge of the bed.  My magic
Floyd | immediately confirmed my suspicions, he had been poisoned.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I healed the Archmage.  (Needs 65 Healing)
Floyd | B: I healed the Archmage using a potion.  (Needs 65 Alchemy)
Floyd | C: I healed the Archmage using a transfusion of my trollish blood.
Floyd | D: I healed the Archmage by crafting an anti-toxin.  (Needs 75 Nature)
Floyd | E: There was nothing I could do to help the Archmage.
Floyd |

		inky says, "a transfusion of my trollish blood? badass"
inky says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 41 Body: 52%
Floyd | Personality: 24%
Floyd | Willpower: 31%
Floyd | Fame: 11%
Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 127 good karma.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Do half-orcs have trollish blood?"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 14%
Floyd | Conjuration: 29%
Floyd | Divination: 43%
Floyd | Enchantment: 19%
Floyd | Healing: 82%
Floyd | Illusion: 100%
Floyd | Necromancy: 7%
Floyd | Summoning: 24%
Floyd | Transmutation: 33%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 100%
Floyd | Agriculture: 5%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 100%
Floyd | Economics: 5%
Floyd | Fighting: 97%
Floyd | Geography: 100%
Floyd | History: 35%
Floyd | Nature: 95%
Floyd | Religion: 55%
Floyd | Smithing: 5%
Floyd | Thievery: 55%
Floyd | Warcraft: 40%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Details, details."
		inky says, "I guess so"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
inky presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | I was taken to his private chambers where I found him lying in bed
Floyd | with Ciel, his raven, perched on the edge of the bed.  My magic
Floyd | immediately confirmed my suspicions, he had been poisoned.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I healed the Archmage.  (Needs 65 Healing)
Floyd | B: I healed the Archmage using a potion.  (Needs 65 Alchemy)
Floyd | C: I healed the Archmage using a transfusion of my trollish blood.
Floyd | D: I healed the Archmage by crafting an anti-toxin.  (Needs 75 Nature)
Floyd | E: There was nothing I could do to help the Archmage.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > I had to take him out of the Academy so I could use my magic.  The
Floyd | spell wrapped around Master Lacius and a healthy colour returned to
Floyd | his cheeks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What has happened?" he asked as he sat up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Durgan breathed a sigh of relief and gave me a grateful look.
Floyd | (Healing +15, Mage Guild +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | Together, Master Durgan and myself told the Archmage all about the
Floyd | misdirection of magic and the state of the Academy.  It took a few
Floyd | days to guess the cause, but after some investigation, we learned that
Floyd | an artifact had recently been seen in Master Ballin's room.  It had
Floyd | arrived at about the same time that the magic started to go astray.
Floyd | It was a longshot, but I went to his room to see if there was any
Floyd | connection.
Floyd |
Floyd | I opened the door to the Master's room and saw the Golden Apple of
Floyd | Dischord sitting on the bed.  There was no question that it was this
Floyd | artifact that was causing all of our troubles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I smashed the apple against the wall.
Floyd | B: I blackmailed Master Durgan, demanding a large reward for the
Floyd | solution to his problem.
Floyd | C: I hid the apple somewhere even better, knowing that it would bring
Floyd | down the Academy.
Floyd |

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "well, here's our chance to destroy the academy"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > The apple struck the wall and time seemed to distort.  The pieces
Floyd | fell slowly to the ground, glowing as they drifted through the air.  I
Floyd | watched as the shards slowly lost their glow and realized immediately
Floyd | that the curse had been lifted.
Floyd | (Mage Guild +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the room opened and the owner of the apple walked in.  I
Floyd | recognized Master Ballin, although he had never taught me during my
Floyd | time in the Academy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is the meaning of this?" he exclaimed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I destroyed your artifact," I informed him bluntly.  "Why did you do
Floyd | it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Ballin gave a deep sigh before he spoke.  "The Academy is
Floyd | corrupt.  I should be Archmage, but instead, they picked  Lacius.
Floyd | It's ridiculous, he has no vision and avoids making the decisions that
Floyd | could make the Academy a place of legend."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So yes, I poisoned the fool and activated the Apple of Dischord.
Floyd | Once the Academy was in ruin, I was going to come to the rescue and be
Floyd | named the new Archmage."
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I attempted to take him to Master Durgan.
Floyd | B: I decided to blackmail him in return for not turning him in.
Floyd | C: I let him go.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "The Golden Apple of Discord? Or is this the musical version?"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "HONK HONK"
		DavidW says, "And now: a chorus number."
		inky asks, "should we bring this guy to justice or let him go?"
		Jacqueline asks, "So. Whatcha wanna do?"
		inky says, "I guess Jacqueline votes for A"
		Jacqueline says, "Pretty much, yeah."
		inky says, "although maybe if this guy was Archmage they wouldn't fail students who don't pass 100% of their exams"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > "Did you really think I would tell you my plans and let you take me
Floyd | alive?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The words of his spell tumbled quickly from his lips as sparks danced
Floyd | between his fingers.  The lightning arced out and I felt myself
Floyd | falling to the floor as the electricity washed over me.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I cast my own lightning right back at him.  (Needs 60 Conjuration)
Floyd | B: I forced him to stop attacking  (Needs 50 Enchantment)
Floyd | C: I forced myself to stay conscious.  (Needs 35 Willpower or 40 Body)
Floyd | D: I woke up in the Academy infirmary the next day.
Floyd |

		inky says, "oops"
		inky says, "good thing we dipped in that pool and have the body bonus"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > I felt my muscles spasm and my body bounce around as the lightning
Floyd | flowed through me, but I kept my wits. When his spell concluded, I had
Floyd | enough presence of mind to blast him with a simple force spell.  He
Floyd | flew backward into the wall, not expecting it, and was knocked out.
Floyd | (Fighting +15 and Willpower +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | I took him to Master Durgan and Archmage Lacius, who were overjoyed
Floyd | that I had not only saved the Archmage, but had also found the source
Floyd | of their problems and rectified the situation.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You saved the Academy," Master Lacius said solemnly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I told you that this one was special," Master Durgan said with a
Floyd | friendly smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | They took Master Ballin into custody and set out criers to let the
Floyd | Academy know that the magical siege of their spells was over. Archmage
Floyd | Lacius put his arm around me and smiled happily.  He told me that I
Floyd | would make a great Archmage someday, despite the fact that I hadn't
Floyd | graduated. They noticed that I didn't have a Wizard Staff of my own,
Floyd | so they gave me one.  It was made from solid oak and felt very good in
Floyd | my hands.  They also gave me a wonderful present.  It was a tome of
Floyd | ancient magic, detailing many glyphs, runes and ley lines.  I knew
Floyd | that it must have come from the Archmage's personal library.  I
Floyd | thanked them and went on my way.
Floyd | (Arcana +25, Fame +1, Mage Guild +30, Gained Wizard's Staff)
Floyd |
Floyd | I remember when a finely dressed human came into the Full Cup Inn to
Floyd | hire us for a specific job.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am Thaddeus Burrmont," the dandy said.  "I have spent a lot of
Floyd | money to purchase the location of a powerfully enchanted weapon.  My
Floyd | offer is simple, I give you the location, you get me the weapon and
Floyd | keep all of the other treasure."
Floyd |
Floyd | It was an excellent proposal, so I took the deal.
Floyd |
Floyd | We had an enjoyable ride, Twilight Sparkle enjoyed being outside and
Floyd | the horses of the other party members moved quickly.
Floyd | (Geography +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | We followed the road toward the destination marked on the map, a small
Floyd | cove in the far east along the shores of the Silver Sea. It was
Floyd | somewhere around the halfway mark that a very strange thing happened.
Floyd | We had a nice campsite alongside the road and it was my turn keeping
Floyd | watch.  There was a soft silvery glow on the edge of the campfire's
Floyd | light, when out stepped a miraculous creature straight from legend.
Floyd | At first, I thought it was a white horse, but the single horn on its
Floyd | forehead and fluffy white wings made me realize it was something
Floyd | special, a flying unicorn.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I approached it, hoping to befriend it.
Floyd | B: I killed it, wondering what type of treasure it would have.
Floyd | C: I watched it in awe.
Floyd |

		inky says, "badass"
		Jacqueline asks, "If I'm special, can I get an honorary degree? Or how about a real one?"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "ok, there is the risk here that if we befriend this unicorn we may have to give up twilight sparkle"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		inky says, "I'm just saying it's a possibility"
		Jacqueline asks, "Why can't the unicorn and Twilight Sparkle be friends?"
		Jacqueline asks, "BEST FRIENDS?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Why, inky, WHY?"
		inky says, "well, you never know"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > It looked at me in fright and stretched its powerful wings.  It took
Floyd | to the air, finding my presence intolerable.  I believe that it was my
Floyd | lack of purity that caused the unicorn to flee.
Floyd | (Nature +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | We arrived at the shores of the Silver Sea, finding the location
Floyd | marked on the map.  The X seemed to indicate an area just a few
Floyd | hundred meters offshore of a small town called Opal's Cove.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I hired a boat to take us out there, it was very expensive. (Needs
Floyd | 345 Gold)
Floyd | B: I summoned a dolphin to carry me. (Needs 40 Summoning)
Floyd | C: I gave up and went home.
Floyd |

		inky says, "...weird"
		inky says, "oh, right, I guess we've had sex"
		maga says, "why, why did you bang your girlfriend"
		maga says, "oh and also do all those crimes"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, due to our premarital fun with Generic Love Interest prior to gaining religion, we have driven off the unicorn."
		inky says, "that's mildly interesting that that was a thing"
		Jacqueline says, "We did steal a lot of stuff. maga has a point."
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > The only boat I could find was owned by a man who charged a
Floyd | ridiculous fee.  He knew I was stuck, so he took advantage of the
Floyd | situation.  I had no choice, so I paid the man and he rowed us out
Floyd | until we were floating over the approximate location.
Floyd | (Gold -345)
Floyd |
Floyd | It just looked like a lot of water to me.  I knew I needed a way to go
Floyd | underneath the waves and find the shipwreck.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I used my magic to grow a pair of gills.  (Needs 35 Transmutation)
Floyd | B: I conjured air, lots of it.  (Needs 60 Conjuration)
Floyd | C: I simply stopped breathing.  (Needs 45 Necromancy)
Floyd | D: I used a potion of Water Breathing  (Needs 35 Alchemy)
Floyd | E: I was close to the treasure, but I had no way to go down and get
Floyd | it.
Floyd |

		maga says, "it's possible that it was just to do with your Evil score"
		inky says, "oh, right"
		Jacqueline says, "From the fake plants."
		Jacqueline says, "But we negated that +5 Evil with the +15 Good we got from turning down the reward we didn't deserve."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, this all makes sense in some very skewed logical realm."
		inky says, "technically we don't have the stats for this, but we're pretty close on transmutation"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > The magic changed my neck and before I knew it, I couldn't breathe!
Floyd | I panicked and fell into the water, which instantly fixed the problem
Floyd | as my newly formed gills were able to draw oxygen from the water.  I
Floyd | bubbled a sigh of relief and swam down into the dark blue depths.
Floyd | (Transmutation +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | It was difficult to see, but I managed.  Once I reached the sea's
Floyd | floor, I looked around for the wreckage.  I had to circle outward for
Floyd | a few minutes until I saw some old timbers embedded in the sand and
Floyd | covered in seaweed.  Once I found some of the debris, it was easy for
Floyd | me to find the rest of the shipwreck.  Most of the equipment was
Floyd | rusted and worthless, but I found a large treasure chest in what had
Floyd | been the captain's room.  I grabbed it and took it back up to the
Floyd | surface.  It was a lot of work, swimming with the chest, but I did it.
Floyd |
Floyd | After I had lugged the treasure chest to shore, Kal picked open the
Floyd | lock.  We eagerly looked inside and were surprised to find only a
Floyd | single item.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: The legendary Sword of Death
Floyd | B: The legendary Holy Mace
Floyd | C: The legendary Dagger of Sharpness
Floyd |

		inky says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "Awesome"
		inky asks, "the legendary items we already have, you mean?"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > I spent many restless nights on the journey back to Tornassa.  The
Floyd | man had implied that there would be a lot of treasure for us too.
Floyd | Finally, we arrived home and went to the dandy's house.
Floyd | (Gained Dagger of Sharpness)
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I handed over the Dagger of Sharpness.
Floyd | B: I demanded a fair reward for finding the Dagger of Sharpness.
Floyd | C: I lied to the dandy and said we didn't find the ship.
Floyd |

		maga asks, "hey, how did those get in there?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hand it over."
		Jacqueline says, "The treasure was in the adventure we had."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "We got to see a unicorn!"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		maga says, "and hang out with a dandy"
		inky asks, "you mean it was more in the journey than the destination?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
		inky says, "also I guess we can make these artifacts again if we want them"
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > It was sad to see such a legendary weapon go, but a deal was a deal.
Floyd | Word spread about what we had done and we gained a lot of positive
Floyd | reputation from the experience.
Floyd | (Fame +1, Good +15, Kingdom Faction +20, Elf Faction +15, Dwarf
Floyd | Faction +15, Thief Faction +15, Mage Faction +15, Fighter Faction +15,
Floyd | Lost Item Dagger of Sharpness)
Floyd |
Floyd | One day, Generic Love Interest asked me point blank if I wanted to
Floyd | adopt a baby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I said yes.
Floyd | B: I said no.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "We have all the treasure we need, right inside our hearts."
		inky says, "wow, faction power"
inky says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 42 Body: 52%
Floyd | Personality: 24%
Floyd | Willpower: 34%
Floyd | Fame: 13%
Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 142 good karma.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog
Floyd | My warhorse named Twilight Sparkle
Floyd |
Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my wife
Floyd |
Floyd | MY PARTY:
Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 12, wielding his Sword of Death
Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 11, wielding his Dagger of
Floyd | Sharpness
Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 12, wielding her Holy Mace
Floyd |
Floyd | FACTIONS:
Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 80
Floyd | Royal Family: 105
Floyd | Elves: 55
Floyd | Dwarves: 65
Floyd | Orcs: 20
Floyd | Thieves Guild: 15
Floyd | Mage Guild: 130
Floyd | Fighter Guild: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
inky presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | It was sad to see such a legendary weapon go, but a deal was a deal.
Floyd | Word spread about what we had done and we gained a lot of positive
Floyd | reputation from the experience.
Floyd | (Fame +1, Good +15, Kingdom Faction +20, Elf Faction +15, Dwarf
Floyd | Faction +15, Thief Faction +15, Mage Faction +15, Fighter Faction +15,
Floyd | Lost Item Dagger of Sharpness)
Floyd |
Floyd | One day, Generic Love Interest asked me point blank if I wanted to
Floyd | adopt a baby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I said yes.
Floyd | B: I said no.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Seems like having a kid would slow us down on the adventurin'"
		maga says, "quick, make an illusory pregnancy"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline asks (of maga), "Again?"
		maga says, "illusion babies are far more manageable"
		inky says, "we should adopt one of the existing characters instead"
		inky says, "ok it sounds like no baby"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > We discussed it a little more, but I didn't want to have children.
Floyd |
Floyd | I remember a very difficult situation between the Thieves Guild and
Floyd | the Fighters Guild.  It started with a simple hiring, a merchant
Floyd | needed some mercenaries to protect his stores from robbers, so he
Floyd | hired the Fighters Guild. The problem was, a rival merchant had hired
Floyd | the Thieves Guild to put him out of business.  I don't know how the
Floyd | guild masters didn't see the problem early on, but by the time they
Floyd | realized what was happening, many fighters and thieves were killed and
Floyd | neither guild wanted to give up their contract.  The Mage Guild was
Floyd | soon hired, by both guilds, to fight the other.  This troubled time
Floyd | became known as the Guildwars and I found myself in the center of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I had been hired by the Thieves Guild. (Thieves Faction: 15)
Floyd | B: I had been hired by the Fighters Guild. (Fighters Faction: 25)
Floyd | C: I had been hired by the Mage Guild. (Mages Faction: 130)
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says (to maga), "We've already done that once this game, though you may not have known that because you weren't following along."
		maga says, "ha ha ha"
		maga says, "man, this game"
		inky says, "guildwars, eh"
		Jacqueline says, "Technically, I guess it was just a magically-induced pregnancy, not illusory."
		Jacqueline says, "But, still, magical baby, yeah."
		inky asks (of Jacqueline), "wait, we got pregnant in this game?"
		Jacqueline says, "No, we got Queen Janice pregnant."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm pretty sure that was her name."
		maga says, "rowr"
		Jacqueline says, "The evil king's wife."
		inky says, "oh, right"
		Jacqueline says, "It was very memorable."
		Jacqueline says, "Clearly."
		inky says, "hmm, I wonder if there is an option to have sex with her yourself if you're male"
		maga says, "your spells are so potent that in this small segment"
		inky says, "though I guess it's implied that the problem is on her end"
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "Yeah, I was thinking of that."
		inky says, "anyway, I guess we got hired by the mage's guild since the other two guilds don't really like us"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > They wanted me to settle the ridiculous contract and stop the
Floyd | fighters and thieves from working at cross purposes.
Floyd | (Mage Guild +15)
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I followed the merchant whose shops were being raided.
Floyd | B: I followed the merchant who was responsible for raiding the shops.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > My party and I were flabbergasted to find that the two merchants
Floyd | were sitting in the same pub and enjoying a nice drink in front of a
Floyd | warm fire!  They were chatting to each other like old friends.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I had Kal sneak in and listen to their conversation. (Needs Thief
Floyd | Power 7)
Floyd | B: I used my magic to listen to their conversation from outside.
Floyd | (Needs 55 Divination)
Floyd | C: I turned myself invisible and went in to listen.  (Needs 55
Floyd | Illusion)
Floyd | D: I set fire to the bar, killing both merchants.
Floyd | E: I walked in and demanded to know what was going on.
Floyd |

		inky says, "ha ha ha"
		inky says, "arson solves everything!"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > Our suspicions were confirmed, the merchants were intentionally
Floyd | pittingthe guilds against each other.  They knew the strife it was
Floyd | causing and I soon found their motive.  One merchantsold weaponry,
Floyd | the other sold armor.  They didn't care who was winning the Guildwar,
Floyd | because every side was buying from them, and they were becoming filthy
Floyd | rich.
Floyd | (Illusion +10)
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I informed the guilds.
Floyd | B: I demanded a cut of the action.
Floyd |

		Roger says, "What's all this then"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, some of the very evil options in this game are... well, evil."
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > When I informed the three guilds that they were being deceived, they
Floyd | banded together with such force that it made the entire Guildwar a
Floyd | unifying experience.  They removed the two merchants from business,
Floyd | sold everything they owned and splitthe profits amongst themselves.
Floyd | I think it was the Thieves Guild's idea. I was given a nice reward for
Floyd | uncovering the plot.
Floyd | (Gold +600, Fame +1, Fighters Guild +35, Thieves Guild +35, Mage Guild
Floyd | +35)
Floyd |
Floyd | My peak adventuring days slid by in a blur, we made a lot of money and
Floyd | did a lot of great things.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I continued my studies as an illusionist. (Current Skill: 100)
Floyd | B: I decided to focus on Alchemy. (Alchemy: 14)
Floyd | C: I decided to focus on Conjuration. (Conjuration: 29)
Floyd | D: I decided to focus on Divination. (Divination: 43)
Floyd | E: I decided to focus on Enchantment. (Enchantment: 19)
Floyd | F: I decided to focus on Healing. (Healing: 97)
Floyd | G: I decided to focus on Necromancy. (Necromancy: 7)
Floyd | H: I decided to focus on Summoning. (Summoning: 24)
Floyd | I: I decided to focus on Transmutation. (Transmutation: 43)
Floyd | J: I continued to study a little bit of everything.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Roger, you should have gotten here four and a half hours ago, when we started this long story."
		Roger says, "No"
inky says (to Floyd), "j" 		

Floyd | > I was content to keep my magical education well-rounded.
Floyd | (Alchemy +3, Conjuration +3, Divination +3, Enchantment +3, Healing
Floyd | +3, Illusion +3, Necromancy +3, Summoning +3, Transmutation +3)
Floyd |
Floyd | I also continued my other studies as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I studied arcana. (Arcana: 100)
Floyd | B: I studied agriculture. (Agriculture: 5)
Floyd | C: I studied diplomacy. (Diplomacy: 100)
Floyd | D: I studied economics. (Economics: 5)
Floyd | E: I studied fighting. (Fighting: 100)
Floyd | F: I studied geography. (Geography: 100)
Floyd | G: I studied history. (History: 35)
Floyd | H: I studied nature. (Nature: 100)
Floyd | I: I studied religion. (Religion: 55)
Floyd | J: I studied smithing. (Smithing: 5)
Floyd | K: I studied thievery. (Thievery: 55)
Floyd | L: I studied warcraft. (Warcraft: 40)
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "(Yes, transcript readers, we're at the 4.5 hr mark!)"
		inky says, "I guess for some reason we are specializing in religion so I'll keep working on that"
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | > I studied every day, learning even more about religion.
Floyd | (Religion +25)
Floyd |
Floyd | I wasn't the only one who used my spare time to improve my skills.
Floyd | All of my companions continued to train and practice.  Although they
Floyd | all did well:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Grom improved the most.
Floyd | B: Kal improved the most.
Floyd | C: Tessa improved the most.
Floyd | D: Nobody stood out as improving the most.
Floyd |

		Roger says, "I'll be pretty shocked if Healing 100 allows you to finally cure being gay, though"
inky says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 50 Body: 52%
Floyd | Personality: 24%
Floyd | Willpower: 34%
Floyd | Fame: 14%
Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 142 good karma.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog
Floyd | My warhorse named Twilight Sparkle
Floyd |
Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my wife
Floyd |
Floyd | MY PARTY:
Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 12, wielding his Sword of Death
Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 11, wielding his Dagger of
Floyd | Sharpness
Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 12, wielding her Holy Mace
Floyd |
Floyd | FACTIONS:
Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 80
Floyd | Royal Family: 105
Floyd | Elves: 55
Floyd | Dwarves: 65
Floyd | Orcs: 20
Floyd | Thieves Guild: 50
Floyd | Mage Guild: 180
Floyd | Fighter Guild: 60
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		inky says, "Tessa and Kal are improving after all"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
inky presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | I studied every day, learning even more about religion.
Floyd | (Religion +25)
Floyd |
Floyd | I wasn't the only one who used my spare time to improve my skills.
Floyd | All of my companions continued to train and practice.  Although they
Floyd | all did well:
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Grom improved the most.
Floyd | B: Kal improved the most.
Floyd | C: Tessa improved the most.
Floyd | D: Nobody stood out as improving the most.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Kal worked really hard, training and practicing, his skills really
Floyd | improved.
Floyd |
Floyd | Life above the Full Cup Inn had its ups and downs for Generic Love
Floyd | Interest and I.  We were still childless and our childbearing years
Floyd | were behind us.  I sometimes wondered how things would have been had
Floyd | we decided to have children together.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: I filled my time with wizardly thoughts, mostly ignoring my wife.
Floyd | B: We were still madly in love and spent a lot of time together.
Floyd | C: We were best friends and spent a lot of time together.
Floyd |

		inky says, "man"
		inky says, "truly the best part of this is our partner being named Generic Love Interest"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		maga says, "points for accuracy"
		inky asks, "so what should we pick?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Also, can I ask how the option of adoption still makes us sad that the childbearing years are behind us?"
		inky says, "hee hee"
		maga says, "also, presumably, our adoptio- yeah"
		inky says, "I was just thinking that"
		Roger says, "You can't adopt them if you can't even lift them up"
		maga says, "the Menopause Police come round when you consider adoption"
		Jacqueline says, "Points for the game adopting the plot to accommodate us partnering with the lovely and very female-like-us Generic Love Interest, but I think that's one bit that didn't get tweaked."
		inky says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "So, B."
		inky says, "f b"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > I still found my wife extremely attractive.  Even though we never
Floyd | had children, we had a happy life together.
Floyd | (Personality +5)
Floyd |
Floyd | I was fifty years old when my adventuring days ended.  We had done
Floyd | many incredible things over the years, but our greatest renown came
Floyd | when we fought Parnaxxus, the great dragon.  He had started stirring
Floyd | up recent trouble a few years ago, but his bold attacks had become
Floyd | even worse recently.  The royal family issued an enormous reward for
Floyd | the one who could drive the foul beast out of Daria for good.
Floyd | Finally, we decided to pit our might against the legendary beast.
Floyd |
Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		inky says, "hmm"
		Jacqueline asks, "Even though we never had children, we had a happy life. As if that is the only way you can and this choice is somehow wrong?"
		Jacqueline sighs.
		inky says, "I can't tell if this means we're 50 when we fight the dragon, or if we fight the dragon and then later are 50"
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "I guess we'd better get on it, then, so we can be happy."
		inky says, "because I bet we have a lot of aches and pains if we're out adventuring at 50"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		Roger says, "Well one of you better get on it."

Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 12, wielding her Holy
Floyd | Mace.
Floyd | Equipped with the legendary:
Floyd | - Elixir of Wisdom
Floyd | - Ancient Holy Symbol
Floyd | - Healer's Kit
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Give the Ancient Holy Symbol to Tessa.
Floyd | B: Give the Healer Kit to Tessa.
Floyd | C: Do something else.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan says, "Sorry, dipped back in"
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		JimKaplan asks, "Are you really 50?"

Floyd | > Our Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of skill: 12, wielding his Sword of
Floyd | Death.
Floyd | Equipped with the legendary:
Floyd | - Gauntlets of Strength
Floyd | - Ring of Courage
Floyd |
Floyd | - Helm of Battle Insight
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Do something else.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > Our thief: a halfling named Kal of skill: 12, wielding his Dagger of
Floyd | Sharpness.
Floyd | Equipped with the legendary:
Floyd | - Boots of Silence
Floyd | - Cloak of Shadows
Floyd | - Poison Collection
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Give the enchanted dagger to Kal.
Floyd | B: Do something else.
Floyd |

		JimKaplan exclaims, "So this *is* like a 60-hour game!"
inky says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | > We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter.
Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief.
Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric.
Floyd | D: Journey onward.
Floyd |

		inky says, "oh, I see, so you can really make all the best items, if you happen to specialize in the right skills"
		Jacqueline says (to JK), "Games are always longer on ClubFLoyd, but yes."
		inky says, "that seems like a reasonable game design"
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: We had the support of the entire nation behind us. (Needs 13 Fame)
Floyd | B: We hadn't become as famous as we had wanted, so we were given no
Floyd | aid.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist.
Floyd | Age: 49 Body: 52%
Floyd | Personality: 29%
Floyd | Willpower: 34%
Floyd | Fame: 14%
Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 142 good karma.
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge
Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | C: View Inventory
Floyd | D: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | > MAGIC: :
Floyd | Alchemy: 17%
Floyd | Conjuration: 32%
Floyd | Divination: 46%
Floyd | Enchantment: 22%
Floyd | Healing: 100%
Floyd | Illusion: 100%
Floyd | Necromancy: 10%
Floyd | Summoning: 27%
Floyd | Transmutation: 46%
Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: :
Floyd | Arcana: 100%
Floyd | Agriculture: 5%
Floyd | Diplomacy: 100%
Floyd | Economics: 5%
Floyd | Fighting: 100%
Floyd | Geography: 100%
Floyd | History: 35%
Floyd | Nature: 100%
Floyd | Religion: 80%
Floyd | Smithing: 5%
Floyd | Thievery: 55%
Floyd | Warcraft: 40%
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions
Floyd | B: View Inventory
Floyd | C: Return to the game.
Floyd |

		
inky says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | > >OK

		
inky presses the yellow enter button. 		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		inky says, "WHAT"
		JimKaplan says, "Er"
		Roger says, "Uh oh"
		Roger says, "Child not found critical error"
		inky asks, "oh lord what did I do?"
		JimKaplan asks, "Does enter always get interpreted as quit?"
		JimKaplan says, "That doesn't seem like it should happen"
		DavidW asks, "Did the database dump interfere somehow?"
		inky says, "I mean, not to my knowledge"
		Jacqueline says, "O. M. G."
		Jacqueline says, "No, you did nothing wrong."
		Jacqueline says, "We'd done that a bunch of times."
		Roger says, "Hurray you vanquished the enemy and y'all lived happily ever after the end."
		Jacqueline says, "It just crashed. Worry not that you did anything wrong."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "YES"
		JimKaplan says, "Gosh"
		inky says, "oh man"
		Roger says, "This would be an alright game to play over forum."
		JimKaplan says, "I'm sort of almost happy that my attention expired like a couple hours ago"
		maga says, "a perfect end to a perfect afternoon"
		DavidW says, "Anyway, we, uh, defeated the dragon and uhhh became head of the Mage Guild and um, it was the evil King and big war and elves and orcs helped us and uhhh we trained up and kingdom saved everyone loves us THE END."
		Roger says, "Maybe you just rolled a critical failure on your Con check this morning and had a heart attack."
		Jacqueline says, "I dunno. I may replay that myself at some point (not today), just to see how being evil mixed it up. Or going the business route, like David wanted us to."
		JimKaplan says, "Or a stroke. The SILENT KILLER"
		JimKaplan says, "I might be OK with replaying this as long as it's in shorter bursts"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm glad we played it. It had some very good moments."



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NightFloyd Transcript:
Blue Lacuna by Aaron A. Reed
As played on ifMUD on October 10 & 17, 2013

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 takes on significantly larger works of interactive fiction, knowing going in that each one will take multiple sessions (but not always, as you'll see in this transcript). 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 Blue Lacuna written by Aaron A. Reed. Blue Lacuna premiered initially as a sneak preview during the 2008 Spring Thing. It was completed the following year, and was nominated for a number of Xyzzies. It was nominated for Best NPCs and Best Individual NPC, and took Xyzzies for Best Game, Best Story, Best Setting, and Best Use of Medium. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the IF Wiki.

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
		

		DavidW asks (of Zach), "Did you have a game in mind?"
		Zach asks, "I did not. Did you decide on anything?"
		DavidW says, "Not really. From the list, we seems mostly in favour of Blue Lacuna."
		DavidW says, "er seemed"
		Zach says, "I've never played that."
		DavidW says, "I've only placed the beginning."
		DavidW says, "So, should we try it, then? Is everyone still here and awake? :)"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Sure."
		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask bluelacuna" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | Before anything, you must remember: make love or make
Floyd | art?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd | Prologue
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dreams move beneath you, blind colossi revolving through unknowable
Floyd | patterns, but they do not break the surface, not yet or any more. You
Floyd | float in void outside them, cold, memoryless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not true. You are a Wayfarer, and will always remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | But uneasiness rises within you. Lost, for strange moments you can not
Floyd | even remember if you are man or woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Type emphasized keywords like MAN or WOMAN to advance the
Floyd | story. Type KEYWORDS if these words do not appear emphasized in the
Floyd | previous paragraph.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "make love" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE LOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | (to yourself)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "love" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Before anything, you must remember: are you male or
Floyd | female?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ah."
		Zach says, "Make love, not gender"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Gendernormativity Off"
		DavidW says, "We can choose the genders of both ourselves and our partner."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Pick pick pick."
Zach says (to Floyd), "woman" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Relief breaks against you, a deep ocean wave of reassurance. Of
Floyd | course. You are a wayfarer, and a woman. The rest can wait till
Floyd | waking.
Floyd |
Floyd | But already trickles of wake intrude, seeping into you. Warmth and
Floyd | softness, and the arms of another, embracing you. Another wave washes
Floyd | through, this one of dull desire; but again strange vertigo grips you,
Floyd | for you're not even sure if it's a man or a woman
Floyd | your waking self holds in her arms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Woman again? :)"
		DavidW says, "sure"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "woman" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems right the moment you think it, right and real, and you float
Floyd | together over dream seas, rays of light stretching down to blue
Floyd | infinitudes even as pinpricks of reality dissolve them away. Warm furs
Floyd | on bare skin, pine and woodsmoke, stream and fire, and Rume, your
Floyd | woman, sleeping against you. Home, for now.
Floyd |
Floyd | For now.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many worlds have you moved through, wayfarer? Will you ever stop
Floyd | moving?
Floyd |
Floyd | Rume stirs, the touch of her breast hot against you. You are both
Floyd | half-asleep or half-awake, only together forming a whole being with
Floyd | the promise of something pleasant and instinctual taking shape in its
Floyd | sleepy mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | But another desire stirs in you, equally compelling. Dawn and sleep
Floyd | are distant now, and a blank canvas waits in your studio below. A
Floyd | sudden ache as strong or stronger as your first impulse thrills you
Floyd | with desire to paint, create, bring life and form to the images
Floyd | coalescing inside you, no matter the consequences.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beside you, Rume shifts again, edging closer, blood pulsing faster in
Floyd | her veins, and you must choose. Do you make art, or make
Floyd | love?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Now we must make the love."
		DavidW says, "or art"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "war" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Before anything, you must remember: make love or make
Floyd | art?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hmpf."
		DavidW says, "oh go ahead"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "love" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | The physical presence of the woman beside you, her tangible power,
Floyd | dissolves away all other desires. You pull her close.
Floyd |
Floyd | Waves. The remnants of dream fuse into this new reality without a
Floyd | seam. You roll together, riding peaks and troughs of infinite blue,
Floyd | gasps and vague portents and hot insights suffused in the power of the
Floyd | moment, in the hot breath in your ear, in the dandelion touches on
Floyd | delicate nerves. Worlds you've explored, loves you've known, lives
Floyd | beyond or behind this moment are all forgotten in the freedom of this
Floyd | now, this dim and burning now...
Floyd |
Floyd | Afterwards. Breaths out of sync, pools of cool sweat beneath each
Floyd | fingertip. And something gradual begins to intrude on your cooling
Floyd | bliss, some delicate itch. And an odd feeling creeps upon you that
Floyd | things are about to change, a sense of waves receding, perhaps
Floyd | forever, something calling them home.
Floyd |
Floyd | Calling...
Floyd |
Floyd | And in a heartbeat you know the feeling, recognize it. The Call.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Call pulls wayfarers together across time and dimension.
Floyd | Unconscious, unexplained, yet crisp, real. And when a wayfarer hears
Floyd | it, she knows another wayfarer is somewhere, somehow in trouble.
Floyd |
Floyd | But Rume is not a wayfarer. And she cannot go with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You let long moments pass before you open your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue Lacuna
Floyd | An Interactive Novel In Ten Chapters by Aaron A. Reed
Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 100717 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Type MENU for more information.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd | Chapter One
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loft (on the bed)
Floyd | Firelight trickles through the open doorway into this long loft, seeps
Floyd | deep into huge wooden beams strung with pine boughs angling
Floyd | above your head. You lie in the warmth of your bed, buffered from the
Floyd | air's winter chill by layers of warm furs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to you lies Rume, breathing quietly, already asleep
Floyd | again. Beside you sits a simple nightstand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Object keywords are things you can
Floyd | examine. Type an object keyword to learn more about that thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "furs" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FURS
Floyd |
Floyd | Brown and black, thick with the heavy warmth once needed by creatures
Floyd | who slept through long mountain winters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rume" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUME
Floyd |
Floyd | Her features are only just distinct in the dim and flickering
Floyd | firelight. A year. You've known her a year now, and she looks the same
Floyd | as the day you met, in the dazzling light of a high and snow-scraped
Floyd | cirque. A life spent exploring this alpine world has infused winter
Floyd | into Rume's face; her nordic cheekbones, bleached hair, and ruddy
Floyd | cheeks hint at coldness, but the warmth of her touch, her laugh, her
Floyd | soul, dominates. There is fire in her sea-blue eyes, and from the
Floyd | moment you met her it burned in yours too.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now, three months after this mountain cabin became your shared home,
Floyd | you see other things in Rume's face as well. You know what it looks
Floyd | like in anger, in pride, in guilt. You can imagine now as you never
Floyd | could before how that face will age, the lines along which youth and
Floyd | energy will drain until one day only a dry mask remains, faded and
Floyd | cold. In your life you have seen death, but not aging. Never aging.
Floyd |
Floyd | But now?
Floyd |
Floyd | No matter how many final decisions you've made, no matter how many
Floyd | times you've put the question behind you for good, it still lingers.
Floyd | Could you truly give up your gift, the magic heart of your soul, to
Floyd | grow old here with Rume, on this world of kind people but cold and
Floyd | bitter winds? Could you really never know the breeze of another world
Floyd | again, the tang and rush of new reality? You have always been a
Floyd | wayfarer. Who would you be if you let that go?
Floyd |
Floyd | You look away, at last, as if from the sun. The questions burn too
Floyd | deep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: If no keywords are visible, type LOOK or press enter to
Floyd | get a fresh description.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oops. textdump."
Zach says (to Floyd), "boughs" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOUGHS
Floyd |
Floyd | Arranged gracefully across the slanted ceiling, the pine boughs infuse
Floyd | the room with the scent of the forest outside, while somehow making
Floyd | this mostly empty space seem whole. Rume's work again: undeniably
Floyd | right, but you'd have never thought to do it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nightstand" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NIGHTSTAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Made simply from unfinished pine, it has the naked functionality and
Floyd | unexpected beauty that marks everything made by Rume's hands. Atop it
Floyd | rests a framed drawing and a small round mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Sometimes by examining things more closely, we learn
Floyd | about other objects we may not have noticed at first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "drawing" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRAWING
Floyd |
Floyd | Set in a wide frame of grey stone, Rume gave you this pencil sketch
Floyd | some weeks ago. She had rarely drawn before, which to you makes the
Floyd | sketch even more remarkable: two gracefully feminine hands, entwined,
Floyd | but the difference between yours and Rume's clear. Though crudely
Floyd | drawn it has as much power in it as anything you have painted, and the
Floyd | intensity of everything Rume creates.
Floyd |
Floyd | In darker moments, you cannot help but see the strength with which
Floyd | Rume's hand clutches yours in the drawing. In darker moments, you
Floyd | wonder whether your hand is trying to pull away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "mirror" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | The brass stand and edging is adorned with simple repeated patterns
Floyd | like everything the craftsfolk of this mountainous country put hand
Floyd | to. Inside the dark circle you see only your own reflection.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "reflection" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFLECTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You are the one constant in your life, and even you change. Studying
Floyd | your sleepy eyes, you wonder what happened to the terrified girl who
Floyd | first painted her way into another world, the brave teenager eager for
Floyd | a life of adventure, the bitter young woman first touched by pain.
Floyd | Perhaps they still exist, somewhere in those worlds you left behind,
Floyd | trapped forever in amber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: If you don't see any new keywords on screen, you can type
Floyd | LOOK or press enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I just wanted to check on our hair"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "things" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Nearby are the furs, the refracted firelight, the small round mirror,
Floyd | the framed drawing, the pine boughs, and the wooden ceiling beams.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | Faint red firelight gutters through the open doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "firelight" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIRELIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | The remnants of last night's fire down on the lodge's main floor are
Floyd | mostly shadow now, but in the black of night provide just enough light
Floyd | to see by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "beams" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEAMS
Floyd |
Floyd | Sturdy wood that has stood for many winters and should stand many
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "topic" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not talking to anyone right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Here are some of the albums that were on constant play during my
Floyd | writing of Blue Lacuna, along with, in some cases, which sequence they
Floyd | helped shape. These albums can perhaps be thought of as the unofficial
Floyd | soundtrack:
Floyd |
Floyd | Gyorgi Ligeti, Requiem
Floyd |  Lisa Gerrard, The Silver Tree -- the Windsigh
Floyd | Ryan Miller, Tim Larkin and Jack Wall, soundtracks to the Myst games
Floyd | -- exploring
Floyd |  Michael Stearns, The Lost World -- the eastern forest
Floyd |  Colleen, The Golden Morning Breaks -- Phoebe and Lethe
Floyd |  amiina, Animamina and Kurr -- Phoebe and Lethe
Floyd |  Kenji Kawai, Ghost In The Shell Soundtrack -- The Great Philosopher
Floyd | Robert Rich, Gaudi / Below Zero -- The Heart of the Forest
Floyd |  Jakob Draminsky Højmark, En Landsoldats Dagbog -- Progue's Despair
Floyd |  Jocelyn Pook, various -- painting
Floyd |  Jeremy Soule, Game Soundtracks
Floyd |  Michael Andrews, Donnie Darko Original Score -- Progue's Playfulness
Floyd |  Aphex Twin, Melodies From Mars -- Progue
Floyd |  Eluvium, various albums -- the dreams
Floyd |
Floyd | And other albums which are not tied to particular moments but which
Floyd | nevertheless received heavy play during the writing:
Floyd |
Floyd | Geinoh Yamashirogumi, Akira Soundtrack / Ecophony Gaia
Floyd |  Brian Tyler, Children of Dune
Floyd |  Matt Uelmen, Diablo II Soundtrack
Floyd |  Leon Willet, Dreamfall Soundtrack
Floyd |  Philip Glass, Koyaanisquatsi
Floyd |  Paul Ruskay, Homeworld Soundtrack
Floyd |  Juno Reactor, Labyrinth
Floyd |  Sigur Rós, various albums
Floyd |  Lemon Demon
Floyd |  Vangelis, various albums
Floyd |  Clint Mansell, The Fountain
Floyd |  and the entire Jonathan Coulton catalog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "........"
		genericgeekgirl says, "That was unexpected."
		Zach says, "Music is magic"
		DavidW says, "I guess we won't hear any of the music in this game via Floyd though."
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to rume" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RUME
Floyd |
Floyd | She has already fallen asleep again, so deep and complete that for the
Floyd | moment you can't imagine her awake again, a faint smile still
Floyd | lingering on her lips. You'll come back to say goodbye, if... or
Floyd | before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kiss rume" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS RUME
Floyd |
Floyd | Already Rume has drifted back to sleep, but you're more awake than
Floyd | you've been in a year. You kiss her cheek, hand lingering on her warm
Floyd | shoulder. You'll come back to say goodbye, if... or before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take rume" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RUME
Floyd |
Floyd | You wrap your arms around Rume for long moments, feeding off the heat
Floyd | of her deep sleep, but now that you've fed one need, the other grows
Floyd | deeper and deeper inside you. The Call beckons, itches. You must
Floyd | answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Johnny says (to DavidW), "There is no music."
Zach says (to Floyd), "dance with rume" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE WITH RUME
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't always need to specify what you're doing something with.
Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "dance .")
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't talking to Rume right now; type HELLO to begin
Floyd | conversing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think the game's trying to give us permission to leave the room."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't talking to Rume right now; type HELLO to begin
Floyd | conversing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Great minds."
		Zach says, "Yay"
Zach says (to Floyd), "scratch itch" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCRATCH ITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not
Floyd | in that combination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | For various reasons, use of ALL is not allowed in Blue Lacuna.
Floyd | Please deal with objects one at a time instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take boughs" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOUGHS
Floyd |
Floyd | This is not the time to redecorate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Go outside?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take mirror" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd rather not carry that around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok"
Zach says (to Floyd), "doorway" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOORWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | (first leaving the bed)
Floyd |
Floyd | You pass through the open doorway, old floorboards creaking
Floyd | comfortably under your feet, into the light and open space of the rest
Floyd | of the lodge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Tumble, On the Balcony
Floyd | The balcony overlooks the roomy interior of the lodge,
Floyd | running the length of one wall covered in shelves. Beneath
Floyd | your feet, the chattering stream that named this place
Floyd | emerges from its bed under the loft, tumbling down the exposed rock
Floyd | face to the main floor below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Stairs parallel the stream's journey down to the kitchen, and
Floyd | an open doorway leads back into the dark interior of the
Floyd | loft.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only the glow of the fire below is reflected in the black skylights
Floyd | slanting above you. It must still be very early.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: You can save your progress in the story by typing SAVE,
Floyd | and return to the same point later by typing RESTORE. If you ever want
Floyd | to "take back a move," you can type UNDO.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I only played this chapter, but we can wander around the lodge."
Zach says (to Floyd), "balcony" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BALCONY
Floyd |
Floyd | The balcony runs above and alongside the studio and kitchen, an
Floyd | extension of the loft and separated from it by a simple partition. A
Floyd | wooden railing guards the drop, topped by lacquered branches, gnarled
Floyd | and ancient, and the stairs follow the stream down to the
Floyd | ground floor below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: By adding a verb before an object keyword, you can
Floyd | perform actions. You could try SHELVES, then READ BOOKS, TOUCH
Floyd | TRINKETS, or TAKE LAMP.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take lamp" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the unlit lamp gently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Though you can take this lamp, most of the time you won't
Floyd | need to carry objects around with you. In fact, it's possible to
Floyd | finish the story without taking or dropping anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "shelves" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | The shelves are still mostly empty, waiting to creak under the weight
Floyd | of years of occupation: a few books, some rocks and pine
Floyd | cones and other trinkets of nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I seem to remember visiting a website about a real house that has a stream like that."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Woo!"
Zach says (to Floyd), "books" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | A few leather-bound journals; smudgy reprints of distant travelers'
Floyd | tales; fraying tomes with peeling binding on trapper medicine,
Floyd | wilderness cooking, alpine survival.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "read books" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You've spent long hours curled by the fire exploring these volumes,
Floyd | most of which have haunted this old shelf since long before you came
Floyd | here. But now, you're too keyed up to read.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take books" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up one worn volume, a grey and practical manual on canning
Floyd | preserves and salting meat for winter, and trace your fingers across
Floyd | its age-stained surface. But your mind is too filled with images to
Floyd | focus on words. You return the book to its shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lick books" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LICK BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Apologies, but that isn't  something the story expected you to try
Floyd | eating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh"
		Zach says, "In life, licking is often unexpected"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The civilization of this alpine world is simpler than some, but
Floyd | graceful elegance permeates the people here, grace you find somehow
Floyd | comforting. This simple lamp is a perfect example, in the dignified
Floyd | curves of its glass hood, the polished sheen of the brass base, even
Floyd | the delicate weave of its wick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Remember, if you don't see any new keywords on screen,
Floyd | you can type LOOK or press enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Johnny says, "we're just trying to learn"
Zach says (to Floyd), "trinkets" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TRINKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | You toy delicately with the pine cones, smooth or strange stones, and
Floyd | shells or fossils that Rume has brought back from her wanderings, till
Floyd | your fingers touch one fractured half of a small crude statue,
Floyd | thumb-sized, idols of an ancient people that often turn up near
Floyd | riverbeds and caves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fractured. You remember Rume smashing it against the ground, face
Floyd | twisted in anger. Your first real argument, and so soon. So soon.
Floyd | Maybe you made a mistake in staying. Or she did.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get out now" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET OUT NOW
Floyd |
Floyd | A lot of words like prepositions and adverbs are not necessary in
Floyd | interactive fiction.
Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "get out .")
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure which way you mean. Stairs parallel the stream's journey
Floyd | down to the kitchen, and an open doorway leads back
Floyd | into the dark interior of the loft.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "send break up text" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEND BREAK UP TEXT
Floyd |
Floyd | You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not
Floyd | in that combination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll need matches to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Tumble, On the Balcony
Floyd | The balcony overlooks the roomy interior of the lodge,
Floyd | running the length of one wall covered in shelves. Beneath
Floyd | your feet, the chattering stream that named this place
Floyd | emerges from its bed under the loft, tumbling down the exposed rock
Floyd | face to the main floor below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Stairs parallel the stream's journey down to the kitchen, and
Floyd | an open doorway leads back into the dark interior of the
Floyd | loft.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only the glow of the fire below is reflected in the black skylights
Floyd | slanting above you. It must still be very early.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "stream" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The lodge is built around the stream, its centerpiece and soul, so
Floyd | much so that the old trapper who left it to you named the place the
Floyd | Tumble. The ice-cold mountain water flows beneath the loft, then
Floyd | dances its way down the exposed natural rock face separating the upper
Floyd | level from the lower. It pools in a rock pond at the base of the
Floyd | stairs, then flows through a sculpted streambed that bisects the great
Floyd | boards of the main floor. Near the front door it escapes through a
Floyd | drain to continue its journey down the mountain outside your walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You descend the curved staircase silently, following the stream as it
Floyd | tumbles down the slope, touching the polished wood of the banister
Floyd | more for comfort than balance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The spacious main floor of the lodge is divided into two halves by the
Floyd | stream running through its center. This side is for practical things:
Floyd | flat countertops and spacious pine cupboards and a clatter of
Floyd | hanging pots, pans, and skewers. Rugged chairs at a small round
Floyd | table overlook the stream's tiny pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | A slanted trapdoor leads to the cellar, opposite the path
Floyd | across the stream, while the staircase curves up to
Floyd | the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Not all verbs require keywords. You might try to SIT,
Floyd | SWIM, or LISTEN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, swim. How often do we swim inside a kitchen?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | The pool is too small and cold for swimming, but on warmer nights it
Floyd | feels good to sit on the curved edge where the wooden floorboards meet
Floyd | its rocky lip, and soak the day's cares from your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: You can type HELP to see a list of other verbs the story
Floyd | understands. The help menu also offers more detailed instructions and
Floyd | information about the story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Apparently not very often :("
Zach says (to Floyd), "cupboards" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUPBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You swing a cupboard open and the redolent smell of wood and
Floyd | seasonings spills out. The cupboards are full of the minutiae of life
Floyd | on the edge of the alpine wilderness: jars of dried herbs and spice,
Floyd | coarse-woven bags of salt, sugar, and flour, decanters of oil, bins of
Floyd | venison and fish jerky, huge glass jars of pickled vegetables, piled
Floyd | bulbs of garlic.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are struck suddenly with bitter futility: the months spent
Floyd | gathering together these comforts, the hours wasted sorting and
Floyd | arranging them, preparing for a life and a winter you're about to
Floyd | abandon forever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "table" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Just large enough for three: Rume, yourself, and the odd trapper or
Floyd | trader who spies the smoke of your fire and feels a need for warmth,
Floyd | food, and companionship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "pool" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | At the base of the small cliff, the stream tumbles into a small pool
Floyd | before continuing across the floor of the lodge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "across" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ACROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | (new landmark discovered)
Floyd | You step lightly over the flat stones crossing the stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | Your art has claimed this side of the main floor; paint-spattered
Floyd | canvas twists crumpled underfoot, palettes and buckets and brushes
Floyd | stacked and strewn between them. Abstract studies lie in
Floyd | piles where you've abandoned them, except a few Rume has saved and
Floyd | pinned to the wall. The fire burns low, painting the interior
Floyd | of the lodge with dull heat and molten glow.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wide blank canvas stands on an easel in the center of the
Floyd | studio, space cleared around it like the eye of a storm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The solid front door is shut tight against the frigid night
Floyd | air. Opposite the fire, a few flat stones lead across the
Floyd | stream to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Type LANDMARK to see a list of important areas you've
Floyd | discovered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ooh."
Zach says (to Floyd), "landmark" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LANDMARK
Floyd |
Floyd | The landmarks you can go to are:
Floyd |   your bedroom
Floyd |   the studio (you are here)
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial:  Type one of the listed direction keywords to quickly
Floyd | return to that area.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "studies" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STUDIES
Floyd |
Floyd | Not studies in the sense of a student hoping to learn, but of a master
Floyd | surveying his domain in satisfaction and reflection. For you are a
Floyd | master. There's no ego or pride involved; it's simply true. You
Floyd | couldn't wayfare if you were otherwise.
Floyd |
Floyd | The studies are as meaningless as muscles twitching before sleep, and
Floyd | you wish Rume wouldn't hang them like this. All they do is remind you
Floyd | that she doesn't understand, never will. All they remind you of are
Floyd | things you'd rather forget.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "fire" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | The fireplace extends on a large, semicircular platform into the
Floyd | lodge, the wide curving hearth around it strewn with rugs and pairs of
Floyd | drying winter boots. The fire has been banked down to a heap
Floyd | of glowing embers, heating even this large space through the long
Floyd | night, and providing a glow bright enough to see by. A bundle of
Floyd | matches rests on the mantel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take matches" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MATCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You strike a match and light the lamp's wick from the tall yellow
Floyd | flame. Soon the lamp emits a ghost-pale light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Unexpected, but ok."
		DavidW says, "cool, though"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "boots" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Nearly dry and ready for another day breaking snowbanks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear boots" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BOOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the pairs of winter boots)
Floyd | Somewhere inside you prickles a feeling. You won't need them where
Floyd | you're going.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "set boots on fire" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET BOOTS ON FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't understand that, or the noun you used isn't nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Johnny says, "Some people are trying to play IF."
		Johnny says, "Er"
Zach says (to Floyd), "put boots in fire" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BOOTS IN FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to be holding the pairs of winter boots before you can put
Floyd | them into something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "canvas" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CANVAS
Floyd |
Floyd | The cream-white canvas is pulled taut as a drum, achingly empty.
Floyd | There's nothing magical about its fibers, of course, no strange
Floyd | alchemical mixture in your paints, no glamor in your simple
Floyd | brushes. You wayfare because of you: the act of painting
Floyd | simply helps your mind, your being to define the world you'll become
Floyd | part of. Each of the billion decisions you make as you paint, of
Floyd | texture, tone, pressure, position, size, helps winnow the spiraling
Floyd | infinitudes down to the single one that becomes your new reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | The painting itself, the one you leave behind, is merely a painting.
Floyd | But always a masterwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | As your fingers near canvas, the Call pulls strongly on your
Floyd | mind. The image you must paint burbles in your mind, almost clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl (to Johnny) '(
		genericgeekgirl says, "Erm. Pretend I had eyes."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "call" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It is an itch in the mind, a tug on your soul. It means that when next
Floyd | you wayfare, what you paint and where you go will not be entirely up
Floyd | to you. Some other wayfarer is pulling you closer. Someone in need.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've only felt it once before, at least consciously. When you
Floyd | answered you found a dark, razed world where a lonely little girl was
Floyd | stranded. She had a gift like your own, but didn't understand it, and
Floyd | thought she was crazy for believing in it. You stayed with her a
Floyd | month, helped her survive and learn to want survival, to gain strength
Floyd | to sing to more peaceful worlds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, you remember now. Her gift was song, fragile with heartache, but
Floyd | the clearest, purest thing you've ever known, or ever will.
Floyd |
Floyd | Did she call you to her? Did some hidden part of yourself reach
Floyd | through infinities to feel her suffering? Or does some power run
Floyd | through all universes, bringing you together in times of need? You
Floyd | don't know. But now the Call has come again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Remember, if you don't see any new keywords on screen,
Floyd | you can type LOOK or press enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear. We're gonna paint our destination and break Rume's heart if we go."
		Johnny 8O
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing quietly, an old song you learned as a child, forgotten for
Floyd | years until surfacing now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "brushes" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BRUSHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You scarcely notice them, other than as extensions of yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take brushes" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BRUSHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You hesitate long moments, fear and excitement trembling your
Floyd | fingertips as they hover just above your brushes. The Call
Floyd | whispers in your mind, teasing, wondering if you are ready to answer
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Signs of hesitation often indicate you are about to do
Floyd | something that will change or advance the story. Make sure you really
Floyd | want to proceed, then repeat your command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "things" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Nearby are the brass poker, the matches, the hearth, the rugs, the
Floyd | firewood, the pairs of winter boots, the abstract paintings, the
Floyd | paintbrushes, the canvas, the front door, the oil lamp, and the easel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Look down the trapdoor before we leave?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | The solid front door is shut tight against the frigid night
Floyd | air. Opposite the fire, a few flat stones lead across the
Floyd | stream to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "across" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ACROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | You step lightly over the flat stones crossing the stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The spacious main floor of the lodge is divided into two halves by the
Floyd | stream running through its center. This side is for practical things:
Floyd | flat countertops and spacious pine cupboards and a clatter of
Floyd | hanging pots, pans, and skewers. Rugged chairs at a small round
Floyd | table overlook the stream's tiny pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | A slanted trapdoor leads to the cellar, opposite the path
Floyd | across the stream, while the staircase curves up to
Floyd | the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "trapdoor" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You swing the groaning old trapdoor open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Holding the lamp steady, you descend carefully into the frigid chill
Floyd | and dark of the cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tumble Cellar
Floyd | The great pillars of the lodge loom large in this cellar, a cold,
Floyd | empty space now that you and Rume have finally finished cleaning it
Floyd | out. The floor is stained and peppered with browning pine needles and
Floyd | ghosts of rotting foodstuffs left by residents long gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the steep stairs back up to the Kitchen is a bone-cold
Floyd | rock wall, on which hangs your traveling clothes and a
Floyd | mounted grey moose head.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Careful observation and problem-solving unlocks new parts
Floyd | of the story. Congratulations on reaching this area.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl beams.
Zach says (to Floyd), "head" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Its mangy fur is not that attractive; its rack not of a size to
Floyd | impress. But on cold nights when you come down here to stare into its
Floyd | blank dead eyes, you remember what it means to you, hanging on the
Floyd | wall of your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | And in a sudden shattering you live that night again: staggering
Floyd | through the woods while the old trapper died, despite all Rume's care
Floyd | could do; confusion and doubt echoing through you at the thought that
Floyd | here, perhaps, was your chance, your one chance to give up everything
Floyd | you'd shaped your life around, and get back everything you'd given up.
Floyd | As you stared at the dying moose, its blood seeping into the snow, you
Floyd | thought you'd decided. Decided to stay.
Floyd |
Floyd | But the Call has hit you strong, like a current of cold electricity.
Floyd | Perhaps you never did decide. Perhaps you only put off the choice
Floyd | until another cold and lonely night. And now once again you stare into
Floyd | the eyes of the stiff grey creature and wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "clothes" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Years and worlds ago you stitched these clothes, crude but now
Floyd | comfortable, broken in, one of the few familiar trappings of your
Floyd | schizophrenic life. They come with you, each time you Wayfare, because
Floyd | you made them yourself, with your own hands. And only because of that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cry" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel only the mounting dread of impending loss. The loss itself is
Floyd | not yet real.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take head" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | No. It too will remain, once you have gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear head" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the grey moose head)
Floyd | No. It too will remain, once you have gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take clothes" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | With hands steady on the surface but somehow trembling deep within the
Floyd | bone, you take down the old battered clothes with something like
Floyd | reverence. As you slip into them you can already feel yourself start
Floyd | to let this world go, and the Call itches more deeply, turning your
Floyd | mind to the next world you must paint, the next place to be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing your traveling clothes and a wooden band, and hold an
Floyd | oil lamp (providing light) in your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are the one constant in your life, and even you change. You wonder
Floyd | what happened to the terrified girl who first painted her way into
Floyd | another world, the brave teenager eager for a life of adventure, the
Floyd | bitter young woman first touched by pain. Perhaps they still exist,
Floyd | somewhere in those worlds you left behind, trapped forever in amber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x band" 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x band" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAND
Floyd |
Floyd | The symbol of commitment is always a circle. On some worlds they are
Floyd | rings, tiny bands with homes on varying fingers; elsewhere they are
Floyd | necklaces or circlets. Here they are a little different, signifying
Floyd | more strong fondness than promise, but the exchange still has meaning.
Floyd | Your band was made by Rume, carved from ashwood and polished smooth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Remember, if you don't see any new keywords on screen,
Floyd | you can type LOOK or press enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAND
Floyd |
Floyd | The symbol of commitment is always a circle. On some worlds they are
Floyd | rings, tiny bands with homes on varying fingers; elsewhere they are
Floyd | necklaces or circlets. Here they are a little different, signifying
Floyd | more strong fondness than promise, but the exchange still has meaning.
Floyd | Your band was made by Rume, carved from ashwood and polished smooth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Sorry"
		Zach says, "No problem"
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Tumble Cellar
Floyd | The great pillars of the lodge loom large in this cellar, a cold,
Floyd | empty space now that you and Rume have finally finished cleaning it
Floyd | out. The floor is stained and peppered with browning pine needles and
Floyd | ghosts of rotting foodstuffs left by residents long gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the steep stairs back up to the Kitchen is a bone-cold
Floyd | rock wall, on which hangs a mounted grey moose head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Shivering, you climb the steps back into the kitchen, shutting the
Floyd | trapdoor behind you with a heavy groan.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The spacious main floor of the lodge is divided into two halves by the
Floyd | stream running through its center. This side is for practical things:
Floyd | flat countertops and spacious pine cupboards and a clatter of
Floyd | hanging pots, pans, and skewers. Rugged chairs at a small round
Floyd | table overlook the stream's tiny pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | A slanted trapdoor leads to the cellar, opposite the path
Floyd | across the stream, while the staircase curves up to
Floyd | the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, ">LEAVE SAD NOTE"
Zach says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You sit for a moment at the old table, but your mind races. Visions
Floyd | and images dance inside you, and you know the moment you touch brush
Floyd | to canvas they will crystallize, coalesce into the scene you must
Floyd | paint-- the world you are Called to.
Floyd |
Floyd | Restlessness drives you to your feet again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "across" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ACROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | You step lightly over the flat stones crossing the stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | Your art has claimed this side of the main floor; paint-spattered
Floyd | canvas twists crumpled underfoot, palettes and buckets and brushes
Floyd | stacked and strewn between them. Abstract studies lie in
Floyd | piles where you've abandoned them, except a few Rume has saved and
Floyd | pinned to the wall. The fire burns low, painting the interior
Floyd | of the lodge with dull heat and molten glow.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wide blank canvas stands on an easel in the center of the
Floyd | studio, space cleared around it like the eye of a storm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The solid front door is shut tight against the frigid night
Floyd | air. Opposite the fire, a few flat stones lead across the
Floyd | stream to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You swing the heavy oaken door open, pulling swirls of ice-cold air
Floyd | with it, and step out for a moment onto the small porch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of pines and indistinct snowdrifts peppered with cones and
Floyd | needles surround you. Above the piercing clarity of the stars shine in
Floyd | a cloudless sky. You stare up at them, lungs shivering in the
Floyd | knife-cold air, your companions through this lifelong sojourn of
Floyd | worlds. Not specific stars, not the changing constellations from world
Floyd | to world, but the stars as a whole, ever-present, fused through your
Floyd | life into one metacosmic night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | But you're not dressed for cold. Leaving breath crystals quivering in
Floyd | the air, you retreat back into warmth and shut the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "poker" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the brass poker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "fire" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | The fireplace extends on a large, semicircular platform into the
Floyd | lodge, the wide curving hearth around it strewn with rugs and pairs of
Floyd | drying winter boots. The fire has been banked down to a heap
Floyd | of glowing embers, heating even this large space through the long
Floyd | night, and providing a glow bright enough to see by. A bundle of
Floyd | matches rests on the mantel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "rugs" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Soft and warm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Brushes again, I suppose?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "paint" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | Awkwardly, you set the oil lamp on a shelf and struggle to build up
Floyd | the fire, finally producing a blaze that floods the room with heat and
Floyd | light. That done, you fumble for palette and brushes, knocking your
Floyd | shins on the easel. The smell of Rume still lingers in the air, clings
Floyd | invisibly to your body, as if your earlier choice of love now thwarts
Floyd | your fingers and intentions with delicate jealousy. A hesitancy seems
Floyd | to cloud your mind; though the Call seems inevitable, some sage part
Floyd | of you knows it is not, that you could abandon it and go back to bed
Floyd | and live out a happy life here in the mountains. You pause for a long
Floyd | moment before the blank canvas, brush in hand, a droplet of thick
Floyd | lemon-yellow quivering at the tips of bristles. Then, with a sigh, you
Floyd | press the brush against the cloth.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is none of the deliberate experimentation, the careful decisions
Floyd | that come with your usual work: this time, the scene already exists in
Floyd | your mind's eye, formed by the Call. All you have to do is make it
Floyd | real.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no sense of time, but hours must pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the time you force yourself to step back for a moment, to pull away
Floyd | from the painting, the intensity of the world you are already
Floyd | half a part of, you are almost finished. You can't leave Rume like
Floyd | this; there must be explanations, and pain, and goodbyes. But as you
Floyd | turn to head up the stairs you see Rume already stands on the
Floyd | landing above, smoking and watching you silently.
Floyd |
Floyd | And you know at a glance she understands. She cannot come with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "love rume" 		

Floyd | Topics: people, easy, stealing, and wayfarer
Floyd | You can also say nothing or goodbye.
Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOVE RUME
Floyd |
Floyd | Wrapped in light cloth despite the lingering chill, Rume regards you
Floyd | steadily with no hint of sleepiness. Pale blue smoke rises from her
Floyd | sikar, nearly smoked down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rume examines you in return, thoughtful, her expression unreadable.
Floyd | "No goodbyes from a wayfarer, then," she says in a quiet
Floyd | voice that hangs heavy nonetheless among the wooden rafters, seeping
Floyd | only reluctantly to the level of your ears. "No scenes, no protests.
Floyd | Yes, I understand. The way of your people, I imagine; a quiet
Floyd | departure in dim night, stealing away to new dawns in new
Floyd | worlds, fresh and unspoiled."
Floyd |
Floyd | She lowers one hand to the railing and grips it calmly, but her
Floyd | knuckles are white. "An easy road," she adds, "for the woman
Floyd | I thought you were."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Topic keywords are the final type you'll encounter. Type
Floyd | a topic keyword to talk about the subject that word
Floyd | implies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wayfarer" 		

Floyd | Topics: people, duty, adventure, helpless, and need
Floyd | You can also say nothing or goodbye.
Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAYFARER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes," Rume says musingly, taking another savage pull at the sikar,
Floyd | "you've told me before. The Call. Such a romantic, fantastic notion. A
Floyd | beacon that pulls your people across worlds, across
Floyd | universes. In times of need," she adds reflectively, staring into the
Floyd | empty space in the empty center of the lodge, lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But why do you answer it?" she says suddenly, bluntly. "This Call.
Floyd | There are those in this world who need you as much. Why? Some
Floyd | sense of duty? The promise of adventure? Or are you
Floyd | simply helpless to resist?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: A window below the prompt opens during conversations,
Floyd | showing all keywords currently available. Sometimes words appear there
Floyd | that weren't said by another character, like answers to a
Floyd | question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Hmm"
		Zach says, "I want to say helpless"
		DavidW says, "But 'helpless' seems like a lie to me."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Adventure?"
		DavidW says, "I'd choose 'duty', I think. But Rume will probably have a rebuttal regardless."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "duty" 		

Floyd | Topics: yes, maybe, and no
Floyd | You can also say nothing or goodbye.
Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DUTY
Floyd |
Floyd | Rume studies you for a long moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes," she says finally, taking a deep breath, "in a life like yours,
Floyd | the only allegiance a sane woman could have is to herself, and others
Floyd | like her." She nods once, slowly. "For those around you are mere
Floyd | shadows, destined always to fade away, never to stay, never to be
Floyd | woven into the fabric of your life. Only brushed at intervals from the
Floyd | threads."
Floyd |
Floyd | She considers her next words carefully, forming them in her head the
Floyd | way you've seen her do so many times before, before finally speaking.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me, wayfarer," she says. "Do you care for me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Old keywords disappear as the conversation moves on. Keep
Floyd | your eye on the topic window to know what can still be discussed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Yes, I hope?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "> throw ring at rume"
		DavidW says, "Of course we care."
Zach says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Topics: wait
Floyd | You can also say nothing or goodbye.
Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | For a long moment you stare at each other, until Rume breaks the gaze
Floyd | to stare searchingly into the sloping skylights, still black with
Floyd | night, and you know she is thinking, searching for some way she can
Floyd | come with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | And you know there is none. Only a Wayfarer wayfares. Only the things
Floyd | she has created and touches go with her. And there is no going back.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've told her before, and she hasn't forgotten. And at last she
Floyd | nods, to herself, and pauses for a moment, as if gathering the right
Floyd | words to go on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quickly she tosses something down to you. In midair you realize what,
Floyd | and a weight seems to fall on you so that when you catch it, you're
Floyd | surprised it's so light.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You say only what you've made with your own hands and touch goes with
Floyd | you when you go," she breathes. "So I give you the bracelet
Floyd | you made for me. If you would truly leave me forever, then wear it, to
Floyd | remember me by."
Floyd |
Floyd | She steps forward, gripping the railing tightly. "But there is another
Floyd | way. I cannot go, but you do not have to. Stay. Ignore the Call. If
Floyd | you keep moving on, running away from roots and foundations, this
Floyd | wayfaring will strip all meaning from your life and leave you a cold
Floyd | and lonely shadow. And I do not want that for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come up and return the bracelet to me, if you choose to
Floyd | stay," Rume says, "or wear it and paint, if you choose to go.
Floyd | Or burn it, I suppose, if you wish for all trace of me to
Floyd | vanish. Choose. I will wait."
Floyd |
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | Your art has claimed this side of the main floor; paint-spattered
Floyd | canvas twists crumpled underfoot, palettes and buckets and brushes
Floyd | stacked and strewn between them. Abstract studies lie in
Floyd | piles where you've abandoned them, except a few Rume has saved and
Floyd | pinned to the wall. The fire rages, flooding the room with
Floyd | yellow-orange light, driving away the chill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your painting of a strange, withered tree is almost complete,
Floyd | almost real.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rume stands on the balcony above, smoking and watching you
Floyd | quietly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The solid front door is shut tight against the frigid night
Floyd | air. Opposite the fire, a few flat stones lead across the
Floyd | stream to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "ugh, did the pause in suggestions bite us?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "It suggested 'wait' as a topic."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "I suppose we could save and see what happens if we don't leave?"
		Zach says, "Yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                 The Tumble, Night  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You move to the stairs, but Rume pauses, breathing deeply. "Wait," she
Floyd | says, "think. Know what you give up for me. Believe it in yourself.
Floyd | Tell it to your soul. Then, if that truly is your decision..." She
Floyd | trembles, whispering. "Then yes, come up to me, and let us
Floyd | start our life together at last."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's interesting if we stay. The game doesn't end."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | The vastness of the distance up the stairs seems enormous, each step
Floyd | requiring herculean effort. But they get easier. Each time you lift
Floyd | your foot,  some force within you rips, snaps open, like seed pods
Floyd | bursting at the first breath of spring, or signal flares igniting,
Floyd | light to show the way through storms.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the last few steps in a single bound and fall upwards into
Floyd | Rume's arms, floodgates of something you've never felt bursting forth
Floyd | inside you. You hold each other for long minutes, almost too tight to
Floyd | breathe, till finally you slip the bracelet back on her wrist.
Floyd |
Floyd | She kisses you deeply, then pulls you back into the loft. There are
Floyd | still hours to morning, when your life will finally, finally begin.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd | And time seems to speed up, flowing faster and faster till the leaves
Floyd | and foam that once drifted by becomes a blur and blue
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice Shelf Near Home
Floyd | ice, you call to Rume, but she knows that, knows to stay on the blue
Floyd | ice, but the mammoth skeleton gleams within the glacier and she's
Floyd | almost there and suddenly the shelf gives way beneath her and she's
Floyd | falling, skidding down the slope and you trip after her snowshoes
Floyd | catching and heart thumping and finally reach her side
Floyd |
Floyd | and you say: >>

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ah"
		Johnny says, ">>wassup"
		genericgeekgirl says, ">> hey girl"
		Lionheart says, ">>it's..."
		DavidW says, "well, choose one"
Zach says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | and you say: >>
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | but Rume doesn't hear you over her laughter, whooping and scraping the
Floyd | snow from her face and saying it's okay, it's okay, I'm fine, and you
Floyd | feel such an intense rush of gratefulness and love and kiss her
Floyd | between her eyes, so beautiful and blue
Floyd |
Floyd | blue
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside The Tumble
Floyd | eyes, like Rume's, her adopted mother, and you can see how scared she
Floyd | is but hungry at last to finally have a home, holding the two of your
Floyd | hands tight, little Archana, as the pompous official from town out of
Floyd | breath from the bumpy sleigh ride up signs paperwork, and the girl
Floyd | trembles nervously
Floyd |
Floyd | so you: >>

		Zach says, "whoops"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "blue" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | so you: >>
Floyd | > BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | and she looks up at you bravely, holding your hand tight, and you look
Floyd | up into Rume's eyes and reflected there is your joy and terror and
Floyd | trepidation and concern at this new frontier of parenthood, reflected
Floyd | in the blue
Floyd |
Floyd | blue
Floyd |
Floyd | The Tumble, Archana's Room
Floyd | of the sky fades in the darkling window as night breezes rustle while
Floyd | Archana listens with wide eyes to Rume's bedtime story, tucked in bed
Floyd | under warm furs, and you watch and listen fondly at the way your love
Floyd | weaves the words, her voice dancing and lilting through the old tale
Floyd |
Floyd | and you wonder if you should: >>

		Johnny says (to Zach), ">> != >"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "laugh" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | and you wonder if you should: >>
Floyd | > LAUGH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | but no, you'll stay, stay and hear the end of the story, and Rume
Floyd | tells and the story lives in the spaces between you three and you're
Floyd | content, at peace here in your home in the blue
Floyd |
Floyd | blue
Floyd |
Floyd | The Cellar
Floyd | in the painting, covered in a faint layer of dust now but still
Floyd | potent, powerful, and you wonder why you never destroyed it and you
Floyd | wonder why you keep coming down here and pulling back the dusty burlap
Floyd | and staring at it, and Rume comes down the stairs behind you while
Floyd | Archana recites above and Rume closes the cellar door and puts her
Floyd | arms around you, the wooden bracelet hard against your stomach, and
Floyd | stares at the painting with you and she asks if you still hear the
Floyd | Call
Floyd |
Floyd | and you tell her that you: >>

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "do" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | and you tell her that you: >>
Floyd | > DO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | and there is a long silence before Rume hugs you silently, and you
Floyd | feel her tears seep into the back of your shirt, and you wish you
Floyd | could destroy the painting but you can't, it would be like burning a
Floyd | part of yourself, and Rume asks you to come back upstairs and help
Floyd | Archana with her poem and you roll the burlap back over the canvas and
Floyd | the last color you see is a shade of blue
Floyd |
Floyd | blue
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Bedroom
Floyd | eyes flash as she screams at you in fury, each of Rume's words
Floyd | hammering into the ache in your head like nails, each argument rising
Floyd | to the surface and being sucked under again by momentum, like jetsam
Floyd | in a river eddy, again and again, and finally you can't take any more
Floyd |
Floyd |  and you: >>

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "leave" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |  and you: >>
Floyd | > LEAVE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | but she yells after you telling you to come back this isn't finished
Floyd | but you keep walking down the stairs anyway, the stream barely audible
Floyd | over her voice, and you wonder if this is what you stayed for, if you
Floyd | gave up your greatest gift for this, for the tears in Rume's blue
Floyd |
Floyd | blue
Floyd |
Floyd | At Dinner Around The Fire
Floyd | -green leaves from the garden and Rume's buttered red potatoes and
Floyd | Archana's fresh meat, and she boasts to the grizzled trapper about the
Floyd | kill again and again, reliving the details of the flushing and the
Floyd | flintlock and the thrill of victory, her first successful hunt, and
Floyd | you take your first bite of the smoked meat
Floyd |
Floyd | and it tastes: >>

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "bitter" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | and it tastes: >>
Floyd | > BITTER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | but you keep chewing and smiling because this is Archana's moment and
Floyd | you see the trapper's eyes go wide as he chews his first bite through
Floyd | his beard but he does the same and across the table you catch Rume's
Floyd | glance and the two of you share a secret smile, her eyes absorbing the
Floyd | crackling fire but still the same blue
Floyd |
Floyd | blue
Floyd |
Floyd | The Garden
Floyd | eyes blaze as she tells your child she's absolutely forbidden, but
Floyd | Archana, almost a woman now, kicks over a corn stalk savagely and
Floyd | shouts that you don't understand what it's like living up here alone,
Floyd | you're a couple of rooted hermits, you've forgot what adventure even
Floyd | is, and Rume flushes
Floyd |
Floyd | and you know Archana is: >>

		DavidW asks, "a wayfarer?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wayfarer" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | and you know Archana is: >>
Floyd | > WAYFARER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | and you don't know what to say, and Archana turns and angrily stalks
Floyd | off into the forest, and you look at Rume, her face more deeply lined
Floyd | than it seemed even this morning, but her eyes only deepening with age
Floyd | into richer and richer shades of blue
Floyd |
Floyd | blue
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Bedroom
Floyd | shadows between the pine boughs that Rume still hangs from the rafters
Floyd | through twenty winters now, the old loft room now filled with
Floyd | treasures and mementos and the scuffs and scratches and sweat of a
Floyd | lifetime, and the wind beats against the old timbers of the house
Floyd | where the two of you have spent this past quiet year, alone again, and
Floyd | you remember the night like this those dim and distant years ago when
Floyd | you chose between love and art and chose love
Floyd |
Floyd | and you realize now that decision was: >>

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "right" 		

Floyd ]               Near Home, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | and you realize now that decision was: >>
Floyd | > RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | because losing Rume even then would have scarred you for the rest of
Floyd | your life and Rume sleeps beside you and in a flash you remember that
Floyd | this is your last night here, your last night before you finally
Floyd | answered the Call and left Rume here alone and suddenly her eyes fly
Floyd | open and she looks at you desperately and you try to hold on to the
Floyd | look in those eyes, those beautiful blue
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ...but you shake your head. It was just a dream. You're still here
Floyd | today, and Rume is still at the Tumble, and if you don't make this
Floyd | shot you're going to be eating more of last year's freezer-burned
Floyd | venison again.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Vale
Floyd | The trees crowd thick here in this vale that has always been good
Floyd | hunting grounds, nestled between two rocky slopes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path back down to home is behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you, in a clearing, a large hare grazes unconcernedly
Floyd | on tufts of summer grass. You raise the worn flintlock pistol to your
Floyd | shoulder carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Strange."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hare" 		

Floyd ]               Near Home, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HARE
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd hoped to see deer this morning, but they seem later than usual
Floyd | in returning to the vale this year. The hare will only provide one
Floyd | good meal, but anything is better than unthawing more greying venison
Floyd | from last season.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "shoot hare" 		

Floyd ]               Near Home, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT HARE
Floyd |
Floyd | With a deafening explosion, the pistol fires, a good, clean shot. The
Floyd | hare starts, then falls, as you knew it would.
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the animal, but it seems your shot is clean. It lies
Floyd | dead, blood spilling over the grass in steamy curtains, merging with
Floyd | the morning dew.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the blood reminds you of something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lick blood" 		

Floyd ]               Near Home, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LICK BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Apologies, but that isn't  something the story expected you to try
Floyd | eating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh come on."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "blood" 		

Floyd ]               Near Home, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sky was blood-red when you left this morning before sunrise,
Floyd | vanishing storm clouds drinking in the dawn light. Rume was standing
Floyd | at the doorway as you left, staring into the east. She murmured
Floyd | something quietly, and you thought she said "Who'd have believed we
Floyd | could stay so long in one place."
Floyd |
Floyd | You were so bleary-eyed you were not quite sure you hadn't imagined
Floyd | her saying it-- sounded more like something you'd say, anyway-- but
Floyd | now that the walk through the brisk morning air and the hunt has
Floyd | wakened you, you're sure she did say it. Strange. She has been so
Floyd | strange lately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "strange" 		

Floyd ]               Near Home, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STRANGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Winter was lonely and cold this year, your first without Archana, and
Floyd | Rume has seemed quieter and more withdrawn than you've seen her in
Floyd | years. She spent hours poring over old maps, tracing fingers through
Floyd | the lines of distant mountain ridges and rubbing circles through the
Floyd | white blank spaces of unexplored territory.
Floyd |
Floyd | When spring finally came, she threw herself into spring cleaning,
Floyd | scrubbing floors and washing away the grime as if trying to make the
Floyd | old Tumble look like new. You helped in kind, of course, but were
Floyd | never sure what you both were preparing for, what strange visitor
Floyd | would be arriving that you hoped to impress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]               Near Home, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | North Vale
Floyd | The trees crowd thick here in this vale that has always been good
Floyd | hunting grounds, nestled between two rocky slopes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path back down to home is behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hare you shot is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "hare" 		

Floyd ]               Near Home, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HARE
Floyd |
Floyd | When cleaned and dressed, it will make a nice supper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]               Near Home, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down through the strangely quiet vale in the midmorning
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Giant's Table
Floyd | Three narrow canyons meet at this huge flat moss-covered rock.
Floyd | Memories of dozens of picnics drift through the quiet pines
Floyd | surrounding the Table, Archana's ghost laughter mingling with the
Floyd | tinkling of the stream that leads you home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stream trickles down the valley.
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange feeling twists within you, as if something is wrong. But
Floyd | everything seems normal. You have walked this valley thousands of
Floyd | times, and nothing is out of place. But still the feeling persists.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]               Near Home, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the familiar stream down through steep terraces, following
Floyd | the worn path through the greening pines.
Floyd |
Floyd | Archana's Dam
Floyd | The stream pools into a narrow, deep swimming hole here, an old
Floyd | project of your daughter's that has held up to the elements far longer
Floyd | than her parents ever thought it would. A few wildflowers poke their
Floyd | way out of the new spring grass in the adjacent meadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stream continues down towards home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The feeling of wrongness grows within you, almost a panic, though you
Floyd | still cannot explain why. But then, suddenly, you can. You should see
Floyd | the smoke rising from the Tumble from here, a familiar beacon. But you
Floyd | don't. There is no smoke. The fire is out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]               Near Home, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hurry down the slope, over lichen-encrusted boulders and
Floyd | mouldering pine needles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the Tumble
Floyd | The wooden beams of home rise above you, aging but scrubbed clean,
Floyd | firewood stacked in a neat pile under the eaves and the little bridge
Floyd | over the stream neatly swept. But there is no smoke rising from the
Floyd | rock chimney, no smell of breakfast or sound of Rume singing, and the
Floyd | door is shut tight, rather than open to admit the spring air.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of you dreads to open that door, but there is nowhere to go but
Floyd | inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

Floyd ]               The Tumble, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the door open and stop dead in your tracks, heartbeat
Floyd | suddenly loud in your ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tumble, Main Floor
Floyd | It's been a long time since you thought of this room as a studio, but
Floyd | suddenly you remember it as it was that night all those years ago. The
Floyd | fireplace is neatly banked now, ashes scrubbed away, and Archana's
Floyd | pine animals hang from the ceiling instead of the bare rafters. But
Floyd | one thing is the same.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of the room, alone on its easel, your painting
Floyd | waits,  again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "painting" 		

Floyd ]               The Tumble, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | Its immediacy tingles your pores with cold pinpricks. The morning
Floyd | light streams through the door and seeps into the colors, expands them
Floyd | with vibrant life. But the painting is wrong now. The tree you painted
Floyd | twenty years ago has grown, not on your canvas but on the world it
Floyd | exists, and you see, almost feel it with sudden shocking clarity:
Floyd | branches thickened, new leaves sprouted; the hillside behind has
Floyd | become more overgrown; the wisps of clouds in the sky of your canvas
Floyd | are from a different season than the one that now breathes through the
Floyd | lemon-yellow leaves. You know this all in a sudden shock of gnosis,
Floyd | like an unexpected wave smacking and submerging you. And your
Floyd | fingertips tingle and long to make the tree right. To make it real
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Slowly your peripheral vision returns and you take in the rest of the
Floyd | scene, and all that is different. Rume's boots and winter clothes are
Floyd | gone. The fireplace is banked, ashes neatly swept away. And on the
Floyd | table is a folded letter, and a bracelet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "bracelt" 		

Floyd ]               The Tumble, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BRACELT
Floyd |
Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "bracelet.")
Floyd |
Floyd | Carved from a dark, solid wood, the bracelet was your gift to Rume
Floyd | long ago, the twin of the wooden band she gave to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "band" 		

Floyd ]               The Tumble, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BAND
Floyd |
Floyd | The symbol of commitment is always a circle. On some worlds they are
Floyd | rings, tiny bands with homes on varying fingers; elsewhere they are
Floyd | necklaces or circlets. Here they are a little different, signifying
Floyd | more strong fondness than promise, but the exchange still has meaning.
Floyd | Your band was made by Rume, carved from ashwood and polished smooth.
Floyd | She wears the one you made for her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "letter" 		

Floyd ]               The Tumble, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open it and read, numb.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A dozen glaciers creep through our mountains," it begins, "a hundred
Floyd | passes lead to alpine paths growing less and less familiar each hour.
Floyd | In four days, my love, I will be in unexplored, uncharted territory.
Floyd | Once again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I did not have the courage to say goodbye to you. Nor did you have
Floyd | the courage to do the same for me, when first you heard the Call and
Floyd | started this painting. It is not because we are cowards, I think. It
Floyd | is because we know how easy the temptation to follow in contentment
Floyd | would be. But we are not followers. We are not owners of each other,
Floyd | nor can we change who we are. We are explorers, and we must explore.
Floyd | This is hard, and true.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But exploring takes us to unexpected places.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have said yourself, my love, that there are no rules for your
Floyd | kind. What you know you know by experiment and chance. Perhaps-- no,
Floyd | certainly-- you do not know everything. There may be more left to
Floyd | explore in yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Though you think it impossible, perhaps one day you can find your way
Floyd | back to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Go. Wayfare. Explore. And if you find some way to return-- find me. I
Floyd | will be high in mountains, or crossing distant seas, somewhere under
Floyd | stars. When we meet again we both will be changed, and ready to
Floyd | explore each other anew.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rume."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Lame"
		DavidW says, "well, this gives us a chance to have Rume in our future again."
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]               The Tumble, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Tumble, Main Floor
Floyd | It's been a long time since you thought of this room as a studio, but
Floyd | suddenly you remember it as it was that night all those years ago. The
Floyd | fireplace is neatly banked now, ashes scrubbed away, and Archana's
Floyd | pine animals hang from the ceiling instead of the bare rafters. But
Floyd | one thing is the same.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of the room, alone on its easel, your painting
Floyd | waits,  again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rume's boots and winter clothes are gone. The fireplace is banked,
Floyd | ashes neatly swept away. And on the table is a folded letter,
Floyd | and a bracelet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "painting" 		

Floyd ]               The Tumble, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | Its immediacy tingles your pores with cold pinpricks. The morning
Floyd | light streams through the door and seeps into the colors, expands them
Floyd | with vibrant life. But the painting is wrong now. The tree you painted
Floyd | twenty years ago has grown, not on your canvas but on the world it
Floyd | exists, and you see, almost feel it with sudden shocking clarity:
Floyd | branches thickened, new leaves sprouted; the hillside behind has
Floyd | become more overgrown; the wisps of clouds in the sky of your canvas
Floyd | are from a different season than the one that now breathes through the
Floyd | lemon-yellow leaves. You know this all in a sudden shock of gnosis,
Floyd | like an unexpected wave smacking and submerging you. And your
Floyd | fingertips tingle and long to make the tree right. To make it real
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rume's boots and winter clothes are gone. The fireplace is banked,
Floyd | ashes neatly swept away. And on the table is a folded letter,
Floyd | and a bracelet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "paint" 		

Floyd ]               The Tumble, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no reason to wait. You've nothing to pack, no one to say
Floyd | goodbye to, nothing to arrange. You approach the canvas hesitantly.
Floyd | For long moments you stand there, arranging and rearranging your
Floyd | paints, afraid perhaps to begin. But inevitably, you do.
Floyd |
Floyd | The paints are supple and clear as ever. You thicken branches,
Floyd | reposition leaves, change the patterns in the sky-- all to make it
Floyd | right again, to make it real. When it's almost finished, and you step
Floyd | back to say your final goodbyes to this world. Only a touch more
Floyd | paint and it will be complete.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "paint" 		

Floyd ]               The Tumble, Midmorning  -  Chapter one
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You trace a final line on your canvas, and you are somewhere else.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's smaller than you expected, the tree. But the wrinkled grey-white
Floyd | trunk, the sinuous branches with their gaping holes, are just what you
Floyd | painted, details between the bristles, between the molecules of paint,
Floyd | brought from neural twitchings to physical reality, again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Turning your head, you take your first breath in this world.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: During the first chapter, you took inventory, examined
Floyd | many minor scenery items, and solved a basic puzzle. Based on these
Floyd | actions, you might prefer to continue in puzzle mode, which includes
Floyd | more challenging obstacles to overcome in the tradition of adventure
Floyd | games. The other option, story mode, simplifies the puzzles and
Floyd | provides more opportunities to skip them. However, the choice is up to
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you prefer to continue in story mode or
Floyd | puzzle mode? 

		Zach asks, "Puzzle?"
		Lionheart says, "That is a pretty interesting feature."
		DavidW says, "I'm okay with either choice at this hour."
Zach says (to Floyd), "puzzle" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | puzzle mode? 
Floyd | > PUZZLE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd | Chapter Two
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Path
Floyd | Smells of damp earth and a profusion of greenery encircle this
Floyd | half-clearing amidst light forest. Trees encrusted with moss rise from
Floyd | a carpet of grassy, leaf-strewn earth, along with tall stands of
Floyd | bamboo and explosions of delicate fronds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clearing is dominated by the tree you painted,
Floyd | vine-wrapped trunk rising from gnarled roots, lemon-yellow leaves
Floyd | springing from sinuous branches. At the base of the tree, a leaf-lined
Floyd | nook curls invitingly between two gnarled roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though long overgrown with moss and concealed by huge fallen leaves, a
Floyd | path was once cut through the vegetation, connecting what looks like a
Floyd | beach through the trees with the deeper forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tree" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | It certainly is a curious tree. Spirals of vine sprout from
Floyd | the gnarled trunk and wrap tightly around it before spreading out to
Floyd | knobby branches beginning just above your head. The branches bifurcate
Floyd | until they end in tiny, bare pointed twigs. As the vines spiral around
Floyd | them they sprout hundreds of small lemon-yellow leaves. Even
Floyd | more curious is that dozens of holes seem to have organically
Floyd | grown through the branches, as if they split and reconnected to
Floyd | themselves as the tree was growing; these also continue all the way
Floyd | out to the tiny twigs, shrinking in size as they go.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tree is nothing like the surrounding vegetation, and seems stunted
Floyd | somehow-- though you can't say what creates that impression, with
Floyd | nothing to compare it to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "holes" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOLES
Floyd |
Floyd | They range in size from knobby round gaps nearly as big as your head,
Floyd | in crooks and splits near the trunk, to tiny pinholes trailing along
Floyd | the ends of the smallest branches, and run all the way through the
Floyd | wood, letting you see through to the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "vine" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The vines sprout from orifices about the size of your wrist spread out
Floyd | all over the trunk of the tree, and wrap tightly around it in a helix
Floyd | spiraling up, splitting and shrinking in diameter, until each one
Floyd | leaves the trunk to twine out around a branch, sprouting hundreds of
Floyd | small lemon-yellow leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull vine" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL VINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The vines spring from the trunk and are tightly wrapped around it and
Floyd | the branches. They seem to be attached to the tree by thousands of
Floyd | tiny hook-like hairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "leaves" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Each flower or leaf is about the size of your thumbnail, perfectly
Floyd | circular, slightly concave, and the color of a deep, almost
Floyd | fluorescent lemon yellow. Subtle veins run through the
Floyd | semi-translucent skin. They sprout from the vines wrapped around the
Floyd | branches, each about a finger width apart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to climb?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb vine" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB VINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Finding a spot of bare grayish bark between the spiraling vines, you
Floyd | touch the tree. The trunk seems warm to the touch, and your fingers
Floyd | feel something else: a miniscule vibration? The faint buzz of an
Floyd | electric current? You draw your hand back and rub it curiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vines and gnarled branches make it an easy climb. The tree is not
Floyd | too high, and before long you are standing at a crook in the trunk
Floyd | where it finally splits. Yellow flowers surround you. You can see that
Floyd | the tree stands on a great forested slope, stretching up to the summit
Floyd | of a volcano and down to a white sand crescent beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | After enjoying the view for a while, you climb back down to solid
Floyd | ground again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nook" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like a soft place to curl up in for a nap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Path
Floyd | Smells of damp earth and a profusion of greenery encircle this
Floyd | half-clearing amidst light forest. Trees encrusted with moss rise from
Floyd | a carpet of grassy, leaf-strewn earth, along with tall stands of
Floyd | bamboo and explosions of delicate fronds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clearing is dominated by the withered tree, vine-wrapped
Floyd | trunk rising from gnarled roots, lemon-yellow leaves springing from
Floyd | sinuous branches. At the base of the tree, a leaf-lined nook
Floyd | curls invitingly between two gnarled roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though long overgrown with moss and concealed by huge fallen leaves, a
Floyd | path was once cut through the vegetation, connecting what looks like a
Floyd | beach through the trees with the deeper forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess we need to pick beach or forest. I vote beach."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the overgrown path down a slight slope towards a bright
Floyd | open area, picking your way over fallen trees and slippery earth, and
Floyd | finally emerge from the trees on some grassy mounds at the edge of a
Floyd | beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | Stretching out before you is a breathtaking white sand lagoon
Floyd | framed by a cliff of jet-black lava, the glimmering beach forming a
Floyd | languid half-moon curve around a shallow bay of deep, rich blue. The
Floyd | smell of the sea breeze on your face makes you pause for a moment;
Floyd | it's been a long time since you've seen ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, stretching towards the
Floyd | distant rocky rise, while disappearing closer at hand into a
Floyd | stand of rounded boulders. You could also wade down
Floyd | into the lagoon, or follow a faint path back up into dense
Floyd | vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Off towards the boulders, you can see a figure
Floyd | dressed in rags standing atop them and facing the ocean, shouting and
Floyd | gesticulating wildly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: You can use exit keywords to approach distant people, or
Floyd | the APPROACH verb to move one area closer to them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "figure" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | The figure stands atop one of the rounded boulders and shouts at the
Floyd | surf.
Floyd |
Floyd | The man in the distance is still shouting and gesticulating
Floyd | from the top of the boulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "approach?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "approach man" 		

Floyd | Topics: concordance
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > APPROACH MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You amble across the sand into rockier terrain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | Large mottled boulders rise from the sand here at the end of the
Floyd | beach, rubbed smooth by eons of tides and wind, green lichens
Floyd | clutching their sides. Across the bay, a rocky volcanic rise sticks
Floyd | out into the ocean, forming the lagoon's far boundary; this end is
Floyd | framed by a rocky point beyond the boulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | wetted by the spray of the surf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander towards the rocky point, while the beach
Floyd | opens up back towards the edge of the forest. The tide
Floyd | crashes against a bank of low smooth stones running into the ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange little man stands atop the largest of the boulders,
Floyd | dressed in a patchwork costume of ragged and threadbare clothes. He
Floyd | faces the ocean and vigorously shouts at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Concordance! Summation! Integration!" he shouts, staring
Floyd | furiously at the waves. "Deliverance! Reticence! Abolition!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "mussels" 		

Floyd | Topics: proposition
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MUSSELS
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit longer and wider than a fat thumb, they are a deep forest green
Floyd | cut through with striated arcs of lighter shades. Fragments of the
Floyd | shells of their ancestors tumble in the surf, diminishing to gritty
Floyd | green whorls.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Proposition! Elucidation!" he shouts. "Deterrence!" He
Floyd | thinks for a moment, seemingly stumped, then his face lights up and he
Floyd | shouts "Obsequious!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That spells PEDO anacrostically."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Heh."
		DavidW says, "So, do wayfarers like us have any extra powers besides making paintings we can walk into? It'd be nice to know our other skills, if any, at this point."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "proposition" 		

Floyd | Topics: ribaldness, and now, word
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PROPOSITION
Floyd |
Floyd | He does not even glance at you, but waves a hand dismissively. "Not
Floyd | now!" he hisses. "Not not not on Word Day!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He pauses for a moment to catch his breath, looking down at his bare
Floyd | toes, flexing thoughtfully. "Ribaldness?" he mutters.
Floyd | "Torque. Serendipity, ahhhh."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Mimi O'Graph on the beeeeach"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "word" 		

Floyd | Topics: singularity, sorry, and ruining, concentrate
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WORD
Floyd |
Floyd | He glances at you in annoyance. "What, you're ruining it!" he
Floyd | hisses, as if trying to prevent something out in the ocean from
Floyd | hearing. "Can't concentrate if you're going to pratter on
Floyd | like that. Go away!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He scrunches his face up, then belts out a string of words as quick as
Floyd | he can shout them: "Singularity- Perpetuity- Mendacity-
Floyd | Parasitic- Gregarious- Intolerance!" He beams proudly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "punch man" 		

Floyd | Topics: word, hallucination, and time
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUNCH MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He's up too high for you to reach him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Satisfied, he finally turns to you with a smile. "Thank you much for
Floyd | waiting," he says, "I so do hate my word Days interrupted."
Floyd | And then with a surprising little flip, he leaps off the top of the
Floyd | boulder to come crashing down in the sand at your feet. Before you can
Floyd | even think to start moving forward to see if he is all right, he is on
Floyd | his feet and standing just a pace before you.
Floyd |
Floyd | He pokes you on the forehead. "I know your game," he says
Floyd | disapprovingly. "Been expecting you for quite a time, really.
Floyd | I'm two-thirds mad you see, at least; have been for green eons, and
Floyd | it's often I wonder when the other third would show up and so here you
Floyd | are."
Floyd |
Floyd | He folds his arms skeptically. "So what do we do, then, eh? Flashbacks
Floyd | to every dark corner of my past failings? Hauntings, waking
Floyd | nightmares? You're my first hallucination, so I'm unclear,
Floyd | unsure as to the procedures and protocols." He regards you with wary
Floyd | eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "word" 		

Floyd | Topics: listen
Floyd | You can also say goodbye.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WORD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah yes, Word Day!" he says, spreading his arms wide and spinning in a
Floyd | dizzy circle. "I try and have one semiannually or demiweekly or
Floyd | hemicalendrically, whichever of those it is that usually comes first.
Floyd | The point is, you see, to prove to the ocean that I still remember
Floyd | everything I used to."
Floyd |
Floyd | He puts an arm around your shoulder conspiratorially and throws a
Floyd | guarded glance at the waves. "It's a bluff, though," he whispers
Floyd | loudly. "The vocabulary's doing fine, but mostly usually everything
Floyd | else has slipped away. Don't really remember who I am or where I got
Floyd | here or how I came from. But don't tell."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "uhh. Lemme guess. He's gone stir crazy alone on this island?"
		maga says, "well, the weakness of wayfarers is obviously the inability to have sex and paint at the same time"
		genericgeekgirl says, "> wink and say 'your secret is safe with me'"
		DavidW asks (of maga), "They haven't heard of body paint?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hallucinations" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HALLUCINATIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | He cuts you off in annoyance. "I'll do the asking, thank you," he
Floyd | says, "you just deal the answering for now."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "it's probably considered rude to just walk through your partner's back"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I'm sure somebody, somewhere is into that."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure what to do with this guy. I'm tempted to explore more and see if he follows or what."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "things" 		

Floyd | Topics: listen
Floyd | You can also say goodbye.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Nearby are the great round boulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd | Topics: yes, no, and maybe
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander towards the rocky point, while the beach
Floyd | opens up back towards the edge of the forest. The tide
Floyd | crashes against a bank of low smooth stones running into the ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ratherly strange," he says, walking in a circle around you studying
Floyd | you carefully. "I assumed that you'd take the guise of some Figure
Floyd | From The Past, some One, if you ring, terrible important in my life,
Floyd | meaningful, lesson-worthy, all that." He frowns, tilting his head to
Floyd | one side. "Then again, mayhaps you have. Can't remember much about my
Floyd | past. Mostly usually nothing at all, to be perfect honest. You could
Floyd | be my own daughter for all I know." His eyes narrows. "Are you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "I think he just wants to ramble at us for a bit. Are we his daughter?"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "I mean, probably not. But do we want to say we are?"
		DavidW says, "I don't want to lie, but I'm not sure how much it matters here."
Binder goes home. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | Topics: yes, and no
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | He shrugs. "Ah well-oh. Makes this less awkward then I suppose. Would
Floyd | have been interesting, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can quite figure out a response, he abruptly steps back and
Floyd | gives you an appraising glare, lifting a long and firm finger. "Now
Floyd | look now," he says, "I hope you don't expect my schedule, my routines,
Floyd | to dive in lakes just cause some shabby-dressed spook has popped by. I
Floyd | may be two-thirds mad but I have things, essential things that must
Floyd | and must be done around here, and I don't want visions or phantoms or
Floyd | strange afterimages from the Blue Flash interfering. This is my
Floyd | island, I was here first, I'm in charge, everything thatwise. Are we
Floyd | in agreement then on that then?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Unless we can guilt him into missed birthday gifts"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hee"
		DavidW says, "Verification we're on an island and he's alone, I guess."
		DavidW says, "I'm tempted to let him stay in charge if that'll mean he'll continue to be friendly and talkative."
		DavidW says, "On the other hand, it might make other things more difficult."
		DavidW says, "Heaven help us if we have to compete with an actual figment of his imagination."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Agreeing, for now?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Topics: yes, no, and maybe
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good good," he grunts, stepping up closer. "And I ratherly hope you
Floyd | aren't one of these terrible teeth-gnashing woe and grime spirits, but
Floyd | more one of the cheerful sort. Do you think mayhaps we can make the
Floyd | best of this awkwardness and be friendly whilst you're about?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "There, then," he says, nodding happily at you, "mayhaps this won't be
Floyd | so unpleasant after all."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll be about and aroundabout," he says, eyeing you appraisingly, "so
Floyd | whistle or shout or something thatwise if you need." He pauses for a
Floyd | moment, shaking his head. "Sausages, I'm telling my visions how to
Floyd | find me. Mad as a mackdaw." He gives you one last incredulous stare,
Floyd | then turns and slips away with surprising speed, weaving between the
Floyd | rounded boulders towards the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just before getting out of sight, he turns. "Oh!" he shouts back to
Floyd | you. "Welcome welcome I suppose and all that. To the island!" He
Floyd | turns, disappearing behind the boulders, but his voice carries back:
Floyd | "To my Lacuna!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | A gull flutters in from sea and perches on the exact top of a
Floyd | large, rounded boulder looming above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | baking in the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander towards the rocky point, while the beach
Floyd | opens up back towards the edge of the forest. A bank of
Floyd | slippery stones stretches towards the wet sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "gull" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GULL
Floyd |
Floyd | These seem larger and more streamlined than most you've seen, and
Floyd | their long yellow beaks are tipped with a vivid indigo rather than
Floyd | red. But their cries sound just as you'd expect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing your traveling clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "we didn't bring the ring with us."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm."
		DavidW asks, "point?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "point" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You weave through the boulder stand, clambering over a few shorter
Floyd | rocks here and there, and eventually break out onto a wet, rocky
Floyd | point.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tidepools
Floyd | A rocky point ends here with a cluster of small pools, smooth
Floyd | mirrors of the sun above. From here the whole lagoon stretches out
Floyd | before you, from a small log cabin in the center of the beach
Floyd | to the mountain and volcano, looming over either
Floyd | end.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dry land snakes back towards the cluster of boulders. There
Floyd | is no safe place to enter the ocean from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some distance away, you see the strange man moving from the
Floyd | beach near the rise to the top of the rise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It occurs to me that we're trapped unless we can make paint here."
		DavidW says, "cabin, please"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cabin" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CABIN
Floyd |
Floyd | About halfway around the curve of the bay, the cabin is built up flush
Floyd | against the old lava flow which forms the beach's natural back wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance near the top of the rise, you glimpse the strange
Floyd | man moving out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "man" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He is no longer in sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "approach cabin" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > APPROACH CABIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (moving one area towards that destination)
Floyd | You step carefully back towards the beach until you find yourself
Floyd | among the boulders again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | The boulders stand stoically in the sunlight, their rounded tops
Floyd | faintly reflecting the blue of the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | baking in the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander back towards the rocky point, while the
Floyd | beach opens up towards the edge of the forest. A bank of
Floyd | slippery stones stretches towards the wet sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You wish you knew how to get there from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "maybe through the forest"

Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander back towards the rocky point, while the
Floyd | beach opens up towards the edge of the forest. A bank of
Floyd | slippery stones stretches towards the wet sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gull flutters in from sea and perches on the exact top of a
Floyd | large, rounded boulder looming above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "point" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You weave through the boulder stand, clambering over a few shorter
Floyd | rocks here and there, and eventually break out onto a wet, rocky
Floyd | point.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tidepools
Floyd | A rocky point ends here with a cluster of small pools, smooth
Floyd | mirrors of the sun above. From here the whole lagoon stretches out
Floyd | before you, from the cabin in the center of the beach to the
Floyd | mountain and volcano, looming over either end.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dry land snakes back towards the cluster of boulders. There
Floyd | is no safe place to enter the ocean from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | Dry land snakes back towards the cluster of boulders. There
Floyd | is no safe place to enter the ocean from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "boulders" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You step carefully back towards the beach until you find yourself
Floyd | among the boulders again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | A gull flutters in from sea and perches on the exact top of a
Floyd | large, rounded boulder looming above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | baking in the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander back towards the rocky point, while the
Floyd | beach opens up towards the edge of the forest. A bank of
Floyd | slippery stones stretches towards the wet sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "towards" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOWARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down towards the breakers on dampening sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Beach
Floyd | The tide breaks at your feet, sending warm runners of foam splashing
Floyd | around your ankles. The sand is smooth and damp, sprinkled with a
Floyd | profusion of shells, small stones, and clumps of seaweed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge and beautiful sculpture of a manta ray, carved from
Floyd | some clear crystal, sits on a track running into the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hike back up the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade out into the
Floyd | ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "A ha!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sculpture" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCULPTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | The sculpture is stunningly beautiful, capturing every curve of the
Floyd | graceful manta creature's flattened form. The clear crystal shimmers
Floyd | in the sun, and peering closer you can see that the sculpture is
Floyd | actually hollow. A hatchway on the top provides access to the
Floyd | interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Ooh. Hatchway first, or cabin?"
		DavidW says, "hatchway"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hatchway" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HATCHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | A round wheel on top opens the hatchway, which looks airtight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open hatchway" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN HATCHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn a wooden wheel on the hatchway, pull it open with a wet
Floyd | sucking noise, and clamber inside. The interior is just tall enough
Floyd | that you can sit up without bumping your head. As you sit, however,
Floyd | the hatchway clangs shut behind you, releasing a hidden catch; and the
Floyd | manta sculpture glides forward down the track, cuts through the
Floyd | breaking waves effortlessly, and descends into a beautiful undersea
Floyd | paradise.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Manta, Under the Waves
Floyd | Surrounding you on all sides is a fantastic underwater vista. Brightly
Floyd | colored fish twirl and dart among coral reefs and gently
Floyd | waving plants of red and green. Sunlight filters heavily through the
Floyd | waves and the transparent crystal of the sculpture; the facets are so
Floyd | expertly carved you hardly notice it's there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hatchway above leads outside, though you probably don't
Floyd | want to use it while you're underwater. A large wooden wheel
Floyd | on the floor seems to interface with the track on the ocean floor,
Floyd | which ends beneath you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A larger wave surges by above your head, sending whorls of surf
Floyd | bubbles spiraling down towards you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Uh."
		DavidW says, "okay, so it's a Myst island."
		DavidW says, "I guess we can drive the manta to somewhere, who knows what."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wheel" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The wheel lies flat against the crystal floor of the manta, through
Floyd | which you can dimly see some gears and the track below. It looks like
Floyd | by gripping the handle you could make a wide stirring motion to turn
Floyd | the wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Gripping the handle, you begin turning the wheel. The gears below you
Floyd | spin, and you feel the manta slowly pulling back up the track.
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few minutes, but you slowly emerge from the waves until
Floyd | you're resting on the lower beach again, and climb out of the
Floyd | sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Beach
Floyd | The tide breaks at your feet, sending warm runners of foam splashing
Floyd | around your ankles. The sand is smooth and damp, sprinkled with a
Floyd | profusion of shells, small stones, and clumps of seaweed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge and beautiful sculpture of a manta ray, carved from
Floyd | some clear crystal, sits on a track running into the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hike back up the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade out into the
Floyd | ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm"
		DavidW asks, "cabin?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cabin" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CABIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (new landmark discovered)
Floyd | You hike up the drying beach, enjoying the faint breeze you generate
Floyd | as you move through the still midday air, leaving the soft crash of
Floyd | the surf far behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Log Cabin
Floyd | The beach widens here in the middle of its sweeping curve around the
Floyd | lagoon, rising in graceful white dunes to the sudden black slope of
Floyd | the old lava flow. Up against the flow is built a log
Floyd | cabin, looking long-neglected but still intact. Gleaming
Floyd | white sand almost blinds you as it stretches in a great arc
Floyd | around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away towards the cluster of boulders or
Floyd | the rocky rise, or you could also head back down to
Floyd | where the waves are breaking. The cabin lies up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber up the slipping sand past seaweed and shells at the
Floyd | high-water mark, then onto sturdier ground, before finally arriving at
Floyd | the building. First peering cautiously through the doorway, you step
Floyd | inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | Sand drifts around the open doorway, spilling out in tiny dunes across
Floyd | the wooden floorboards, undisturbed. Bare, water-stained walls frame a
Floyd | small room, empty and abandoned save for a manta ray skeleton
Floyd | hanging from one wall; some frayed ropes tied to one beam are the only
Floyd | other hint of past furnishings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is a wooden box discarded in a
Floyd | corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead to a bright porch or to a
Floyd | darker interior. You can also step back outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "skeleton" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SKELETON
Floyd |
Floyd | The skeleton, mounted on the wall, makes a large diamond, and must
Floyd | have once belonged to some flat, manta ray creature with rare
Floyd | elegance. Now, bleached and dusty, it only seems to add to the
Floyd | loneliness and neglect of the cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "box" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You blow sand and dust off as you kneel to examine it, brushing years
Floyd | of neglect from its detailed surface. The box is a perfect cube, each
Floyd | side about the length of your forearm, carved from interlocking pieces
Floyd | of wood which fit together seamlessly without nails or mismatched
Floyd | joins. Intricate carvings cover every surface. Salt crusts
Floyd | the lower third, where the wood is swollen and discolored.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lick salt" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LICK SALT
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't understand that, or the noun you used isn't nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "carvings" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CARVINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | The carvings, impossibly tiny, make up one immense, tropical scene.
Floyd | Splashing dolphins segue seamlessly into beaches littered with shells,
Floyd | tall, graceful palm trees, laughing children, and fanciful animals.
Floyd | You could study these carvings for hours without taking in all the
Floyd | detail.
Floyd |
Floyd | Along the top of the cube, worked into the design, are five oval
Floyd | indentations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder where the man hangs out if not here."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I am going to find SOMETHING in this game I can lick."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "indentations" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INDENTATIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Four are clustered together in an arc, the fifth farther apart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose this is a puzzle box. Put the appropriate things in the indentations, box opens."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put fingers in indentations" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FINGERS IN INDENTATIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You slip your fingers into the indentations along the top and push
Floyd | with your other hand. The top rotates open easily, revealing a
Floyd | delicate sketchbook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I bet our madman is a wayfarer."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sketchbook" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SKETCHBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You examine the sketchbook carefully, a beautiful handmade thing,
Floyd | thick paper pressed from some creamy-tan wood, the spiral binding a
Floyd | thin coil of copper-colored metal. On the cover is a handwritten
Floyd | inscription.
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the sketchbook and study the first page.
Floyd |
Floyd | The first drawing shows a stunning portrait study of two girls, maybe
Floyd | ten or eleven. Long black hair frames unsmiling but beautiful faces,
Floyd | trapped between the carefree whimsy of childhood and some premature
Floyd | pain that strips it away. At first you take them for twins, though
Floyd | subtle differences of appearance suggest otherwise, because of their
Floyd | nearly identical expressions. Though they look out at you and not each
Floyd | other, some bond strong even for sisters connects them, forged perhaps
Floyd | in loss and strengthened by necessity of reliance, each upon the
Floyd | other.
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like you could see more if you turn the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "inscription" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSCRIPTION
Floyd |
Floyd | The message is written in strange letters that you don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd |              ' .---- ---- ---- ----
Floyd |     --- -- ----- --- ---  ,--- ----
Floyd |    ---- ---- ---- -- ----- --- ---'
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "It's also backwards?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn page" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | A landscape fills the next page, showing the beach outside and the
Floyd | half-constructed cabin against the lava flow. The two girls play in
Floyd | the sand, one building a sand castle while a skittering crab watches,
Floyd | the other brushing her hair with a comb carved to look like two
Floyd | leaping dolphins. Behind them a tall figure chops branches from a
Floyd | felled tree trunk. While the beach and the girls are sharp and finely
Floyd | detailed, the figure is fuzzy and dark, indistinct, drawn with heavy,
Floyd | crude lines. Though just a small part of the scene, his presence
Floyd | throws the rest of the sketch into some sadder, unsettling mood.
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like you could see more if you turn the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think so. Find a mirror. Or maybe the pools are reflective."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn page" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | This page shows a rough map of the island. The half-circle of the
Floyd | lagoon on the west side, its north end bounded by the rocky lava flow
Floyd | that swoops up to the volcano in the south, are easily recognizable.
Floyd | The chasm running from the break in the volcano's side to the north
Floyd | end of the beach is marked with a danger sign and six tiny colored
Floyd | lines. A plateau filled with dense rain forest fills the island's east
Floyd | side, interrupted by a ravine that divides it from the looming
Floyd | mountain in the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A furious scribbled star marks a point deep within the eastern rain
Floyd | forest, with a crude drawing of a bee alongside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like you could see more if you turn the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bee" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not
Floyd | in that combination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Aw."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I wanna see the bee."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn page" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | Angry scribbles nearly obliterate the next sketch, which shows, in
Floyd | incredible detail, one of the strange twisted trees, every twist of
Floyd | encircling vines and gap in its sinuous branches carefully rendered.
Floyd | The dark and crudely drawn figure from the earlier sketch lies curled
Floyd | up asleep in its roots, and from his head spring dozens of images
Floyd | rising in curves and whorls, a panoply of dreams and ideas hovering
Floyd | above him, twisting through the branches of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like you could see more if you turn the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | The next pages are filled with inscrutably dense schematics, notes,
Floyd | and calculations, growing smaller and more obtuse by the page until
Floyd | they devolve into meaningless scribbles. One cluster of diagrams
Floyd | centers around blueprints of a three-sided pyramid structure,
Floyd | connected to some elaborate network of underground machinery.
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like you could see more if you turn the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip past several blank pages before reaching one last sketch on
Floyd | the notebook's final page, which seems to have been done much later
Floyd | than the others. It shows a man sitting watching the sun set over the
Floyd | ocean, his back turned and face invisible, holding the comb with the
Floyd | two leaping dolphins. The sketch is sloppy, almost careless, but still
Floyd | exudes a palpable sense of sadness and regret.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sketchbook is turned to the last page.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take sketchbook" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SKETCHBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Better not. Whoever locked it up here must have wanted it safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "If that were true, no game would ever get solved."
		DavidW says, "heh"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | Sand drifts around the open doorway, spilling out in tiny dunes across
Floyd | the wooden floorboards, undisturbed. Bare, water-stained walls frame a
Floyd | small room, empty and abandoned save for a manta ray skeleton
Floyd | hanging from one wall; some frayed ropes tied to one beam are the only
Floyd | other hint of past furnishings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is the open wooden box
Floyd | (containing the sketchbook).
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead to a bright porch or to a
Floyd | darker interior. You can also step back outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Porch or interior?"
		DavidW says, "yes :)"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "porch" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PORCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You duck through the small doorway into a windowed porch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin, The Studio
Floyd | High, narrow windows admit steep slants of daylight into this
Floyd | small porch, the purpose of which seems instinctively clear to you the
Floyd | moment you enter: it is an artist's studio. The floor is stained with
Floyd | paint and clay, and artisan tools litter the surface of a
Floyd | wall-to-wall workbench, though everything seems to be under a layer of
Floyd | thick dust, as if undisturbed for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the rough plank walls on your left and right, exactly opposite each
Floyd | other, hang two spectacular paintings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit is back to the front room of the cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "paintings" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAINTINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, 1) the storybook village painting, or 2) the space
Floyd | painting?
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: If something you type might refer to more than one thing,
Floyd | type a number like 1 or 2 and press enter to confirm your intent, or
Floyd | type a new command instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up to the painting and study it carefully. Immediately, you
Floyd | recognize the work of a Wayfarer. The lines and colors are too exact,
Floyd | too perfect, too beautiful to be anything but.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gently rolling hilltop of lemon-yellow and milky-white wildflowers,
Floyd | fantastically profuse, explodes from the surface of this painting. A
Floyd | large gathering of smiling people in simple clothes of brown and
Floyd | crimson pick the flowers, laughing and smiling: children, parents,
Floyd | aunts, grandmothers, all so richly detailed that you can almost hear
Floyd | them laughing and calling out to each other. The smell of dusty dry
Floyd | pigment somehow suggests the first day of spring, and fresh mountain
Floyd | breezes in a sea-blue sky. Beyond the hilltop a storybook village
Floyd | basks in late morning haze, thatched roofs and cobbles ringed by
Floyd | balding mountaintops, rounded and emerald green.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rough-hewn wood frame surrounds the painting, in harsh contrast with
Floyd | its elegant beauty. Roughly carved in the lower right is a single word
Floyd | in a language you do not recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe the wayfarer was his daughter."
		DavidW says, "ooh, that would be painful."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "space painting" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPACE PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | This painting is obviously the work of a Wayfarer as well. At first
Floyd | you think the same artist crafted this one, but subtle differences in
Floyd | style instill in you a growing belief otherwise.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge translucent sphere hovers in the center of this painting, miles
Floyd | wide, reflecting in bulbous crescent the golden light of a warm gold
Floyd | and lemon yellow sun. Inside the sphere is a profusion of life: huge,
Floyd | gnarled trees growing in all directions without gravity to guide them;
Floyd | thick, mossy vines wrapped everywhere and stretching like tiny green
Floyd | threads of emerald through moist air; and people dressed in flowing
Floyd | silver-crimson gowns and wide sea-blue wings, gliding between gilded
Floyd | wooden villages high in the branches of the massive trunks. In the
Floyd | distance, more spheres can be seen, floating serenely amidst the jet
Floyd | black backdrop shining with a million milky stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | This painting, too, is roughly inscribed with a single word in a
Floyd | language you do not recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "So, two daughters, both wayfarers, both left him? Yikes if true."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tools" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your heart skips a beat as you realize these are mostly the tools of a
Floyd | painter. Clay pots seem to hold paints of varying shades and
Floyd | consistencies (though long since dried, useless now) and hides scraped
Floyd | smooth to make canvases are strewn around the workbench, along with
Floyd | rotting handmade brushes. It will take some time to put everything in
Floyd | order, but it looks like most of the tools you'll need to move on,
Floyd | when the time comes for that, are here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Woo!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "windows" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | The roof of the shack extends out beyond the unpaned windows,
Floyd | presumably to keep out rain but let in light. Through the windows you
Floyd | see the beach, and the black lava flow angling away into the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "so we're not trapped, yay"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "back and into the interior?"
		DavidW says, "yes please"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "back" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You return to the larger front room of the cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The white glow of the beach through the open door is brilliant; your
Floyd | eyes struggle to adjust to the dim interior of the cabin instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is the open wooden box
Floyd | (containing the sketchbook).
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead to the brightly-lit studio
Floyd | or to a darker interior. You can also step back
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "interior" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INTERIOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You step through the doorway into a smaller room at the rear of the
Floyd | cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin, Back Room
Floyd | Only a dim light filters into this windowless back room. The back
Floyd | wall seems unnaturally dark, and as your eyes adjust, you
Floyd | realize it is not wood but the smoothed face of the lava flow. A wide
Floyd | crack in the smoothed wall is filled in by cobblestones near the
Floyd | ceiling, and a thick wooden door below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Other than the door and a pile of smashed wood splinters in a
Floyd | corner, the only notable feature is the exit back to the
Floyd | front room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wall" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Nearly vertical here, the lava flow's sharp edges drop smoothed and
Floyd | polished from floor to ceiling, a rippling, deep black surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "splinters" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPLINTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The wood looks like it might once have been a cabinet, smashed in some
Floyd | long-past fury. Amidst the wreckage, however, rests an ornate
Floyd | compass in a brass base, apparently intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ooh."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "compass" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The compass is closed, its thin brass cover concealing the needle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take compass" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the compass from the wreckage and slip the delicate brass
Floyd | chain around your neck. It is closed, a brass cover hiding the needle
Floyd | itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open compass" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You undo the tiny clasp and open the brass lid, revealing the needle
Floyd | under glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: While the compass is open, exits will be described using
Floyd | cardinal directions. You may navigate by typing (for example) GO
Floyd | NORTH, NORTH, or just N.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Nice."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Only just your height but wider than a normal door, its wooden surface
Floyd | has been planed smooth to bring out a complex grain. It is unpainted
Floyd | except for six small bands of vertical color at about eye
Floyd | level.
Floyd |
Floyd | At about the height you'd expect to see a doorknob runs a smooth arc
Floyd | of twelve small buttons, each engraved with a stylized
Floyd | symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bands" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BANDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Each band seems to have been painted directly on the wood. From left
Floyd | to right, the colors are red, yellow,
Floyd | black, white, blue, and green.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "buttons" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUTTONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Each is a circle about the size of one made with a thumb and finger,
Floyd | flush with the door but very slightly convex. Stylized symbols are
Floyd | inlaid into each one. From left to right, the symbols are
Floyd | whale, manta, tree, turtle,
Floyd | crab, crystal, berry, seagull,
Floyd | bee, spider, mussel, snail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh good."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "spider" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPIDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Hairy legs and a fat, smooth body.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "red" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RED
Floyd |
Floyd | A deep, rich crimson.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "black" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Jet black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin, Back Room
Floyd | Only a dim light filters into this windowless back room. The smoothed
Floyd | face of the lava flow forms the back wall of the room. A wide
Floyd | crack in the smoothed wall is filled in by cobblestones near the
Floyd | ceiling, and a thick wooden door below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Other than the door and a pile of smashed wood splinters in a corner,
Floyd | the only notable feature is the exit west back to the front
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm getting the impression that the game's larger than that first chapter would suggest."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "mussel" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MUSSEL
Floyd |
Floyd | A single oval mussel, its shell lined with tiny ridges.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press bee" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS BEE
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle snick, the button depresses into the door, then pops
Floyd | back out as you release it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin, Back Room
Floyd | Okay, I've taken back your last move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any obvious way to open it: no knob or handle, just the
Floyd | row of buttons and the bands of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crystal" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRYSTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | A hexagonal pillar of crystalline mineral.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "So.. berries are red, bees are yellow, spider? is black.. white is seagull, what are blue and green?"
		DavidW asks, "crystal and tree, maybe?"

genericgeekgirl  | Floyd | Small green <em>mussels</em> cling to the lower edges of the boulders,

		DavidW says, "Unless the whale is blue"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, maybe."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But I agree with the general thinking, of turning the color code into a critter code."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press berry.press bee.press spider.press seagull.press whale.press mussel" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS BERRY.PRESS BEE.PRESS SPIDER.PRESS SEAGULL.PRESS WHALE.PRESS
Floyd | MUSSEL
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle snick, the button depresses into the door, then pops
Floyd | back out as you release it.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle snick, the button depresses into the door, then pops
Floyd | back out as you release it.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle snick, the button depresses into the door, then pops
Floyd | back out as you release it.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle snick, the button depresses into the door, then pops
Floyd | back out as you release it.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle snick, the button depresses into the door, then pops
Floyd | back out as you release it.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle snick, the button depresses into the door, then pops
Floyd | back out as you release it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin, Back Room
Floyd | Okay, I've taken back your last move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Well, that didn't do anything obvious."
		DavidW says, "well, perhaps we should explore more."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's another one of those strange trees like the one you painted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok"
		DavidW says, "Maybe berries are blue, not red here."

genericgeekgirl  | Floyd | small lemon-yellow <em>leaves</em>.

		genericgeekgirl says, "The trees we painted."
		DavidW says, "I haven't been paying attention to the colors of anything."
		genericgeekgirl says, "I'm just grepping against my log."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Let's explore, I think."
		DavidW says, "yeah, maybe the rise, next. Or forest"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin, Back Room
Floyd | Only a dim light filters into this windowless back room. The smoothed
Floyd | face of the lava flow forms the back wall of the room. A wide
Floyd | crack in the smoothed wall is filled in by cobblestones near the
Floyd | ceiling, and a thick wooden door below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Other than the door and a pile of smashed wood splinters in a corner,
Floyd | the only notable feature is the exit west back to the front
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You step back into the cabin's larger front room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The white glow of the beach through the open door is brilliant; your
Floyd | eyes struggle to adjust to the dim interior of the cabin instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is the open wooden box
Floyd | (containing the sketchbook).
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead north to the brightly-lit
Floyd | studio or east to the tiny storage room. You can also step
Floyd | back outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "outside" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUTSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You step back outside into the sunlight, walking down the beach in the
Floyd | direction of the surf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The ocean pounds faintly beneath the western horizon, where it meets a
Floyd | vast, unclouded sky, so deep a blue your eyes hurt. Pristine white
Floyd | sand almost blinds you as it curves around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away to the north and south, or
Floyd | you could also head west down to where the waves are
Floyd | breaking. The cabin lies back up the beach to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some distance away, by the shore, you notice the strange man, fishing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sand" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Startlingly bright, the beach is smooth and featureless, white curves
Floyd | unblemished by imperfections.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close compass" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You shut the compass carefully, letting the small clasp catch again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Exits will now be described using direction keywords and
Floyd | the landmark system, as before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The beach widens here in the middle of its sweeping curve around the
Floyd | lagoon, rising in graceful white dunes to the sudden black slope of
Floyd | the old lava flow. Up against the flow is built a log
Floyd | cabin, looking long-neglected but still intact. Spotless
Floyd | white sand almost blinds you as it stretches in a great arc
Floyd | around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away towards the cluster of boulders or
Floyd | the rocky rise, or you could also head down to where
Floyd | the waves are breaking. The cabin lies back up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Rise?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "rise" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RISE
Floyd |
Floyd | You amble along the soft white sand of the beach, working your way
Floyd | around the edge of the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Rise
Floyd | A huge piece of moss-covered driftwood seems to guard the end of the
Floyd | beach, dominated by a rocky rise of hardened black lava that thrusts
Floyd | out into the sea. The ocean pounds faintly beneath the western
Floyd | horizon, the lagoon practically glowing as it warms in the
Floyd | sparkling sunlight, framed by the rustling of tropical trees,
Floyd | their green fronds casting welcome shadows across the sand. Gleaming
Floyd | white sand curves around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opposite the lagoon, the beach is pinched off by black cliffs, but
Floyd | near the high water mark you can see a possible route to the top of
Floyd | the rise. Sand stretches back back towards the
Floyd | center of the beach, and you could also head down to
Floyd | where the waves are breaking.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sky overhead is beginning to fill up with dark clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sure"
		DavidW says, "continue up"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber easily over the ancient lava rock, worn smooth by pounding
Floyd | surf, till you stand on top.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Old Lava Flow
Floyd | Here is where the lava met the sea, after cutting a long swath across
Floyd | the island. From your position atop the flow you can see both sides of
Floyd | the island: before you, the land drops off into a marshy swamp that
Floyd | stretches to the edge of a jagged mountain, and behind curves
Floyd | the tranquil white crescent of the lagoon, protected by the lava flow
Floyd | as it rises to the shattered side of the distant volcano. You
Floyd | are surprised to see a ropeway stretches from a meadow high
Floyd | atop the mountain to a small base station near the island's corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could scramble back down to the beach or take
Floyd | an easier route down the other side of the flow towards the
Floyd | edge of the marsh. You can also hear the sound of a
Floyd | waterfall through some heavy fronds opposite the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, by the shore, you spot the strange man, fishing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think I can play too much longer."
		DavidW says, "Gilligan's been busy, I see."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, I need to sleep soon."
		DavidW says, "see if we can find another landmark, then save and stop."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ropeway" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROPEWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The ropes rise from the base station on one corner of the island to
Floyd | near the top of the mountain across the marsh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "volcano" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VOLCANO
Floyd |
Floyd | Rising gracefully over this end of the island, the reddish-brown
Floyd | slopes of a volcano shimmer in the distant heat haze. Faint wisps of
Floyd | steam rise from its hidden caldera. One whole side of the volcano
Floyd | seems to have crumbled in some past eruption, spewing forth the long
Floyd | black lava flow that bisects the island and forms the back
Floyd | wall of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "flow" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The black rock, frozen in mid-tumble, hosts a few tentative green
Floyd | shoots and flowers in its maze of nooks and crannies, but the
Floyd | vegetation has only begun to reclaim it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "mountain" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The mountain is a ways off. It dominates one corner of the island, one
Floyd | side a sheer cliff face, the other tumbling treacherously into the
Floyd | sea. The rocky sides seem to be composed of weathered volcanic rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched near the summit is some sort of man-made structure.
Floyd |
Floyd | Heavy rain clouds race in, blotting out the sun more and more each
Floyd | minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "structure" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STRUCTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't make out any details from this distance, but it definitely
Floyd | seems like a man-made structure. A deep ruby glow beams from its
Floyd | edges, and you can hear even from here a deep, rhythmic thrumming
Floyd | which seems to come from somewhere inside. A strange metallic torus
Floyd | surrounds it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "edge" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the path down a slight mossy slope, enjoying the
Floyd | unobstructed panorama before you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Stumps
Floyd | The remains of what once must have been a small copse of trees on this
Floyd | bit of grassy land overlook the edge of a flat marsh. Across the marsh
Floyd | rises a sheer cliff, rising to the summit of an imposing mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jutting from the rock near the short drop-off to the sea is a
Floyd | roughly-hewn block of grey stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far across the marsh down a soggy slope is the sheer cliff
Floyd | face of the mountain. You could also follow the drier stretch back
Floyd | up the rise or over to the tiny shack at the base of
Floyd | the ropeway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "shack?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "shack" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (new landmark discovered)
Floyd | Keeping the marsh on your right and a bluff overlooking the sea to
Floyd | your left, you approach a low mound at the corner of the island,
Floyd | topped by the shack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ropeway Base Station
Floyd | On this hump of dry land between the sea on two sides and the marsh on
Floyd | another, a small shack, open on the side towards the
Floyd | mountain, shelters the base of some sort of ropeway
Floyd | system. A complex mechanism of ropes and pulleys connects to twin
Floyd | cables which stretch up towards the summit of the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ropeway mechanism is motionless, no steam flowing from
Floyd | the outlet vent poking through the structure's roof. A large
Floyd | open-topped wooden crate, long and narrow, hangs from the
Floyd | cables above, swaying slightly in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only promising route leads back towards the stumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ropeway" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROPEWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The ropes rise from the base station in a double arc, first to a pole
Floyd | rising from a tall boulder in the marsh, then in a dizzying climb to
Floyd | the summit of the mountain high above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mechanism" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MECHANISM
Floyd |
Floyd | The mechanism is complex yet elegant. A strange quartz
Floyd | cylinder marks the spot where a faded blue bamboo
Floyd | pipe, stretching half-buried in a line towards the stumps,
Floyd | joins the main mechanism, which is topped by an outflow tube.
Floyd | An exquisitely carved wood piston drives a system of pulleys,
Floyd | flywheels, and counterweights that connect to two thick
Floyd | cables rising up to the mountain's summit. A large wood
Floyd | lever is the only visible control.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cylinder" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CYLINDER
Floyd |
Floyd | About the height of your hand, this hollow cylinder connects the
Floyd | pipe to the ropeway mechanism. Meticulously carved
Floyd | from a solid piece of quartz, you can see through to the inside, where
Floyd | floats a tiny pool of standing water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A series of thirty delicate rings are etched into the quartz; a firm
Floyd | black line marks the point four rings up from the bottom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water level is currently even with the bottom ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "too tired for this much detail"
		DavidW says, "But I'm guessing when the water level is even with the fourth ring, the cablecar with work."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pipe" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Once coated in now-flaking paint, the pipe, about as wide as your
Floyd | fist, is made from thick pieces of bamboo sealed together with vines
Floyd | coated with sticky tar.
Floyd |
Floyd | The blue pipe, arriving from the direction of the stumps,
Floyd | emerges from the ground running parallel to it, then twists up ninety
Floyd | degrees at the shack and connects to the ropeway mechanism via a
Floyd | transparent quartz gauge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "gauge" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GAUGE
Floyd |
Floyd | About the height of your hand, this hollow cylinder connects the
Floyd | pipe to the ropeway mechanism. Meticulously carved
Floyd | from a solid piece of quartz, you can see through to the inside, where
Floyd | floats a tiny pool of standing water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A series of thirty delicate rings are etched into the quartz; a firm
Floyd | black line marks the point four rings up from the bottom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water level is currently even with the bottom ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lever" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lever stands straight up. It looks like it can be either pushed
Floyd | forward (towards the mountain) or pulled back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tube" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | The tube rises from the top of the mechanism, its outlet vent emitting
Floyd | nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nfblue" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
		
*** SESSION TWO *** 		
		

Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nfblue" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "I don't know that I have the attention to play but I'll loiter and spectate"
		[LINK]
Rin arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		genericgeekgirl says, "Have fun!"
Rin has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Zach arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Zach says, "I actually have to go to bed soon, so I'll probably only be able to watch."
Rin arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Zach says (to Binder), "So *you* are the chosen player!"
		Rin says, "Eh, I might be able to stay for a bit"
		Rin exclaims, "..Chosimba!"
		Rin totally screwed that up...
		Rin exclaims (at Binder), "Chosimba!"
		Binder says, "nooooooo"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Ropeway Base Station
Floyd | On this hump of dry land between the sea on two sides and the marsh on
Floyd | another, a small shack, open on the side towards the
Floyd | mountain, shelters the base of the ropeway. A
Floyd | complex mechanism of ropes and pulleys connects to twin cables which
Floyd | stretch up towards the summit of the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ropeway mechanism is motionless, no steam flowing from
Floyd | the outlet vent poking through the structure's roof. The
Floyd | crate hangs from the cables, swaying gently in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only promising route leads back towards the stumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Rin asks, "Oh, we're continuing with one already started?"
		DavidW says, "Unfortunately I can't stay either. I was already an hour late to class this morning. I don't want to late again tomorrow."
		Rin says, "In that case, I don't want to play this. I'll be completely lost"
Rin has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Binder says (to Floyd), "stumps" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STUMPS
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk back along the edge of the marsh toward the stumps, in a
Floyd | sudden patch of afternoon light breaking through the heavy cloudbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Stumps
Floyd | Insects drift lazily through the sunbeams over the stumps, washed with
Floyd | the summery rays of the afternoon sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jutting from the rock near the short drop-off to the sea is a
Floyd | roughly-hewn block of grey stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far across the marsh down a soggy slope is the sheer cliff
Floyd | face of the mountain. You could also follow the drier stretch
Floyd | up the rise or back over to the tiny shack at the
Floyd | base of the ropeway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "block" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone seems to be part of a spire that once rose here, of some
Floyd | natural material that erodes more slowly than the surrounding rock.
Floyd | The part jutting up out of the earth has been roughly hacked into a
Floyd | block large enough to stand inside, were it hollow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing a compass and your traveling clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x block" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone seems to be part of a spire that once rose here, of some
Floyd | natural material that erodes more slowly than the surrounding rock.
Floyd | The part jutting up out of the earth has been roughly hacked into a
Floyd | block large enough to stand inside, were it hollow.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a crash of thunder, raindrops begin to fall. A moment later you
Floyd | are in a downpour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "shiver" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not
Floyd | in that combination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Stumps
Floyd | The remains of what once must have been a small copse of trees on this
Floyd | bit of grassy land overlook the edge of the marsh. Across the marsh
Floyd | rises the sheer cliff, rising to the summit of the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jutting from the rock near the short drop-off to the sea is a
Floyd | roughly-hewn block of grey stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far across the marsh down a soggy slope is the sheer cliff
Floyd | face of the mountain. You could also follow the drier stretch
Floyd | up the rise or back over to the tiny shack at the
Floyd | base of the ropeway.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden flash of lightning somewhere above you glints off the ground,
Floyd | followed moments later by a resounding crack of thunder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x thunder" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THUNDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not
Floyd | in that combination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Stumps
Floyd | The remains of what once must have been a small copse of trees on this
Floyd | bit of grassy land overlook the edge of the marsh. Across the marsh
Floyd | rises the sheer cliff, rising to the summit of the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jutting from the rock near the short drop-off to the sea is a
Floyd | roughly-hewn block of grey stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far across the marsh down a soggy slope is the sheer cliff
Floyd | face of the mountain. You could also follow the drier stretch
Floyd | up the rise or back over to the tiny shack at the
Floyd | base of the ropeway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gulls cry as they circle overhead, before heading back out to sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "shack" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Keeping the marsh on your right and a bluff overlooking the sea to
Floyd | your left, you approach a low mound at the corner of the island,
Floyd | topped by the shack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ropeway Base Station
Floyd | The cables tug and sigh and the ropeway creaks in the storm;
Floyd | you are grateful to slip under the roof of the tiny shack for shelter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ropeway mechanism is motionless, no steam flowing from
Floyd | the outlet vent poking through the structure's roof. The
Floyd | crate hangs from the cables, swaying gently in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only promising route leads back towards the stumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach was perfectly within his rights to turn invisible. 		
Zach has disconnected. 		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Roughly coffin-shaped, the open crate is scratched and nicked all over
Floyd | the inside, where ghosts of sawdust and grime still linger. A
Floyd | cross-brace near the support pole connecting the crate to the ropes
Floyd | above provides a crude wooden seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sit in crate" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT IN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The seat is covered with years of accumulated grime, and spiderwebs
Floyd | and birds' nests thrive near the join where the suspended crate hangs
Floyd | from the rope. You spend a few minutes clearing the detritus away,
Floyd | wondering how long it's been since this equipment was operated.
Floyd |
Floyd | You grip the central support of the crate and climb unsteadily onto
Floyd | the seat as it rocks slowly beneath you. Once seated, you see that you
Floyd | can easily reach out and manipulate the lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | The storm continues around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Zach asks, "Maybe we should try for an earlier time next week?"
		Binder asks, "Aren't you enjoying my stumbling around?"
		Binder exclaims, "I'm in a box!"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lever stands straight up. It looks like it can be either pushed
Floyd | forward (towards the mountain) or pulled back.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wind and rain buffet you in waves as the storm rages on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You rock the crate as you push your legs over the edge onto solid
Floyd | ground again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Muffled flickers of lightning gutter in the clouds above you as the
Floyd | rain continues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I wouldn't want you anywhere else"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Ropeway Base Station
Floyd | On this hump of dry land between the sea on two sides and the marsh on
Floyd | another, a small shack, open on the side towards the
Floyd | mountain, shelters the base of the ropeway. A
Floyd | complex mechanism of ropes and pulleys connects to twin cables which
Floyd | stretch up towards the summit of the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ropeway mechanism is motionless, no steam flowing from
Floyd | the outlet vent poking through the structure's roof. The
Floyd | crate hangs from the cables, swaying gently in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only promising route leads back towards the stumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x ropeway" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROPEWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The mechanism is complex yet elegant. A quartz pressure gauge
Floyd | marks the spot where a faded blue bamboo pipe, stretching
Floyd | half-buried in a line towards the stumps, joins the main mechanism,
Floyd | which is topped by an outflow tube. An exquisitely carved
Floyd | wood piston drives a system of pulleys, flywheels, and counterweights
Floyd | that connect to two thick cables rising up to the mountain's
Floyd | summit. A large wood lever is the only visible control.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lever stands straight up. It looks like it can be either pushed
Floyd | forward (towards the mountain) or pulled back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x pipe" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Once coated in now-flaking paint, the pipe, about as wide as your
Floyd | fist, is made from thick pieces of bamboo sealed together with vines
Floyd | coated with sticky tar.
Floyd |
Floyd | The blue pipe, arriving from the direction of the stumps,
Floyd | emerges from the ground running parallel to it, then twists up ninety
Floyd | degrees at the shack and connects to the ropeway mechanism via a
Floyd | transparent quartz gauge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x gauge" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAUGE
Floyd |
Floyd | About the height of your hand, this hollow cylinder connects the
Floyd | pipe to the ropeway mechanism. Meticulously carved
Floyd | from a solid piece of quartz, you can see through to the inside, where
Floyd | floats a tiny pool of standing water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A series of thirty delicate rings are etched into the quartz; a firm
Floyd | black line marks the point four rings up from the bottom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water level is currently even with the bottom ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "push lever" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push against the lever, but nothing seems to happen, and when you
Floyd | release it, it snaps back up to vertical.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two snails with pearl-white shells cross the ground near your
Floyd | feet, leaving milky trails behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x snails" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SNAILS
Floyd |
Floyd | The shell is a rich, luminous white, faintly iridescent, that seems to
Floyd | almost glow in the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "paint snails" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAINT SNAILS
Floyd |
Floyd | You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not
Floyd | in that combination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "get snails" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SNAILS
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick it up for a moment and study it more closely. The shell is a
Floyd | rich, luminous white, faintly iridescent, that seems to almost glow in
Floyd | the sun. Curiosity satisfied, you return it to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Ropeway Base Station
Floyd | On this hump of dry land between the sea on two sides and the marsh on
Floyd | another, a small shack, open on the side towards the
Floyd | mountain, shelters the base of the ropeway. A
Floyd | complex mechanism of ropes and pulleys connects to twin cables which
Floyd | stretch up towards the summit of the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ropeway mechanism is motionless, no steam flowing from
Floyd | the outlet vent poking through the structure's roof. The
Floyd | crate hangs from the cables, swaying gently in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only promising route leads back towards the stumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | A snail with a pearly-white shell inches along the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "stumps" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STUMPS
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk back along the edge of the marsh toward the stumps, moving
Floyd | quickly through the rain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Stumps
Floyd | Rain patters off the stumps, seeping into the crumbling wood and
Floyd | staining it a rich, deep red-brown.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jutting from the rock near the short drop-off to the sea is a
Floyd | roughly-hewn block of grey stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far across the marsh down a soggy slope is the sheer cliff
Floyd | face of the mountain. You could also follow the drier stretch
Floyd | up the rise or back over to the tiny shack at the
Floyd | base of the ropeway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing back up onto the old lava flow, you once again reach the
Floyd | viewpoint from its top.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Old Lava Flow
Floyd | Rain pools in tiny puddles and depressions atop the lava flow,
Floyd | dribbling off the green fronds above you and pattering loudly on the
Floyd | lava rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could scramble down to the beach or take an
Floyd | easier route back down the other side of the flow towards the
Floyd | edge of the marsh. You can also hear the sound of a
Floyd | waterfall through some heavy fronds opposite the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | Off by the beach below you, one tree shakes madly, green
Floyd | fronds waving as something moves around inside it. Suddenly the
Floyd | strange man sticks out his head from the tree, spots you, and waves
Floyd | madly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Spirit!" he shouts faintly, "over here! Quickly!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The tree near the beach continues to shake. "Hurry!" the
Floyd | strange man calls, "come here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd | Topics: dodge, and catch
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick your way carefully down the cluster of slippery boulders,
Floyd | using handholds to steady yourself, till your feet touch the smooth
Floyd | wet sand again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Rise
Floyd | Rain patters noisily on the old piece of driftwood, and runs in
Floyd | dribbles and curtains down the jagged side of the lava flow. Spotless
Floyd | white sand stretches in a great arc around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opposite the lagoon, the beach is pinched off by black cliffs, but
Floyd | near the high water mark is the route back to the top of the
Floyd | rise. Sand stretches back towards the center of the
Floyd | beach, and you could also head down to where the waves are
Floyd | breaking.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There you are," the strange man says from his elevated perch, pushing
Floyd | aside green fronds to get a glimpse of you. "Just harvesting a few of
Floyd | these delicious konokuk fruits. Now, don't move. Stay right there."
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a further rustling in the trees, and suddenly a hairy brown
Floyd | fruit the size of your head and looking hard as a rock is plummeting
Floyd | down towards you. You could probably catch it, but it might
Floyd | be wiser to dodge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "catch" 		

Floyd | Topics: no, and yes
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You look up at the plummeting hairy cannonball and hold up your hands,
Floyd | but the sun glares in your eyes and...
Floyd |
Floyd | With a noise like a hollow plonk, the konokuk fruit smacks into your
Floyd | head, sending you backwards onto the sand with stars radiating out
Floyd | from your vision.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Catch!" the strange man shouts helpfully from above. "No, wait a
Floyd | ment, that's wrong as wrong. Shout first, then throw, yes yes, that's
Floyd | it. Throw first then shout is for war. Terrible sorries!" he shouts
Floyd | down at you. "Dear oh dear oh, spirit, are you all right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The rain peters out and the clouds begin to disperse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "groan" 		

Floyd | Topics: no, and yes
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GROAN
Floyd |
Floyd | If you're trying to converse, make sure you're typing an emphasized
Floyd | keyword. Type HELP, select "Detailed Instructions" then "More on
Floyd | Conversation" for more help interacting with people.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "subject" 		

Floyd | Topics: no, and yes
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SUBJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | There's not really any time for that right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | Topics: yes, no, and sure
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man shimmies down the tree as you sit up weakly, stars
Floyd | still swarming through your vision. He bounds over to your side and
Floyd | examines your head critically. "Quite a red hill you've got there," he
Floyd | shouts, as if not realizing you're much closer now, "my most gushing
Floyd | of apologies. Thought the thing would go right through, being
Floyd | noncorporeal and all."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well and look here now!" he says, picking up the fruit in delight;
Floyd | it's split in two, revealing delicate pink-white flesh inside. "Why
Floyd | you've discovered a new way to open a konokuk. Mayhaps you could stay
Floyd | right there and I could throw a few dozen more down, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "hell no" 		

Floyd | Topics: yes, no, and sure
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELL NO
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm sorry if you're feeling frustrated. If you like, you can type
Floyd | SAVE to store your progress to a file, then RESTORE to come back to it
Floyd | later. In the meantime, you might try searching the web to see if
Floyd | there are hints available.
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "ha"
Binder says (to Floyd), "sure" 		

Floyd | Topics: figment, and konokuk
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SURE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Only fooling," he says with a wild grin, "turtles work much better
Floyd | for that anyway, have my words."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Topics: figment, and konokuk
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Rise
Floyd | A huge piece of moss-covered driftwood seems to guard the end of the
Floyd | beach, dominated by a rocky rise of hardened black lava that thrusts
Floyd | out into the sea. Tall, swaying trees rise above you.
Floyd | Gleaming white sand curves around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opposite the lagoon, the beach is pinched off by black cliffs, but
Floyd | near the high water mark is the route back to the top of the
Floyd | rise. Sand stretches back towards the center of the
Floyd | beach, and you could also head down to where the waves are
Floyd | breaking.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man stands nearby, peering intently at a fingernail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "trees" 		

Floyd | Topics: figment
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just give the konokuk fruits a good solid punch and they'll split
Floyd | right open," the strange man says cheerfully. "Delicious delicious."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: In some conversations, you can type SUBJECT to talk about
Floyd | other things you've recently seen or heard about. The topics window
Floyd | will show you the extra keywords.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "subject" 		

Floyd | Topics: ropeway, compass, door, paintings, cabin, and flash (...)
Floyd | Or say cancel if you don't want to change the subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SUBJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to discuss?
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "flash" 		

Floyd | Topics: figment, himself, cabin, ropeway, compass, and paintings (...)
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > FLASH
Floyd |
Floyd | "The queerest thing," he says, "I've seen Flashes on other worlds but
Floyd | they were always sort of a let-down to be square. From anywhere near
Floyd | the ocean, watch the sun as it's setting and you'll see it, sure as
Floyd | blue is blue."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Topics: listen
Floyd | You can also say goodbye, or change the subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Rise
Floyd | A huge piece of moss-covered driftwood seems to guard the end of the
Floyd | beach, dominated by a rocky rise of hardened black lava that thrusts
Floyd | out into the sea. The ocean pounds faintly beneath the western
Floyd | horizon, under a grey sky streaked with fast moving clouds,
Floyd | framed by the rustling of tropical trees, their green fronds
Floyd | casting welcome shadows across the sand. Spotless white sand
Floyd | stretches in a great arc around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opposite the lagoon, the beach is pinched off by black cliffs, but
Floyd | near the high water mark is the route back to the top of the
Floyd | rise. Sand stretches back towards the center of the
Floyd | beach, and you could also head down to where the waves are
Floyd | breaking.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man stands nearby, tapping a finger thoughtfully against
Floyd | his nose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | Topics: paradise, and urban
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You stay quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So how is the corporeal world finding you? Is this dimension meeting
Floyd | your satisfaction? Do you hallucinations prefer the remote island
Floyd | paradise or are you more urban gloom and graveyard
Floyd | types?" the strange man asks breezily, shuffling his feet over the
Floyd | sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "urban" 		

Floyd | Topics: creeper, girls, and island
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > URBAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh?" the strange man asks, nonplussed. "Well, a pity. Mayhaps your
Floyd | next assignment will be more to your liking. Although," he adds,
Floyd | looking around and then leaning forward conspiratorially, "this
Floyd | island isn't entirely without macabre. There's the
Floyd | creeper, of course, and those mysterious little
Floyd | girls; whatever happened to them? Haven't spied them around
Floyd | for green eons."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "creeper" 		

Floyd | Topics: island, girls, pounce, and safe
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CREEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man shudders, his vacant smile suddenly gone. "Terrible
Floyd | thing," he says, looking over his shoulder nervously. "Lurking and
Floyd | slurking around, spying for victims, then pounce! Pounce! Of
Floyd | course, there're a few safe places round the island;
Floyd | stick to those, duckling, and you'll be mostly usually safe. Usually."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "safe" 		

Floyd | Topics: waterfall, island, girls, and pounce
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAFE
Floyd |
Floyd | "The beach is mostly usually safe," the strange man says, counting on
Floyd | his fingers, "and the waterfall, and the marsh and most of
Floyd | the northern parts. But once you gallop up that path into the forest,
Floyd | that's creeper land. Best to stay ambly down here by sand and marsh,
Floyd | where you know and know what's safe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "waterfall" 		

Floyd | Topics: island, girls, sculptor, and pounce
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATERFALL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah yes," he says, smiling fondly, "lovely place for a soak. Where the
Floyd | sculptor first found that gushing pretty blue crystal, too,
Floyd | that he made so many statues and figurines withwards. Now whatever did
Floyd | happen to all those I suppose?" He scratches his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "subject" 		

Floyd | Topics: figment, ropeway, compass, door, paintings, and cabin (...)
Floyd | Or say cancel if you don't want to change the subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SUBJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to discuss?
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "statues" 		

Floyd | Topics: island, figment, girls, himself, cabin, and ropeway (...)
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > STATUES
Floyd |
Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "discuss star.")
Floyd | If you're trying to converse, make sure you're typing an emphasized
Floyd | keyword. Type HELP, select "Detailed Instructions" then "More on
Floyd | Conversation" for more help interacting with people.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "girls" 		

Floyd | Topics: island, figment, himself, cabin, ropeway, and compass (...)
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIRLS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah yes," he says, his face lighting up, "I remember them, I do.
Floyd | Charming little girls, raven black hair. Used to live around
Floyd | herewards, somewhen. Haven't seen them in eons and ages. Now what were
Floyd | their names?" He scratches his head. "Ah well-oh, not important I
Floyd | suppose."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | Topics: island
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You stay quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "subject" 		

Floyd | Topics: figment, ropeway, compass, door, paintings, and cabin (...)
Floyd | Or say cancel if you don't want to change the subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SUBJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to discuss?
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "compass" 		

Floyd | Topics: sculptor, figment, himself, cabin, ropeway, and paintings
Floyd | (...)
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, how fancy fancy!" the strange man says, peering at it with
Floyd | interest. "I used to have one just like, years and fears ago. Now, I
Floyd | wonder whatever happened to that thing?" He frowns, staring off into
Floyd | the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Must have been stolen," he finally declares, "by that
Floyd | sculptor I suppose. Hrmph. Thieving artists."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sculptor" 		

Floyd | Topics: creeper, and secrets
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCULPTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Crazy old hermit!" the strange man says, nodding. "One of the Three
Floyd | Great Men with their secrets. Built all kinds of contraptions
Floyd | everywhere. Used to live here for a span, years ago. Never knew what
Floyd | happened to him in the end. Probably swallowed by the
Floyd | creeper."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "secrets" 		

Floyd | Topics: Father, Sculptor, Madman, creeper, yes, and no
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SECRETS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes," he says, "the Grand Tour of Lacuna, to find the Three Secrets
Floyd | of the Three Great Men, the Sculptor, the Father,
Floyd | and the Madman. Goodness but that's a lot of capitals, sounds
Floyd | dreadfully important. So and but, have you found any yet?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | Topics: Father, Sculptor, Madman, and creeper
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep looking!" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "How's it going?"
		Binder says, "I'm not smart but I walked around and looked at stuff."
		Binder says, "Not too bad considering I was reading a book and finishing watching season 1 of House of Cards at the same time."
Binder says (to Floyd), "subject" 		

Floyd | Topics: figment, ropeway, door, paintings, cabin, and himself
Floyd | Or say cancel if you don't want to change the subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SUBJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to discuss?
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "ropeway" 		

Floyd | Topics: island, top, power, Father, Sculptor, and Madman (...)
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > ROPEWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes and but what an eyesore, eh?" the strange man says, flexing a
Floyd | tanned foot appraisingly. "Urban blight even on my abandoned tropical
Floyd | island, industrial pollution all the way to the top
Floyd | of the mountain. Don't worry-worry though; there's no power
Floyd | anyway, so you won't have to hear that tooth-bouncing racket it
Floyd | makes."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "power" 		

Floyd | Topics: creeper, island, top, Father, Sculptor, and Madman
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POWER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Needs steam from the volcano floor to run, I think I remember
Floyd | knowing," the strange man says, scratching his elbow. "The sculptor
Floyd | told me that once. I think. Course that's in creeper
Floyd | territory now, the volcano floor is, so I'd forget the whole idea were
Floyd | I you. Too dangerous now." He shudders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "goodbye" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > GOODBYE
Floyd |
Floyd | "See you later!" He waves farewell.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial: Type HELLO to start talking to someone, or GOODBYE to
Floyd | stop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Rise
Floyd | Thunderheads receding westward are lit up like giant floating barges
Floyd | by the sinking sun's rays, which are reflected by the water
Floyd | and the wet, sparkling sand, while the konokuk trees rustle
Floyd | above your head. Gleaming white sand curves around the
Floyd | lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opposite the lagoon, the beach is pinched off by black cliffs, but
Floyd | near the high water mark is the route back to the top of the
Floyd | rise. Sand stretches back towards the center of the
Floyd | beach, and you could also head down to where the waves are
Floyd | breaking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down towards the breakers on dampening sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Beach
Floyd | The tide breaks at your feet, sending warm runners of foam splashing
Floyd | around your ankles. The sand is smooth and damp, sprinkled with a
Floyd | profusion of shells, small stones, and clumps of seaweed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge and beautiful sculpture of a manta ray, carved from
Floyd | some clear crystal, sits on a track running into the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hike back up the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade out into the
Floyd | ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man approaches from the beach near the rise.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sculpture" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCULPTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | The sculpture is stunningly beautiful, capturing every curve of the
Floyd | graceful manta creature's flattened form. The clear crystal shimmers
Floyd | in the sun, and peering closer you can see that the sculpture is
Floyd | actually hollow. A hatchway on the top provides access to the
Floyd | interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man wades into the surf, dives lithely into a
Floyd | rolling wave, and surfaces beyond it, kicking out into the ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "hatchway" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HATCHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | A round wheel on top opens the hatchway, which looks airtight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "open hatchway" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN HATCHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn a wooden wheel on the hatchway, pull it open with a wet
Floyd | sucking noise, and clamber inside. The interior is just tall enough
Floyd | that you can sit up without bumping your head. As you sit, however,
Floyd | the hatchway clangs shut behind you, releasing a hidden catch; and the
Floyd | manta sculpture glides forward down the track, cuts through the
Floyd | breaking waves effortlessly, and descends into a beautiful undersea
Floyd | paradise.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Manta, Under the Waves
Floyd | Surrounding you on all sides is a fantastic underwater vista. Brightly
Floyd | colored fish twirl and dart among coral reefs and gently
Floyd | waving plants of red and green. Sunlight filters heavily through the
Floyd | waves and the transparent crystal of the sculpture; the facets are so
Floyd | expertly carved you hardly notice it's there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hatchway above leads outside, though you probably don't
Floyd | want to use it while you're underwater. A large wooden wheel
Floyd | on the floor seems to interface with the track on the ocean floor,
Floyd | which ends beneath you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above you through the crystal, you can see the strange man, floating
Floyd | languidly on the surface of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A wriggling black eel with midnight blue stripes pokes languidly at a
Floyd | crevice in the coral reef with its mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | A school of long silver fish the size of your leg floats nearby
Floyd | cautiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x eel" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not
Floyd | in that combination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "wheel" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The wheel lies flat against the crystal floor of the manta, through
Floyd | which you can dimly see some gears and the track below. It looks like
Floyd | by gripping the handle you could make a wide stirring motion to turn
Floyd | the wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Gripping the handle, you begin turning the wheel. The gears below you
Floyd | spin, and you feel the manta slowly pulling back up the track.
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few minutes, but you slowly emerge from the waves until
Floyd | you're resting on the lower beach again, and climb out of the
Floyd | sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Beach
Floyd | The tide breaks at your feet, sending warm runners of foam splashing
Floyd | around your ankles. The sand is smooth and damp, sprinkled with a
Floyd | profusion of shells, small stones, and clumps of seaweed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge and beautiful sculpture of a manta ray, carved from
Floyd | some clear crystal, sits on a track running into the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hike back up the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade out into the
Floyd | ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "open hatchway" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN HATCHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn a wooden wheel on the hatchway, pull it open with a wet
Floyd | sucking noise, and clamber inside. The interior is just tall enough
Floyd | that you can sit up without bumping your head. As you sit, however,
Floyd | the hatchway clangs shut behind you, releasing a hidden catch; and the
Floyd | manta sculpture glides forward down the track, cuts through the
Floyd | breaking waves effortlessly, and descends into a beautiful undersea
Floyd | paradise.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Manta, Under the Waves
Floyd | Surrounding you on all sides is a fantastic underwater vista. Brightly
Floyd | colored fish twirl and dart among coral reefs and gently
Floyd | waving plants of red and green. Sunlight filters heavily through the
Floyd | waves and the transparent crystal of the sculpture; the facets are so
Floyd | expertly carved you hardly notice it's there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hatchway above leads outside, though you probably don't
Floyd | want to use it while you're underwater. A large wooden wheel
Floyd | on the floor seems to interface with the track on the ocean floor,
Floyd | which ends beneath you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above you through the crystal, you can see the strange man, floating
Floyd | languidly on the surface of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hundreds of goldfish with stripes of cerulean blue swim near you,
Floyd | staying close together.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x fish" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Luminescent rayfish float serenely through the dark waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man, off near the lagoon, seems to be swimming.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "man" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man, off near the lagoon, seems to be swimming.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The wheel lies flat against the crystal floor of the manta, through
Floyd | which you can dimly see some gears and the track below. It looks like
Floyd | by gripping the handle you could make a wide stirring motion to turn
Floyd | the wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few dozen bright yellow fish the size of your hand slip through the
Floyd | blue, skimming the surface of the coral reef.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "wheel" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The wheel lies flat against the crystal floor of the manta, through
Floyd | which you can dimly see some gears and the track below. It looks like
Floyd | by gripping the handle you could make a wide stirring motion to turn
Floyd | the wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "stir" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not
Floyd | in that combination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Gripping the handle, you begin turning the wheel. The gears below you
Floyd | spin, and you feel the manta slowly pulling back up the track.
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few minutes, but you slowly emerge from the waves until
Floyd | you're resting on the lower beach again, and climb out of the
Floyd | sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Beach
Floyd | The tide breaks at your feet, sending warm runners of foam splashing
Floyd | around your ankles. The sand is smooth and damp, sprinkled with a
Floyd | profusion of shells, small stones, and clumps of seaweed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge and beautiful sculpture of a manta ray, carved from
Floyd | some clear crystal, sits on a track running into the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hike back up the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade out into the
Floyd | ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "waters" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wade out into the surf. The lagoon is shallow enough that you walk
Floyd | quite far before the water climbs past your knees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ocean Waters
Floyd | Warm seawater sparkles brilliantly and surges about your waist as you
Floyd | wade through the lagoon, the sand like wet velvet under your feet.
Floyd | Thunderheads receding westward are lit up like giant floating barges
Floyd | by the sinking sun's rays, which are reflected by the water
Floyd | and the wet, sparkling sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Short of swimming out to the ocean, the only real places to go are
Floyd | back to the beach, or scrambling up towards the rounded
Floyd | boulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man is a few swells away, bobbing lazily as he
Floyd | floats on his back, eyes closed.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "man" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Bobbling like a tan cork on the waves, the strange man floats
Floyd | serenely, eyes shut, a faint smile on his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | He seems a bit out of sorts around you, and regards you with one
Floyd | corner of his mouth lifted.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man floats serenely on the surface of the water, eyes
Floyd | closed.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "boulders" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You slosh your way towards the shore, push past the breakpoint where
Floyd | the gentle swells tumble over themselves into knee-high waves, and
Floyd | finally step back onto the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | The rounded boulders rise warm and wet in the sinking sun, smelling of
Floyd | sea-kissed stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | baking in the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander towards the rocky point, while the beach
Floyd | opens up towards the edge of the forest. A bank of slippery
Floyd | stones stretches towards the wet sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "mussels" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MUSSELS
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit longer and wider than a fat thumb, they are a deep forest green
Floyd | cut through with striated arcs of lighter shades. Fragments of the
Floyd | shells of their ancestors tumble in the surf, diminishing to gritty
Floyd | green whorls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "shells" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit longer and wider than a fat thumb, they are a deep forest green
Floyd | cut through with striated arcs of lighter shades. Fragments of the
Floyd | shells of their ancestors tumble in the surf, diminishing to gritty
Floyd | green whorls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "get shells" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SHELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | The living mussels are gripped tightly to the rocks, but you pick up a
Floyd | green shell fragment tumbling in the surf and turn it in your hands
Floyd | for a moment, admiring the rich coloration, before tossing it back
Floyd | into the foam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun drops quickly towards the horizon, a red-orange ball of flame.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing a compass and your traveling clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gull picks at its feathers with its beak before letting out a loud
Floyd | call.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x compass" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The compass is closed, its thin brass cover concealing the needle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "open compass" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You undo the tiny clasp and open the brass lid, revealing the needle
Floyd | under glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two gulls flap wings and caw fiercely at each other for a moment over
Floyd | a piece of rotting fish, before one snatches it and takes to the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l compass" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | Beautifully made, the compass has a long thin needle under glass, the
Floyd | round enclosure set into a brass base delicately inscribed with
Floyd | directions in eight points sweeping around from north to northwest. A
Floyd | matching chain allows the compass to be worn around the neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "close compass" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You shut the compass carefully, letting the small clasp catch again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A crab wends its way between the boulders, either lost or
Floyd | unusually adventurous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "crab" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRAB
Floyd |
Floyd | About the size of your hand, this curious creature scuttles sideways
Floyd | along the sand quite nimbly, holding pincers above him and darting
Floyd | eyes on long stalks every way it can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "get crab" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CRAB
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out your hand for one of the creatures, but it dashes away
Floyd | in a panic before you can grab it, tiny legs pumping furiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | Large mottled boulders rise from the sand here at the end of the
Floyd | beach, rubbed smooth by eons of tides and wind, green lichens
Floyd | clutching their sides. Across the bay, a rocky volcanic rise sticks
Floyd | out into the ocean, forming the lagoon's far boundary; this end is
Floyd | framed by a rocky point beyond the boulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | baking in the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander towards the rocky point, while the beach
Floyd | opens up towards the edge of the forest. A bank of slippery
Floyd | stones stretches towards the wet sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gull flutters in from sea and perches on the exact top of a
Floyd | large, rounded boulder looming above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "gull" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Sunset  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GULL
Floyd |
Floyd | These seem larger and more streamlined than most you've seen, and
Floyd | their long yellow beaks are tipped with a vivid indigo rather than
Floyd | red. But their cries sound just as you'd expect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "point" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Sunset  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You weave through the boulder stand, clambering over a few shorter
Floyd | rocks here and there, and eventually break out onto a wet, rocky
Floyd | point.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tidepools
Floyd | The sinking sun sets over this cluster of little pools,
Floyd | smooth mirrors of the sun above. From here the whole lagoon stretches
Floyd | out before you, from the cabin in the center of the beach to
Floyd | the mountain and volcano, looming over either end.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dry land snakes back towards the cluster of boulders. There
Floyd | is no safe place to enter the ocean from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun touches the horizon, sinking slowly into the sea in a
Floyd | fiery red spectacle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "pools" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Sunset  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Clinging precariously to every hollow and bowl in the jumbled rock,
Floyd | the pools are placid windows into a world of tiny darting
Floyd | creatures and surprising shades of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "creatures" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Sunset  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CREATURES
Floyd |
Floyd | Bright orange starfish, tiny pastel minnows, and bulbous fingers of
Floyd | purple and maroon sea anemones: each tidepool is like a tiny aquarium.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun touches the horizon, sinking slowly into the sea in a
Floyd | fiery red spectacle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sun" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Sunset  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare towards the sun as it sinks into the ocean, a brilliant
Floyd | ball, but as it sinks into the waves and vanishes, you see nothing
Floyd | further.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun touches the horizon, sinking slowly into the sea in a
Floyd | fiery red spectacle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Tidepools
Floyd | The sinking sun sets over this cluster of little pools,
Floyd | smooth mirrors of the sun above. From here the whole lagoon stretches
Floyd | out before you, and, like a titan, the mountain looms over
Floyd | the island, head shrouded in clouds, the top of its peak glowing a
Floyd | dull red.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dry land snakes back towards the cluster of boulders. There
Floyd | is no safe place to enter the ocean from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun touches the horizon, sinking slowly into the sea in a
Floyd | fiery red spectacle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sun" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun has slipped beneath the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "mountain" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The mountain is hazy blue with distance. It dominates one corner of
Floyd | the island, one side a sheer cliff face, the other tumbling
Floyd | treacherously into the sea. The rocky sides are black and smooth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Tidepools
Floyd | Under the fading light are a handful of small pools, smooth
Floyd | mirrors of the stars above. From here the whole lagoon stretches out
Floyd | before you, while the mountain rises dramatically over the
Floyd | landscape, head shrouded in clouds, the top of its peak glowing a dull
Floyd | red.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dry land snakes back towards the cluster of boulders. There
Floyd | is no safe place to enter the ocean from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fading sky grows dim and indistinct as the sky darkens above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "boulders" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You step carefully back towards the beach until you find yourself
Floyd | among the boulders again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | The boulders keep a silent vigil in the eerie twilight, like strange
Floyd | monuments.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | nearly invisible in the stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander back towards the rocky point, while the
Floyd | beach opens up towards the edge of the forest. A bank of
Floyd | slippery stones stretches towards the wet sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "forest" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave the boulders behind and walk back to the smooth white sand
Floyd | of the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | The stillness of the great crescent beach is magical in the
Floyd | half-light; the whole expanse curving out before you quietly
Floyd | breathtaking. The sky and the colors of the lagoon are slowly fading
Floyd | in the dimming light.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, stretching towards the
Floyd | distant rocky rise, while disappearing closer at hand back
Floyd | into the stand of boulders. You could also head down
Floyd | to where the waves are breaking, or follow a faint path up
Floyd | into dense vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk back up the path and return to the deep shadow of the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Path
Floyd | Indistinct, shadowless light paints the foliage shades of
Floyd | greenish-grey, softened even further by its gentle swaying in unfelt
Floyd | breezes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clearing is dominated by the withered tree, vine-wrapped
Floyd | trunk rising from gnarled roots, lemon-yellow leaves springing from
Floyd | sinuous branches. At the base of the tree, a leaf-lined nook
Floyd | curls invitingly between two gnarled roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though long overgrown with moss and concealed by huge fallen leaves, a
Floyd | path was once cut through the vegetation, connecting the
Floyd | beach with the deeper forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few stars twinkle faintly above, emissaries of night's rapid
Floyd | approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "nook" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like a soft place to curl up in for a nap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "nap" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You lie down on the bed of leaves, comfortably anchored between the
Floyd | two tree roots, and rest comfortably on your back, looking up into the
Floyd | sea of dancing lemon-yellow leaves above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lulled by the rustling of the leaves above and the quiet sigh of the
Floyd | tree, you drift into a deep, bottomless sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd | ~-~-~the tumble, studio~-~-~
Floyd | The fire roars, stoked high with fresh-chopped wood, its bass growl
Floyd | mingling with the laughing soprano crinkles of the stream. Living
Floyd | pines form the great beams of the ceiling, their boughs swaying gently
Floyd | in invisible breezes and smelling of home and winter. But your
Floyd | canvases are gone, replaced by haphazard stacks of long hollow tubes
Floyd | of quartz snaking off into the walls and spare flywheels for the
Floyd | ropeway, floor to ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the lodge is shut tight. Vague premonitions
Floyd | hint at danger outside, some looming responsibility.
Floyd |
Floyd | One canvas remains, huge, suspended in the center of the room
Floyd | and alive with motion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "canvas" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CANVAS
Floyd |
Floyd | It twitches and moves, distorted and curling at the edges, more grain
Floyd | than image, a signal warped back on itself, degraded, dancing with
Floyd | particles of noise. But inside the chaos are forms, shapes, things,
Floyd | people.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wonder what paints the artist used to produce the effect. Perhaps
Floyd | if you stepped closer...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is stuck fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something tickles the back of your neck, as if someone stands next to
Floyd | you. When you turn to look there is nothing, but the feeling of
Floyd | presence lingers, strengthens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "presence" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You concentrate on the sensation, probe it delicately, curiously. And
Floyd | feel it probe back.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "mind" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MIND
Floyd |
Floyd | You recognize the mind as such only basely, innately through some
Floyd | whiff, strange but familiar, of consciousness. Overwhelmingly alien
Floyd | currents whirl through it, patterns and structures you have no way of
Floyd | matching to your own mind's contours, but after a moment you detect
Floyd | hints of emotions, faint yet certainly distinct from your own:
Floyd | relief, curiosity, impatience. You sense
Floyd | you could probe any of these feelings, like memory, but also sense
Floyd | inevitable reciprocity: doing so will reveal more of yourself in
Floyd | return.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "curiousity" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CURIOUSITY
Floyd |
Floyd | If you're trying to converse, make sure you're typing an emphasized
Floyd | keyword. Type HELP, select "Detailed Instructions" then "More on
Floyd | Conversation" for more help interacting with people.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "curiosity" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CURIOSITY
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoughts trickle into your head as you prod delicately at the emotion,
Floyd | like juice from an overripe fruit. The curiosity is intense, as if
Floyd | you're the first of your kind the presence has ever encountered.
Floyd |
Floyd | But no, that isn't right. You struggle to sieve the alien thoughts,
Floyd | distill them into something you can process. Not the first, you
Floyd | realize after long moments. No. The... fourth?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "fourth" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOURTH
Floyd |
Floyd | If you're trying to converse, make sure you're typing an emphasized
Floyd | keyword.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything but the presence has become faded and grey for the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a charge of insight you are at once sure, with the surety that
Floyd | comes only in dreams, both that you are dreaming now and that this
Floyd | presence exists outside your dream. It has the same intrusive
Floyd | heaviness of a sound slowly pulling you up to wakefulness, or a light
Floyd | in darkness, flashing against closed lids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "presence" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You wonder now whether the weave of this dream, its set and props, are
Floyd | not random noise but somehow shaped by this presence, sculpted, as if
Floyd | trying to help you make connections, realizations, come to insights
Floyd | unexplainable in waking language.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wonder next if that thought was your own.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "relief" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RELIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | More thoughts, more emotion. The relief, you sense, covers a long
Floyd | feeling of frustration, tempered despair, the impotence of a job
Floyd | almost done but unable to be finished. Now something has changed for
Floyd | the better, sudden, unexpected, trailing long after abandoned hopes.
Floyd | And that change, unsettlingly, is you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "impatience" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IMPATIENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You prod further. Impatience, yes; you sense more, much more the
Floyd | presence wants to tell you. But each of you have much to learn about
Floyd | the other before enough understanding has kindled to say it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "presence" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Some current of thought stirs, obscured, and slowly, slowly begins to
Floyd | clear. Finally you think you have it. Sleeping near the tree you
Floyd | painted-- and the others like it-- allow this connection with the
Floyd | presence, this alien mind. As if it is a receiver--? But no, you only
Floyd | speculate; the complexities running under and through this simple
Floyd | message cannot bridge the gap between the differences in your minds.
Floyd |
Floyd | All you are sure is that it wants you to find them. Find them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | The presence ebbs away, loses itself in the static of your mind, and
Floyd | is gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | ~-~-~the tumble, studio~-~-~
Floyd | The fire roars, stoked high with fresh-chopped wood, its bass growl
Floyd | mingling with the laughing soprano crinkles of the stream. Living
Floyd | pines form the great beams of the ceiling, their boughs swaying gently
Floyd | in invisible breezes and smelling of home and winter. But your
Floyd | canvases are gone, replaced by haphazard stacks of carelessly piled
Floyd | paintings, so dusty and faded they are almost indistinguishable from
Floyd | each other and worn blankets, floor to ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the lodge is shut tight. Vague premonitions
Floyd | hint at danger outside, some looming responsibility.
Floyd |
Floyd | One canvas remains, huge, suspended in the center of the room
Floyd | and alive with motion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of the corner of your eye, you spot a gloved hand push a
Floyd | letter through the mail slot in the front door. It falls with
Floyd | a tiny crinkle to the wooden floorboards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "letter" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The fine parchment, a rich and creamy brown with flecks of texture, is
Floyd | neatly folded into thirds and closed with a red wax seal, adorned with
Floyd | a stylized symbol of a bare foot pulling itself free of entangling
Floyd | vines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You break the seal on the letter and unfold it, parchment crinkling
Floyd | heavily under your fingers. Written immaculately in dark ink on the
Floyd | inside, in a fine, cursive hand, are the words:
Floyd |
Floyd | Testing, test, test, test.
Floyd |
Floyd | One two three. How are--- are we---
Floyd |
Floyd | Testing. Testing. Te---
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think it's working.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | ~-~-~the tumble, studio~-~-~
Floyd | The fire roars, stoked high with fresh-chopped wood, its bass growl
Floyd | mingling with the laughing soprano crinkles of the stream. Living
Floyd | pines form the great beams of the ceiling, their boughs swaying gently
Floyd | in invisible breezes and smelling of home and winter. But your
Floyd | canvases are gone, replaced by haphazard stacks of forests of pine
Floyd | trees and stacks of fur hides, floor to ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the lodge is shut tight. Vague premonitions
Floyd | hint at danger outside, some looming responsibility.
Floyd |
Floyd | One canvas remains, huge, suspended in the center of the room
Floyd | and alive with motion. A letter lies near the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "write letter" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't understand that, or the noun you used isn't nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Written immaculately in dark ink on the inside, in a fine, cursive
Floyd | hand, are the words:
Floyd |
Floyd | Testing, test, test, test.
Floyd |
Floyd | One two three. How are--- are we---
Floyd |
Floyd | Testing. Testing. Te---
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think it's working.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "canvas" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CANVAS
Floyd |
Floyd | It twitches and moves, distorted and curling at the edges, more grain
Floyd | than image, a signal warped back on itself, degraded, dancing with
Floyd | particles of noise. But inside the chaos are forms, shapes, things,
Floyd | people.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wonder what paints the artist used to produce the effect. Perhaps
Floyd | if you stepped closer...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "closer" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSER
Floyd |
Floyd | You step towards the painting in wonder. The swirling image fills your
Floyd | field of vision, swarming past the surface of your eyes and into your
Floyd | optic nerves, into your brain, and inside that, your mind...
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*mind*)}
Floyd |
Floyd | {-(* Forest  Path,  Mid  Morning *)-}
Floyd | The familiar forest path seems as fresh and exciting in the morning
Floyd | light as the first time you saw it. You are beyond excited to carry
Floyd | out the plan: finally getting to explore again in the forbidden parts
Floyd | of the island! You've stopped (again) in the clearing by the
Floyd | windsigh tree because your sister is complaining about
Floyd | something (again).
Floyd |
Floyd | The path runs down to the beach or over to the treehouse in
Floyd | the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sister stops nearby, looking worried.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Lethe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sister" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Lethe*)}>
Floyd | > SISTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sister  {(*phoebe*)}  doesn't like to go exploring half
Floyd | as much as you do, so it's always a chore to get her to come along.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Lethe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "phoebe" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Lethe*)}>
Floyd | > PHOEBE
Floyd |
Floyd |        {(*Lethe*)(*your sister Phoebe*)}|{(*Phoebe*)(*Laylay*)}
Floyd |
Floyd | {-(* Forest  Path,  The  Crack  Of  Dawn *)-}
Floyd | You're not really awake yet, the bright morning light stabbing past
Floyd | the leaves of the windsigh and making you even more nervous.
Floyd | You don't usually get up this early, but Laylay was insistent. You've
Floyd | got to convince her this is a bad idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path runs down to the beach or across to the
Floyd | meadow, and your treehouse is visible through the trees
Floyd | deeper in the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Laylay stands near the path down to the beach, with that
Floyd | familiar impatient, bossy look on her face.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "windsigh" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>
Floyd | > WINDSIGH
Floyd |
Floyd | You've never really liked these creepy trees. The noise they make
Floyd | seems to always be trying to get inside your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, are we going to just stand here or talk?" Laylay says.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk" 		

Floyd | Topics: idea, and Dad
Floyd | You can also say nothing or goodbye.
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come on, Phoebe," your sister whines impatiently. "We've got to get
Floyd | this idea finished up early, before Dad wakes up, or
Floyd | it's never going to work."
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "idea" 		

Floyd | Topics: no, combination, yes, and Dad
Floyd | You can also say nothing or goodbye.
Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>
Floyd | > IDEA
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you talking about?" Laylay says in an exasperated tone. "I
Floyd | told you. Dad won't wake up for hours. We just have to sneak
Floyd | past his hammock in the cabin. I already opened the door last night
Floyd | with the combination while he was out fishing and propped it
Floyd | open with a rock, so it won't make any noise. What's the problem?"
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "combination" 		

Floyd | Topics: Dad
Floyd | You can also say nothing or goodbye.
Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>
Floyd | > COMBINATION
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look," Laylay says firmly, "if Dad really didn't want us to
Floyd | figure it out, he would have made it a lot harder. I mean, anyone who
Floyd | keeps their eyes open while walking around the island could figure it
Floyd | out."
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "dad" 		

Floyd | Topics: stranded, and exploring
Floyd | You can also say nothing or goodbye.
Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>
Floyd | > DAD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dad can take care of himself," Laylay says almost angrily, pulling
Floyd | her black hair back from over her eyes. "And if he, or you think I'm
Floyd | going to be stranded on a stupid desert island and not even
Floyd | get to do any exploring, you're being denser than usual."
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "stranded" 		

Floyd | Topics: magic, and exploring
Floyd | You can also say nothing or goodbye.
Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>
Floyd | > STRANDED
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stranded," Laylay says again firmly. "Why else would he build a house
Floyd | here if he didn't think we were going to stay here a long time?" She
Floyd | stands a little taller, but her lip quivers. "I think his
Floyd | magic's gone," she says. "I think he doesn't know how to use
Floyd | it any more, or something. We're not going anywhere, so we might as
Floyd | well get to know this place."
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "exploring" 		

Floyd | Topics: something, and magic
Floyd | You can also say nothing or goodbye.
Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>
Floyd | > EXPLORING
Floyd |
Floyd | "We've explored every inch of this side," Laylay reiterates, tossing
Floyd | her hair. "The marsh, the lagoon, the forest, everything. But dad's
Floyd | never even let us go into the crack and the volcano, or set foot on
Floyd | the other side, like something terrible would happen to us if
Floyd | we did. It's not fair. We're old enough to explore, and if he can't
Floyd | see that, then we'll have to show him. I'd rather get in trouble than
Floyd | die of boredom."
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "magic" 		

Floyd | Topics: something
Floyd | You can also say nothing or goodbye.
Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>
Floyd | > MAGIC
Floyd |
Floyd | "We only know what he says," Laylay responds skeptically. "That he can
Floyd | sculpt something from another world and then be there, and us too if
Floyd | we hold on to him real tight when he does it. But we only ever saw him
Floyd | do that the time we came here, and he never mentioned it before mom
Floyd | died. How do we know he can do it again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "phoebe" 		

Floyd | Topics: yes, and no
Floyd | You can also say nothing or goodbye.
Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>
Floyd | > PHOEBE
Floyd |
Floyd |     {(*Lethe*)(*your sister Phoebe*)}|
Floyd |     {(*too far*)}
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look, Phoebe," your sister says patiently, "I think dad found
Floyd | something over there in the rain forest. He was acting all secretive
Floyd | last night and you saw how distracted he was. If he's not even going
Floyd | to trust us then we have to find it too. Because we're here too, not
Floyd | just him, and we deserve to know what's going on." Laylay looks on the
Floyd | verge of crying, fists balled, breathing quickly. "So are you coming
Floyd | with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good," Laylay says, "then it's decided. We're doing it. Come on." And
Floyd | she turns and steps lightly down the path toward the bright
Floyd | beach below, leaving you furious but also sure you'll follow
Floyd | her. Moisty hells.
Floyd |
Floyd | {-(* Forest  Path,  The  Crack  Of  Dawn *)-}
Floyd | You're not really awake yet, the bright morning light stabbing past
Floyd | the leaves of the windsigh and making you even more nervous.
Floyd | You don't usually get up this early, but Laylay was insistent. You've
Floyd | got to convince her this is a bad idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path runs down to the beach or across to the
Floyd | meadow, and your treehouse is visible through the trees
Floyd | deeper in the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sister has vanished from sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk off down towards the beach, following Laylay after all...
Floyd | {(*you*)}
Floyd |
Floyd | ~-~-~the tumble, studio~-~-~
Floyd | The fire roars, stoked high with fresh-chopped wood, its bass growl
Floyd | mingling with the laughing soprano crinkles of the stream. Living
Floyd | pines form the great beams of the ceiling, their boughs swaying gently
Floyd | in invisible breezes and smelling of home and winter. But your
Floyd | canvases are gone, replaced by haphazard stacks of forests of pine
Floyd | trees and empty fish tanks, floor to ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the lodge is shut tight. Vague premonitions
Floyd | hint at danger outside, some looming responsibility.
Floyd |
Floyd | One canvas remains, huge, suspended in the center of the room
Floyd | and alive with motion. A letter lies near the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You start back, astonished. It was as if for those few minutes you had
Floyd | completely forgotten your own identity, as if it had been subsumed,
Floyd | submerged in the mind and memory of another, no signs of you even
Floyd | rippling the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "That was pretty cool."
Binder says (to Floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is stuck fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Morning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings wide, and behind it sears a burst of blazing light...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd | Blinking and yawning, you rise to your feet and stretch. The strange
Floyd | dreams don't seem to fade, but linger hazily in the back of your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Path
Floyd | Shafts of sunlight kiss the treetops of the tiny clearing amid a
Floyd | profusion of greenery.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clearing is dominated by the withered tree, vine-wrapped
Floyd | trunk rising from gnarled roots, lemon-yellow leaves springing from
Floyd | sinuous branches. At the base of the tree, a leaf-lined nook
Floyd | curls invitingly between two gnarled roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though long overgrown with moss and concealed by huge fallen leaves, a
Floyd | path was once cut through the vegetation, connecting the
Floyd | beach with the deeper forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "forest" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Morning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | Making slow progress, you venture deeper into the forest along the
Floyd | nearly-vanished path, ducking under vines and walking through
Floyd | knee-deep clusters of fallen leaves and dense ground cover. The ground
Floyd | slopes up to your left and down to your right, but you stay relatively
Floyd | level.
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Tree, Beneath the Treehouse
Floyd | Before you stands -- curious -- another tree like the one you
Floyd | painted, larger than the first one and different in another notable
Floyd | way: a small strange treehouse, all curves and strange
Floyd | extrusions, is built in its lower branches, overgrown with moss and
Floyd | vegetation, vines running up and down the sagging rope ladder leading
Floyd | to its covered interior. The ground drops off behind the tree, but
Floyd | opposite the forest slopes gently upwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rotting rope ladder leads up through the open doorway of
Floyd | the treehouse. The way back to the path is open, and opposite
Floyd | that the forest seems to give way to open terrain the way you
Floyd | came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Morning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You put your hands on the rope ladder, testing your weight gently on
Floyd | rungs woven from vines that look dangerously rotted, but surprisingly
Floyd | the ladder holds your weight easily. You climb the rope ladder
Floyd | awkwardly and hoist yourself up into the small interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Treehouse
Floyd | This child-sized house was obviously built with love-- the detailed
Floyd | etchings of flowers along the length of the doorjamb, if
Floyd | nothing else, speak to that-- but the child for whom it was
Floyd | constructed must now be long grown. Greenery overruns every surface,
Floyd | vines and leaves blurring the lines of cut boards and straight
Floyd | railings. The tree has grown, too, tilting the floor and setting the
Floyd | shelves and windows subtly askew.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small wooden shelf attached to the trunk sits gathering dust, just
Floyd | above a hammock neatly hung in one corner. Something
Floyd | round and wooden lies in a dusty corner underneath it,
Floyd | forgotten.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit from the one-room treehouse is down the rope
Floyd | ladder you came in on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "etching" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Morning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ETCHING
Floyd |
Floyd | Years of rain have softened the carvings, but even so they remain a
Floyd | marvel of craftsmanship. The detail is such that it is hard to tell
Floyd | where the real leaves and vines end and the carvings begin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "hammock" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Morning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HAMMOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The carefully twined ropes that make up this hammock must be spaced in
Floyd | a way disagreeable to the otherwise ubiquitous vines, as they have not
Floyd | progressed too far along it. It's tied between the treehouse railing
Floyd | and a thick main branch of the tree, and still seems to be in good
Floyd | shape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "round" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Morning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROUND
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach down, pick up the smooth wooden object -- it's surprisingly
Floyd | heavy -- and turn it around to discover that it's a richly detailed
Floyd | carving of a human head. You place it on a shelf and examine it more
Floyd | carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head, which bears a passing resemblance to the strange man, is
Floyd | expertly carved from some richly-grained wood. Within the eye sockets
Floyd | are two wooden spheres inscribed with two strange symbols. A
Floyd | large wooden key on the back looks like it can be wound to
Floyd | activate some internal mechanism. Visible joins at the head's right
Floyd | ear would seem to indicate it can be moved somehow; the left
Floyd | ear, however, is missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "spheres" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Morning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPHERES
Floyd |
Floyd | Each eye seems to be an independent sphere within the head; you can
Floyd | see inside the mechanism just enough to see a series of dowels and
Floyd | tiny wooden gears inside. Within the sockets are the two wooden
Floyd | spheres inscribed with two strange symbols.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "key" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Morning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like it winds some mechanism inside the head if you turn it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "wind key" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Morning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIND KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You wind the large handle several times, then release it. Whirs and
Floyd | thunks come from inside the head. The wooden mouth opens and closes
Floyd | slightly and lets out a mechanical exhalation that, while crude, is
Floyd | clearly distinguishable as a sound: "Lih. Lih. Lih." Then, wound down,
Floyd | the mouth stops moving and the sound fizzles out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "spheres" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Morning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPHERES
Floyd |
Floyd | Each eye seems to be an independent sphere within the head; you can
Floyd | see inside the mechanism just enough to see a series of dowels and
Floyd | tiny wooden gears inside. Within the sockets are the two wooden
Floyd | spheres inscribed with two strange symbols.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "symbols" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Morning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SYMBOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Delicately inscribed, they are in some strange language you've never
Floyd | before seen, with graceful curls and arcs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Morning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Treehouse
Floyd | This child-sized house was obviously built with love-- the detailed
Floyd | etchings of flowers along the length of the doorjamb, if
Floyd | nothing else, speak to that-- but the child for whom it was
Floyd | constructed must now be long grown. Greenery overruns every surface,
Floyd | vines and leaves blurring the lines of cut boards and straight
Floyd | railings. The tree has grown, too, tilting the floor and setting the
Floyd | shelves and windows subtly askew.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small wooden shelf attached to the trunk supports the clockwork
Floyd | head, just above a hammock neatly hung in one
Floyd | corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit from the one-room treehouse is down the rope
Floyd | ladder you came in on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "nap" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NAP
Floyd |
Floyd | Stretching out in the comfortable hammock, you soon find yourself
Floyd | drifting into a deep, bottomless sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd | You drowse lazily, half-aware on occasion of your surroundings, but
Floyd | also half-aware of something else, faint ticklings of premonition or
Floyd | urgent murmurs you can't quite catch, seeping up from some fuller,
Floyd | deeper sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken a few hours later, feeling refreshed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Treehouse
Floyd | Birds take flight as you stir, shaking and twirling the vines and
Floyd | leaves as they glow in the warm morning light.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small wooden shelf attached to the trunk supports the clockwork
Floyd | head, just above a hammock neatly hung in one
Floyd | corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit from the one-room treehouse is down the rope
Floyd | ladder you came in on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seagulls circle lazily above your head, their cries echoing faintly
Floyd | through the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing your traveling clothes and a compass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "get head" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's surprisingly heavy, and would be difficult to take down the
Floyd | ladder with you. You may as well leave it here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Stepping outside, you discover that the morning sun has moved higher
Floyd | into the sky, chasing off the long dawn shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | You grip the leaf-covered lintel and lower yourself onto the rope
Floyd | ladder, quickly descending six or seven rungs to the ground below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Tree, Beneath the Treehouse
Floyd | Morning sunlight streams through the curved windows of the
Floyd | treehouse, the lemon-yellow leaves of the withered
Floyd | tree casting burnt copper shadows on its warped boards.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rotting rope ladder leads up through the open doorway of
Floyd | the treehouse. The way to the path is open, and opposite that
Floyd | the forest seems to give way to open terrain the way you
Floyd | came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "treehouse" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TREEHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The treehouse is tall and all organic curves and lumps, not a straight
Floyd | line to be seen. The windows are skinny ovals of differing sizes; the
Floyd | roof slopes up here, extrudes outwards there, and is thatched in each
Floyd | spot with wildly differing material. Despite the obvious work that
Floyd | went into its construction, it now seems overgrown and long abandoned,
Floyd | eerie somehow through the negative presence of absent children.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "tree" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Like the other one you saw, the tree seems stunted and out of place.
Floyd | Spirals of vine sprout from the gnarled trunk and wrap
Floyd | tightly around it before spreading out to knobby branches beginning
Floyd | just above your head. The branches bifurcate until they end in tiny,
Floyd | bare pointed twigs. As the vines spiral around them they sprout
Floyd | hundreds of small lemon-yellow leaves. Even more curious is
Floyd | that dozens of holes seem to have organically grown through
Floyd | the branches, as if they split and reconnected to themselves as the
Floyd | tree was growing; these also continue all the way out to the tiny
Floyd | twigs, shrinking in size as they go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "vine" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The vines sprout from orifices about the size of your wrist spread out
Floyd | all over the trunk of the tree, and wrap tightly around it in a helix
Floyd | spiraling up, splitting and shrinking in diameter, until each one
Floyd | leaves the trunk to twine out around a branch, sprouting hundreds of
Floyd | small lemon-yellow leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "holes" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOLES
Floyd |
Floyd | They range in size from knobby round gaps nearly as big as your head,
Floyd | in crooks and splits near the trunk, to tiny pinholes trailing along
Floyd | the ends of the smallest branches, and run all the way through the
Floyd | wood, letting you see through to the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "leaves" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Each flower or leaf is about the size of your thumbnail, perfectly
Floyd | circular, slightly concave, and the color of a deep, almost
Floyd | fluorescent lemon yellow. Subtle veins run through the
Floyd | semi-translucent skin. They sprout from the vines wrapped around the
Floyd | branches, each about a finger width apart.
Floyd |
Floyd | The distant sounds of surf break faintly through the muffling
Floyd | vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Tree, Beneath the Treehouse
Floyd | Before you stands the withered tree, larger than the first
Floyd | one and different in another notable way: a small strange
Floyd | treehouse, all curves and strange extrusions, is built in its
Floyd | lower branches, overgrown with moss and vegetation, vines running up
Floyd | and down the sagging rope ladder leading to its covered interior. The
Floyd | ground drops off behind the tree, but opposite the forest slopes
Floyd | gently upwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rotting rope ladder leads up through the open doorway of
Floyd | the treehouse. The way to the path is open, and opposite that
Floyd | the forest seems to give way to open terrain the way you
Floyd | came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "path" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PATH
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting back along the route you found earlier, you wade through the
Floyd | forest undergrowth, under the slanted rays of the sun rising ever
Floyd | higher in the tropical sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Path
Floyd | Spears of light penetrate the forest, yellow-gold spotlights on the
Floyd | greenery around you, which sways gently in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clearing is dominated by the withered tree, vine-wrapped
Floyd | trunk rising from gnarled roots, lemon-yellow leaves springing from
Floyd | sinuous branches. At the base of the tree, a leaf-lined nook
Floyd | curls invitingly between two gnarled roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though long overgrown with moss and concealed by huge fallen leaves, a
Floyd | path was once cut through the vegetation, connecting the
Floyd | beach with the deeper forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd | Topics: island, poke, smile, frown, and rebuke
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the overgrown path down a slight slope towards a bright
Floyd | open area, picking your way over fallen trees and slippery earth, and
Floyd | finally emerge from the trees on some grassy mounds at the edge of a
Floyd | beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | Spotless white sand curves around the lagoon. The ocean
Floyd | pounds faintly beneath the western horizon, where it meets a vast,
Floyd | unclouded sky, so deep a blue your eyes hurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, stretching towards the
Floyd | distant rocky rise, while disappearing closer at hand into
Floyd | the stand of boulders. You could also head down to
Floyd | where the waves are breaking, or follow a faint path back up
Floyd | into dense vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man is here, walking carefully up and down the
Floyd | beach and studying the sand critically. His arms are full of bits of
Floyd | wood, seaweed, and broken shells.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Playing explorer, are we?" the strange man asks, flexing his toes in
Floyd | the spotless sand beneath him. "The brave heroine on the tropical
Floyd | island?" He giggles and pokes you. "My duckling, the
Floyd | explorer."
Floyd |
Floyd | He playfully pokes you again, and you wonder whether you should
Floyd | poke him back, smile politely, frown,
Floyd | angrily rebuke him, or just do nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "poke" 		

Floyd | Topics: island
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You wait till he moves in for his next strike, then give him a solid
Floyd | poke straight in the ribs, with a bit of tickle worked in. He opens
Floyd | his eyes wide in surprise, then laughs. "Learn fast for a duckling,"
Floyd | he says. "Think I'll ratherly enjoy having you around after all. How
Floyd | are you then anyway? Some subject you wanted to talk about?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "island" 		

Floyd | Topics: secrets, Father, Sculptor, and Madman
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ISLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | "But Something Further, you haven't been officially welcomed yet!" he
Floyd | says, leaping onto the grassy mounds and spreading his arms wide,
Floyd | spinning around dizzily to take in the whole island. "Welcome
Floyd | welcome," he says grandly, "to Lacuna!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's what it's called, if you ring," he adds. "Or 'My Lacuna' if
Floyd | I'm feeling territorialish. There's a trickling good story about how
Floyd | it acquired that name but," he leaps back down to the sand again, "I'm
Floyd | afraid I've entirely forgotten it. Ah well-oh. Lacuna!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He holds up three fingers. "There's Three Great Men who used to live
Floyd | here," he says, "the Sculptor, the Father, and the
Floyd | Madman. All gone as gone now, but each left a secret, oh!
Floyd | green eons ago, and now they're sort of tourist attractions. You get a
Floyd | prize if you find them all! The secrets. Or so the tourist board says.
Floyd | Of course there aren't any tourists here. Real ones I mean, no
Floyd | offenses. But tell you this: you find all three secrets and
Floyd | I'll give you a little something anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "secrets" 		

Floyd | Topics: Father, Sculptor, Madman, yes, and no
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SECRETS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Right, the Three Secrets of the Three Great Men of Lacuna, the
Floyd | Sculptor, the Father, and the Madman. So
Floyd | and but, have you found any yet?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | Topics: Father, Sculptor, and Madman
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep looking!" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "goodbye" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > GOODBYE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Watch out for the Creeper!" He turns his attention back to cleaning
Floyd | the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | Pristine white sand stretches in a great arc around the
Floyd | lagoon. The ocean pounds faintly beneath the western horizon, the
Floyd | lagoon practically glowing as it warms in the sparkling
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, stretching towards the
Floyd | distant rocky rise, while disappearing closer at hand into
Floyd | the stand of boulders. You could also head down to
Floyd | where the waves are breaking, or follow a faint path back up
Floyd | into dense vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man is here, walking carefully up and down the
Floyd | beach and studying the sand critically. His arms are full of bits of
Floyd | wood, seaweed, and broken shells.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "rise" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RISE
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the sweeping curve of the beach about halfway around its
Floyd | edge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | Morning sunlight beams over the top of the lava flow, warming
Floyd | the sand and the roof of the cabin in patches. Spotless white
Floyd | sand stretches in a great arc around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away back towards the cluster of boulders
Floyd | or the rocky rise, or you could also head down to
Floyd | where the waves are breaking. The cabin lies up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "flow" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The black rock, frozen in mid-tumble, hosts a few tentative green
Floyd | shoots and flowers in its maze of nooks and crannies, but the
Floyd | vegetation has only begun to reclaim it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "cabin" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CABIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The small cabin lies well up above the high water mark, but
Floyd | stains and crusted salt near its base indicate spring tides have
Floyd | reached it in the past, and give the small building the feel of a
Floyd | place abandoned. The cabin rests flush against the black lava
Floyd | flow behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | From halfway up the eastern sky, the sun burns down brightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber up the slipping sand past seaweed and shells at the
Floyd | high-water mark, then onto sturdier ground, before finally arriving at
Floyd | the building and stepping inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The white glow of the beach through the open door is brilliant; your
Floyd | eyes struggle to adjust to the dim interior of the cabin instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is the open wooden box
Floyd | (containing the sketchbook).
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead to the brightly-lit studio
Floyd | or to the tiny storage room. You can also step back
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "box" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The box is a perfect cube, each side about the length of your forearm,
Floyd | carved from interlocking pieces of wood which fit together seamlessly
Floyd | without nails or mismatched joins. Intricate carvings cover
Floyd | every surface. Salt crusts the lower third, where the wood is swollen
Floyd | and discolored.
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the cube has swung open, revealing a delicate
Floyd | sketchbook, seemingly undamaged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "carvings" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CARVINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | The carvings, impossibly tiny, make up one immense, tropical scene.
Floyd | Splashing dolphins segue seamlessly into beaches littered with shells,
Floyd | tall, graceful palm trees, laughing children, and fanciful animals.
Floyd | You could study these carvings for hours without taking in all the
Floyd | detail.
Floyd |
Floyd | Along the top of the cube, worked into the design, are five oval
Floyd | indentations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sketchbook" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SKETCHBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You examine the sketchbook carefully, a beautiful handmade thing,
Floyd | thick paper pressed from some creamy-tan wood, the spiral binding a
Floyd | thin coil of copper-colored metal. On the cover is a handwritten
Floyd | inscription.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip past several blank pages before reaching one last sketch on
Floyd | the notebook's final page, which seems to have been done much later
Floyd | than the others. It shows a man sitting watching the sun set over the
Floyd | ocean, his back turned and face invisible, holding the comb with the
Floyd | two leaping dolphins. The sketch is sloppy, almost careless, but still
Floyd | exudes a palpable sense of sadness and regret.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sketchbook is turned to the last page.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "indentations" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INDENTATIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Four are clustered together in an arc, the fifth farther apart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "inscriptions" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSCRIPTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | The message is written in strange letters that you don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd |              ' .---- ---- ---- ----
Floyd |     --- -- ----- --- ---  ,--- ----
Floyd |    ---- ---- ---- -- ----- --- ---'
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | Sand drifts around the open doorway, spilling out in tiny dunes across
Floyd | the wooden floorboards disturbed only by your footsteps. Bare,
Floyd | water-stained walls frame a small room, empty and abandoned save for a
Floyd | manta ray skeleton hanging from one wall; some frayed ropes
Floyd | tied to one beam are the only other hint of past furnishings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is the open wooden box
Floyd | (containing the sketchbook).
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead to the brightly-lit studio
Floyd | or to the tiny storage room. You can also step back
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "skeleton" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SKELETON
Floyd |
Floyd | The skeleton, mounted on the wall, makes a large diamond, and must
Floyd | have once belonged to some flat, manta ray creature with rare
Floyd | elegance. Now, bleached and dusty, it only seems to add to the
Floyd | loneliness and neglect of the cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "storage" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STORAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You step through the doorway into a smaller room at the rear of the
Floyd | cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin, Back Room
Floyd | Only a dim light filters into this windowless back room. The smoothed
Floyd | face of the lava flow forms the back wall of the room. A wide
Floyd | crack in the smoothed wall is filled in by cobblestones near the
Floyd | ceiling, and a thick wooden door below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Other than the door and a pile of smashed wood splinters in a corner,
Floyd | the only notable feature is the exit back to the front room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "wall" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Nearly vertical here, the lava flow's sharp edges drop smoothed and
Floyd | polished from floor to ceiling, a rippling, deep black surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x crack" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Nearly vertical here, the lava flow's sharp edges drop smoothed and
Floyd | polished from floor to ceiling, a rippling, deep black surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Only just your height but wider than a normal door, its wooden surface
Floyd | has been planed smooth to bring out a complex grain. It is unpainted
Floyd | except for six small bands of vertical color at about eye
Floyd | level.
Floyd |
Floyd | At about the height you'd expect to see a doorknob runs a smooth arc
Floyd | of twelve small buttons, each engraved with a stylized
Floyd | symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "bands" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BANDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Each band seems to have been painted directly on the wood. From left
Floyd | to right, the colors are red, yellow,
Floyd | black, white, blue, and green.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "red" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RED
Floyd |
Floyd | A deep, rich crimson.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "yellow" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The stripe is a rich, vibrant lemon-yellow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "black" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Jet black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "white" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd | Milky, with a faint pearlescent shimmer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "blue" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Deep sea-blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "green" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A rich emerald green.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin, Back Room
Floyd | Only a dim light filters into this windowless back room. The smoothed
Floyd | face of the lava flow forms the back wall of the room. A wide
Floyd | crack in the smoothed wall is filled in by cobblestones near the
Floyd | ceiling, and a thick wooden door below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Other than the door and a pile of smashed wood splinters in a corner,
Floyd | the only notable feature is the exit back to the front room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Only just your height but wider than a normal door, its wooden surface
Floyd | has been planed smooth to bring out a complex grain. It is unpainted
Floyd | except for six small bands of vertical color at about eye
Floyd | level.
Floyd |
Floyd | At about the height you'd expect to see a doorknob runs a smooth arc
Floyd | of twelve small buttons, each engraved with a stylized
Floyd | symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "buttons" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUTTONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Each is a circle about the size of one made with a thumb and finger,
Floyd | flush with the door but very slightly convex. Stylized symbols are
Floyd | inlaid into each one. From left to right, the symbols are
Floyd | whale, manta, tree, turtle,
Floyd | crab, crystal, berry, seagull,
Floyd | bee, spider, mussel, snail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "seagull" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEAGULL
Floyd |
Floyd | A seagull in flight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "push seagull" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SEAGULL
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle snick, the button depresses into the door, then pops
Floyd | back out as you release it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "push blue" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The bands are painted directly on the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Only just your height but wider than a normal door, its wooden surface
Floyd | has been planed smooth to bring out a complex grain. It is unpainted
Floyd | except for six small bands of vertical color at about eye
Floyd | level.
Floyd |
Floyd | At about the height you'd expect to see a doorknob runs a smooth arc
Floyd | of twelve small buttons, each engraved with a stylized
Floyd | symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "bands" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BANDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Each band seems to have been painted directly on the wood. From left
Floyd | to right, the colors are red, yellow,
Floyd | black, white, blue, and green.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Hmmm. Hmmmmmmmm."
Binder says (to Floyd), "buttons" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUTTONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Each is a circle about the size of one made with a thumb and finger,
Floyd | flush with the door but very slightly convex. Stylized symbols are
Floyd | inlaid into each one. From left to right, the symbols are
Floyd | whale, manta, tree, turtle,
Floyd | crab, crystal, berry, seagull,
Floyd | bee, spider, mussel, snail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You step back into the cabin's larger front room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The white glow of the beach through the open door is brilliant; your
Floyd | eyes struggle to adjust to the dim interior of the cabin instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is the open wooden box
Floyd | (containing the sketchbook).
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead to the brightly-lit studio
Floyd | or to the tiny storage room. You can also step back
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "outside" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUTSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You step back outside into the sunlight, walking down the beach in the
Floyd | direction of the surf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | Morning sunlight beams over the top of the lava flow, warming
Floyd | the sand and the roof of the cabin in patches. Pristine white
Floyd | sand curves around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away towards the cluster of boulders or
Floyd | the rocky rise, or you could also head down to where
Floyd | the waves are breaking. The cabin lies back up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "boulders" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Midmorning  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk around the edge of the beach towards some rockier terrain, a
Floyd | few gusts of warming wind swirling listlessly around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | Gleaming white sand curves around the lagoon. The ocean
Floyd | pounds faintly beneath the western horizon, the lagoon
Floyd | practically glowing as it warms in the sparkling sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently back around the lagoon, stretching towards the
Floyd | distant rocky rise, while disappearing closer at hand into
Floyd | the stand of boulders. You could also head down to
Floyd | where the waves are breaking, or follow a faint path up into
Floyd | dense vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, you see the strange man walking from the
Floyd | stand of rounded boulders to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "boulders" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You amble across the sand into rockier terrain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | The boulders stand stoically in the sunlight, their rounded tops
Floyd | faintly reflecting the blue of the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | baking in the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander towards the rocky point, while the beach
Floyd | opens up back towards the edge of the forest. A bank of
Floyd | slippery stones stretches towards the wet sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "towards" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOWARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down towards the breakers on dampening sand, the ground
Floyd | baking underneath your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Beach
Floyd | The tide breaks at your feet, sending warm runners of foam to kiss the
Floyd | wet sand by your feet. The sand is smooth and damp, sprinkled with a
Floyd | profusion of shells, small stones, and clumps of seaweed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge and beautiful sculpture of a manta ray, carved from
Floyd | some clear crystal, sits on a track running into the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hike back up the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade out into the
Floyd | ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "open hatchway" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN HATCHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn a wooden wheel on the hatchway, pull it open with a wet
Floyd | sucking noise, and clamber inside. The interior is just tall enough
Floyd | that you can sit up without bumping your head. As you sit, however,
Floyd | the hatchway clangs shut behind you, releasing a hidden catch; and the
Floyd | manta sculpture glides forward down the track, cuts through the
Floyd | breaking waves effortlessly, and descends into a beautiful undersea
Floyd | paradise.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Manta, Under the Waves
Floyd | Surrounding you on all sides is a fantastic underwater vista. Brightly
Floyd | colored fish twirl and dart among coral reefs and gently
Floyd | waving plants of red and green. Sunlight filters heavily through the
Floyd | waves and the transparent crystal of the sculpture; the facets are so
Floyd | expertly carved you hardly notice it's there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hatchway above leads outside, though you probably don't
Floyd | want to use it while you're underwater. A large wooden wheel
Floyd | on the floor seems to interface with the track on the ocean floor,
Floyd | which ends beneath you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above you through the crystal, you can see the strange man, floating
Floyd | languidly on the surface of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | A few skinny silvery fish float by, feeding on tiny specks suspended
Floyd | in the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wave swirls chaotically past the surface above you, tugging at the
Floyd | green and red fronds on the floor and causing them to bob and sway
Floyd | hypnotically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | A energetic swell surges by above your head, pulling all the fish
Floyd | along in its momentary disruption of the current.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | An electric green fish with fins four times longer than its body darts
Floyd | up to the surface, about a body's length above you, to snatch some
Floyd | morsel floating on the swell.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wave swirls chaotically past the surface above you, tugging at the
Floyd | green and red fronds on the floor and causing them to bob and sway
Floyd | hypnotically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Glowing rayfish glide effortlessly through the black lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tens of dozens of lacy black fish float by, drifting lazily in the
Floyd | swells.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Gripping the handle, you begin turning the wheel. The gears below you
Floyd | spin, and you feel the manta slowly pulling back up the track.
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few minutes, but you slowly emerge from the waves until
Floyd | you're resting on the lower beach again, and climb out of the
Floyd | sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Beach
Floyd | The tide breaks at your feet, sending warm runners of foam to kiss the
Floyd | wet sand by your feet. The sand is smooth and damp, sprinkled with a
Floyd | profusion of shells, small stones, and clumps of seaweed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge and beautiful sculpture of a manta ray, carved from
Floyd | some clear crystal, sits on a track running into the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hike back up the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade out into the
Floyd | ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sculpture" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCULPTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | The sculpture is stunningly beautiful, capturing every curve of the
Floyd | graceful manta creature's flattened form. The clear crystal shimmers
Floyd | in the sun, and peering closer you can see that the sculpture is
Floyd | actually hollow. A hatchway on the top provides access to the
Floyd | interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You hike up the drying beach leaving the soft crash of the surf far
Floyd | behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | Spotless white sand almost blinds you as it stretches in a
Floyd | great arc around the lagoon. The ocean pounds faintly beneath the
Floyd | western horizon, where it meets a vast, unclouded sky, so deep a blue
Floyd | your eyes hurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, stretching towards the
Floyd | distant rocky rise, while disappearing closer at hand into
Floyd | the stand of boulders. You could also head back down
Floyd | to where the waves are breaking, or follow a faint path up
Floyd | into dense vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sand" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Startlingly bright, the beach is smooth and featureless, white curves
Floyd | unblemished by imperfections.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk back up the path and return to the shade of the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Path
Floyd | Spears of light penetrate the forest, yellow-gold spotlights on the
Floyd | greenery around you, which sways gently in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clearing is dominated by the withered tree, vine-wrapped
Floyd | trunk rising from gnarled roots, lemon-yellow leaves springing from
Floyd | sinuous branches. At the base of the tree, a leaf-lined nook
Floyd | curls invitingly between two gnarled roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though long overgrown with moss and concealed by huge fallen leaves, a
Floyd | path was once cut through the vegetation, connecting the
Floyd | beach with the deeper forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "tree" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | It certainly is a curious tree. Spirals of vine sprout from
Floyd | the gnarled trunk and wrap tightly around it before spreading out to
Floyd | knobby branches beginning just above your head. The branches bifurcate
Floyd | until they end in tiny, bare pointed twigs. As the vines spiral around
Floyd | them they sprout hundreds of small lemon-yellow leaves. Even
Floyd | more curious is that dozens of holes seem to have organically
Floyd | grown through the branches, as if they split and reconnected to
Floyd | themselves as the tree was growing; these also continue all the way
Floyd | out to the tiny twigs, shrinking in size as they go.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tree is nothing like the surrounding vegetation, and seems stunted
Floyd | somehow-- though you can't say what creates that impression, with
Floyd | nothing to compare it to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "forest" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | Making slow progress, you venture deeper into the forest along the
Floyd | nearly-vanished path, ducking under vines and walking through
Floyd | knee-deep clusters of fallen leaves and dense ground cover. The ground
Floyd | slopes up to your left and down to your right, but you stay relatively
Floyd | level.
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Tree, Beneath the Treehouse
Floyd | The angled roof of the wavy treehouse shades the indistinct
Floyd | interior from the beating sun, which sparkles the shimmering leaves of
Floyd | the withered tree into amber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rotting rope ladder leads up through the open doorway of
Floyd | the treehouse. The way back to the path is open, and opposite
Floyd | that the forest seems to give way to open terrain the way you
Floyd | came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "tree" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Like the other one you saw, the tree seems stunted and out of place.
Floyd | Spirals of vine sprout from the gnarled trunk and wrap
Floyd | tightly around it before spreading out to knobby branches beginning
Floyd | just above your head. The branches bifurcate until they end in tiny,
Floyd | bare pointed twigs. As the vines spiral around them they sprout
Floyd | hundreds of small lemon-yellow leaves. Even more curious is
Floyd | that dozens of holes seem to have organically grown through
Floyd | the branches, as if they split and reconnected to themselves as the
Floyd | tree was growing; these also continue all the way out to the tiny
Floyd | twigs, shrinking in size as they go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb the rope ladder awkwardly and hoist yourself up into the
Floyd | small interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Treehouse
Floyd | Things are cool and quiet in the shade of the treehouse; the vines and
Floyd | overgrowth spill eagerly through the windows as if trying to escape
Floyd | from the heat of the day.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small wooden shelf attached to the trunk supports the clockwork
Floyd | head, just above a hammock neatly hung in one
Floyd | corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit from the one-room treehouse is down the rope
Floyd | ladder you came in on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "head" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The head, which bears a passing resemblance to the strange man, is
Floyd | expertly carved from some richly-grained wood. Within the eye sockets
Floyd | are two wooden spheres inscribed with two strange symbols. A
Floyd | large wooden key on the back looks like it can be wound to
Floyd | activate some internal mechanism. Visible joins at the head's right
Floyd | ear would seem to indicate it can be moved somehow; the left
Floyd | ear, however, is missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "ear" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The ear is a remarkable carving, all smooth curves and fine detail.
Floyd | Where is it joined to the head is a visible seam, as if the ear can be
Floyd | moved somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | The distant sounds of surf break faintly through the muffling
Floyd | vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn ear" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN EAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The ear rotates as you twist it, and the head's right eye moves with
Floyd | it, clunking into place centered on another curious symbol. You
Floyd | quickly rotate the ear backwards and forwards and see that there are 9
Floyd | unique symbols it can be set to, before returning it to its original
Floyd | position (number 3).
Floyd |
Floyd | Try typing SET EAR TO 5, for example, to move the ear more
Floyd | precisely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "set ear to 5" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET EAR TO 5
Floyd |
Floyd | The right ear turns under your hand, catching at each number, until
Floyd | the head's right eye shows the proper symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You wind the large handle several times, then release it. Whirs and
Floyd | thunks come from inside the head. The wooden mouth opens and closes
Floyd | slightly and lets out a mechanical exhalation that, while crude, is
Floyd | clearly distinguishable as a sound: "Loo. Loo. Loo." Then, wound down,
Floyd | the mouth stops moving and the sound fizzles out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seagulls circle lazily above your head, their cries echoing faintly
Floyd | through the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "set ear to 1" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET EAR TO 1
Floyd |
Floyd | The right ear turns under your hand, catching at each number, until
Floyd | the head's right eye shows the proper symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | Birds twitter and small creatures scatter through the underbrush.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You wind the large handle several times, then release it. Whirs and
Floyd | thunks come from inside the head. The wooden mouth opens and closes
Floyd | slightly and lets out a mechanical exhalation that, while crude, is
Floyd | clearly distinguishable as a sound: "Lah. Lah. Lah." Then, wound down,
Floyd | the mouth stops moving and the sound fizzles out.
Floyd |
Floyd | One at a time, you move through all the symbols around the right ear.
Floyd | Each one, it would seem, is a different vowel sound; the missing left
Floyd | ear must be used to change the beginning of the sound to something
Floyd | other than "L."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "set ear to 6" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET EAR TO 6
Floyd |
Floyd | The right ear turns under your hand, catching at each number, until
Floyd | the head's right eye shows the proper symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You wind the large handle several times, then release it. Whirs and
Floyd | thunks come from inside the head. The wooden mouth opens and closes
Floyd | slightly and lets out a mechanical exhalation that, while crude, is
Floyd | clearly distinguishable as a sound: "Luh. Luh. Luh." Then, wound down,
Floyd | the mouth stops moving and the sound fizzles out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seagulls circle lazily above your head, their cries echoing faintly
Floyd | through the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "set ear to 7" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET EAR TO 7
Floyd |
Floyd | The right ear turns under your hand, catching at each number, until
Floyd | the head's right eye shows the proper symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You wind the large handle several times, then release it. Whirs and
Floyd | thunks come from inside the head. The wooden mouth opens and closes
Floyd | slightly and lets out a mechanical exhalation that, while crude, is
Floyd | clearly distinguishable as a sound: "Laay. Laay. Laay." Then, wound
Floyd | down, the mouth stops moving and the sound fizzles out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "set ear to 8" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET EAR TO 8
Floyd |
Floyd | The right ear turns under your hand, catching at each number, until
Floyd | the head's right eye shows the proper symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | The distant sounds of surf break faintly through the muffling
Floyd | vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You wind the large handle several times, then release it. Whirs and
Floyd | thunks come from inside the head. The wooden mouth opens and closes
Floyd | slightly and lets out a mechanical exhalation that, while crude, is
Floyd | clearly distinguishable as a sound: "Lee. Lee. Lee." Then, wound down,
Floyd | the mouth stops moving and the sound fizzles out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "set ear to 9" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET EAR TO 9
Floyd |
Floyd | The right ear turns under your hand, catching at each number, until
Floyd | the head's right eye shows the proper symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You wind the large handle several times, then release it. Whirs and
Floyd | thunks come from inside the head. The wooden mouth opens and closes
Floyd | slightly and lets out a mechanical exhalation that, while crude, is
Floyd | clearly distinguishable as a sound: "Ly. Ly. Ly." Then, wound down,
Floyd | the mouth stops moving and the sound fizzles out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "set ear to 2" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET EAR TO 2
Floyd |
Floyd | The right ear turns under your hand, catching at each number, until
Floyd | the head's right eye shows the proper symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seagulls circle lazily above your head, their cries echoing faintly
Floyd | through the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You wind the large handle several times, then release it. Whirs and
Floyd | thunks come from inside the head. The wooden mouth opens and closes
Floyd | slightly and lets out a mechanical exhalation that, while crude, is
Floyd | clearly distinguishable as a sound: "Leh. Leh. Leh." Then, wound down,
Floyd | the mouth stops moving and the sound fizzles out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "set ear to 4" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET EAR TO 4
Floyd |
Floyd | The right ear turns under your hand, catching at each number, until
Floyd | the head's right eye shows the proper symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You wind the large handle several times, then release it. Whirs and
Floyd | thunks come from inside the head. The wooden mouth opens and closes
Floyd | slightly and lets out a mechanical exhalation that, while crude, is
Floyd | clearly distinguishable as a sound: "Loh. Loh. Loh." Then, wound down,
Floyd | the mouth stops moving and the sound fizzles out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The distant sounds of surf break faintly through the muffling
Floyd | vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "set ear to" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET EAR TO
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't understand that, or the noun you used isn't nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "set ear to 5" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET EAR TO 5
Floyd |
Floyd | The right ear turns under your hand, catching at each number, until
Floyd | the head's right eye shows the proper symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | Birds twitter and small creatures scatter through the underbrush.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You wind the large handle several times, then release it. Whirs and
Floyd | thunks come from inside the head. The wooden mouth opens and closes
Floyd | slightly and lets out a mechanical exhalation that, while crude, is
Floyd | clearly distinguishable as a sound: "Loo. Loo. Loo." Then, wound down,
Floyd | the mouth stops moving and the sound fizzles out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seagulls circle lazily above your head, their cries echoing faintly
Floyd | through the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "set ear to 7" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET EAR TO 7
Floyd |
Floyd | The right ear turns under your hand, catching at each number, until
Floyd | the head's right eye shows the proper symbol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You wind the large handle several times, then release it. Whirs and
Floyd | thunks come from inside the head. The wooden mouth opens and closes
Floyd | slightly and lets out a mechanical exhalation that, while crude, is
Floyd | clearly distinguishable as a sound: "Laay. Laay. Laay." Then, wound
Floyd | down, the mouth stops moving and the sound fizzles out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The distant sounds of surf break faintly through the muffling
Floyd | vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Treehouse
Floyd | This child-sized house was obviously built with love-- the detailed
Floyd | etchings of flowers along the length of the doorjamb, if
Floyd | nothing else, speak to that-- but the child for whom it was
Floyd | constructed must now be long grown. Greenery overruns every surface,
Floyd | vines and leaves blurring the lines of cut boards and straight
Floyd | railings. The tree has grown, too, tilting the floor and setting the
Floyd | shelves and windows subtly askew.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small wooden shelf attached to the trunk supports the clockwork
Floyd | head, just above a hammock neatly hung in one
Floyd | corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit from the one-room treehouse is down the rope
Floyd | ladder you came in on.
Floyd |
Floyd | The distant sounds of surf break faintly through the muffling
Floyd | vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "head" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The head, which bears a passing resemblance to the strange man, is
Floyd | expertly carved from some richly-grained wood. Within the eye sockets
Floyd | are two wooden spheres inscribed with symbols; the left (on
Floyd | the head's right) shows one of the vowels, while the other symbol must
Floyd | be an "L". A large wooden key on the back looks like it can
Floyd | be wound to activate some internal mechanism. Visible joins at the
Floyd | head's right ear would seem to indicate it can be moved
Floyd | somehow; the left ear, however, is missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You grip the leaf-covered lintel and lower yourself onto the rope
Floyd | ladder, quickly descending six or seven rungs to the ground below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Tree, Beneath the Treehouse
Floyd | The angled roof of the wavy treehouse shades the indistinct
Floyd | interior from the beating sun, which sparkles the shimmering leaves of
Floyd | the withered tree into amber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rotting rope ladder leads up through the open doorway of
Floyd | the treehouse. The way to the path is open, and opposite that
Floyd | the forest seems to give way to open terrain the way you
Floyd | came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "terrain" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TERRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground begins to slope up as you push towards the edge of the
Floyd | forest, sweating in the hot sunlight. Finally, you break through the
Floyd | edge of the trees into a brighter, more open space.
Floyd |
Floyd | Volcano Slopes
Floyd | The trees fail entirely at this spot, giving way to the smooth brown
Floyd | slopes of a tall volcano, fortunately quiet at the moment. A
Floyd | few clusters of berry bushes ease the transition into more
Floyd | barren terrain above, but the undergrowth twists into an impassable
Floyd | thicket down slope.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could take an easy but long hike up to the volcano's rim,
Floyd | or return back to the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "rim" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIM
Floyd |
Floyd | The slope is steep but lack of obstacles makes it a relatively easy
Floyd | climb. Sweltering in the heat of the sun, you rise quickly up the
Floyd | slope until at last you stand atop the volcano, on the lip of the
Floyd | caldera.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rim of Volcano
Floyd | You shield your eyes from the glare, heat waves shimmering in the
Floyd | distance before you, and take in the whole of the island, trying to
Floyd | get your bearings. From up here on the volcano's rim, it's the most
Floyd | striking features that catch your glance. The distant surf glimmers in
Floyd | the light of the sun, while the mountain rises dramatically
Floyd | over the landscape, head shrouded in clouds. The east half of the
Floyd | island is filled with a dense rain forest. Beneath your feet,
Floyd | steep slopes curve down to the volcano's sunlit caldera,
Floyd | where pockets of steam rise amid jumbled rocks and moss. There's no
Floyd | getting down that side; back the way you came is your only
Floyd | option.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surrounding the island on all sides is deep blue ocean flecked with
Floyd | dancing whitecaps, broken only by a distant column of steam
Floyd | rising from the water, bent by the winds into a vertical cloud slowly
Floyd | merging into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rising from the muddy dirt on the very lip of the crater is a
Floyd | magnificent sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sculpture" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCULPTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched precariously on the very lip of the crater is a magnificent
Floyd | abstract sculpture carved from some blue crystalline material, a few
Floyd | heads taller than you. It seems to show a stylized man, twisted into a
Floyd | spiral, both arms stretched to the sky as if he is about to take
Floyd | flight. But his feet are hopelessly mired in the mud, and a distorted
Floyd | expression of pain, frustration, and rage is carved into his long,
Floyd | twisted face as he struggles to free himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's remarkably well-done, the work of a master, even, but a thousand
Floyd | minute signs (and, indeed, the subject matter) tell you it wasn't left
Floyd | behind by a Wayfarer. It's good, but not enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | Carved in the side of the sculpture is an inscription.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "inscription" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSCRIPTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You recognize some of the letters from the clockwork head in the
Floyd | treehouse, but the message is still mostly incomprehensible.
Floyd |
Floyd |                          ... -e-a--
Floyd |   -o e-a--  ,--ie- -o -o-a-- : lla-
Floyd |  o- -e-e- -u-  ,--i-- e-- -o -e-io-
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "AHA"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Rim of Volcano
Floyd | You shield your eyes from the glare, first pausing for a moment to
Floyd | wipe the sweat from your brow, and take in the island vista again.
Floyd | From up here on the volcano's rim, it's the most striking features
Floyd | that catch your glance. A large, craggy mountain looms up
Floyd | into the clouds, hazy blue with distance, and the glimmering curve of
Floyd | the distant beach reflects the sunlight like a mirror. The east half
Floyd | of the island is filled with a dense rain forest. Beneath
Floyd | your feet, steep slopes curve down to the volcano's sunlit
Floyd | caldera, where jumbled rocks cause a confusion of lines and
Floyd | angles. There's no getting down that side; back the way you
Floyd | came is your only option.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surrounding the island on all sides is deep blue ocean flecked with
Floyd | dancing whitecaps, broken only by a distant column of steam
Floyd | rising from the water, bent by the winds into a vertical cloud slowly
Floyd | merging into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rising from the muddy dirt on the very lip of the crater is a
Floyd | magnificent sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "caldera" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALDERA
Floyd |
Floyd | The view across the crater rim and down to the smooth black floor of
Floyd | the caldera is fantastic. Wisps of steam rise from points across the
Floyd | floor, mostly concentrated at a point beneath you, while across from
Floyd | here is a small cinder cone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "steam" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STEAM
Floyd |
Floyd | About halfway to the horizon, the column of steam must foretell some
Floyd | significant geological event taking place under the waves, perhaps the
Floyd | precursor to the dormant volcano's successor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "cinder" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CINDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not
Floyd | in that combination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Rim of Volcano
Floyd | You shield your eyes from the glare, warm air gusting around you like
Floyd | blasts from an oven, and take in the island vista again. From up here
Floyd | on the volcano's rim, it's the most striking features that catch your
Floyd | glance. The distant surf glimmers in the light of the sun, and, like a
Floyd | titan, the mountain looms over the island, head shrouded in
Floyd | clouds. The east half of the island is filled with a dense rain
Floyd | forest. Beneath your feet, steep slopes curve down to the
Floyd | volcano's sunlit caldera, where black lava flow stretches
Floyd | from slope to slope. There's no getting down that side; back
Floyd | the way you came is your only option.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surrounding the island on all sides is deep blue ocean flecked with
Floyd | dancing whitecaps, broken only by a distant column of steam
Floyd | rising from the water, bent by the winds into a vertical cloud slowly
Floyd | merging into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rising from the muddy dirt on the very lip of the crater is a
Floyd | magnificent sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "mountain" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The mountain is hazy blue with distance. It dominates one corner of
Floyd | the island, one side a sheer cliff face, the other tumbling
Floyd | treacherously into the sea. The rocky sides are black and smooth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "forest" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | The deep greens of the forest fill their side of the island, from low
Floyd | cliffs running along its eastern boundary to the northern slopes of
Floyd | the volcano. At the forest's northern end, a huge ravine separates it
Floyd | from the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The forest is a mostly level plateau, except for one
Floyd | depression near its eastern side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "depresion" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DEPRESION
Floyd |
Floyd | You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not
Floyd | in that combination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "depression" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DEPRESSION
Floyd |
Floyd | The deep, circular depression seems unusual in the otherwise
Floyd | relatively level topography of the forest. A faint metallic glint
Floyd | pokes through the thick vegetation. From this great distance you can't
Floyd | make out any further details, or see what's at the bottom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "back" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taking one last look around, you head back down the volcano, taking
Floyd | giant steps as you let gravity pull you rapidly down to the edge of
Floyd | the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Volcano Slopes
Floyd | The trees fail entirely at this spot, giving way to the smooth brown
Floyd | slopes of the volcano. A few clusters of berry
Floyd | bushes ease the transition into more barren terrain above,
Floyd | but the undergrowth twists into an impassable thicket down slope.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could take an easy but long hike back up to the volcano's
Floyd | rim, or return to the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "bushes" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUSHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Close to the ground but with many wide, gently arcing branches, the
Floyd | profusion of bushes bears many red berries, about as wide as
Floyd | your pinky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "berries" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | The berries are plump, the ripest ones a deep crimson, and give
Floyd | slightly to your touch. A few are greener and harder, but most seem
Floyd | quite ripe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "eat berries" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You pluck a berry from the closest bush and pop it into your mouth.
Floyd | The flavor is remarkable: an almost fizzy quality gives way to a
Floyd | sweet, tropical taste, and crimson juice stains your fingers red.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Volcano Slopes
Floyd | The trees fail entirely at this spot, giving way to the smooth brown
Floyd | slopes of the volcano. A few clusters of berry
Floyd | bushes ease the transition into more barren terrain above,
Floyd | but the undergrowth twists into an impassable thicket down slope.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could take an easy but long hike back up to the volcano's
Floyd | rim, or return to the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "forest" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | You pass back into the dimmer spaces under the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Tree, Beneath the Treehouse
Floyd | The angled roof of the wavy treehouse shades the indistinct
Floyd | interior from the beating sun, which sparkles the shimmering leaves of
Floyd | the withered tree into amber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rotting rope ladder leads up through the open doorway of
Floyd | the treehouse. The way to the path is open, and opposite that
Floyd | the forest gives way to open terrain back the way you came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "path" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PATH
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting back along the route you found earlier, you wade through the
Floyd | forest undergrowth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Path
Floyd | Spears of light penetrate the forest, yellow-gold spotlights on the
Floyd | greenery around you, which sways gently in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clearing is dominated by the withered tree, vine-wrapped
Floyd | trunk rising from gnarled roots, lemon-yellow leaves springing from
Floyd | sinuous branches. At the base of the tree, a leaf-lined nook
Floyd | curls invitingly between two gnarled roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though long overgrown with moss and concealed by huge fallen leaves, a
Floyd | path was once cut through the vegetation, connecting the
Floyd | beach with the deeper forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the overgrown path down a slight slope towards a bright
Floyd | open area, picking your way over fallen trees and slippery earth, and
Floyd | finally emerge from the trees on some grassy mounds at the edge of a
Floyd | beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | Gleaming white sand almost blinds you as it stretches in a
Floyd | great arc around the lagoon. The ocean pounds faintly beneath the
Floyd | western horizon, where it meets a vast, unclouded sky, so deep a blue
Floyd | your eyes hurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, stretching towards the
Floyd | distant rocky rise, while disappearing closer at hand into
Floyd | the stand of boulders. You could also head down to
Floyd | where the waves are breaking, or follow a faint path back up
Floyd | into dense vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some distance away, in the lagoon, you notice the strange man,
Floyd | swimming.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down towards the breakers on dampening sand, your shadow
Floyd | almost vanished in the noon sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Beach
Floyd | The tide breaks at your feet, sending warm runners of foam splashing
Floyd | around your ankles. The sand is smooth and damp, sprinkled with a
Floyd | profusion of shells, small stones, and clumps of seaweed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge and beautiful sculpture of a manta ray, carved from
Floyd | some clear crystal, sits on a track running into the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hike back up the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade out into the
Floyd | ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "waters" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wade out into the surf. The lagoon is shallow enough that you walk
Floyd | quite far before the water climbs past your knees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ocean Waters
Floyd | Warm seawater surges about your waist as you wade through the lagoon,
Floyd | the sand like wet velvet under your feet. The ocean pounds faintly
Floyd | beneath the western horizon, the lagoon practically glowing
Floyd | as it warms in the sparkling sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Short of swimming out to the ocean, the only real places to go are
Floyd | back to the beach, or scrambling up towards the rounded
Floyd | boulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man is a few swells away, bobbing lazily as he
Floyd | floats on his back, eyes closed.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "boulders" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You slosh your way towards the shore, push past the breakpoint where
Floyd | the gentle swells tumble over themselves into knee-high waves, and
Floyd | finally step back onto the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | A crab wends its way between the boulders, either lost or
Floyd | unusually adventurous.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | baking in the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander towards the rocky point, while the beach
Floyd | opens up towards the edge of the forest. A bank of slippery
Floyd | stones stretches towards the wet sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "crab" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRAB
Floyd |
Floyd | About the size of your hand, this curious creature scuttles sideways
Floyd | along the sand quite nimbly, holding pincers above him and darting
Floyd | eyes on long stalks every way it can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "towards" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOWARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down towards the breakers on dampening sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Beach
Floyd | The tide breaks at your feet, sending warm runners of foam splashing
Floyd | around your ankles. The sand is smooth and damp, sprinkled with a
Floyd | profusion of shells, small stones, and clumps of seaweed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge and beautiful sculpture of a manta ray, carved from
Floyd | some clear crystal, sits on a track running into the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hike back up the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade out into the
Floyd | ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man mutters something about "little ones" as he
Floyd | heads towards the beach near the rise, leaving the area.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "boulders" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERS
Floyd |
Floyd | If you mean the great round boulders, you're not sure where they ended
Floyd | up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "water" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | The waves are a good distance away, but the tide seems to be flowing
Floyd | back in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun hovers just west of the zenith, as if unsure whether it wants
Floyd | to start downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "boulders" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERS
Floyd |
Floyd | If you mean the great round boulders, you're not sure where they ended
Floyd | up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Beach
Floyd | The tide breaks at your feet, sending warm runners of foam splashing
Floyd | around your ankles. The sand is smooth and damp, sprinkled with a
Floyd | profusion of shells, small stones, and clumps of seaweed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge and beautiful sculpture of a manta ray, carved from
Floyd | some clear crystal, sits on a track running into the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hike back up the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade out into the
Floyd | ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "waters" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wade out into the surf. The lagoon is shallow enough that you walk
Floyd | quite far before the water climbs past your knees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ocean Waters
Floyd | Warm seawater surges about your waist as you wade through the lagoon,
Floyd | the sand like wet velvet under your feet. The ocean pounds faintly
Floyd | beneath the western horizon, the lagoon practically glowing
Floyd | as it warms in the sparkling sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Short of swimming out to the ocean, the only real places to go are
Floyd | back to the beach, or scrambling up towards the rounded
Floyd | boulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "lagoon" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAGOON
Floyd |
Floyd | The lagoon undeniably captivates the eye, aesthetically perfect in
Floyd | some indescribable way. Electric blue water far out to sea fades to a
Floyd | creamy neon turquoise as it enters the shallows of the bay, before
Floyd | crashing in long foamy runners of surf on the white sand
Floyd | beach which rims it. At one end of the bay, a rocky rise of black lava
Floyd | tumbles across the sand and into the water, forming a sharp boundary
Floyd | and a shocking contrast of color, while the other side is bounded by a
Floyd | lower point filled with tidepools and rounded boulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "bouldersf surf" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERSF SURF
Floyd |
Floyd | You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not
Floyd | in that combination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "surf" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SURF
Floyd |
Floyd | The tide swells around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A school of reddish-silver fish dart past your knees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The fish dart so quickly through the water that you can only catch
Floyd | glimpses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "boulders" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You slosh your way towards the shore, push past the breakpoint where
Floyd | the gentle swells tumble over themselves into knee-high waves, and
Floyd | finally step back onto the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | The boulders stand stoically in the sunlight, their rounded tops
Floyd | faintly reflecting the blue of the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | baking in the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander towards the rocky point, while the beach
Floyd | opens up towards the edge of the forest. A bank of slippery
Floyd | stones stretches towards the wet sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "point" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You weave through the boulder stand, clambering over a few shorter
Floyd | rocks here and there, and eventually break out onto a wet, rocky
Floyd | point.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tidepools
Floyd | A rocky point ends here with a cluster of small pools, smooth
Floyd | mirrors of the sun above. From here the whole lagoon stretches out
Floyd | before you, from the cabin in the center of the beach to the
Floyd | mountain and volcano, looming over either end.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dry land snakes back towards the cluster of boulders. There
Floyd | is no safe place to enter the ocean from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "pools" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Midday  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Clinging precariously to every hollow and bowl in the jumbled rock,
Floyd | the pools are placid windows into a world of tiny darting
Floyd | creatures and surprising shades of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "creatures" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CREATURES
Floyd |
Floyd | Bright orange starfish, tiny pastel minnows, and bulbous fingers of
Floyd | purple and maroon sea anemones: each tidepool is like a tiny aquarium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "mountain" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The mountain is hazy blue with distance. It dominates one corner of
Floyd | the island, one side a sheer cliff face, the other tumbling
Floyd | treacherously into the sea. The rocky sides are black and smooth.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sky overhead is beginning to fill up with dark clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "clouds" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOUDS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are flying in rapidly from the east, black and ominous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "volcano" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VOLCANO
Floyd |
Floyd | Rising gracefully over the far end of the island, the reddish-brown
Floyd | slopes of a volcano shimmer in the distant heat haze. Faint wisps of
Floyd | steam rise from its hidden caldera. One whole side of the volcano
Floyd | seems to have crumbled in some past eruption, spewing forth the long
Floyd | black lava flow that bisects the island and forms the back
Floyd | wall of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark thunderheads drag cold shadows across the island, gusts of
Floyd | sweet-smelling wind trailing behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "flow" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Now black and hardened, this lava flow sliced across the island
Floyd | decades or centuries ago, descending from the ruined cone of the
Floyd | volcano to the ocean near the rise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Tidepools
Floyd | A rocky point ends here with a cluster of small pools,
Floyd | battered and churned by the relentless breaking of waves. From here
Floyd | the whole lagoon stretches out before you, from the cabin in
Floyd | the center of the beach to the mountain and volcano,
Floyd | looming over either end.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dry land snakes back towards the cluster of boulders. There
Floyd | is no safe place to enter the ocean from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "boulders" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You step carefully through the crashing surf back towards the beach,
Floyd | stepping around shrinking puddles soaking into the sand, until you
Floyd | find yourself among the boulders again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | The rounded boulders rise warm and wet in the sinking sun, smelling of
Floyd | sea-kissed stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | wetted by the spray of the surf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander back towards the rocky point, while the
Floyd | beach opens up towards the edge of the forest. The tide
Floyd | crashes against a bank of low smooth stones running into the ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "forest" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave the boulders behind and walk back to the smooth white sand
Floyd | of the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | Pristine white sand curves around the lagoon. The ocean
Floyd | stretches to the western horizon, under a grey sky streaked with fast
Floyd | moving clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, stretching towards the
Floyd | distant rocky rise, while disappearing closer at hand back
Floyd | into the stand of boulders. You could also wade down
Floyd | into the lagoon, or follow a faint path up into dense
Floyd | vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sand" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Startlingly bright, the beach is smooth and featureless, white curves
Floyd | unblemished by imperfections.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "rise" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RISE
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the sweeping curve of the beach about halfway around its
Floyd | edge, the dripping of moisture from the soaked vegetation around you
Floyd | making a gentle chorus.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The sand burns hot under your feet in the afternoon light, forcing you
Floyd | closer to the cool damp sand near the waves, and the black cliff of
Floyd | the lava flow silently absorbs the heat. Spotless white
Floyd | sand stretches in a great arc around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away back towards the cluster of boulders
Floyd | or the rocky rise, or you could also wade down into
Floyd | the lagoon. The cabin lies up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber up the slipping sand past seaweed and shells at the
Floyd | high-water mark, then onto sturdier ground, before finally arriving at
Floyd | the building and stepping inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The white glow of the beach through the open door is brilliant; your
Floyd | eyes struggle to adjust to the dim interior of the cabin instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is the open wooden box
Floyd | (containing the sketchbook).
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead to the brightly-lit studio
Floyd | or to the tiny storage room. You can also step back
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "box" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The box is a perfect cube, each side about the length of your forearm,
Floyd | carved from interlocking pieces of wood which fit together seamlessly
Floyd | without nails or mismatched joins. Intricate carvings cover
Floyd | every surface. Salt crusts the lower third, where the wood is swollen
Floyd | and discolored.
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the cube has swung open, revealing a delicate
Floyd | sketchbook, seemingly undamaged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sketchbook" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SKETCHBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You examine the sketchbook carefully, a beautiful handmade thing,
Floyd | thick paper pressed from some creamy-tan wood, the spiral binding a
Floyd | thin coil of copper-colored metal. On the cover is a handwritten
Floyd | inscription.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip past several blank pages before reaching one last sketch on
Floyd | the notebook's final page, which seems to have been done much later
Floyd | than the others. It shows a man sitting watching the sun set over the
Floyd | ocean, his back turned and face invisible, holding the comb with the
Floyd | two leaping dolphins. The sketch is sloppy, almost careless, but still
Floyd | exudes a palpable sense of sadness and regret.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sketchbook is turned to the last page.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "inscription" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSCRIPTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You recognize some of the letters from the clockwork head in the
Floyd | treehouse, but the message is still mostly incomprehensible.
Floyd |
Floyd |              ' .e-il -o-- --u- --u-
Floyd |     --a -o -e-a- e-- --a  ,--a -o--
Floyd |    --u- --u- e-il -o -e-a- e-- --A'
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | Sand drifts around the open doorway, spilling out in tiny dunes across
Floyd | the wooden floorboards disturbed only by your footsteps. Bare,
Floyd | water-stained walls frame a small room, empty and abandoned save for a
Floyd | manta ray skeleton hanging from one wall; some frayed ropes
Floyd | tied to one beam are the only other hint of past furnishings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is the open wooden box
Floyd | (containing the sketchbook).
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead to the brightly-lit studio
Floyd | or to the tiny storage room. You can also step back
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "studio" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STUDIO
Floyd |
Floyd | You duck through the small doorway into a windowed porch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin, The Studio
Floyd | High, narrow windows admit steep slants of daylight into the
Floyd | studio. The floor is stained with paint and clay, and artisan
Floyd | tools litter the surface of a wall-to-wall workbench, though
Floyd | everything seems to be under a layer of thick dust, as if undisturbed
Floyd | for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the rough plank walls on your left and right, exactly opposite each
Floyd | other, hang two spectacular paintings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit is back to the front room of the cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "paintings" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAINTINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, 1) the storybook village painting, or 2) the space
Floyd | painting?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "storybook" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STORYBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up and study the incredible artistry again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gently rolling hilltop of lemon-yellow and milky-white wildflowers,
Floyd | fantastically profuse, explodes from the surface of this painting. A
Floyd | large gathering of smiling people in simple clothes of brown and
Floyd | crimson pick the flowers, laughing and smiling: children, parents,
Floyd | aunts, grandmothers, all so richly detailed that you can almost hear
Floyd | them laughing and calling out to each other. The smell of dusty dry
Floyd | pigment somehow suggests the first day of spring, and fresh mountain
Floyd | breezes in a sea-blue sky. Beyond the hilltop a storybook village
Floyd | basks in late morning haze, thatched roofs and cobbles ringed by
Floyd | balding mountaintops, rounded and emerald green.
Floyd |
Floyd | Carved into the rough-hewn frame is a word in an unfamiliar language,
Floyd | though you recognize the symbols from the clockwork head in the
Floyd | treehouse: "e--el".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "space" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up and study the incredible artistry again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge translucent sphere hovers in the center of this painting, miles
Floyd | wide, reflecting in bulbous crescent the golden light of a warm gold
Floyd | and lemon yellow sun. Inside the sphere is a profusion of life: huge,
Floyd | gnarled trees growing in all directions without gravity to guide them;
Floyd | thick, mossy vines wrapped everywhere and stretching like tiny green
Floyd | threads of emerald through moist air; and people dressed in flowing
Floyd | silver-crimson gowns and wide sea-blue wings, gliding between gilded
Floyd | wooden villages high in the branches of the massive trunks. In the
Floyd | distance, more spheres can be seen, floating serenely amidst the jet
Floyd | black backdrop shining with a million milky stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Carved into the rough-hewn frame is a word in an unfamiliar language,
Floyd | though you recognize some of the symbols from the clockwork head in
Floyd | the treehouse: "e-eo--".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin, The Studio
Floyd | High, narrow windows admit steep slants of daylight into the
Floyd | studio. The floor is stained with paint and clay, and artisan
Floyd | tools litter the surface of a wall-to-wall workbench, though
Floyd | everything seems to be under a layer of thick dust, as if undisturbed
Floyd | for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the rough plank walls on your left and right, exactly opposite each
Floyd | other, hang two spectacular paintings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit is back to the front room of the cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "tools" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can take a full inventory later. At the moment you simply take
Floyd | comfort in the knowledge that you will not be stranded here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "windows" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | The roof of the shack extends out beyond the unpaned windows,
Floyd | presumably to keep out rain but let in light. Through the windows you
Floyd | see the beach, and the black lava flow angling away into the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You return to the larger front room of the cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The white glow of the beach through the open door is brilliant; your
Floyd | eyes struggle to adjust to the dim interior of the cabin instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is the open wooden box
Floyd | (containing the sketchbook).
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead to the brightly-lit studio
Floyd | or to the tiny storage room. You can also step back
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | As you emerge, you see that a rain storm has blown in, waves of wind
Floyd | and water descending on the island in buckets.
Floyd |
Floyd | You step back outside into the rain, walking down the beach in the
Floyd | direction of the surf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The ocean stretches to the western horizon, under a grey sky streaked
Floyd | with fast moving clouds dumping buckets of rain. Gleaming
Floyd | white sand curves around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away towards the cluster of boulders or
Floyd | the rocky rise, or you could also wade down into the
Floyd | lagoon. The cabin lies back up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down towards the breakers on dampening sand, water trickling
Floyd | down all around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wading In the Lagoon
Floyd | Rain falls, waves surge around your ankles, and thousands of tiny
Floyd | raindrop splashes surround you, ensuring a thorough soaking. At least
Floyd | it's warm water. The ocean stretches to the western horizon, under a
Floyd | grey sky streaked with fast moving clouds dumping buckets of
Floyd | rain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can wade towards the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade farther out into
Floyd | the ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge from the shallow water and hike up the drying beach,
Floyd | resigned to getting totally soaked in the downpour, leaving the soft
Floyd | crash of the surf far behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | Spotless white sand curves around the lagoon. The ocean
Floyd | stretches to the western horizon, under a grey sky streaked with fast
Floyd | moving clouds dumping buckets of rain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, stretching towards the
Floyd | distant rocky rise, while disappearing closer at hand into
Floyd | the stand of boulders. You could also wade down into
Floyd | the lagoon, or follow a faint path up into dense vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "clouds" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOUDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Buckets of warm rain pour down from the black thunderheads above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "path" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PATH
Floyd |
Floyd | The forest has mostly reclaimed it, but you can see where a path was
Floyd | once cut through the trees here: moss-covered stumps and repositioned
Floyd | boulders mark a gently curving line through the vegetation. The path
Floyd | connects the beach with the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lightning flashes and thunder rumbles as the storm continues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "forest" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I'm not sure what you meant. Try LOOK to reorient yourself
Floyd | to your surroundings, or HELP for more instructions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sheets of rain dance through the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | Stretching out before you is a breathtaking white sand lagoon
Floyd | framed by a cliff of jet-black lava, the glimmering beach forming a
Floyd | languid half-moon curve around a shallow bay of deep, rich blue. The
Floyd | smell of the sea breeze on your face makes you smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, stretching towards the
Floyd | distant rocky rise, while disappearing closer at hand into
Floyd | the stand of boulders. You could also wade down into
Floyd | the lagoon, or follow a faint path up into dense vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk back up the path and return to the shade of the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Path
Floyd | Water dribbles down the fronds and bamboo stands around you, catching
Floyd | in tiny pools of leaves or sinking into the moss and turning it a
Floyd | deep, full green. The smell of rain and wet earth is thick in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clearing is dominated by the withered tree, vine-wrapped
Floyd | trunk rising from gnarled roots, lemon-yellow leaves springing from
Floyd | sinuous branches. At the base of the tree, a leaf-lined nook
Floyd | curls invitingly between two gnarled roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though long overgrown with moss and concealed by huge fallen leaves, a
Floyd | path was once cut through the vegetation, connecting the
Floyd | beach with the deeper forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "nap" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only take so many naps in one day, you know. Might as well
Floyd | make it to sunset.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rain buckets down in ceaseless torrents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "forest" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | Making slow progress, you venture deeper into the forest along the
Floyd | nearly-vanished path, ducking under vines and walking through
Floyd | knee-deep clusters of fallen leaves and dense ground cover. The ground
Floyd | slopes up to your left and down to your right, but you stay relatively
Floyd | level.
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Tree, Beneath the Treehouse
Floyd | As you step around the treehouse in the rain, studying its strange
Floyd | curves and patches, you suddenly stop in your tracks. The rain has
Floyd | altered the color and texture of its components, and as it falls and
Floyd | curves around the wooden rafters and beams it accentuates certain
Floyd | details and hides others. You take a step to the left and suddenly you
Floyd | see it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The treehouse is an achingly beautiful sculpture of a woman's face,
Floyd | drawn and haggard as in the last stages of some long illness which
Floyd | nevertheless cannot hide the charm of her appearance or character.
Floyd | Rain curves around the bulge in the wall that is her cheekbone, trails
Floyd | down the vines of her hair, and glistens in the specks of quartz that
Floyd | are the highlights in her eyes. But only when the light is flattened
Floyd | by overcast clouds, only when the rain soaks into the wood and turns
Floyd | it the hues of her face, and only standing just at the right spot, is
Floyd | she here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rotting rope ladder leads up through the open doorway of
Floyd | the treehouse. The way back to the path is open, and opposite
Floyd | that the forest gives way to open terrain the way you came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "path" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PATH
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting back along the route you found earlier, you wade through the
Floyd | forest undergrowth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Path
Floyd | Water dribbles down the fronds and bamboo stands around you, catching
Floyd | in tiny pools of leaves or sinking into the moss and turning it a
Floyd | deep, full green. The smell of rain and wet earth is thick in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clearing is dominated by the withered tree, vine-wrapped
Floyd | trunk rising from gnarled roots, lemon-yellow leaves springing from
Floyd | sinuous branches. At the base of the tree, a leaf-lined nook
Floyd | curls invitingly between two gnarled roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though long overgrown with moss and concealed by huge fallen leaves, a
Floyd | path was once cut through the vegetation, connecting the
Floyd | beach with the deeper forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the overgrown path down a slight slope towards a bright
Floyd | open area, picking your way over fallen trees and slippery earth, and
Floyd | finally emerge from the trees on some grassy mounds at the edge of a
Floyd | beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | Pristine white sand stretches in a great arc around the
Floyd | lagoon. The ocean stretches to the western horizon, under a grey sky
Floyd | streaked with fast moving clouds dumping buckets of rain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, stretching towards the
Floyd | distant rocky rise, while disappearing closer at hand into
Floyd | the stand of boulders. You could also wade down into
Floyd | the lagoon, or follow a faint path back up into dense
Floyd | vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, by the middle of the beach, you spot the strange man,
Floyd | thinking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "rise" 		

Floyd | Topics: listen
Floyd | You can also say goodbye, or change the subject.
Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > RISE
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the sweeping curve of the beach about halfway around its
Floyd | edge, shivering as the rainwater soaks through your worn travelling
Floyd | clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The ocean stretches to the western horizon, under a grey sky streaked
Floyd | with fast moving clouds dumping buckets of rain. Spotless
Floyd | white sand stretches in a great arc around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away back towards the cluster of boulders
Floyd | or the rocky rise, or you could also wade down into
Floyd | the lagoon. The cabin lies up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man, perched on a boulder, seems deep in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wonderful," the strange man says eagerly, throwing back his head in
Floyd | the rain. "Nothing better than a brisk afternoon rain shower."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "rise" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > RISE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh well oh, so long, then," the strange man says in surprise as you
Floyd | turn to go.
Floyd |
Floyd | You amble along the soft white sand of the beach, working your way
Floyd | around the edge of the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Rise
Floyd | Rain patters noisily on the old piece of driftwood, and runs in
Floyd | dribbles and curtains down the jagged side of the lava flow. Pristine
Floyd | white sand curves around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opposite the lagoon, the beach is pinched off by black cliffs, but
Floyd | near the tide is the route to the top of the rise. Sand
Floyd | stretches back back towards the center of the beach, and you
Floyd | could also wade down into the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "center" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the gentle curve of the white sand beach back around till
Floyd | you near its center.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The ocean stretches to the western horizon, under a grey sky streaked
Floyd | with fast moving clouds dumping buckets of rain. Spotless
Floyd | white sand stretches in a great arc around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away towards the cluster of boulders or
Floyd | back to the rocky rise, or you could also wade down
Floyd | into the lagoon. The cabin lies up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man, perched on a boulder, seems deep in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "man" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man sits on a boulder, seemingly lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | He seems a bit out of sorts around you, and fixes you with a wink.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man chews his lower lip absently, lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "man" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man sits on a boulder, seemingly lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | He seems a bit out of sorts around you, and fixes you with a wink.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]            Lacuna, Afternoon Rainstorm  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The beach widens here in the middle of its sweeping curve around the
Floyd | lagoon, rising in graceful white dunes to the sudden black slope of
Floyd | the old lava flow. Up against the flow is built a log
Floyd | cabin, looking long-neglected but still intact. Pristine
Floyd | white sand curves around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away towards the cluster of boulders or
Floyd | back to the rocky rise, or you could also wade down
Floyd | into the lagoon. The cabin lies up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man, perched on a boulder, seems deep in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing your traveling clothes and a compass.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rain peters out and the clouds begin to disperse.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "clouds" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOUDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The clouds are quickly being carried off westward, revealing a
Floyd | reddish-orange evening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber up the slipping sand past seaweed and shells at the
Floyd | high-water mark, then onto sturdier ground, before finally arriving at
Floyd | the building and stepping inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The white glow of the beach through the open door is brilliant; your
Floyd | eyes struggle to adjust to the dim interior of the cabin instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is the open wooden box
Floyd | (containing the sketchbook).
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead to the brightly-lit studio
Floyd | or to the tiny storage room. You can also step back
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "outside" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUTSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You step back outside into the sunlight, walking down the beach in the
Floyd | direction of the surf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The sand burns hot under your feet in the afternoon light, forcing you
Floyd | closer to the cool damp sand near the waves, and the black cliff of
Floyd | the lava flow silently absorbs the heat. Spotless white
Floyd | sand stretches in a great arc around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away towards the cluster of boulders or
Floyd | the rocky rise, or you could also wade down into the
Floyd | lagoon. The cabin lies back up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man, perched on a boulder, seems deep in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man gets to his feet, stretches, and glances around him,
Floyd | bemused.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "flow" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The black rock, frozen in mid-tumble, hosts a few tentative green
Floyd | shoots and flowers in its maze of nooks and crannies, but the
Floyd | vegetation has only begun to reclaim it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man whistles quietly to himself as he heads
Floyd | towards the beach near the rise, leaving the vicinity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "man" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man seems to be on his way somewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some distance away, you glimpse the strange man making his way from
Floyd | the beach near the rise to the top of the rise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | Startlingly bright, the beach is smooth and featureless, white curves
Floyd | unblemished by imperfections.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance by the top of the rise, you notice the strange
Floyd | man moving out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "rise" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RISE
Floyd |
Floyd | You amble along the soft white sand of the beach, working your way
Floyd | around the edge of the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Rise
Floyd | The huge piece of driftwood is dark and dripping with moisture in the
Floyd | aftermath of the storm. Pristine white sand curves around the
Floyd | lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opposite the lagoon, the beach is pinched off by black cliffs, but
Floyd | near the tide is the route to the top of the rise. Sand
Floyd | stretches back back towards the center of the beach, and you
Floyd | could also wade down into the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "rise" 		

Floyd | Topics: dodge, and problem
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > RISE
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber easily over the ancient lava rock, worn smooth by pounding
Floyd | surf, till you stand on top.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Old Lava Flow
Floyd | Rain pools in tiny puddles and depressions atop the lava flow, slowly
Floyd | evaporating in the warm afternoon light.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could scramble back down to the beach or take
Floyd | an easier route down the other side of the flow towards the
Floyd | edge of the marsh. You can also hear the sound of a
Floyd | waterfall through some heavy fronds opposite the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some distance away, you see the strange man heading from the
Floyd | edge of the marshlands to the marshlands by the spire.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly the strange man barrels towards you, balancing a huge armful
Floyd | of konokuk fruits and heading for the path down the rise. "Look out!"
Floyd | he shouts, "coming through!" If you don't dodge, he's going
Floyd | to have a problem.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "dodge" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > DODGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump to one side, only just keeping your balance on the edge of
Floyd | the lava flow, as Progue tumbles down the path, barely but somehow
Floyd | managing to keep the fruits balanced. "Close as close!" he shouts
Floyd | back, "thanks!" and is gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Old Lava Flow
Floyd | Rain pools in tiny puddles and depressions atop the lava flow, slowly
Floyd | evaporating in the warm afternoon light.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could scramble back down to the beach or take
Floyd | an easier route down the other side of the flow towards the
Floyd | edge of the marsh. You can also hear the sound of a
Floyd | waterfall through some heavy fronds opposite the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "waterfall" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATERFALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push great leafy fronds out of the way, shivering as water drips
Floyd | all over you, and after a few moments break into a secluded grove.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidden Pool
Floyd | Tucked away in a natural bowl stained with sea-blue hues, hidden from
Floyd | view, this beautiful pool is fed by a clear
Floyd | waterfall cascading down from an overhang above. Steam rises
Floyd | from the almost perfectly circular pool, which looks deep enough for
Floyd | diving but not so deep that the blue-tinted floor is not visible, and
Floyd | leafy green fronds sway gently on all sides, creating a secluded and
Floyd | relaxing ambiance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rich vein of crumbling sea-blue crystal runs through the
Floyd | wall behind the waterfall, staining the rock face and water of the
Floyd | pool a brilliant indigo.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gap in the trees marks the way back to the open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "crystal" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRYSTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Some rich vein of a brilliant sea-blue crystal slices diagonally
Floyd | through the rock here, brought up to the surface from unfathomed
Floyd | depths by some past volcanic action. The crystal seems inclined to
Floyd | break along hexagonal lines, producing the effect of crumbled
Floyd | six-sided pillars. The pounding action of the waterfall has softened
Floyd | the edges, and in turn stained the whole wall and tinted the pool
Floyd | below a brilliant indigo.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the precise shade of Rume's eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "pool" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Tinted with hues of green, the surface of this round pool constantly
Floyd | shifts and dances as the waterfall plunges from a mossy overhang. The
Floyd | pool looks deep enough for diving under the churning falls, but
Floyd | shallows near the far end to a jumble of good sitting rocks a few feet
Floyd | below the surface. The water is hot and steaming, simultaneously
Floyd | warmed by some scalding source below and cooled by the waterfall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "waterfall" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATERFALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Stretching about twice your height above the surface of the pool, the
Floyd | waterfall cascades over a natural overhang in the rock, sparkling
Floyd | brightly in the sun overhead. Behind and alongside the waterfall,
Floyd | lumpy nodes of sea-blue crystal poke out of the rocky earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidden Pool
Floyd | Tucked away in a natural bowl stained with sea-blue hues, hidden from
Floyd | view, this beautiful pool is fed by a clear
Floyd | waterfall cascading down from an overhang above. Steam rises
Floyd | from the almost perfectly circular pool, which looks deep enough for
Floyd | diving but not so deep that the blue-tinted floor is not visible, and
Floyd | leafy green fronds sway gently on all sides, creating a secluded and
Floyd | relaxing ambiance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rich vein of crumbling sea-blue crystal runs through the
Floyd | wall behind the waterfall, staining the rock face and water of the
Floyd | pool a brilliant indigo.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gap in the trees marks the way back to the open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "gap" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You push your way back through the greenery to the open area beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Old Lava Flow
Floyd | Rain pools in tiny puddles and depressions atop the lava flow, slowly
Floyd | evaporating in the warm afternoon light.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could scramble down to the beach or take an
Floyd | easier route down the other side of the flow towards the edge
Floyd | of the marsh. The hidden pool lies back through some heavy
Floyd | fronds opposite the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, by the beach near the boulders, you spot the strange
Floyd | man, hand-standing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "edge" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the path down a slight mossy slope slick with rainwater,
Floyd | enjoying the unobstructed panorama before you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Stumps
Floyd | Insects drift lazily through the sunbeams over the stumps, washed with
Floyd | the summery rays of the afternoon sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jutting from the rock near the short drop-off to the sea is a
Floyd | roughly-hewn block of grey stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far across the marsh down a soggy slope is the sheer cliff
Floyd | face of the mountain. You could also follow the drier stretch back
Floyd | up the rise or over to the tiny shack at the base of
Floyd | the ropeway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "bloack" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLOACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "block.")
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone seems to be part of a spire that once rose here, of some
Floyd | natural material that erodes more slowly than the surrounding rock.
Floyd | The part jutting up out of the earth has been roughly hacked into a
Floyd | block large enough to stand inside, were it hollow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ragged shadows crawl down the sharp slope of the mountain, a ways off,
Floyd | as fast-moving clouds cover and hide the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Lacuna, Afternoon  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Stumps
Floyd | The remains of what once must have been a small copse of trees on this
Floyd | bit of grassy land overlook the edge of the marsh. Across the marsh
Floyd | rises the sheer cliff, rising to the summit of the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jutting from the rock near the short drop-off to the sea is a
Floyd | roughly-hewn block of grey stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far across the marsh down a soggy slope is the sheer cliff
Floyd | face of the mountain. You could also follow the drier stretch back
Floyd | up the rise or over to the tiny shack at the base of
Floyd | the ropeway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rain clouds are dissolving in the late afternoon sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "shack" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Keeping the marsh on your right and a bluff overlooking the sea to
Floyd | your left, you approach a low mound at the corner of the island,
Floyd | topped by the shack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ropeway Base Station
Floyd | A snail with a pearly-white shell inches along the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ropeway mechanism is motionless, no steam flowing from
Floyd | the outlet vent poking through the structure's roof. The
Floyd | crate hangs from the cables, swaying gently in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only promising route leads back towards the stumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "snail" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SNAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The shell is a rich, luminous white, faintly iridescent, that seems to
Floyd | almost glow in the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "mechanism" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MECHANISM
Floyd |
Floyd | The mechanism is complex yet elegant. A quartz pressure gauge
Floyd | marks the spot where a faded blue bamboo pipe, stretching
Floyd | half-buried in a line towards the stumps, joins the main mechanism,
Floyd | which is topped by an outflow tube. An exquisitely carved
Floyd | wood piston drives a system of pulleys, flywheels, and counterweights
Floyd | that connect to two thick cables rising up to the mountain's
Floyd | summit. A large wood lever is the only visible control.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "pipe" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Once coated in now-flaking paint, the pipe, about as wide as your
Floyd | fist, is made from thick pieces of bamboo sealed together with vines
Floyd | coated with sticky tar.
Floyd |
Floyd | The blue pipe, arriving from the direction of the stumps,
Floyd | emerges from the ground running parallel to it, then twists up ninety
Floyd | degrees at the shack and connects to the ropeway mechanism via a
Floyd | transparent quartz gauge.
Floyd |
Floyd | A snail with a pearly-white shell inches along the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "stumps" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STUMPS
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk back along the edge of the marsh toward the stumps, the
Floyd | evening light saturating the tropical colors everywhere you look.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Stumps
Floyd | Insects drift lazily through the sunbeams over the stumps, washed with
Floyd | the summery rays of the evening sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jutting from the rock near the short drop-off to the sea is a
Floyd | roughly-hewn block of grey stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far across the marsh down a soggy slope is the sheer cliff
Floyd | face of the mountain. You could also follow the drier stretch
Floyd | up the rise or back over to the tiny shack at the
Floyd | base of the ropeway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down a slight slope into boggier terrain, entering a long
Floyd | flat marsh that eventually merges with the ocean off in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of the Marsh
Floyd | Hot mist hangs like a physical presence over the soaking marshlands,
Floyd | as if the tiniest disturbance would cause the evaporating moisture to
Floyd | start falling again. A large, craggy mountain looms up into
Floyd | the clouds, a ways off.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could return from here to higher ground, the drier area near the
Floyd | tree stumps, or slog through more marsh towards a craggy
Floyd | spire or, farther off, the foot of the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "spire" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | (new landmark discovered)
Floyd | Hopping from one clump of dry grass to another, you navigate the
Floyd | swampy maze to the vicinity of the rocky spire.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh, Near the Spire
Floyd | A lone spire of rock reaches from the muck into the sky,
Floyd | about three times your height. Affixed to its top is a wooden pole,
Floyd | the sole support of the ropeway cable on its long climb up
Floyd | the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Farther afield, the foot of the mountain rises abruptly from
Floyd | the muck, while in the opposite direction the marsh continues towards
Floyd | the stumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "spire" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | A great splinter of rock that must have fallen from the shattered
Floyd | mountain long ago rises at a slightly crooked angle from the marsh
Floyd | like a giant's bony finger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several faint drawings in chalk, faded to near invisibility,
Floyd | adorn the base of the spire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "drawings" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRAWINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You kneel to study the drawings more closely. The simple subjects
Floyd | suggest the work of a small child, but still show some skill: a
Floyd | rendering of a bulbous frog captures the creature's awkward grace, and
Floyd | another of two dragonflies twirling around each other in flight shows
Floyd | remarkable details in the delicate wings. One large sketch shows two
Floyd | girls holding hands, backs turned, skipping along a beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the drawings is drawn some writing in a simple, awkward
Floyd | hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "writing" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITING
Floyd |
Floyd | You recognize some of the letters from the clockwork head in the
Floyd | treehouse, but the message is still mostly incomprehensible.
Floyd |
Floyd |            ?---a- --i- --o-- -'-a--
Floyd |   .---o- --i- I  .e-o- o- o- --a- I
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh, Near the Spire
Floyd | A lone spire of rock reaches from the muck into the sky,
Floyd | about three times your height. Affixed to its top is a wooden pole,
Floyd | the sole support of the ropeway cable on its long climb up
Floyd | the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Farther afield, the foot of the mountain rises abruptly from
Floyd | the muck, while in the opposite direction the marsh continues towards
Floyd | the stumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun sinks through the westward sky, slowly burning towards the
Floyd | shades of evening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "foot" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick your way carefully through the marsh towards the cliff face.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh, Near the Cliff
Floyd | Hot mist hangs like a physical presence over the soaking marshlands,
Floyd | as if the tiniest disturbance would cause the evaporating moisture to
Floyd | start falling again. But the marsh ends abruptly here at a sheer
Floyd | cliff face, the edge of the imposing mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marsh stretches away from the mountain towards the lonely
Floyd | spire and the distant stumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "cliff" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | The cliff rises straight up out of the marsh in a vertiginous climb to
Floyd | the summit, as if in some past geologic epoch half the mountain split
Floyd | and sunk into the sea. Indeed, a deep crack runs nearly
Floyd | straight up from here, harbinger perhaps of further destruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "crack" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | About the width of your outstretched hand, the crack runs nearly
Floyd | vertically up the side of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "climb climb" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB CLIMB
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't understand that, or the noun you used isn't nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "climb crack" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the edge of the crack experimentally for handholds. It
Floyd | wouldn't be easy, but you might be able to climb the crack up, at
Floyd | least a little ways.
Floyd |
Floyd | Late afternoon gives way to evening as the sun sinks lower in the
Floyd | western sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Flexing your hands, you step anxiously up to the crack, set your first
Floyd | handholds, and begin to climb. The ascent is not easy, but you make
Floyd | quick progress, and before you know it you have followed the crack all
Floyd | the way up to a small ledge, some distance above the marsh below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd | No more than a few paces across, this tiny ledge in the cliff face
Floyd | offers a vantage of the marshlands stretching back to the coast, the
Floyd | chairlift cables arcing high above them, and the lagoon, just visible
Floyd | over the edge of the distant lava flow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Strewn about the ledge are a variety of nicknacks that, along
Floyd | with a simple bed of palm fronds, make it immediately obvious
Floyd | somebody has made this ledge a sort of home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crack goes right through the ledge, bisecting it into two
Floyd | neat halves, before continuing both up and down the slope.
Floyd | Water ripples down both sides from somewhere high above,
Floyd | before vanishing into smaller cracks at your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "nicknacks" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NICKNACKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Mostly junk: small piles of sea shells, scattered fish bones and
Floyd | broken crab legs, bits of rope of various sizes woven from coconut
Floyd | husks, and the like. Buried among the remains, however, you do notice
Floyd | a small pendant on a leather chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "pendant" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PENDANT
Floyd |
Floyd | Just a small stone on a leather chain that can be worn around the
Floyd | neck. It seems well-worn, as if it has been rubbed nearly to
Floyd | smoothness over years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "bed" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BED
Floyd |
Floyd | The fronds could do with replacing: they are rotting and the smell is
Floyd | most unpleasant. It certainly doesn't look like a very comfortable
Floyd | place to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "water" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | The water, coming down in hot steaming curtains, is enough to wet the
Floyd | crack completely and form a base for moss and slime to grow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "crack" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The crack goes right through the ledge, bisecting it into two
Floyd | neat halves, before continuing both up and down the slope.
Floyd | Water ripples down both sides from somewhere high above,
Floyd | before vanishing into smaller cracks at your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing your traveling clothes and a compass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "get pendant" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PENDANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You slip the small pendant around your neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | The crack steepens here and water ripples down from
Floyd | somewhere above. It looks like climbing farther will be more
Floyd | difficult.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Nervously, you lower your feet back over the edge, gripping your
Floyd | handholds tightly. It seems to be a long descent, the marsh spinning
Floyd | dizzily far beneath your feet each time you glance down for footholds,
Floyd | but slowly it gets closer and closer. When you finally hop the last
Floyd | few feet down, the muck of the marsh is good to feel beneath your
Floyd | feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh, Near the Cliff
Floyd | Hot mist hangs like a physical presence over the soaking marshlands,
Floyd | as if the tiniest disturbance would cause the evaporating moisture to
Floyd | start falling again. But the marsh ends abruptly here at a sheer
Floyd | cliff face, the edge of the imposing mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marsh stretches away from the mountain towards the lonely
Floyd | spire and the distant stumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "stumps" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STUMPS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find a path through the wet salty bog to the edge of the marsh.
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of the Marsh
Floyd | Hot mist hangs like a physical presence over the soaking marshlands,
Floyd | as if the tiniest disturbance would cause the evaporating moisture to
Floyd | start falling again. A large, craggy mountain looms up into
Floyd | the clouds, a ways off.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could return from here to higher ground, the drier area near the
Floyd | tree stumps, or slog through more marsh towards a craggy
Floyd | spire or, farther off, the foot of the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "stumps" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STUMPS
Floyd |
Floyd | You gratefully climb out of the mud and muck of the marsh, emerging
Floyd | amongst the drier ground near the stumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Stumps
Floyd | Insects drift lazily through the sunbeams over the stumps, washed with
Floyd | the summery rays of the evening sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jutting from the rock near the short drop-off to the sea is a
Floyd | roughly-hewn block of grey stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far across the marsh back down a soggy slope is the sheer
Floyd | cliff face of the mountain. You could also follow the drier stretch
Floyd | up the rise or over to the tiny shack at the base of
Floyd | the ropeway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "shack" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Keeping the marsh on your right and a bluff overlooking the sea to
Floyd | your left, you approach a low mound at the corner of the island,
Floyd | topped by the shack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ropeway Base Station
Floyd | The ocean off the edge of the dropoff behind the shack glimmers in the
Floyd | evening sunlight as it stretches to the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ropeway mechanism is motionless, no steam flowing from
Floyd | the outlet vent poking through the structure's roof. The
Floyd | crate hangs from the cables, swaying gently in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only promising route leads back towards the stumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "crate" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Roughly coffin-shaped, the open crate is scratched and nicked all over
Floyd | the inside, where ghosts of sawdust and grime still linger. A
Floyd | cross-brace near the support pole connecting the crate to the ropes
Floyd | above provides a crude wooden seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "stumps" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Evening  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STUMPS
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk back along the edge of the marsh toward the stumps, a feeling
Floyd | of quiet tranquility soaking the landscape in the light of the sinking
Floyd | sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Stumps
Floyd | Insects drift lazily through the sunbeams over the stumps, washed with
Floyd | the summery rays of the evening sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jutting from the rock near the short drop-off to the sea is a
Floyd | roughly-hewn block of grey stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far across the marsh down a soggy slope is the sheer cliff
Floyd | face of the mountain. You could also follow the drier stretch
Floyd | up the rise or back over to the tiny shack at the
Floyd | base of the ropeway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Sunset  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing back up onto the old lava flow, you once again reach the
Floyd | viewpoint from its top.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Old Lava Flow
Floyd | Black shadows play over black lava in a visual cacophony as the
Floyd | slanting light throws the flow into sharp relief.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could scramble down to the beach or take an
Floyd | easier route back down the other side of the flow towards the
Floyd | edge of the marsh. The hidden pool lies through some
Floyd | heavy fronds opposite the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some distance away, in the lagoon, you glimpse the strange man,
Floyd | swimming.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Sunset  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick your way carefully down the cluster of slippery boulders,
Floyd | using handholds to steady yourself, till your feet touch the smooth
Floyd | wet sand again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Rise
Floyd | Tall, swaying trees -- what the strange man called "konokuk"
Floyd | trees, you remember --  rise above you. Gleaming white sand
Floyd | curves around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opposite the lagoon, the beach is pinched off by black cliffs, but
Floyd | near the tide is the route back to the top of the rise. Sand
Floyd | stretches back towards the center of the beach, and you could
Floyd | also wade down into the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wave slowly breaks up the shallow lagoon, sending an undulating line
Floyd | of foamy water almost to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "trees" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Sunset  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | The knobby brown trunks of the konokuk trees curve gently up to a
Floyd | cluster of leafy fronds and hairy brown fruits well above
Floyd | your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wave slowly breaks up the shallow lagoon, sending an undulating line
Floyd | of foamy water almost to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "fruits" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Sunset  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FRUITS
Floyd |
Floyd | High near the top of the trees, you can see clusters of round brown
Floyd | fruits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "climb trees" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Sunset  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | You grip the leathered trunk of the tree firmly and start shimmying
Floyd | up. It's hard work. Sweat ripples your face and your hands become
Floyd | tender and slippery. But finally you reach the top of the tree, within
Floyd | touching distance of the hairy brown fruits. You manage to
Floyd | knock a few loose, before returning to the ground and picking bits of
Floyd | bark from your roughened hands tenderly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun touches the horizon, sinking slowly into the sea in a
Floyd | fiery red spectacle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Rise
Floyd | A huge piece of moss-covered driftwood seems to guard this narrow
Floyd | strip of sand at the end of the beach, between the waves and a rocky
Floyd | rise of hardened black lava that thrusts out into the sea. Tall,
Floyd | swaying konokuk trees rise above you, their bases strewn with
Floyd | round, brown fruits. Pristine white sand stretches
Floyd | in a great arc around the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opposite the lagoon, the beach is pinched off by black cliffs, but
Floyd | near the tide is the route back to the top of the rise. Sand
Floyd | stretches back towards the center of the beach, and you could
Floyd | also wade down into the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun touches the horizon, sinking slowly into the sea in a
Floyd | fiery red spectacle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "fruits" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FRUITS
Floyd |
Floyd | These round hairy spheres, the fruit of the konokuk tree, are about
Floyd | the size of your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "get fruits" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FRUITS
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft one of the head-sized fruits in your hands, but decide you
Floyd | can probably do whatever you need to do with it here, rather than
Floyd | carrying it around.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gull picks at its feathers with its beak before letting out a loud
Floyd | call.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "gull" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GULL
Floyd |
Floyd | These seem larger and more streamlined than most you've seen, and
Floyd | their long yellow beaks are tipped with a vivid indigo rather than
Floyd | red. But their cries sound just as you'd expect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "open fruit" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN FRUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack one of the fruits open with little effort, revealing a firm
Floyd | pink-white pulp and some gooey clear liquid inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The twilit sky loses more and more of its vibrant colors as the sky
Floyd | falls slowly into night above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "eat pulp" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT PULP
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack one of the fruits open with little effort, revealing a firm
Floyd | pink-white pulp and some gooey clear liquid inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pulp is delicious, with a flavor redolent of peppermint and sea
Floyd | salt, and the liquid is warm and nutty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Another wave breaks on the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Rise
Floyd | A huge piece of moss-covered driftwood seems to guard this narrow
Floyd | strip of sand at the end of the beach, between the waves and a rocky
Floyd | rise of hardened black lava that thrusts out into the sea. The sky and
Floyd | the colors of the lagoon are slowly fading in the dimming light,
Floyd | framed by the rustling of tropical trees, their green fronds
Floyd | casting welcome shadows across the sand. The stillness of the great
Floyd | crescent beach is magical in the half-light; the whole
Floyd | expanse curving out before you quietly breathtaking.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opposite the lagoon, the beach is pinched off by black cliffs, but
Floyd | near the tide is the route back to the top of the rise. Sand
Floyd | stretches back towards the center of the beach, and you could
Floyd | also wade down into the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | Almost glowing in the faint light, the beach is smooth and
Floyd | featureless, white curves unblemished by imperfections.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "center" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the gentle curve of the white sand beach back around till
Floyd | you near its center, watching the sky darken from moment to moment as
Floyd | the daylight drains away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The sky and the colors of the lagoon are slowly fading in the dimming
Floyd | light. The stillness of the great crescent beach is magical
Floyd | in the half-light; the whole expanse curving out before you quietly
Floyd | breathtaking.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away towards the cluster of boulders or
Floyd | back to the rocky rise, or you could also wade down
Floyd | into the lagoon. The cabin lies up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber up the slipping sand past seaweed and shells at the
Floyd | high-water mark, then onto sturdier ground, before finally arriving at
Floyd | the building and stepping inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The cabin's front room is gloomy and indistinct in the dim light that
Floyd | filters from outside, still as a tomb.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is the open wooden box
Floyd | (containing the sketchbook).
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead to the dim interior of the
Floyd | studio or to the tiny storage room. You can also
Floyd | step back outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "storage" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STORAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You step through the doorway into a smaller room at the rear of the
Floyd | cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin, Back Room
Floyd | Hardly any light filters into this windowless back room. Shapes are
Floyd | jumbled and indistinct.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wide crack in the smoothed wall is filled in by cobblestones near
Floyd | the ceiling, and a thick wooden door below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Other than the door and a pile of smashed wood splinters in a corner,
Floyd | the only notable feature is the exit back to the front room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "buttons" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUTTONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Each is a circle about the size of one made with a thumb and finger,
Floyd | flush with the door but very slightly convex. Stylized symbols are
Floyd | inlaid into each one. From left to right, the symbols are
Floyd | whale, manta, tree, turtle,
Floyd | crab, crystal, berry, seagull,
Floyd | bee, spider, mussel, snail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "push spider" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SPIDER
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle snick, the button depresses into the door, then pops
Floyd | back out as you release it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "push snail" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SNAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle snick, the button depresses into the door, then pops
Floyd | back out as you release it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "push crystal" 		

Floyd ]                  Lacuna, Twilight  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CRYSTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle snick, the button depresses into the door, then pops
Floyd | back out as you release it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "push mussel" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH MUSSEL
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle snick, the button depresses into the door, then pops
Floyd | back out as you release it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any obvious way to open it: no knob or handle, just the
Floyd | row of buttons and the bands of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "color" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dark to make out any details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not going to sleep very well on these old warped boards.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leafy nook at the foot of the tree you painted to reach this place
Floyd | springs to mind. It might be comfortable enough for sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You step back into the cabin's larger front room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The cabin is black in the moonless night, only the dimmest traces of
Floyd | starlight spilling in through the open doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room's sole other feature is the open wooden box
Floyd | (containing the sketchbook).
Floyd |
Floyd | Two smaller interior doorways lead to the dark studio or to
Floyd | the tiny storage room. You can also step back
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Stepping outside, you discover that the sun has set and the light has
Floyd | gone, leaving you in the black of night.
Floyd |
Floyd | You step back outside into the night, walking down the beach in the
Floyd | direction of the surf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The log cabin is barely distinct in the darkness, almost
Floyd | swallowed up by the looming lava flow behind it. The
Floyd | undulating white sand beach is dim and indistinct under the
Floyd | stars, the border between ground and sky defined by the sound of the
Floyd | runners of foamy surf reaching almost to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away towards the cluster of boulders or
Floyd | the rocky rise, or you could also wade down into the
Floyd | lagoon. The cabin lies back up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gazing up at the sky, you pause for a moment in wonder. Spanning the
Floyd | horizon is a fantastic sight-- a silver-orange galaxy,
Floyd | glimmering in the night like some vision. You've seen countless night
Floyd | skies in your travels, but this certainly counts as one of the most
Floyd | spectacular.
Floyd |
Floyd | The last of the light has faded from the sky, leaving only a rich
Floyd | black sky studded with millions of stars and a great swirling
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far out in the lagoon, bobbing and weaving slowly just under the
Floyd | surface of the water, are dozens of pale lights, glowing
Floyd | eerily in the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "galaxy" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GALAXY
Floyd |
Floyd | Stretching nearly from horizon to horizon, the galaxy is rich with a
Floyd | million tiny dots finer than dust grains, streaked through with every
Floyd | shade of orange-tinted silver you can imagine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "lights" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Spread out all across the lagoon, under the surface of the water, are
Floyd | dozens of faint, pale glows, bobbing and weaving slowly across the
Floyd | bay. From here on the land, you're too far away to tell what they are.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The beach widens here in the middle of its sweeping curve around the
Floyd | lagoon, rising in graceful white dunes to the sudden black slope of
Floyd | the old lava flow. Up against the flow is built a log
Floyd | cabin, looking long-neglected but still intact. Foamy
Floyd | breakers lap the shore before you, unbroken save for your own
Floyd | footsteps.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away towards the cluster of boulders or
Floyd | the rocky rise, or you could also wade down into the
Floyd | lagoon. The cabin lies back up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down towards the breakers on dampening sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wading In the Lagoon
Floyd | The warm water of the lagoon laps quietly at your ankles, faint
Floyd | twinkles of the stars and galaxy above mingling with hints of foam.
Floyd | Caught between rolling black velvet and the arching black sky, you
Floyd | feel strange and unreal. Pale lights weave and bob through
Floyd | the waters of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can wade towards the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade farther out into
Floyd | the ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "waters" 		

Floyd | Topics: prevent, and keep
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > WATERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wade out into the surf. The lagoon is shallow enough that you walk
Floyd | quite far before the water climbs past your knees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ocean Waters
Floyd | The warm water of the lagoon laps quietly at your waist, faint
Floyd | twinkles of the stars and galaxy above mingling with hints of foam.
Floyd | Caught between rolling black velvet and the arching black sky, you
Floyd | feel strange and unreal. Pale lights weave and bob through
Floyd | the waters of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Short of swimming out to the ocean, the only real places to go are
Floyd | back to the beach, or scrambling up towards the rounded
Floyd | boulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man is a few swells away, bobbing lazily as he
Floyd | floats on his back, eyes closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Happy night," he says, looking up and scissoring his arms gently at
Floyd | his sides. He frowns, noticing the pendant around your neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey now," he says, "that's mine. Give that back." He reaches out his
Floyd | hand to take it; you could prevent him or let him
Floyd | keep it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "keep" 		

Floyd | Topics: habit
Floyd | You can also say nothing, goodbye, or change the
Floyd | subject.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You return the pendant to the strange man, who shoves it in a pocket,
Floyd | muttering grumpily. "I suppose you're just in the habit of
Floyd | picking up everything that's not nailed down," he says, "is that it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "habit" 		

Floyd | Topics: listen
Floyd | You can also say goodbye, or change the subject.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HABIT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hrmph," he says, "well just ask next time, if you don't remind. Was
Floyd | there something you wanted to talk about?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | Topics: listen
Floyd | You can also say goodbye, or change the subject.
Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You stay quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "goodbye" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd |
Floyd | > GOODBYE
Floyd |
Floyd | "See you around!" He kicks a few strokes away from you and stretches
Floyd | out his arms, bobbing lazily in the swell.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ocean Waters
Floyd | The warm water of the lagoon laps quietly at your waist, faint
Floyd | twinkles of the stars and galaxy above mingling with hints of foam.
Floyd | Caught between rolling black velvet and the arching black sky, you
Floyd | feel strange and unreal. Pale lights weave and bob through
Floyd | the waters of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Short of swimming out to the ocean, the only real places to go are
Floyd | back to the beach, or scrambling up towards the rounded
Floyd | boulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange man is a few swells away, bobbing lazily as he
Floyd | floats on his back, eyes closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You slosh your way towards the shore, push past the breakpoint where
Floyd | the gentle swells tumble over themselves into knee-high waves, and
Floyd | finally step back onto the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wading In the Lagoon
Floyd | The warm water of the lagoon laps quietly at your ankles, faint
Floyd | twinkles of the stars and galaxy above mingling with hints of foam.
Floyd | Caught between rolling black velvet and the arching black sky, you
Floyd | feel strange and unreal. Pale lights weave and bob through
Floyd | the waters of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can wade towards the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade farther out into
Floyd | the ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "beach" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge from the shallow water and hike up the drying beach leaving
Floyd | the soft crash of the surf far behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | Foamy breakers lap the shore before you, dotted with myriad tiny
Floyd | shells and pieces of wood. Pale lights weave and bob through
Floyd | the waters of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, vanishing into
Floyd | darkness, while disappearing closer at hand into the stand of
Floyd | boulders. You could also wade down into the lagoon,
Floyd | or follow a faint path up into shadowy vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, you spot the strange man ambling from the
Floyd | lagoon to the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "darkness" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DARKNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the sweeping curve of the beach about halfway around its
Floyd | edge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Abandoned Cabin
Floyd | The log cabin is barely distinct in the darkness, almost
Floyd | swallowed up by the looming lava flow behind it. The
Floyd | undulating white sand beach is dim and indistinct under the
Floyd | stars, the border between ground and sky defined by the sound of the
Floyd | runners of foamy surf reaching almost to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach stretches away back towards the cluster of boulders
Floyd | or the rocky rise, or you could also wade down into
Floyd | the lagoon. The cabin lies up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some distance away, you see the strange man ambling from the
Floyd | shore to the beach near the rise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down towards the breakers on dampening sand, your feet on the
Floyd | ground the only sound in the night's stillness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wading In the Lagoon
Floyd | The warm water of the lagoon laps quietly at your ankles, faint
Floyd | twinkles of the stars and galaxy above mingling with hints of foam.
Floyd | Caught between rolling black velvet and the arching black sky, you
Floyd | feel strange and unreal. Pale lights weave and bob through
Floyd | the waters of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can wade towards the beach in one of several directions: towards
Floyd | the rocky rise, towards the log cabin, or towards
Floyd | the beach near the path. You could also wade farther out into
Floyd | the ocean waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "waters" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You wade out into the surf. The lagoon is shallow enough that you walk
Floyd | quite far before the water climbs past your knees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ocean Waters
Floyd | The warm water of the lagoon laps quietly at your waist, faint
Floyd | twinkles of the stars and galaxy above mingling with hints of foam.
Floyd | Caught between rolling black velvet and the arching black sky, you
Floyd | feel strange and unreal. Pale lights weave and bob through
Floyd | the waters of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Short of swimming out to the ocean, the only real places to go are
Floyd | back to the beach, or scrambling up towards the rounded
Floyd | boulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "boulders" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You slosh your way towards the shore, push past the breakpoint where
Floyd | the gentle swells tumble over themselves into knee-high waves, and
Floyd | finally step back onto the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | The boulders rise from the sand in a confusion of curved shapes, great
Floyd | black eggs blotting out the stars on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | wetted by the spray of the surf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander towards the rocky point, while the beach
Floyd | opens up towards the edge of the forest. The tide crashes
Floyd | against a bank of low smooth stones running back into the ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "point" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You weave through the boulder stand, clambering over a few shorter
Floyd | rocks here and there, and eventually break out onto a wet, rocky
Floyd | point.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tidepools
Floyd | A rocky point ends here with a cluster of small pools,
Floyd | battered and churned by the relentless breaking of waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dry land snakes back towards the cluster of boulders. There
Floyd | is no safe place to enter the ocean from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "pools" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Clinging precariously to every hollow and bowl in the jumbled rock,
Floyd | the pools are rimmed with clumps of drying foam, their surfaces
Floyd | disturbed every few minutes by rogue waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "boulders" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOULDERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You step carefully through the crashing surf back towards the beach,
Floyd | only the faint light of the stars above showing your way, until you
Floyd | find yourself among the boulders again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Boulders
Floyd | The boulders rise from the sand in a confusion of curved shapes, great
Floyd | black eggs blotting out the stars on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small green mussels cling to the lower edges of the boulders,
Floyd | wetted by the spray of the surf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy paths wander back towards the rocky point, while the
Floyd | beach opens up towards the edge of the forest. The tide
Floyd | crashes against a bank of low smooth stones running into the ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "forest" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave the boulders behind and walk back to the smooth white sand
Floyd | of the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | The undulating white sand beach is dim and indistinct under
Floyd | the stars, the border between ground and sky defined by the sound of
Floyd | the waves, a stone's throw away. Pale lights weave and bob
Floyd | through the waters of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, vanishing into
Floyd | darkness, while disappearing closer at hand back into the
Floyd | stand of boulders. You could also wade down into the
Floyd | lagoon, or follow a faint path up into shadowy vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, by the beach near the rise, you glimpse the strange
Floyd | man, sleeping.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "path" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PATH
Floyd |
Floyd | The forest has mostly reclaimed it, but you can see where a path was
Floyd | once cut through the trees here: moss-covered stumps and repositioned
Floyd | boulders mark a gently curving line through the vegetation. The path
Floyd | connects the beach with the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "forest" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I'm not sure what you meant. Try LOOK to reorient yourself
Floyd | to your surroundings, or HELP for more instructions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach, Near the Path
Floyd | Stretching out before you is a breathtaking white sand lagoon
Floyd | framed by a cliff of jet-black lava, the glimmering beach forming a
Floyd | languid half-moon curve around a shallow bay of deep, rich blue. The
Floyd | smell of the sea breeze on your face makes you smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach curves gently around the lagoon, vanishing into
Floyd | darkness, while disappearing closer at hand back into the
Floyd | stand of boulders. You could also wade down into the
Floyd | lagoon, or follow a faint path up into shadowy vegetation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk back up the path and return to the black interior of the
Floyd | forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Path
Floyd | You can smell and hear the foliage around you more than you can see
Floyd | it: the smell of cool earth and growing things, and the sounds of leaf
Floyd | rubbing against leaf.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clearing is dominated by the withered tree, vine-wrapped
Floyd | trunk rising from gnarled roots, lemon-yellow leaves springing from
Floyd | sinuous branches. At the base of the tree, a leaf-lined nook
Floyd | curls invitingly between two gnarled roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though long overgrown with moss and concealed by huge fallen leaves, a
Floyd | path was once cut through the vegetation, connecting the
Floyd | beach with the deeper forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You lie down on the bed of leaves, comfortably anchored between the
Floyd | two tree roots, and rest comfortably on your back, looking up into the
Floyd | sea of dancing lemon-yellow leaves above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lulled by the rustling of the leaves above and the quiet sigh of the
Floyd | tree, you drift into a deep, bottomless sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd | ~-~-~the tumble, studio~-~-~
Floyd | The fire roars, stoked high with fresh-chopped wood, its bass growl
Floyd | mingling with the laughing soprano crinkles of the stream. Living
Floyd | pines form the great beams of the ceiling, their boughs swaying gently
Floyd | in invisible breezes and smelling of home and winter. But your
Floyd | canvases are gone, replaced by haphazard stacks of miniature
Floyd | snow-globes filled with tiny anemones and starfish and carelessly
Floyd | piled paintings, so dusty and faded they are almost indistinguishable
Floyd | from each other, floor to ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the lodge is shut tight. Vague premonitions
Floyd | hint at danger outside, some looming responsibility.
Floyd |
Floyd | One canvas remains, huge, suspended in the center of the room
Floyd | and alive with motion. A letter lies near the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "letter" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Written immaculately in dark ink on the inside, in a fine, cursive
Floyd | hand, are the words:
Floyd |
Floyd | Testing, test, test, test.
Floyd |
Floyd | One two three. How are--- are we---
Floyd |
Floyd | Testing. Testing. Te---
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think it's working.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a faint surge of sentience from the presences, somewhere
Floyd | distant and asleep. You must find a different tree, it reminds you,
Floyd | one that you haven't dreamt under before. Otherwise they cannot learn.
Floyd | Each tree helps reveal a different face of your mind... their minds?
Floyd | ...that one alone could not see.
Floyd |
Floyd | The presences fade, but offer you a choice: they can help you sleep
Floyd | through the night, or wake you up now, while it's
Floyd | still night.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "now" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOW
Floyd |
Floyd | It is done. When you wake, it will be as if no time has passed at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | The presences fade away, and are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | ~-~-~the tumble, studio~-~-~
Floyd | The fire roars, stoked high with fresh-chopped wood, its bass growl
Floyd | mingling with the laughing soprano crinkles of the stream. Living
Floyd | pines form the great beams of the ceiling, their boughs swaying gently
Floyd | in invisible breezes and smelling of home and winter. But your
Floyd | canvases are gone, replaced by haphazard stacks of carelessly piled
Floyd | paintings, so dusty and faded they are almost indistinguishable from
Floyd | each other and miniature models of twisted, perforated trees, floor to
Floyd | ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the lodge is shut tight. Vague premonitions
Floyd | hint at danger outside, some looming responsibility.
Floyd |
Floyd | One canvas remains, huge, suspended in the center of the room
Floyd | and alive with motion. A letter lies near the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You move towards the stairs, but as you put your foot on the bottom
Floyd | steps it rips in half: paper. Looking up, you see the rest of the
Floyd | Tumble is merely a hastily-constructed stage set, designed to seem
Floyd | real only from the right angle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings wide, and behind it sears a burst of blazing light...
Floyd |
Floyd | You're awake, but hardly any time seems to have passed. It's still
Floyd | dark and you're still sleepy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Path
Floyd | You can smell and hear the foliage around you more than you can see
Floyd | it: the smell of cool earth and growing things, and the sounds of leaf
Floyd | rubbing against leaf.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clearing is dominated by the withered tree, vine-wrapped
Floyd | trunk rising from gnarled roots, lemon-yellow leaves springing from
Floyd | sinuous branches. At the base of the tree, a leaf-lined nook
Floyd | curls invitingly between two gnarled roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though long overgrown with moss and concealed by huge fallen leaves, a
Floyd | path was once cut through the vegetation, connecting the
Floyd | beach with the deeper forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "forest" 		

Floyd ]                   Lacuna, Night  -  Chapter two
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | Making slow progress, you venture deeper into the forest along the
Floyd | nearly-vanished path, ducking under vines and walking through
Floyd | knee-deep clusters of fallen leaves and dense ground cover.
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Tree, Beneath the Treehouse
Floyd | The forest is thick and black here, the vague shape of the treehouse
Floyd | and vegetation above blocking out the stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rotting rope ladder leads up through the open doorway of
Floyd | the treehouse. The way back to the path is open, and opposite
Floyd | that the forest gives way to open terrain the way you came.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You stretch out on the ground and drift into an uneasy sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd | ~-~-~inside the volcano~-~-~
Floyd | You stand in the center of some huge cavern, miles below the island in
Floyd | the fiery roots of the volcano. Waterfalls of lava and explosions of
Floyd | steam fill the superheated air with deep red glows and burning chaos.
Floyd | Strange shadows dance on the walls, that sometimes remind you of a row
Floyd | of glass dolls and sometimes look like stacks of fur hides. From your
Floyd | precarious ledge there is no sane way up or down, except perhaps for a
Floyd | dark hole near your feet spouting breaths of sulfuric steam.
Floyd |
Floyd | A river of lava churns slowly past you, bubbling and steaming
Floyd | like an ancient fire demon, real and alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "lava" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAVA
Floyd |
Floyd | The surface of the lava twitches and dances, fragments of black
Floyd | dissolving into cracks of red, yellow, and gold, which slowly fade
Floyd | again to blackness. But as you watch the process speeds up, faster and
Floyd | faster, until it becomes a multihued blur of fire, so complex you
Floyd | almost think you can see patterns in the chaos.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something tickles the back of your neck, as if someone stands next to
Floyd | you. When you turn to look there is nothing, but the feeling of
Floyd | presence lingers, strengthens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "presence" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | The presence is satisfied. You do wish to listen, to hear and learn
Floyd | more. You sense it gather itself, concentration crinkling the ridges
Floyd | of thought as it tries with smoldering intensity to communicate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Slowly, a concept takes place in your mind, like a long-forgotten word
Floyd | on the tip of your tongue, before finally breaking through, and as
Floyd | soon as it does you sense its truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is not one presence, but many.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "patterns" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PATTERNS
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything but the presence has become faded and grey for the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that you concentrate it seems obvious: yes, many minds, many small
Floyd | whispers, each distinct, but speaking together, all collaborating in
Floyd | their attempt to reach you. A handful are nearby, but behind them are
Floyd | the shadows of countless more, and some hidden sense suggests that
Floyd | distance is very far indeed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "many" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MANY
Floyd |
Floyd | It is so terribly slow, this communication, but another concept begins
Floyd | to come to you, a bubble rising through cold molasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | These minds speak to each other in the same way they speak to you. The
Floyd | reason it is so difficult to reach you is that...
Floyd |
Floyd | No, you can't quite grasp it. It's too hard. As if their minds are so
Floyd | different from yours that even the simplest...
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah. That's it. That's it exactly. Only in dreams, when your mind is
Floyd | open to the slightest hint of suggestion, can they reach you now.
Floyd | Slowly your mind and theirs are learning to sense each other, to
Floyd | communicate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything but the presence has become faded and grey for the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | And slowly you become aware of something else. These minds exist only
Floyd | as minds, in some abstract civilization of pure thought. The first one
Floyd | like you they tried to reach...
Floyd |
Floyd | The first?
Floyd |
Floyd | But already the minds fade, and moments later, they are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | ~-~-~inside the volcano~-~-~
Floyd | You stand in the center of some huge cavern, miles below the island in
Floyd | the fiery roots of the volcano. Waterfalls of lava and explosions of
Floyd | steam fill the superheated air with deep red glows and burning chaos.
Floyd | Strange shadows dance on the walls, that sometimes remind you of a row
Floyd | of glass dolls and sometimes look like cans of paint. From your
Floyd | precarious ledge there is no sane way up or down, except perhaps for a
Floyd | dark hole near your feet spouting breaths of sulfuric steam.
Floyd |
Floyd | A river of lava churns slowly past you, bubbling and steaming
Floyd | like an ancient fire demon, real and alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | On a nearby wall of polished black lava, you notice the steam
Floyd | coalescing into strange shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "shapes" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | As you stare at the shapes, you realize the steam is condensing onto
Floyd | the black surface in the shape of letters, some script
Floyd | unknown to you, but strangely you find you can understand it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "letters" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LETTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You step closer and read the message:
Floyd |
Floyd | What? Yes, we're transmitting. Shh. Hello? Ah. Fantastic. The
Floyd | Beast still works after all these years, it would seem. Well, there's
Floyd | not much time. We can only hack the signal for so long before... but
Floyd | listen to me, dithering. Greetings. Sincerest of greetings, whoever
Floyd | you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | Let me be brief. These dreams you're having are dangerous. Don't
Floyd | believe everything you hear and see. There may be, well, motives at
Floyd | play, ulterior and otherwise. They may not have your best interests in
Floyd | mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Don't trust them. They've been using people like you for thousands
Floyd | of years. Yes, yes, who are "they" and all that... there's no time to
Floyd | get into details, but soon we'll be able
Floyd |
Floyd | You watch for a long moment, but no further letters appear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "hole" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The hole, just wide enough for you to enter, heads steeply
Floyd | down and immediately vanishes into solid black heat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "patterns" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PATTERNS
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite the heat, you find yourself drawn closer and closer to the
Floyd | lava. The patterns become more and more distinct. You reach out a hand
Floyd | and suddenly they pull you in, under the surface, heat stabbing into
Floyd | your eyes and straight back into your memory...
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*memory*)}
Floyd |
Floyd | {-(* Big  Tree,  In  The  Branches *)-}
Floyd | The hammer in your hand sends jolts up your arm as you pound the next
Floyd | board carefully into place. The treehouse is slowly taking
Floyd | shape around you, and not even an afternoon rain shower will keep you
Floyd | from finishing it. A place for the girls to come for a span, when they
Floyd | need time alone. Or you do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Around you, water drips down from leaves, the remnants of the rain
Floyd | shower, and wet breezes rustle the yellow leaves of the
Floyd | windsigh, harmonic tones singing something strange, and so
Floyd | much the pleasant. No, this island is not what you trickling
Floyd | expected. But mayhaps you and the couplets can find healing here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The girls are playing some game down on the ground, dimly
Floyd | visible through the branches and yellow leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "girls" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>
Floyd | > GIRLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your daughters are on the ground beneath you, playing quietly near the
Floyd | writhing roots of the windsigh. You wish you could hear them laugh
Floyd | again, like they used to before you came here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phoebe   {(*phoebe*)}   and Lethe   {(*lethe*)}  --
Floyd | your beautiful girls. And now when you look all you see is their
Floyd | mother.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "treehouse" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>
Floyd | > TREEHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have always thought and membered with your hands. In the past few
Floyd | weeks it is as if you've been trying to drown out all other thoughts:
Floyd | first the cabin, then the safety door, now this treehouse. And you
Floyd | have. Drowned them out. So far.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "phoebe" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>
Floyd | > PHOEBE
Floyd |
Floyd |        {(*Progue*)(*your daughter Phoebe*)}|{(*Phoebe*)(*dad*)}
Floyd |
Floyd | {-(* Underneath  The  Big  Tree *)-}
Floyd | You are lost in thought, lying on your back on a carpet of wet leaves,
Floyd | watching hundreds of water droplets fall from them towards and around
Floyd | you, imagining you are floating through space, some infinite
Floyd | lemon-yellow space. You are not thinking about mother, for a change,
Floyd | or about your friends and house and school that you'll never see
Floyd | again. It's just that lying in this spot, letting your mind wander,
Floyd | you find a strange sensation sometimes creeps over you. Like someone
Floyd | trying very hard to speak to you, only they don't know how to talk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dad is up in the tree working on the stupid treehouse, and
Floyd | your sister fidgets restlessly near the path down to
Floyd | the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying abandoned on its side near the base of the tree is the old
Floyd | teaching head.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "head" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>
Floyd | > HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Dad keeps telling you to take better care of it. It's one of the few
Floyd | things that came with you when you came here, since dad made it, you
Floyd | guess. You and Laylay both learned your letters years ago, so it
Floyd | doesn't get much use any more.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "lethe" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Phoebe*)}>
Floyd | > LETHE
Floyd |
Floyd |        {(*Phoebe*)(*Laylay*)}|{(*Lethe*)(*your sister Phoebe*)}
Floyd |
Floyd | {-(* Underneath  The  Big  Tree *)-}
Floyd | Your sister doesn't want to do anything, and you're getting bored,
Floyd | watching the rain spiral down the windsigh as you try to decide what
Floyd | to do next. You can't really go exploring without Phoebe, and dad
Floyd | won't let you go swimming alone either, and it's too rainy to go
Floyd | down to the beach. You hate this place sometimes. You wish
Floyd | mom were here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dad is up in the branches above, still working on your
Floyd | treehouse, and your sister is lying on the ground nearby,
Floyd | pretending to ignore you.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Lethe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "dad" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Lethe*)}>
Floyd | > DAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Your daddy  {(*progue*)}  tries so hard to make you and
Floyd | Phoebe feel loved, but you know something you will never tell either
Floyd | of them. He loved mom more than either of you, and always will.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Lethe*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "progue" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Lethe*)}>
Floyd | > PROGUE
Floyd |
Floyd |        {(*Lethe*)(*dad*)}|{(*Progue*)(*your daughter Lethe*)}
Floyd |
Floyd | {-(* Big  Tree,  In  The  Branches *)-}
Floyd | The hammer in your hand sends jolts up your arm as you pound the next
Floyd | board carefully into place. The treehouse is slowly taking
Floyd | shape around you, and not even an afternoon rain shower will keep you
Floyd | from finishing it. Around you, water drips down from leaves, the
Floyd | remnants of the rain shower, and wet breezes rustle the yellow leaves
Floyd | of the windsigh, harmonic tones singing something strange,
Floyd | and so much the pleasant. No, this island is not what you
Floyd | trickling expected. But mayhaps you and the couplets can find healing
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The girls are playing some game down on the ground, dimly
Floyd | visible through the branches and yellow leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "windsigh" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>
Floyd | > WINDSIGH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a good tree for a treehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "treehouse" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>
Floyd | > TREEHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have always thought and membered with your hands. In the past few
Floyd | weeks it is as if you've been trying to drown out all other thoughts:
Floyd | first the cabin, then the safety door, now this treehouse. And you
Floyd | have. Drowned them out. So far.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>

		Binder says, "OK, I'm braned out. Went in circles there trying to find the manta to go out at night and see the glowing stuff or find some button which has a black representative on the island."
Binder says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Binder says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "cfnobrane" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>
Floyd | > CFNOBRANE
Floyd |
Floyd | You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not
Floyd | in that combination.
Floyd |
Floyd | {(*Progue*)}>

		Binder says, "Oh i guess I got the default cf12 filename"
Binder slams the cover on the piano and runs off stage.	



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NightFloyd Transcript:
The Argument-Winner's Ghost by Andrew Schultz
Blackness by Michael Phipps
The Cenric Family Curse by Jonathan Snyder
As played on ifMUD on October 31, 2013

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 takes on significantly larger works of interactive fiction, knowing going in that each one will take multiple sessions (but not always, as you'll see in this transcript). 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 Argument-Winner's Ghost written by Andrew Schultz, Blackness written by Michael Phipps, and The Cenric Family Curse written by Jonathan Snyder. These games were all released during EctoComp 2013. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: The Argument-Winner's Ghost, The Cenric Family Curse, and Blackness.

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:

The Argument-Winner's Ghost by Andrew Schultz
Blackness by Michael Phipps
The Cenric Family Curse by Jonathan Snyder
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
#ClubFloyd Discussion
		

		genericgeekgirl says, "Uploaded all as "ecto13-whatever"."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Shall we just go alphabetically?"
		DavidW says, "I see. Lots of them."
		Binder says, "Suits me."
		DavidW says, "Fine with me."
		genericgeekgirl says, "18, I think? I suspect many will be short."
Olly arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ecto13argument" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You read it in the local suburban newspaper. Harley Drotz crashed his
Floyd | SUV. A fine young American who worked as some unwholesome cross of
Floyd | lawyer and salesman not possible before the Internet revolution.
Floyd |
Floyd | Funeral November 2nd. Visitations, wake, etc. You don't care about
Floyd | that. You remember him as some guy who'd start an argument just to win
Floyd | it. The paper has his address--and you think back to long ago, when
Floyd | you and some friends walked by his parents' house. Everyone pissed on
Floyd | the lawn, except you. It wasn't that you hadn't drunk enough Kool-Aid.
Floyd | You were just a bit scared to. Your friends punched you for that. And
Floyd | perhaps you're mean, or biased, but the family quotes seem to
Floyd | indicate--well, he's still a total jerk. (push any key)

		
Olly teleports out of the room, library card in hand. 		Zach) jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "Sorry, but I'd rather play with Olly."
AdamM arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		jenrexrode says, "heh"
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | indicate--well, he's still a total jerk. (push any key)
Floyd |
Floyd | You googlestalk a bit first, see the notes on the message boards, how
Floyd | he plays the same tricks you remember from high school, a bit refined.
Floyd | You flip a coin. You flip it again when it doesn't fall as you like.
Floyd | And you walk over to his townhome. You remember it's Halloween, but
Floyd | it's well past trick-or-treat time, so you won't get an indecent
Floyd | exposure rap if you just finish business. The rain gets started as you
Floyd | do. Once done, you hide in the overhang by the front door--which
Floyd | swings open. The wind beats the rain against you. (push any key)

		minghua asks, ""googlestalk" is a real word now?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "This one is by Andrew Schultz, so it will probably be awesome."
		zarf says, "has been for a while"
		Zach says, "Hooray"
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a voice. "Dammit! Who is it now?" You tell him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Milo McNeeble? Oh. Yeah. It's me. Harley Drotz. But you knew that.
Floyd | What you didn't know is, I've been kept here to help people like
Floyd | you--to help you do better in life. Apparently I'll need to help a
Floyd | bunch of you without you knowing. Like I did in life. They tell me
Floyd | I'll help you in ways I don't know. Whatever. I'll get my reward
Floyd | after. Remember how I tried to help you out? With girls, with sports
Floyd | teams, with ambition, with getting in shape? No? I was tough but fair,
Floyd | wasn't I? Well, now's the chance to show me--or thank me--or give up.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, one more thing. Snap if you need me. I'm sort of forced to drop
Floyd | by. But don't waste time. I'm saying this for your own good. I'm also
Floyd | taking it easy. So don't feel too good if you win. This is part of my
Floyd | community service or whatever."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Argument-Winner's Ghost
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Andrew Schultz
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131031 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | You're in the foyer. The bedroom is west, and the living room is
Floyd | north. You could go south if you wanted. A very accurate digital clock
Floyd | is on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley's ghost hovers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a newspaper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "(to the Andrew Schultz part)"
		Allen says, "I hope googlestalk is stalking two and exactly two people with a single search"
		DavidW asks, "wait, is 'pissed on the lawn' meant to be literal?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, I suspect so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take newspaper" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NEWSPAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley reminds you of a class he got a higher grade in than you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read newspaper" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEWSPAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a sports section, a comics section and a bunch of boring news
Floyd | sections.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley reminds you of a class where you got a higher grade but
Floyd | probably learned less about life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read comics" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ COMICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Boo."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read comics section" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ COMICS SECTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Ahhh!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x clock" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's accurate to the nearest millionth of a second, and it shows time
Floyd | going very slowly. Harley coughs as if expecting thanks for extending
Floyd | your life for a few minutes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley says he doesn't expect you to be fun, but at least TRY, geez.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read sports" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ SPORTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the sports section.

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ignore harley" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > IGNORE HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>

		genericgeekgirl asks, "What?"
		Binder says, "uh"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |   WORLD WHATEVERBALL CONFLAGARATION STANDINGS
Floyd |  LETHAL DIVISION      ANNOYING DIVISION
Floyd |
Floyd | RAMEN GOLEMS    9 1  PROCRASTINATORS 8 2 DACHSUNDPEDES   6 4
Floyd | DELINQUENTS     7 3 ROACHASAURI     6 4  INTERRUPTORS    5 5
Floyd | DUODECAPUSES    6 4  NARCISSISTS     3 7 MEGAMOEBA       3 7
Floyd | EXASPERATORS    3 7 AMPHIBISHARKS   3 7  DOUBLETALKERS   1 9
Floyd |
Floyd | THIS WEEK'S RESULTS: RAMEN GOLEMS    46 DELINQUENTS   40 DACHSUNDPEDES
Floyd | 47 ROACHASAURI   29 PROCRASTINATORS 53 DUODECAPUSES  33 MEGAMOEBA
Floyd | 25 INTERRUPTORS  41 AMPHIBISHARKS   60 DOUBLETALKERS 32 NARCISSISTS
Floyd | 40 EXASPERATORS  37 (OT)
Floyd |
Floyd | Yup, your Ramen Golems are doing pretty well. They weren't so hot back
Floyd | in high school, and you don't follow things after they won the title
Floyd | last year, but still.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley tells you there's still time to get a life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There must be a prompt we're not seeing."
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat ramen golgem" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT RAMEN GOLGEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat ramen golem" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT RAMEN GOLEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		minghua says, "Gah. The java client is not good for club floyd sessions. You guys have fun."
minghua has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x harley" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Even in the afterlife, he wears a popped collar that is not obscured
Floyd | by his robes. He's still rather handsome, or he could convince you he
Floyd | was handsome even if he wasn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks you to hurry up, for your own good.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Well, it's happening locally in Gargoyle, too."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clock" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's accurate to the nearest millionth of a second, and it shows time
Floyd | going very slowly. But the novelty is wearing off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley reminds you of the time even stupid people laughed with him at
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to harley" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley deftly changes the subject into how you're lousy at small talk
Floyd | or serious talk, and really, you need to SHOW not tell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "show newspaper to harley" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW NEWSPAPER TO HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley looks very, very bored with plain old news. You fail to make it
Floyd | interesting to him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Geez. You sure are boring, McNeeble." says Harley. He disappears to
Floyd | another room. Bedroom, Den and Living Room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a newspaper
Floyd |   a wallet
Floyd |     a picture of Fran
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x picture" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's you and Fran, happy together. You really hit it off talking
Floyd | about, well, how people can be jerks to each other. You talked about
Floyd | how people said you'd better not be homosexual, and each of you even
Floyd | had people in college tell you you should be. But you both made your
Floyd | choice and you're happy together. You don't care what the other looks
Floyd | like--too much--but you're grateful they take care of their own
Floyd | bodies. And you don't feel any need to answer anyone you've never met
Floyd | about your sexuality. That's just a nosy question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're a bit soaked but not enough to ruin Harley's floor,
Floyd | unfortunately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x wallet" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLET
Floyd |
Floyd | In the wallet is a picture of Fran.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show fran to harley" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW FRAN TO HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show photo to harley" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW PHOTO TO HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose go to another room."
		DavidW says, "Harley left."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, he left. Ok."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to examine?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | You're in the foyer. The bedroom is west, and the living room is
Floyd | north. You could go south if you wanted. A very accurate digital clock
Floyd | is on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "West?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | You're in the bedroom. Yup, Harley's bed is here, and it looks a bit
Floyd | messy. The foyer is east, and the den is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley's bed is a mess, and it looks like there's something under it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > MAKE BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I didnt understand that. The main commands are to look,
Floyd | examine, SNAP for Harley, or SHOW him something. If you're desperate,
Floyd | WALKTHROUGH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hee"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm, what do we have here?
Floyd |
Floyd | A jersey for Tyler Twinkleteeth, Whateverball player of the year three
Floyd | years running for the Delinquents. Until the scandal. The unspeakable
Floyd | scandal.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Dear John letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, there are also some diet pills, too. And a password slip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
AdamM goes home. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | password slip: Taken.
Floyd | jar of diet pills: Taken.
Floyd | Dear John letter: Taken.
Floyd | jersey: Taken.
Floyd | picture of Fran: Best keep it in your wallet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh man. You identify with the girl in this letter. Not that you ever
Floyd | went out with Harley. But he made the same good first impressions,
Floyd | left you hanging, and so forth, just long enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear jersey" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR JERSEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read password" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PASSWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | It mentions Harley's mortgage payment company and the password, which
Floyd | is easy to guess and easy to remember. You nosy person, you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pills" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PILLS
Floyd |
Floyd | The jar of diet pills reminds you how Harley never was in very good
Floyd | shape despite making fun of your physique.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take pills" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PILLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat pills" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PILLS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open pills" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PILLS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps we give the pills to an overweight cat."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Aw :("
		Binder says, "> feed pills to ayn; give typewriter to ayn"
		DavidW says, "Find another room, I think."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | You're in the bedroom. Yup, Harley's bed is here, and it looks a bit
Floyd | messy. The foyer is east, and the den is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder asks, "north?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  ????
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Den
Floyd | You're in the den. The bedroom is south, and the living room is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley's ghost hovers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Bowflex machine, slightly disused, is here. It's currently set up
Floyd | for a lat-pull down. It has a bar you can pull down and is set to 140.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show fran to harley" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +???
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW FRAN TO HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You show Harley the picture of Fran. Not that you care what he has to
Floyd | say, but just to show him you've found someone you're happy with. "I
Floyd | always thought you might be..." you have the confidence to cut him
Floyd | off. "Hey, I'm all for that sort of rights, only stupid people
Floyd | aren't..." You throw your hands up. Because it doesn't matter either
Floyd | way. It never did. You've said it to yourself, but you believe it
Floyd | more, now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "kiss harley" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +???
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +???
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the Bowflex Machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "use machine" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +???
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I didnt understand that. The main commands are to look,
Floyd | examine, SNAP for Harley, or SHOW him something. If you're desperate,
Floyd | WALKTHROUGH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull bar" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +???
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL BAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's easy. Too easy. Harley's ghost yawns. He could do that, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "set bar to 200" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +???
Floyd |
Floyd | > SET BAR TO 200
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "set bar" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +???
Floyd |
Floyd | > SET BAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I didnt understand that. The main commands are to look,
Floyd | examine, SNAP for Harley, or SHOW him something. If you're desperate,
Floyd | WALKTHROUGH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "set machine" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +???
Floyd |
Floyd | > SET MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I didnt understand that. The main commands are to look,
Floyd | examine, SNAP for Harley, or SHOW him something. If you're desperate,
Floyd | WALKTHROUGH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +???
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Den
Floyd | You're in the den. The bedroom is south, and the living room is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley's ghost hovers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Bowflex machine, slightly disused, is here. It's currently set up
Floyd | for a lat-pull down. It has a bar you can pull down and is set to 140.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +???
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I didnt understand that. The main commands are to look,
Floyd | examine, SNAP for Harley, or SHOW him something. If you're desperate,
Floyd | WALKTHROUGH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "aww"
Binder says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +???
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley has you covered in the vertical leap department.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show pills to harley" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +?*?
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW PILLS TO HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a bit mean, but hey, you show Harley the pills then point to his
Floyd | robe. Is there a reason it is loose? Why yes, yes, there is. Harley
Floyd | screams with rage. You feel like you've taken a point off him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show letter to harley" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +?*?
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW LETTER TO HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You've already talked with Harley about relationships. You've made
Floyd | your choice.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "o hai"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show jersey to harley" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW JERSEY TO HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You show Harley the Typer Twinkleteeth jersey. Harley knows about the
Floyd | scandal. It's about more than wins or losses. It's really
Floyd | embarrassing. Harley looks a good deal like Tyler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show password to harley" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW PASSWORD TO HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley doesn't seem to care about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a jersey
Floyd |   a Dear John letter
Floyd |   a jar of diet pills
Floyd |   a password slip
Floyd |   a newspaper
Floyd |   a wallet
Floyd |     a picture of Fran
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What's with the +?** in the status bar?"
		Binder says, "Wondering that myself"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Uncertain."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show wallet to harley" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW WALLET TO HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cheap wallet, dude."
Floyd | Harley doesn't seem to care about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Two actions took us from ? to * when Harley got agitated"
		Binder says, "Maybe he's like a slot machine and a third emotional 'point' will do something to progress"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Den
Floyd | You're in the den. The bedroom is south, and the living room is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley's ghost hovers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Bowflex machine, slightly disused, is here. It's currently set up
Floyd | for a lat-pull down. It has a bar you can pull down and is set to 140.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Living room?"
		Binder says, "Sure"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can't win arguments by running."
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | You're in the living room. The foyer is south, and the den is west. A
Floyd | bathroom is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a computer here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x computer" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The computer's set to MondoBank's website. You don't want to be
Floyd | surfing right now, but maybe you can do something here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "login to website" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOGIN TO WEBSITE
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "login" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOGIN
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to login?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type password" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE PASSWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "argue with harley" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > ARGUE WITH HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I didnt understand that. The main commands are to look,
Floyd | examine, SNAP for Harley, or SHOW him something. You can also LOGIN to
Floyd | the computer. If you're desperate, WALKTHROUGH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "login bank" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOGIN BANK
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x website" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WEBSITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "login mortgage" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOGIN MORTGAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter password" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER PASSWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x password" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PASSWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | It mentions Harley's mortgage payment company and the password, which
Floyd | is easy to guess and easy to remember. You nosy person, you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type password" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE PASSWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I didnt understand that. The main commands are to look,
Floyd | examine, SNAP for Harley, or SHOW him something. You can also LOGIN to
Floyd | the computer. If you're desperate, WALKTHROUGH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x computer" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The computer's set to MondoBank's website. You don't want to be
Floyd | surfing right now, but maybe you can do something here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x website" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WEBSITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "login to computer" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOGIN TO COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "login" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOGIN
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to login?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "computer" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't work--log in as a person.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "login harley" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOGIN HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You log Harley in with the password you found on the paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ah!"
		Binder says, "ha"
		Binder says, "derp derp"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x computer" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley's negative-equity mortgage and second mortgage are on display
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "snap fingers" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > SNAP FINGERS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to snap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "snap" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > SNAP
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley's ghost appears.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show computer to harley" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +***
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW COMPUTER TO HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley almost yells with rage as you point out his refinancing and
Floyd | loans from 401k and so forth. This from someone whose parents were so
Floyd | rich! Who expected to make money! You don't feel as good about this as
Floyd | you should, but hey, neither does Harley. "Ah-ha!" you say. "That's
Floyd | why your place is so minimalist!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The wind begins to blow. Whoos and ahs prevail. "It is judgement time
Floyd | for you, Mr. McNeeble! Leave, with the knowledge I was not really
Floyd | trying and that you are lucky you are not the one dead with me rifling
Floyd | through your stuff!
Floyd |  Speaking of which, give me back mine!
Floyd | "
Floyd | "Unable to finish the deal, there, McNeeble. You just couldn't give me
Floyd | the whole truth about girls and win an argument by kayo. A miss is as
Floyd | good as a mile.""Hey! Out! I'm busy. Go! Go!"
Floyd |
Floyd | As you go, you hear "Got someone else to help. Yeah? Who're you? Oh.
Floyd | Navin McNoggleston. Yeah, I remember you. Listen, I was sent here to
Floyd | help people like you. People less exciting than me...I'll get my
Floyd | reward when I'm done. They said so."
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop and think. Maybe you don't want to pour it on, but on the
Floyd | other hand, you don't want to be a total jerk. At any rate, you don't
Floyd | want to do that to most people. They won't be nearly as bad as Harley.
Floyd | But sometimes, they need it. Still, you don't want to BECOME them.
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 | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think I understood that game much."
		Binder asks, "In retrospect it seems like we were trying to banish a ghost who was bugging us?"
		Binder asks, "By showing that he was *also* a fuck up?"
		Zach says, "Hmm, maybe we can replay and use BECOME as a verb"
		DavidW says, "I really don't know who we were or what we were doing or what our story was."
		DavidW says (to Zach), "maybe"
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "become harley" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > BECOME HARLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I didnt understand that. The main commands are to look,
Floyd | examine, SNAP for Harley, or SHOW him something. You can also LOGIN to
Floyd | the computer. If you're desperate, WALKTHROUGH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "become" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > BECOME
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I didnt understand that. The main commands are to look,
Floyd | examine, SNAP for Harley, or SHOW him something. You can also LOGIN to
Floyd | the computer. If you're desperate, WALKTHROUGH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "snap" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > SNAP
Floyd |
Floyd | No point with Harley here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Harley asks why you whispered secrets about a friend and why he
Floyd | whispered them about you. Then he supplies details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Let's move on to the next game, please."
		Zach says, "OK. Maybe I just want to reach for something that's not there"
Zach says (to Floyd), "walkthrough" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > WALKTHROUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | There are 9 possible endings:
Floyd | s.y
Floyd | show fran to harley.s.y
Floyd | show fran to harley.show sports to harley.s.y
Floyd | show fran to harley.show sports to harley.n.login me.snap.show
Floyd | computer to harley.s.s.y
Floyd | show fran to harley.show sports to harley.w.n.set bowflex to
Floyd | 175.snap.pull bar.e.login me.snap.show computer to harley
Floyd | w.l under bed.snap.show pills.show jersey.show letter.n.e.snap.login
Floyd | me.show computer to harley
Floyd | show fran to harley.show sports to harley.w.l under bed.snap.show
Floyd | pills to harley.x slip.n.e.login harley.snap.show computer to harley
Floyd | show fran to harley.show sports to harley.w.l under bed.snap.show
Floyd | pills to harley.n.e.login me.snap.show computer to harley
Floyd | w.l under bed.snap.show jersey to harley.show pills to harley.show
Floyd | letter to harley.x password.n.e.login harley.snap.show computer to
Floyd | harley
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "oh huh"
		DavidW asks, "huh. Were we supposed to know there were 9 endings?"
		Binder says, "I had inferred that there were multiple from the way the ?s became *s but I didn't know how many"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Onward?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe they have to do with that weird chocolate squiggle code."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Chocolate squiggle code?"
		Zach asks, "Why were there Ramen Golems?"
		Binder exclaims, "Because it's a good team name!"
		Binder says, "I would totally cheer them on."
		DavidW asks, "Would the cheer be 'Whatever!'?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I didnt understand that. The main commands are to look,
Floyd | examine, SNAP for Harley, or SHOW him something. You can also LOGIN to
Floyd | the computer. If you're desperate, WALKTHROUGH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Quitting?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Next game is Blackness by Michael W Phipps Jr. I beta-tested this one :)"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          +?**
Floyd |
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ecto13blackness" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Another night, another section of floor to clean.  After you finish
Floyd | this up, you just have radiology left to do. It's a boring job, but
Floyd | the pay is okay and the work is generally easy.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Blackness
Floyd | An interactive fiction of horror by Michael Wayne Phipps Jr
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131026 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Hallway
Floyd | Numerous patient rooms line this hallway. The nurse station is to the
Floyd | south, and the hallway stretches out to the east and west, a corner at
Floyd | the end of each. The hall is empty aside from equipment the nurses
Floyd | have left in the hall I have to wheel aside to clean the floor
Floyd | underneath. The smell of antiseptic is strong in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         2
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an uniform (being worn)
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   a mop
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh push the equipment. Find the hypo or whatever that must be under it."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push equipment" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         2
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH EQUIPMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You've already done all of that you need to for tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x equipment" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EQUIPMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You really have no idea what they use it for.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "wheel equipment" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         3
Floyd |
Floyd | > WHEEL EQUIPMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You've already done all of that you need to for tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wheel it aside" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         3
Floyd |
Floyd | > WHEEL IT ASIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "okthen"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wheel equipment" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         3
Floyd |
Floyd | > WHEEL EQUIPMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You've already done all of that you need to for tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         4
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the key to the janitor closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x mop" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOP
Floyd |
Floyd | This old mop has seen better days. I should ask for a replacement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x uniform" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X UNIFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Basic blue coveralls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You look down and see yourself wearing your familiar blue uniform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mop floor" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         9
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOP FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You go through the motions once again of cleaning the off-white floor
Floyd | to a sparkling shine, hearing the familiar ambiance of tvs in the
Floyd | patient rooms, medical equipment beeping, and occasional coughing.
Floyd | After about 20 minutes of stroking the floor back and forth with the
Floyd | mop up and down the hall, you are finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Nurses station?"
		Binder says, "Sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        10
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nurse Station
Floyd | A large desk curves around one corner of the room which makes up the
Floyd | nurse station. The long hallway is back to the north. To the south
Floyd | lies the emergency department and the main entrance to the hospital.
Floyd | Nurses come and go at random once in a while, looking at something at
Floyd | the desk, then walking off.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you walk through the sterile hallway, you are startled by something
Floyd | you see in the corner of your eye. For a moment, you thought you saw
Floyd | someone standing at the end of the hall. Well, perhaps not a person..
Floyd | just.. a shadow. Once your eyes focus, you realize there is nothing
Floyd | there. You probably just didn't get enough sleep last night.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        11
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A long, curved desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Maybe we need to take our mop to the janitor closet, wherever that is."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x nurse" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        11
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NURSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Let's head back north and go west."
		Binder says, "ok by me"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         12
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Hallway
Floyd | Numerous patient rooms line this hallway. The nurse station is to the
Floyd | south, and the hallway stretches out to the east and west, a corner at
Floyd | the end of each. The hall is empty aside from equipment the nurses
Floyd | have left in the hall I have to wheel aside to clean the floor
Floyd | underneath. The smell of antiseptic is strong in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            13
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Stairs
Floyd | This is the end of the hall by the stairs which lead up to more
Floyd | patient rooms and offices. The rest of this floor of the hospital is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see closet door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock door with key" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            14
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock closet door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            15
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            16
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open closet door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            17
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Janitor Closet                                       18
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Janitor Closet
Floyd | This small closet is just large enough for me to stand in beside of
Floyd | where I pour out old mop bucket water. It's filled with all the
Floyd | chemicals and things I need to do my job.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see closet door and a wet floor sign here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sign" 		

Floyd ]  Janitor Closet                                       19
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Janitor Closet                                       20
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | A rubber sign with a picture of a stick man slipping on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop mop and bucket" 		

Floyd ]  Janitor Closet                                       20
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP MOP AND BUCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Janitor Closet                                       21
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a wet floor sign
Floyd |   an uniform (being worn)
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   a mop
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop mop" 		

Floyd ]  Janitor Closet                                       22
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP MOP
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Janitor Closet                                       23
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            24
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Stairs
Floyd | This is the end of the hall by the stairs which lead up to more
Floyd | patient rooms and offices. The rest of this floor of the hospital is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see closet door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door. lock it with key" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            26
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR. LOCK IT WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You close closet door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You lock closet door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         27
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Hallway
Floyd | Numerous patient rooms line this hallway. The nurse station is to the
Floyd | south, and the hallway stretches out to the east and west, a corner at
Floyd | the end of each. The hall is empty aside from equipment the nurses
Floyd | have left in the hall I have to wheel aside to clean the floor
Floyd | underneath. The smell of antiseptic is strong in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop sign" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         28
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | Good thinking. Don't want the hospital getting sued. You'd lose your
Floyd | job for sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "And we go home? Which is south a few times?"
		DavidW says, "When we get to our home, do you wanna order in pizza? We could watch a movie."
		Binder says, "Sounds good."
		Binder says, "Maybe we have an XBox"
		DavidW says, "Maybe we do."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        29
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nurse Station
Floyd | A large desk curves around one corner of the room which makes up the
Floyd | nurse station. The long hallway is back to the north. To the south
Floyd | lies the emergency department and the main entrance to the hospital.
Floyd | Nurses come and go at random once in a while, looking at something at
Floyd | the desk, then walking off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        30
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no reason to go that way, or to even be here in the nurse
Floyd | station area for that matter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "aw man"
		DavidW says, "oh, I thought the entrance was south."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        31
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        32
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "It is"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         33
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Hallway
Floyd | Numerous patient rooms line this hallway. The nurse station is to the
Floyd | south, and the hallway stretches out to the east and west, a corner at
Floyd | the end of each. The hall is empty aside from equipment the nurses
Floyd | have left in the hall I have to wheel aside to clean the floor
Floyd | underneath. The smell of antiseptic is strong in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wet floor sign here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of Radiology                                 34
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of Radiology
Floyd | There isn't much in this end of the hallway aside from some entrances
Floyd | to offices that are locked off at this time of night. To the north,
Floyd | there is an entrance marked with a symbol. The other end of the
Floyd | hallway is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "according to the room description"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x symbol" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of Radiology                                 35
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SYMBOL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the universal symbol for nuclear stuff. A circle with triangles
Floyd | in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder exclaims, "also the universal symbol for pie!"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps we can find a radioactive spider!"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Mmm. PIE."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Radiology                                            36
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Radiology
Floyd | Even with the lights on in this room, it still seems a bit dim. A
Floyd | large x-ray machine painted the same pale, olive green color as the
Floyd | walls and floor takes up the center of the room. The exit back out
Floyd | towards the hallway is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pie" 		

Floyd ]  Radiology                                            36
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This may be a game with an unreliable narrator. There probably IS pie."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  Radiology                                            37
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | A very large x-ray machine, painted the same pale, olive green color
Floyd | as the walls and floor. You have no idea how it works. It makes you
Floyd | feel a bit uneasy for some reason, perhaps the thought of the
Floyd | radiation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I feel compelled to turn this machine on for no good reason."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on machine" 		

Floyd ]  Radiology                                            38
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "compulsion: denied"
		DavidW says, "oh well. So much for that."
		DavidW says, "The pie must be in another lab."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of Radiology                                 39
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of Radiology
Floyd | There isn't much in this end of the hallway aside from some entrances
Floyd | to offices that are locked off at this time of night. To the north,
Floyd | there is an entrance marked with a symbol. The other end of the
Floyd | hallway is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of Radiology                                 40
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder asks, "I'm sorry Mario, but your dessert is in another lab?"
		DavidW asks, "You've played this already?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         41
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Hallway
Floyd | Numerous patient rooms line this hallway. The nurse station is to the
Floyd | south, and the hallway stretches out to the east and west, a corner at
Floyd | the end of each. The hall is empty aside from equipment the nurses
Floyd | have left in the hall I have to wheel aside to clean the floor
Floyd | underneath. The smell of antiseptic is strong in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wet floor sign here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            42
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Stairs
Floyd | This is the end of the hall by the stairs which lead up to more
Floyd | patient rooms and offices. The rest of this floor of the hospital is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see closet door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            43
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have any reason for walking up there tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "I haven't, I'm just riffing."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            43
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess we don't need to mop here."
		DavidW says, "I think we've missing something."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         44
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Hallway
Floyd | Numerous patient rooms line this hallway. The nurse station is to the
Floyd | south, and the hallway stretches out to the east and west, a corner at
Floyd | the end of each. The hall is empty aside from equipment the nurses
Floyd | have left in the hall I have to wheel aside to clean the floor
Floyd | underneath. The smell of antiseptic is strong in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wet floor sign here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         45
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         46
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | After all of the years you've been working here, you would think you
Floyd | wouldn't mind it so much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         47
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor is an off-white color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         47
Floyd |
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to examine?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         48
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        49
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nurse Station
Floyd | A large desk curves around one corner of the room which makes up the
Floyd | nurse station. The long hallway is back to the north. To the south
Floyd | lies the emergency department and the main entrance to the hospital.
Floyd | Nurses come and go at random once in a while, looking at something at
Floyd | the desk, then walking off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under desk" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        50
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search desk" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        51
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shadow" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        51
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHADOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        52
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no reason to go that way, or to even be here in the nurse
Floyd | station area for that matter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         53
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Hallway
Floyd | Numerous patient rooms line this hallway. The nurse station is to the
Floyd | south, and the hallway stretches out to the east and west, a corner at
Floyd | the end of each. The hall is empty aside from equipment the nurses
Floyd | have left in the hall I have to wheel aside to clean the floor
Floyd | underneath. The smell of antiseptic is strong in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wet floor sign here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         54
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an uniform (being worn)
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x uniform" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         55
Floyd |
Floyd | > X UNIFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Basic blue coveralls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of Radiology                                 56
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of Radiology
Floyd | There isn't much in this end of the hallway aside from some entrances
Floyd | to offices that are locked off at this time of night. To the north,
Floyd | there is an entrance marked with a symbol. The other end of the
Floyd | hallway is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of Radiology                                 57
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of Radiology                                 57
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Radiology                                            58
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Radiology
Floyd | Even with the lights on in this room, it still seems a bit dim. A
Floyd | large x-ray machine painted the same pale, olive green color as the
Floyd | walls and floor takes up the center of the room. The exit back out
Floyd | towards the hallway is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  Radiology                                            59
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor is a pale, olive green color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. Let's get the mop and mop *this* floor."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s.w.w" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            62
Floyd |
Floyd | > S.W.W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of Radiology
Floyd | There isn't much in this end of the hallway aside from some entrances
Floyd | to offices that are locked off at this time of night. To the north,
Floyd | there is an entrance marked with a symbol. The other end of the
Floyd | hallway is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Hallway
Floyd | Numerous patient rooms line this hallway. The nurse station is to the
Floyd | south, and the hallway stretches out to the east and west, a corner at
Floyd | the end of each. The hall is empty aside from equipment the nurses
Floyd | have left in the hall I have to wheel aside to clean the floor
Floyd | underneath. The smell of antiseptic is strong in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wet floor sign here.
Floyd |
Floyd | By Stairs
Floyd | This is the end of the hall by the stairs which lead up to more
Floyd | patient rooms and offices. The rest of this floor of the hospital is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see closet door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock door with key. n" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            64
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY. N
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock closet door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Janitor Closet                                       65
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening closet door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Janitor Closet
Floyd | This small closet is just large enough for me to stand in beside of
Floyd | where I pour out old mop bucket water. It's filled with all the
Floyd | chemicals and things I need to do my job.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see closet door and a mop here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mop" 		

Floyd ]  Janitor Closet                                       66
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MOP
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By Stairs                                            67
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Stairs
Floyd | This is the end of the hall by the stairs which lead up to more
Floyd | patient rooms and offices. The rest of this floor of the hospital is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see closet door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.e.n" 		

Floyd ]  Radiology                                            70
Floyd |
Floyd | > E.E.N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Hallway
Floyd | Numerous patient rooms line this hallway. The nurse station is to the
Floyd | south, and the hallway stretches out to the east and west, a corner at
Floyd | the end of each. The hall is empty aside from equipment the nurses
Floyd | have left in the hall I have to wheel aside to clean the floor
Floyd | underneath. The smell of antiseptic is strong in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wet floor sign here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of Radiology
Floyd | There isn't much in this end of the hallway aside from some entrances
Floyd | to offices that are locked off at this time of night. To the north,
Floyd | there is an entrance marked with a symbol. The other end of the
Floyd | hallway is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Radiology
Floyd | Even with the lights on in this room, it still seems a bit dim. A
Floyd | large x-ray machine painted the same pale, olive green color as the
Floyd | walls and floor takes up the center of the room. The exit back out
Floyd | towards the hallway is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mop floor" 		

Floyd ]  Radiology                                            71
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOP FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You set the end of the mop down on the floor and begin moving it back
Floyd | and forth, letting your mind wander to what you will do when you get
Floyd | off of work. You start sweating and feeling quite hot, despite having
Floyd | worked and relaxed pace tonight. Suddenly, a horrible feeling of dread
Floyd | comes over you as look up from the floor..
Floyd |
Floyd | A ghostly, transparent hand protrudes from the adjacent wall. It moves
Floyd | slowly, its long fingers probing the air. As it moves further out,
Floyd | there is no being attached to the other end. Instead, shadow. Dark,
Floyd | dark shadow. You stand paralyzed in fear and curiosity, mop still in
Floyd | hand, gazing at this strange, phantom hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to yell something; you don't even know what. Nothing comes
Floyd | out of your mouth. And just then, you notice another hand emerge from
Floyd | the wall. Then another. Then another. Then more hands until there must
Floyd | be what looks like twenty-something hands wiggling in the air,
Floyd | surrounded by immense blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your heart is pounding, and you feel the urge to run.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah. progress."
		Binder says, "oooh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "I vote for running." 		

Floyd ]  Radiology                                            71
Floyd |
Floyd | > I VOTE FOR RUNNING.
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take inventory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of Radiology                                 72
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel as if you are being followed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of Radiology
Floyd | There isn't much in this end of the hallway aside from some entrances
Floyd | to offices that are locked off at this time of night. To the north,
Floyd | there is an entrance marked with a symbol. The other end of the
Floyd | hallway is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a blackness here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Long Hallway                                         73
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Noticing the wet floor sign you placed earlier as you dash into the
Floyd | hallway, you take care not to slip and fall. You feel as if you are
Floyd | being followed. You also feel feverish. Getting very warm and very
Floyd | weak.
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Hallway
Floyd | Numerous patient rooms line this hallway. The nurse station is to the
Floyd | south, and the hallway stretches out to the east and west, a corner at
Floyd | the end of each. The hall is empty aside from equipment the nurses
Floyd | have left in the hall I have to wheel aside to clean the floor
Floyd | underneath. The smell of antiseptic is strong in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wet floor sign here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Nurse Station                                        74
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel as if you are being followed. You also feel feverish. Getting
Floyd | extremely warm and weak.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nurse Station
Floyd | A large desk curves around one corner of the room which makes up the
Floyd | nurse station. The long hallway is back to the north. To the south
Floyd | lies the emergency department and the main entrance to the hospital.
Floyd | It seems extremely bright in here now, and no nurses are to be seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a blackness here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Emergency                                            74
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Your vision blurs, then finally fades as you are overwhelmed with
Floyd | nausea and fatigue and promptly fall to the ground. You think you hear
Floyd | voices as you pass out..
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, good morning." another voice says. You open your eyes to see
Floyd | yourself lying in a hospital bed, with a nurse standing over you. "You
Floyd | had a heart-attack last night." she says. "I'll go tell the doctors
Floyd | you're awake. They'll tell you more about the operation and
Floyd | everything."
Floyd |
Floyd | The doctors arrive shortly, and explain to you that after your
Floyd | operation everything should be okay so long as you take care of
Floyd | yourself and you come in for regular checkups. One of them also
Floyd | remarks how lucky you are to have had a heart-attack right by an
Floyd | emergency room. A couple of them chuckle in amusement.
Floyd |
Floyd | From that day forward, your life improves. A few weeks after your
Floyd | surgery, you get a new job both for better pay and an escape from the
Floyd | hospital which still makes you feel uneasy. You are also left with a
Floyd | fear of the dark more intense than you remember having as a child, and
Floyd | fear of the blackness of death itself which deep down you know you may
Floyd | very well face again one fateful day.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lived. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Binder asks, "yay?"
		DavidW asks, "I guess. I feel we missed something, maybe by not trying anything with the blackness?"
		Binder says, "Yeah, we didn't lose a bunch of times before we found the win."
		Binder asks, "Like if we hadn't dropped the sign, maybe we'd have slipped and died there?"
		DavidW says, "good point"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Do you want to go hunt for alternate endings? Or move on?"
		DavidW says, "Move on, I think. Tomorrow is still a school night."
genericgeekgirl 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?" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ecto13cenric" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:00 pm
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Since you've turned twenty almost a year ago, you have had a feeling
Floyd | of impending disaster. The affluent lifestyle left behind by your late
Floyd | father has failed to cheer you up.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are whispers among the household servants of a curse, a curse
Floyd | brought down upon you by your father's greed. You must find out the
Floyd | truth. Are you imagining things or are you really damned?
Floyd |
Floyd | The Cenric Family Curse
Floyd | Cursed and running out of time. by Jonathan Snyder
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131022 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | The foyer is neat and clean thanks to the hard work of the maids. The
Floyd | marble floor shines in the light of the newly installed electric lamp.
Floyd | The expensive off white wall paper seems to take on a yellow tone. To
Floyd | the south of is the thick oak door and toward the west, the Parlour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "find out truth" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:00 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > FIND OUT TRUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh well."
Zach says (to Floyd), "damned" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:00 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > DAMNED
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:01 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Robert Cenric IV and you are cursed thanks to your father. You
Floyd | look normal now, but time will tell if you don't find the cure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm guessing we're damned. I read the game title."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Haha"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:01 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a tailcoat (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x coat" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:01 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tailcoat" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:02 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAILCOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the tailcoat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "remove tailcoat" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:03 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE TAILCOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the tailcoat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I have to assume that we are now naked."
		DavidW says, "And in the back of the tailcoat... there was a hook!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:04 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Robert Cenric IV and you are cursed thanks to your father. You
Floyd | look normal now, but time will tell if you don't find the cure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search tailcoat" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:05 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TAILCOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "a NAKED CURSE"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:05 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x wallpaper" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:05 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLPAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Delightful."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "West, I suppose?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:05 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wall paper" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:05 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALL PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:06 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Yep, it's the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh yay, you found something."
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              0 / 10:07 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parlour
Floyd | Clean and neat with two couches and a love seat, the room has a warm
Floyd | glow from the fire place against the west wall.  The dining room is to
Floyd | the north and the foyer is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I feel so grounded"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x seat" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              0 / 10:07 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x love seat" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              0 / 10:07 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LOVE SEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x couches" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              0 / 10:07 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COUCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x fire place" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              0 / 10:07 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FIRE PLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              0 / 10:08 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | (on the tailcoat)
Floyd | You're cursed and you want to do what?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "haha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swandive" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              0 / 10:08 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWANDIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              0 / 10:08 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "sit on seat" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              0 / 10:08 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON SEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks (of game), "Have you heard of a bucket list?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I can dance if I want to. Cursed or no."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          0 / 10:09 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | The dining room is a simple place with a long maple-wood table covered
Floyd | in a white lace table cloth. There are four chairs along the side of
Floyd | the table with one at each end. The table is set with dishes and
Floyd | goblets. There are doorways to the south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A simple goblet is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          0 / 10:10 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a goblet with a strange symbol carved into it. It's been in the
Floyd | family for generations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x symbol" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          0 / 10:10 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SYMBOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "my god! It is here."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          10 / 10:11 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, ">THROW GOBLET INTO MOUNT DOOM"
		genericgeekgirl says, "This looks expensive. And probably cursed. Let's go sell it to someone else and make it their problem."
		DavidW asks, "Shall we guess what the strange symbol is?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          10 / 10:12 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a maple-wood table with a beautiful lace tablecloth. Expensive is
Floyd | the first thing that comes to your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Probably unicode"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x tablecloth" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          10 / 10:12 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLECLOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "drink" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          10 / 10:12 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to drink?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I've thinking it's Prince's former symbol."
Zach says (to Floyd), "look in goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          10 / 10:13 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | The goblet is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                10 / 10:14 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The study is a cosy place lined with book cases along the wall and a
Floyd | rich, thick, red carpet adorning the floor. To the far side of the
Floyd | room a impressive hand carved, dark oak desk with chair face toward
Floyd | the door. Burgandy curtains hang upon the only window in the room.
Floyd | There is a door to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk are a signet, a note, and a statuette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x signet" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                10 / 10:15 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a gold ring that shimmers almost unearthly. A strange symbol
Floyd | etched in emerald sparkles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take signet" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                20 / 10:16 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SIGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear signet" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                20 / 10:17 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR SIGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the signet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                20 / 10:16 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                20 / 10:17 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a hand scrawled note from your late father.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dear son, I've failed you and allowed my own arrogance damn you to
Floyd | this fate. I have searched far and wide for a cure and succeeded. You
Floyd | must take this signet and recover the goblet of fate, some holy water,
Floyd | and undermoss. With these, you can make a potion that will lift the
Floyd | undead curse from you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Once you have turned twenty one, the curse will remain forever!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Noooo."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x statuette" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                20 / 10:18 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a black obsidian statuette is a bust of a famous composer. You
Floyd | don't recognize which.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                20 / 10:19 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | note: Taken.
Floyd | statuette: That statuette is fastened to the desk. It's not going
Floyd | anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "mm kate undermoss"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull statuette" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                30 / 10:20 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL STATUETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pull on the obsidian statuette, the bookcase to the east slides
Floyd | open revealing a secret passage way!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                30 / 10:21 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a beautiful mahogany desk clean and tidy. There is a set of
Floyd | fountain pens and a black statuette on top.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk is a statuette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh god. That worked."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x pens" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                30 / 10:21 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PENS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                30 / 10:22 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:23 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidden Study
Floyd | Covered in a coat of dust, the hidden study does not seem to be
Floyd | visited in a long time. There is a small makeshift wooden desk in the
Floyd | center of the room and the bookshelves are stocked full of books of
Floyd | different arcane and supernatural lore.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old, dusty manuscript lies here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So, first we fight the undermoss, than the bigmoss?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hee!"
		DavidW says, "Hope that manuscript has the recipe for holy water."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read manuscript" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:24 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ MANUSCRIPT
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip through and your eyes fall upon a symbol that is on your
Floyd | signet ring.
Floyd | The paragraph beside it says:
Floyd |
Floyd |  I have spent years searching through lore and talking to anyone
Floyd | who will listen. I finally found a solid lead when I spoke to a
Floyd | passing band of Roma. Their leader told introduced me to an old woman
Floyd | who tells me that fate holds many secrets. The subject she spoke was
Floyd | more that of a man than a concept.
Floyd |
Floyd |  Using the lead that she gave me and assuming fate was a real
Floyd | entity, many of the stories I have read make sense. I am on the track
Floyd | of a goblet from a place called Sanctuary Island which is said to be
Floyd | Fate's and I can use it for the ritual to free my son from my
Floyd | curse.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:25 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip through and your eyes fall upon a symbol that is on your
Floyd | signet ring.
Floyd | The paragraph beside it says:
Floyd |
Floyd |  I have spent years searching through lore and talking to anyone
Floyd | who will listen. I finally found a solid lead when I spoke to a
Floyd | passing band of Roma. Their leader told introduced me to an old woman
Floyd | who tells me that fate holds many secrets. The subject she spoke was
Floyd | more that of a man than a concept.
Floyd |
Floyd |  Using the lead that she gave me and assuming fate was a real
Floyd | entity, many of the stories I have read make sense. I am on the track
Floyd | of a goblet from a place called Sanctuary Island which is said to be
Floyd | Fate's and I can use it for the ritual to free my son from my
Floyd | curse.
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take manuscript" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:26 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MANUSCRIPT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:26 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidden Study
Floyd | Covered in a coat of dust, the hidden study does not seem to be
Floyd | visited in a long time. There is a small makeshift wooden desk in the
Floyd | center of the room and the bookshelves are stocked full of books of
Floyd | different arcane and supernatural lore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, is this an optional hidden study?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:26 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bookshelves" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:26 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOKSHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:26 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dust" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:26 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DUST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:27 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:28 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                30 / 10:29 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The study is a cosy place lined with book cases along the wall and a
Floyd | rich, thick, red carpet adorning the floor. To the far side of the
Floyd | room a impressive hand carved, dark oak desk with chair face toward
Floyd | the door. Burgandy curtains hang upon the only window in the room.
Floyd | There is a door to the west and a secret passage to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk is a statuette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I was hoping for another hidden room :)"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push statuette" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                30 / 10:30 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH STATUETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lick statuette" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                30 / 10:30 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > LICK STATUETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open curtains" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                30 / 10:30 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CURTAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Ooooh, maybe Sanctuary Island has a treasure"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Back to the first room and south?"
		DavidW asks (of Zach), "bad Zach. Greed is what got us cursed, remember?"
		DavidW says (to ggg), "Yes, let's find more stuff to plunder."
		Zach says, "Hmm, maybe being cursed isn't too bad if we're rich too"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          30 / 10:31 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | The dining room is a simple place with a long maple-wood table covered
Floyd | in a white lace table cloth. There are four chairs along the side of
Floyd | the table with one at each end. The table is set with dishes and
Floyd | goblets. There are doorways to the south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              30 / 10:32 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parlour
Floyd | Clean and neat with two couches and a love seat, the room has a warm
Floyd | glow from the fire place against the west wall.  The dining room is to
Floyd | the north and the foyer is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                30 / 10:33 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | The foyer is neat and clean thanks to the hard work of the maids. The
Floyd | marble floor shines in the light of the newly installed electric lamp.
Floyd | The expensive off white wall paper seems to take on a yellow tone. To
Floyd | the south of is the thick oak door and toward the west, the Parlour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          30 / 10:34 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gloomy Path
Floyd | The path is manicured strip of dirt with hexagonal stones marking the
Floyd | way. The property's willow trees cluster around it using their leaves
Floyd | to shield the path from the weather. The lawn is well maintained. The
Floyd | door to the manor is to the north and the path continues south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a dog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dog" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          30 / 10:35 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a mangy animal you have seen running around the property for a
Floyd | few days now. It's not been trouble so nobody has bothered to try
Floyd | catching it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take dog" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          30 / 10:36 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The dogs barks and jumps away from you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pet dog" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          30 / 10:36 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > PET DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hit dog" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          30 / 10:37 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Must be a feed or fetch dog."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          30 / 10:37 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a manuscript
Floyd |   a note
Floyd |   a signet
Floyd |   a goblet
Floyd |   a tailcoat
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put all in tailcoat" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          30 / 10:38 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ALL IN TAILCOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | manuscript: That can't contain things.
Floyd | note: That can't contain things.
Floyd | signet: That can't contain things.
Floyd | goblet: That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "I haven't been mapping anything, so I'm a little lost."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          30 / 10:38 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "The house was four rooms, plus the hidden room, and we're now outside and the only direction to explore is south."
		DavidW says, "ok"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             30 / 10:39 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | The small family cemetery along the cultivated path to the Agate
Floyd | Chapel is small and only has about seven or eight tombstones. The plot
Floyd | of land is surrounded by willow trees and they lean in as if draping
Floyd | their branches and protecting the spot. A path continues north while
Floyd | east leads to a chapel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             30 / 10:40 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are beautiful, but sad trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Awwww."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Bob Ross, he is not."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb trees" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             30 / 10:41 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tombstones" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             40 / 10:42 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOMBSTONES
Floyd |
Floyd | Kneeling down at the tomb stone of one of your family, you also notice
Floyd | a bone half sticking out of the dirt and you take it.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay, something for the dog to play with."
		Binder says, "ooh free bone"
		DavidW says, "Sorry, auntie."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bone" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             40 / 10:43 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the bone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             40 / 10:44 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Chapel                                         40 / 10:45 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Chapel
Floyd | The Agate chapel is a ancient building original built when the manor
Floyd | was constructed. It is designed in the medieval style with stain glass
Floyd | and thick stone walls. The entrance is to the east and toward the west
Floyd | is the cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      40 / 10:46 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Sanctuary
Floyd | Carved in exquisite detail, the sanctuary is a small place for the
Floyd | family to worship. Inlaid with agate stone, it glitters beautifully
Floyd | under the torch light from the wall mounts. There is a door to the
Floyd | west and an old trap door heading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bowl of holy water sits here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      50 / 10:47 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach for the water and retrieve the bowl from the pedastool.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying too many things already.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      50 / 10:47 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bone
Floyd |   a manuscript
Floyd |   a note
Floyd |   a signet
Floyd |   a goblet
Floyd |   a tailcoat
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess we're limited to six items."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear tailcoat" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      50 / 10:48 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR TAILCOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the tailcoat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      60 / 10:49 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach for the water and retrieve the bowl from the pedastool.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying too many things already.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder asks, "Neat, we score ten points each time?"
		DavidW says, "I guess. It's a bug."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear signet" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      60 / 10:50 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR SIGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the signet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop manuscript" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      60 / 10:51 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP MANUSCRIPT
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      60 / 10:52 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | As you reach for the water, a blinding light obstructs your hand. You
Floyd | cannot reach it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "..."
		Zach asks, "Does the score roll over in Inform if it gets large enough?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know."
		Zach says, "Sorry, #tangent thought"
		DavidW says, "It's not something I've ever bothered to test."
		Zach says, "Thinking about an infinite score bug"
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      60 / 10:52 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Sanctuary
Floyd | Carved in exquisite detail, the sanctuary is a small place for the
Floyd | family to worship. Inlaid with agate stone, it glitters beautifully
Floyd | under the torch light from the wall mounts. There is a door to the
Floyd | west and an old trap door heading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bowl of holy water sits here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a manuscript here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "open the trap door?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      60 / 10:52 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bone
Floyd |   a note
Floyd |   a signet (being worn)
Floyd |   a goblet
Floyd |   a tailcoat (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put water in goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      60 / 10:53 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WATER IN GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the Holy Water)
Floyd |
Floyd | As you reach for the water, a blinding light obstructs your hand. You
Floyd | cannot reach it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove ring" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      60 / 10:54 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the signet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      70 / 10:55 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach for the water and retrieve the bowl from the pedastool.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      70 / 10:55 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a Holy Water
Floyd |   a bone
Floyd |   a note
Floyd |   a signet
Floyd |   a goblet
Floyd |   a tailcoat (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "huzzah"
Zach says (to Floyd), "put water in goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      80 / 10:56 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WATER IN GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the Holy Water into the goblet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the holy water in the goblet and it sparkles mysteriously.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so the water doesn't like the ring?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "put ring in goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 10:57 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT RING IN GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the signet into the goblet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the signet in the goblet and it vanishes in a flash of green
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I guess not!"
		DavidW says, "uh, ok."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 10:58 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a goblet with a strange symbol carved into it. It's been in the
Floyd | family for generations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put bone in goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 10:59 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BONE IN GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the bone into the goblet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "look in goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 11:00 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | In the goblet is a bone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take bone" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 11:01 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is only an hour left till midnight. You're running out of time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 11:01 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bone
Floyd |   a note
Floyd |   a goblet
Floyd |   a tailcoat (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is the holy water gone forever, then?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 11:02 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a goblet with a strange symbol carved into it. It's been in the
Floyd | family for generations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hm."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drink goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 11:03 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to drink that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 11:03 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I guess there was a matter-antimatter explosion."
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                             90 / 11:04 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, let's find the undermoss. Maybe the water has served its purpose."
Zach says (to Floyd), "turn on light" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                             90 / 11:04 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Did we need to combine the ring and the water down here for the green light?"
		DavidW says, "Unlikely"
		DavidW says, "Try giving the bone to the dog. See what happens there."
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 11:05 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Sanctuary
Floyd | Carved in exquisite detail, the sanctuary is a small place for the
Floyd | family to worship. Inlaid with agate stone, it glitters beautifully
Floyd | under the torch light from the wall mounts. There is a door to the
Floyd | west and an old trap door heading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a manuscript here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read manuscript" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 11:06 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ MANUSCRIPT
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip through and your eyes fall upon a mysterious symbol. The
Floyd | paragraph beside it says:
Floyd |
Floyd |  I have spent years searching through lore and talking to anyone
Floyd | who will listen. I finally found a solid lead when I spoke to a
Floyd | passing band of Roma. Their leader told introduced me to an old woman
Floyd | who tells me that fate holds many secrets. The subject she spoke was
Floyd | more that of a man than a concept.
Floyd |
Floyd |  Using the lead that she gave me and assuming fate was a real
Floyd | entity, many of the stories I have read make sense. I am on the track
Floyd | of a goblet from a place called Sanctuary Island which is said to be
Floyd | Fate's and I can use it for the ritual to free my son from my
Floyd | curse.
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take torch" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 11:07 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TORCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove the wall torch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Catacombs                                            90 / 11:08 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Catacombs
Floyd | Tight and claustrophobic, the catacomb passages continue from above
Floyd | and continue toward the east. The walls are carved with slots for
Floyd | bodies long rotted away from the moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Nice catch."
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            90 / 11:09 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | undertomb
Floyd | The ancient ground of the undertomb crunches with mouldy straw laid
Floyd | down many years ago. The air is filled with a strange strench of death
Floyd | and decay. In the center of the room is a stone sarcophagus surrounded
Floyd | by broken wooden coffins. There is a stone doorway heading west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An undead skeleton is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x skeleton" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            90 / 11:10 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SKELETON
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a skeleton that has come to life. It's bones held together by
Floyd | ethreal threads of the supernatural. You're curse must be trying to
Floyd | stop your mission.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kick skeleton" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            90 / 11:10 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK SKELETON
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe we lure the dog here? :D"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search straw" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            90 / 11:10 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH STRAW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            90 / 11:11 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a heavy stone burial place carved from the stone in the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "And let it go to town on the skeleton."
		Zach says, "Happy dog!"
		DavidW says, "yeah, sounds like a plan."
Zach says (to Floyd), "open sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            90 / 11:12 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you joking? That skeleton will rip you to shreds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "Yes." 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            90 / 11:13 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES.
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, ">I know you are but what am I?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Catacombs                                            90 / 11:14 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Catacombs
Floyd | Tight and claustrophobic, the catacomb passages continue from above
Floyd | and continue toward the east. The walls are carved with slots for
Floyd | bodies long rotted away from the moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      90 / 11:15 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Sanctuary
Floyd | Carved in exquisite detail, the sanctuary is a small place for the
Floyd | family to worship. Inlaid with agate stone, it glitters beautifully
Floyd | under the torch light from the wall mounts. There is a door to the
Floyd | west and an old trap door heading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a manuscript here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Chapel                                         90 / 11:16 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Chapel
Floyd | The Agate chapel is a ancient building original built when the manor
Floyd | was constructed. It is designed in the medieval style with stain glass
Floyd | and thick stone walls. The entrance is to the east and toward the west
Floyd | is the cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             90 / 11:17 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | The small family cemetery along the cultivated path to the Agate
Floyd | Chapel is small and only has about seven or eight tombstones. The plot
Floyd | of land is surrounded by willow trees and they lean in as if draping
Floyd | their branches and protecting the spot. A path continues north while
Floyd | east leads to a chapel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          90 / 11:18 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gloomy Path
Floyd | The path is manicured strip of dirt with hexagonal stones marking the
Floyd | way. The property's willow trees cluster around it using their leaves
Floyd | to shield the path from the weather. The lawn is well maintained. The
Floyd | door to the manor is to the north and the path continues south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a dog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show bone to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          90 / 11:19 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW BONE TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw bone" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          90 / 11:20 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          90 / 11:19 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Gloomy Path
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw bone at dog" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          90 / 11:20 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW BONE AT DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "give the dog a bone" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          100 / 11:21 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE THE DOG A BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | the dog barks happily when you produce the bone and it jumps and grabs
Floyd | it out of your hand!
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the bone)
Floyd | That seems to belong to the dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog sits and watches you patiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh FINE."
		genericgeekgirl says, "C'mon, pooch."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             100 / 11:22 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | The small family cemetery along the cultivated path to the Agate
Floyd | Chapel is small and only has about seven or eight tombstones. The plot
Floyd | of land is surrounded by willow trees and they lean in as if draping
Floyd | their branches and protecting the spot. A path continues north while
Floyd | east leads to a chapel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Chapel                                         100 / 11:23 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Chapel
Floyd | The Agate chapel is a ancient building original built when the manor
Floyd | was constructed. It is designed in the medieval style with stain glass
Floyd | and thick stone walls. The entrance is to the east and toward the west
Floyd | is the cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      100 / 11:24 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Sanctuary
Floyd | Carved in exquisite detail, the sanctuary is a small place for the
Floyd | family to worship. Inlaid with agate stone, it glitters beautifully
Floyd | under the torch light from the wall mounts. There is a door to the
Floyd | west and an old trap door heading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a manuscript here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "maybe it follows us now. We have candy."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Catacombs                                            100 / 11:25 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Catacombs
Floyd | Tight and claustrophobic, the catacomb passages continue from above
Floyd | and continue toward the east. The walls are carved with slots for
Floyd | bodies long rotted away from the moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog arrives from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            100 / 11:26 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | undertomb
Floyd | The ancient ground of the undertomb crunches with mouldy straw laid
Floyd | down many years ago. The air is filled with a strange strench of death
Floyd | and decay. In the center of the room is a stone sarcophagus surrounded
Floyd | by broken wooden coffins. There is a stone doorway heading west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An undead skeleton is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Dog, meet undead chew toy."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Skeleton, meet your worst enemy."
Zach says (to Floyd), "dog, bite skeleton" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:27 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOG, BITE SKELETON
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing a mass of walking bones, the dog gets excited and leaps at the
Floyd | skeleton. The skeleton reacts out of surprise and is taken to the
Floyd | ground shattering to bits.
Floyd |
Floyd |  The dog runs away with it's femur.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by twenty points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:28 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a nobleman, not a grave robber. The lid looks to heavy to move
Floyd | on your own anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Yisssss."
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:28 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | undertomb
Floyd | The ancient ground of the undertomb crunches with mouldy straw laid
Floyd | down many years ago. The air is filled with a strange strench of death
Floyd | and decay. In the center of the room is a stone sarcophagus surrounded
Floyd | by broken wooden coffins. There is a stone doorway heading west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take straw" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:28 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE STRAW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Was there a crowbar we overlooked?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x coffins" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:29 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COFFINS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are old wooden coffins strewn around as if discarded hastily.
Floyd | This undertomb was probably being used to store them and a mixture of
Floyd | carelessness and forgetfulness has left them to rot away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search coffins" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:30 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH COFFINS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:31 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a heavy stone burial place carved from the stone in the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:31 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a torch (providing light)
Floyd |   a note
Floyd |   a goblet
Floyd |   a tailcoat (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crowbar" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:31 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROWBAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x kasjfh" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:31 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KASJFH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Maybe the dog buried the bone?"
		DavidW says, "I imagine dog and bone are now off-stage."
		Zach says, "Until the fifth act when it delivers a monologue rapping everything up."
		Binder asks, "oh, is it a snoop dog?"
		DavidW says, "no, it sings the body Alexis."
		Zach says, "Maybe it smoked that bone"
		Zach asks, "Did we check out the tombstones?"
		DavidW says, "no, not after we got the bone"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Catacombs                                            120 / 11:32 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Catacombs
Floyd | Tight and claustrophobic, the catacomb passages continue from above
Floyd | and continue toward the east. The walls are carved with slots for
Floyd | bodies long rotted away from the moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x slots" 		

Floyd ]  Catacombs                                            120 / 11:32 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SLOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess we need to recheck to see what we overlooked."
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      120 / 11:33 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Sanctuary
Floyd | Carved in exquisite detail, the sanctuary is a small place for the
Floyd | family to worship. Inlaid with agate stone, it glitters beautifully
Floyd | under the torch light from the wall mounts. There is a door to the
Floyd | west and an old trap door heading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a manuscript here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "like the slots in the catacombs"
Zach says (to Floyd), "take manus" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      120 / 11:33 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MANUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take manuscript" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      120 / 11:34 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MANUSCRIPT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Heh, I subconsciously tried using a mud shortcut"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Chapel                                         120 / 11:35 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Chapel
Floyd | The Agate chapel is a ancient building original built when the manor
Floyd | was constructed. It is designed in the medieval style with stain glass
Floyd | and thick stone walls. The entrance is to the east and toward the west
Floyd | is the cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x windows" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Chapel                                         120 / 11:35 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             120 / 11:36 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | The small family cemetery along the cultivated path to the Agate
Floyd | Chapel is small and only has about seven or eight tombstones. The plot
Floyd | of land is surrounded by willow trees and they lean in as if draping
Floyd | their branches and protecting the spot. A path continues north while
Floyd | east leads to a chapel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x tombstones" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             120 / 11:37 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOMBSTONES
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tombstone of one of your family's lineage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "read tombstone" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             120 / 11:38 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ TOMBSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tombstone of one of your family's lineage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I love how we don't care who."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             120 / 11:39 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are beautiful, but sad trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          120 / 11:40 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gloomy Path
Floyd | The path is manicured strip of dirt with hexagonal stones marking the
Floyd | way. The property's willow trees cluster around it using their leaves
Floyd | to shield the path from the weather. The lawn is well maintained. The
Floyd | door to the manor is to the north and the path continues south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x stones" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          120 / 11:40 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STONES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          120 / 11:41 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are beautiful, but sad trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Where else would there be moss?"
		DavidW says, "y'know, the real way to break a 'greed curse' is to give to others, do for others, help others. This ritual thing is bogus."
		Binder asks, "in a cave? under a fallen tree?"
		DavidW says, "I'm sure the undermoss is in the undertomb's sarcophagus."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                120 / 11:42 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | The foyer is neat and clean thanks to the hard work of the maids. The
Floyd | marble floor shines in the light of the newly installed electric lamp.
Floyd | The expensive off white wall paper seems to take on a yellow tone. To
Floyd | the south of is the thick oak door and toward the west, the Parlour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                120 / 11:43 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is an artistic masterpiece made of the finest cherry oak and
Floyd | with hand carved decorations by the artisans especially for this
Floyd | house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              120 / 11:44 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parlour
Floyd | Clean and neat with two couches and a love seat, the room has a warm
Floyd | glow from the fire place against the west wall.  The dining room is to
Floyd | the north and the foyer is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          120 / 11:45 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | The dining room is a simple place with a long maple-wood table covered
Floyd | in a white lace table cloth. There are four chairs along the side of
Floyd | the table with one at each end. The table is set with dishes and
Floyd | goblets. There are doorways to the south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Crap, we're going to run out of time"
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          120 / 11:45 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a manuscript
Floyd |   a torch (providing light)
Floyd |   a note
Floyd |   a goblet
Floyd |   a tailcoat (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Hmm"
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              120 / 11:46 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parlour
Floyd | Clean and neat with two couches and a love seat, the room has a warm
Floyd | glow from the fire place against the west wall.  The dining room is to
Floyd | the north and the foyer is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                120 / 11:47 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | The foyer is neat and clean thanks to the hard work of the maids. The
Floyd | marble floor shines in the light of the newly installed electric lamp.
Floyd | The expensive off white wall paper seems to take on a yellow tone. To
Floyd | the south of is the thick oak door and toward the west, the Parlour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          120 / 11:48 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gloomy Path
Floyd | The path is manicured strip of dirt with hexagonal stones marking the
Floyd | way. The property's willow trees cluster around it using their leaves
Floyd | to shield the path from the weather. The lawn is well maintained. The
Floyd | door to the manor is to the north and the path continues south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             120 / 11:49 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | The small family cemetery along the cultivated path to the Agate
Floyd | Chapel is small and only has about seven or eight tombstones. The plot
Floyd | of land is surrounded by willow trees and they lean in as if draping
Floyd | their branches and protecting the spot. A path continues north while
Floyd | east leads to a chapel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Chapel                                         120 / 11:50 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Chapel
Floyd | The Agate chapel is a ancient building original built when the manor
Floyd | was constructed. It is designed in the medieval style with stain glass
Floyd | and thick stone walls. The entrance is to the east and toward the west
Floyd | is the cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      120 / 11:51 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Sanctuary
Floyd | Carved in exquisite detail, the sanctuary is a small place for the
Floyd | family to worship. Inlaid with agate stone, it glitters beautifully
Floyd | under the torch light from the wall mounts. There is a door to the
Floyd | west and an old trap door heading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have 10 minutes left to save yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Catacombs                                            120 / 11:52 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Catacombs
Floyd | Tight and claustrophobic, the catacomb passages continue from above
Floyd | and continue toward the east. The walls are carved with slots for
Floyd | bodies long rotted away from the moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:53 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | undertomb
Floyd | The ancient ground of the undertomb crunches with mouldy straw laid
Floyd | down many years ago. The air is filled with a strange strench of death
Floyd | and decay. In the center of the room is a stone sarcophagus surrounded
Floyd | by broken wooden coffins. There is a stone doorway heading west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take off coat" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:53 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE OFF COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take off tailcoat" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:54 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE OFF TAILCOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the tailcoat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:55 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a nobleman, not a grave robber. The lid looks to heavy to move
Floyd | on your own anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I guess we need our servant class to open this?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "push sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:56 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:57 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under it" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:58 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Where is a peasant when we need one?"
		DavidW says, "We could start a peasant quest."
		Zach asks, "So You Want to Be A Peasant?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Eh. Being cursed isn't so bad, I'm sure."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Sometimes you get to be a rat. Or a fox. That's delightful."
		Zach says, "Yay"
		DavidW says, "Maybe we become a sad tree and water our roots with our tears."
Zach says (to Floyd), "cry" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:58 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > CRY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "panic" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:58 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > PANIC
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "burn straw" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:58 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > BURN STRAW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x torch" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 11:59 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TORCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the torch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "burn coffin" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 12:00 am
Floyd |
Floyd | > BURN COFFIN
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "nice try"
		DavidW says, "I think we overlooked something somehow."
Binder says (to Floyd), "pull torch" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 12:00 am
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL TORCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | As midnight brings your 21st birthday, the ground below you opens and
Floyd | hands of the undead grasp your ankles and drag you down. Your time
Floyd | with the living is over and tomorrow tonight you will rise as one of
Floyd | the undead. All thanks to your father's greed.
Floyd |
Floyd |  ***You have Died***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 120 out of a possible 110, in 132 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "D'OH"
Binder says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 12:00 am
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | undertomb
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have to crash anyways. Gotta attempt sleep, if the drama next door will let me."
		DavidW says, "Kinda scared to leave the door to use the bathroom though. They haven't stopped with the violence."
		Binder asks, "... violence?"
		DavidW says, "Throwing things, slamming doors, punching each other."
		Binder asks, "Time for a nice police officer to come around?"
		DavidW says, "I don't have a phone and it's not my call. I'll leave that to the landlord."
		Zach says, "To give a little taser tickle"
		DavidW says, "One of the women is crying now."
Zach says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to The Cenric Family Curse
Floyd |    Instructions for Play

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 12:00 am
Floyd | undertomb
Floyd | The ancient ground of the undertomb crunches with mouldy straw laid
Floyd | down many years ago. The air is filled with a strange strench of death
Floyd | and decay. In the center of the room is a stone sarcophagus surrounded
Floyd | by broken wooden coffins. There is a stone doorway heading west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to The Cenric Family Curse
Floyd |    Instructions for Play

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Cenric Family Curse
Floyd |  > Instructions for Play

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to The Cenric Family Curse
Floyd |    Instructions for Play

		
Zach presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]              Introduction to The Cenric Family Curse
Floyd | This is a simple demonstration Horror game.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Zach pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to The Cenric Family Curse
Floyd |    Instructions for Play

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 12:00 am
Floyd | undertomb
Floyd | The ancient ground of the undertomb crunches with mouldy straw laid
Floyd | down many years ago. The air is filled with a strange strench of death
Floyd | and decay. In the center of the room is a stone sarcophagus surrounded
Floyd | by broken wooden coffins. There is a stone doorway heading west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Demonstration game? I paid for a real game!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take moss" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 12:00 am
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I am not convinced there is any undermoss in this game."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 12:00 am
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a hand scrawled note from your late father.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dear son, I've failed you and allowed my own arrogance damn you to
Floyd | this fate. I have searched far and wide for a cure and succeeded. You
Floyd | must take this signet and recover the goblet of fate, some holy water,
Floyd | and undermoss. With these, you can make a potion that will lift the
Floyd | undead curse from you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Once you have turned twenty one, the curse will remain forever!
Floyd |
Floyd | As midnight brings your 21st birthday, the ground below you opens and
Floyd | hands of the undead grasp your ankles and drag you down. Your time
Floyd | with the living is over and tomorrow tonight you will rise as one of
Floyd | the undead. All thanks to your father's greed.
Floyd |
Floyd |  ***You have Died***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 120 out of a possible 110, in 132 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "> rage quit"
		Binder says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "We probably needed to put water and moss in the goblet first, then the ring."
		genericgeekgirl says, "But we never found the moss :/"
		Zach says, "Maybe we put the water on something and it grows moss and then we harvest the moss -- nah, there's just no moss"
		DavidW says, "I think it's in the sarcophagus."
		genericgeekgirl says, "The damned unopenable sarcophagus."
		DavidW says, "Which we needed a tool or NPC to help us with."
Zach says (to Floyd), "snap" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            120 / 12:00 am
Floyd |
Floyd | > SNAP
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 | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe we could've given a treasure to the skeleton, who'd put it in his sarcophagus for safekeeping, but leaving the sarcophagus open."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Hm. Maybe he'd like the signet?"
		Zach says, "That makes sense"
		DavidW says, "I dunno. I'm just brainstorming."
		DavidW says, "But the skeleton and dog were the only NPCs, I think."
Zach says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                0 / 10:00 pm
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Since you've turned twenty almost a year ago, you have had a feeling
Floyd | of impending disaster. The affluent lifestyle left behind by your late
Floyd | father has failed to cheer you up.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are whispers among the household servants of a curse, a curse
Floyd | brought down upon you by your father's greed. You must find out the
Floyd | truth. Are you imagining things or are you really damned?
Floyd |
Floyd | The Cenric Family Curse
Floyd | Cursed and running out of time. by Jonathan Snyder
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131022 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | The foyer is neat and clean thanks to the hard work of the maids. The
Floyd | marble floor shines in the light of the newly installed electric lamp.
Floyd | The expensive off white wall paper seems to take on a yellow tone. To
Floyd | the south of is the thick oak door and toward the west, the Parlour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              0 / 10:01 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parlour
Floyd | Clean and neat with two couches and a love seat, the room has a warm
Floyd | glow from the fire place against the west wall.  The dining room is to
Floyd | the north and the foyer is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          0 / 10:02 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | The dining room is a simple place with a long maple-wood table covered
Floyd | in a white lace table cloth. There are four chairs along the side of
Floyd | the table with one at each end. The table is set with dishes and
Floyd | goblets. There are doorways to the south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A simple goblet is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          10 / 10:03 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                10 / 10:04 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The study is a cosy place lined with book cases along the wall and a
Floyd | rich, thick, red carpet adorning the floor. To the far side of the
Floyd | room a impressive hand carved, dark oak desk with chair face toward
Floyd | the door. Burgandy curtains hang upon the only window in the room.
Floyd | There is a door to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk are a signet, a note, and a statuette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                20 / 10:05 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | signet: Taken.
Floyd | note: Taken.
Floyd | statuette: That statuette is fastened to the desk. It's not going
Floyd | anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "pull statuette" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                30 / 10:06 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL STATUETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pull on the obsidian statuette, the bookcase to the east slides
Floyd | open revealing a secret passage way!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:07 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidden Study
Floyd | Covered in a coat of dust, the hidden study does not seem to be
Floyd | visited in a long time. There is a small makeshift wooden desk in the
Floyd | center of the room and the bookshelves are stocked full of books of
Floyd | different arcane and supernatural lore.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old, dusty manuscript lies here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take manuscript" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:08 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MANUSCRIPT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:08 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Hidden Study                                         30 / 10:08 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                30 / 10:09 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The study is a cosy place lined with book cases along the wall and a
Floyd | rich, thick, red carpet adorning the floor. To the far side of the
Floyd | room a impressive hand carved, dark oak desk with chair face toward
Floyd | the door. Burgandy curtains hang upon the only window in the room.
Floyd | There is a door to the west and a secret passage to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk is a statuette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x curtains" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                30 / 10:09 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CURTAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                                30 / 10:09 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          30 / 10:10 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | The dining room is a simple place with a long maple-wood table covered
Floyd | in a white lace table cloth. There are four chairs along the side of
Floyd | the table with one at each end. The table is set with dishes and
Floyd | goblets. There are doorways to the south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              30 / 10:11 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parlour
Floyd | Clean and neat with two couches and a love seat, the room has a warm
Floyd | glow from the fire place against the west wall.  The dining room is to
Floyd | the north and the foyer is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x couches" 		

Floyd ]  Parlour                                              30 / 10:11 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COUCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                30 / 10:12 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | The foyer is neat and clean thanks to the hard work of the maids. The
Floyd | marble floor shines in the light of the newly installed electric lamp.
Floyd | The expensive off white wall paper seems to take on a yellow tone. To
Floyd | the south of is the thick oak door and toward the west, the Parlour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gloomy Path                                          30 / 10:13 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gloomy Path
Floyd | The path is manicured strip of dirt with hexagonal stones marking the
Floyd | way. The property's willow trees cluster around it using their leaves
Floyd | to shield the path from the weather. The lawn is well maintained. The
Floyd | door to the manor is to the north and the path continues south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a dog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             30 / 10:14 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | The small family cemetery along the cultivated path to the Agate
Floyd | Chapel is small and only has about seven or eight tombstones. The plot
Floyd | of land is surrounded by willow trees and they lean in as if draping
Floyd | their branches and protecting the spot. A path continues north while
Floyd | east leads to a chapel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Chapel                                         30 / 10:15 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Chapel
Floyd | The Agate chapel is a ancient building original built when the manor
Floyd | was constructed. It is designed in the medieval style with stain glass
Floyd | and thick stone walls. The entrance is to the east and toward the west
Floyd | is the cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      30 / 10:16 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Sanctuary
Floyd | Carved in exquisite detail, the sanctuary is a small place for the
Floyd | family to worship. Inlaid with agate stone, it glitters beautifully
Floyd | under the torch light from the wall mounts. There is a door to the
Floyd | west and an old trap door heading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bowl of holy water sits here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Chapel                                         30 / 10:17 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Chapel
Floyd | The Agate chapel is a ancient building original built when the manor
Floyd | was constructed. It is designed in the medieval style with stain glass
Floyd | and thick stone walls. The entrance is to the east and toward the west
Floyd | is the cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             30 / 10:18 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | The small family cemetery along the cultivated path to the Agate
Floyd | Chapel is small and only has about seven or eight tombstones. The plot
Floyd | of land is surrounded by willow trees and they lean in as if draping
Floyd | their branches and protecting the spot. A path continues north while
Floyd | east leads to a chapel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x tombstones" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             40 / 10:19 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOMBSTONES
Floyd |
Floyd | Kneeling down at the tomb stone of one of your family, you also notice
Floyd | a bone half sticking out of the dirt and you take it.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take bone" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             40 / 10:20 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Chapel                                         40 / 10:21 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Chapel
Floyd | The Agate chapel is a ancient building original built when the manor
Floyd | was constructed. It is designed in the medieval style with stain glass
Floyd | and thick stone walls. The entrance is to the east and toward the west
Floyd | is the cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      40 / 10:22 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Agate Sanctuary
Floyd | Carved in exquisite detail, the sanctuary is a small place for the
Floyd | family to worship. Inlaid with agate stone, it glitters beautifully
Floyd | under the torch light from the wall mounts. There is a door to the
Floyd | west and an old trap door heading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bowl of holy water sits here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take torch" 		

Floyd ]  Agate Sanctuary                                      40 / 10:23 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TORCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove the wall torch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Catacombs                                            40 / 10:24 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Catacombs
Floyd | Tight and claustrophobic, the catacomb passages continue from above
Floyd | and continue toward the east. The walls are carved with slots for
Floyd | bodies long rotted away from the moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            40 / 10:25 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | undertomb
Floyd | The ancient ground of the undertomb crunches with mouldy straw laid
Floyd | down many years ago. The air is filled with a strange strench of death
Floyd | and decay. In the center of the room is a stone sarcophagus surrounded
Floyd | by broken wooden coffins. There is a stone doorway heading west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An undead skeleton is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "give ring to skeleton" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            40 / 10:26 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE RING TO SKELETON
Floyd |
Floyd | Skeleton doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "give goblet to skeleton" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            40 / 10:27 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE GOBLET TO SKELETON
Floyd |
Floyd | Skeleton doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x tailcoat" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            40 / 10:28 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAILCOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the tailcoat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            40 / 10:29 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a hand scrawled note from your late father.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dear son, I've failed you and allowed my own arrogance damn you to
Floyd | this fate. I have searched far and wide for a cure and succeeded. You
Floyd | must take this signet and recover the goblet of fate, some holy water,
Floyd | and undermoss. With these, you can make a potion that will lift the
Floyd | undead curse from you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Once you have turned twenty one, the curse will remain forever!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "read manuscript" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            40 / 10:30 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ MANUSCRIPT
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip through and your eyes fall upon a symbol that is on your
Floyd | signet ring.
Floyd | The paragraph beside it says:
Floyd |
Floyd |  I have spent years searching through lore and talking to anyone
Floyd | who will listen. I finally found a solid lead when I spoke to a
Floyd | passing band of Roma. Their leader told introduced me to an old woman
Floyd | who tells me that fate holds many secrets. The subject she spoke was
Floyd | more that of a man than a concept.
Floyd |
Floyd |  Using the lead that she gave me and assuming fate was a real
Floyd | entity, many of the stories I have read make sense. I am on the track
Floyd | of a goblet from a place called Sanctuary Island which is said to be
Floyd | Fate's and I can use it for the ritual to free my son from my
Floyd | curse.
Floyd | >

		
Binder slams the cover on the piano and runs off stage. 		DavidW says, "ok, I'm going to bed. Good luck with the uncursing."
DavidW goes home. 		
DavidW has disconnected. 		
Zach has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  undertomb                                            40 / 10:30 pm
Floyd |
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > YES
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:
Crater Creek, 2113 by Angela Shah
The Tale of the Cursed Eagle by Slat Leering
Dead Pavane for a Princess by Emily Boegheim
Faithful Companion by Matt Weiner
Fish Dreams by Carolyn VanEseltine
As played on ifMUD on November 14, 2013

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 takes on significantly larger works of interactive fiction, knowing going in that each one will take multiple sessions (but not always, as you'll see in this transcript). 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 Crater Creek, 2113 written by Angela Shah, The Tale of the Cursed Eagle written by Slat Leering, Dead Pavane for a Princess written by Emily Boegheim, Faithful Companion written by Matt Weiner, and Fish Dreams written by Carolyn VanEseltine. These games were all released during EctoComp 2013. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: Crater Creek, 2113, The Tale of the Cursed Eagle, Faithful Companion, Dead Pavane for a Princess, and Fish Dreams.

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 entirely family-friendly transcripts. Just so we're clear. (Though most of it's fine, and the game in question has its own in-game warning, so read on, gentle reader.)

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Crater Creek, 2113 by Angela Shah
The Tale of the Cursed Eagle by Slat Leering
Dead Pavane for a Princess by Emily Boegheim
Faithful Companion by Matt Weiner
Fish Dreams by Carolyn VanEseltine
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
#ClubFloyd Discussion
		

		Zach asks, "What's the game tonight?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Dunno."
		genericgeekgirl says, "We were playing Blue Lacuna. Or we could play through more Ectocomp offerings."
		Zach says, "I vote for Ectocomp, but that's because I missed some of Blue Lacuana. I am fine with that game being finished."
		DavidW says, "Ectocomp is fine with me. I didn't map any of Blue Lacuna."
genericgeekgirl arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "list e" 		
Floyd says (to genericgeekgirl), "e14s eas eas2 eas3 east eastgrovehills ecto13argument ecto13blackness ecto13cenric ecto13cratercreek ecto13cursedeagle ecto13deadpavane ecto13faithful ecto13fishdreams ecto13headless ecto13hillofsouls ecto13horriblepyramid ecto13icehouse ecto13jack ecto13nessa ecto13profile ecto13voodoo ecto13wisp ectoparti ectopartii edifice elements eleven elysium emma2 endless endmeans enemies enlightenment enlisted episodeartist erden escapade escapist eurydice everybodydies everydaythesamedream evil exile exnihilo exterminate" 		genericgeekgirl says, "We played the first three. So we're up to Crater Creek, I believe."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ecto13cratercreek" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crater Creek, 2113
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Angela Shah
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131018 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)

		
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | grass
Floyd |
Floyd | A broad rust-brown field stretches from creek to woods. A black dead
Floyd | oak towers over the grass. The fiery clouds blow over the dark crater,
Floyd | the watchtower rising on the ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights of houses shine through the woods along the creek, up the
Floyd | road that climbs to the dark crater rim.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x oak" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OAK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rim" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RIM
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava-red clouds  over the dark crater, the watchtower rising on
Floyd | the ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb the dirt road in the light of the ivory candle, toward the
Floyd | crater rim.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd | willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaves hang into the dark silent creek behind the small white house.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bronze antique lantern flickers by the door, above the light of a
Floyd | purple-orange streaked pumpkin.  Candles glow along the porch rail,
Floyd | rust-brown, orange, and midnight blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted pulley wheel is suspended from a tree, transformed into a
Floyd | postapocalyptic dreamcatcher. The center is oddly empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice drifts through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   nightstick
Floyd |   an ivory candle
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "put candle in pumpkin?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "nightstick" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > NIGHTSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x nightstick" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NIGHTSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The light twinkles on the nightstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pumpkin" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PUMPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The outline of giant spiders and webs is etched into the streaks of
Floyd | purple and orange.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A web of glittering wire with bright bottle caps, shining bits of
Floyd | broken glass and bullet shells, random feathers twirling on beaded
Floyd | cords.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint splash comes from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x candle" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The ivory candle shines…
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put candle in pumpkin" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CANDLE IN PUMPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the candle)
Floyd |
Floyd | The candle belongs here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put candle in wheel" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CANDLE IN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the candle)
Floyd |
Floyd | The candle belongs here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds, far off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm a bit confused."
		Zach says, "Yeah, the descriptions aren't very clear."
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter house" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaves hang into the dark silent creek behind the small white house.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bronze antique lantern glows by the door, above the light of a
Floyd | purple-orange streaked pumpkin.  Candles flicker along the porch rail,
Floyd | rust-brown, orange, and midnight blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted pulley wheel is suspended from a tree, transformed into a
Floyd | postapocalyptic dreamcatcher. The center is oddly empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice drifts through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put ivory candle in wheel" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT IVORY CANDLE IN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x lantern" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The bronze antique lantern hangs beside the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take lantern" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The bronze antique lantern belongs here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x center" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CENTER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A web of glittering wire with bright bottle caps, shining bits of
Floyd | broken glass and bullet shells, random feathers twirling on beaded
Floyd | cords.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint splash comes from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "in, maybe?"
		Zach says, "And the concept of "belonging" raises deep philosophical questions not easily answered by a game."
Zach says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds, far off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk up the dirt road in the flame of the ivory candle, toward the
Floyd | sky.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd | evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | The tall hemlocks hide the wooden house in dusk, the creek flowing
Floyd | under mossy boulders and shadowy branches.  A large carved turnip sits
Floyd | dark on the walk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The long covered porch is dark, the golden-brown, yellow, and
Floyd | blue-violet candles unlit.  A green camping lantern hangs empty by the
Floyd | boarded-up door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard bat circles overhead, silhouetted on the evening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Uh"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x turnip" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TURNIP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The large, purple-shaded turnip is carved with triangles and squares
Floyd | to let light through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bat about turnip" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BAT ABOUT TURNIP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take turnip" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TURNIP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The large carved turnip belongs here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bat" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BAT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x porch" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PORCH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard bat" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GUARD BAT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "light candles" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT CANDLES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The shutters open a bit, and you pause as Aidan climbs out onto the
Floyd | porch, carrying his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Happy Halloween," he says, frowning at the candles. "Ah, not again…
Floyd | I
Floyd | swear there's a poltergeist here."
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan frowns at the unlit green camping lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "light lantern" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You touch the flame of your ivory candle to a yellow candle. It
Floyd | flickers to life.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan quickly lights the green camping lantern as you revive the rest
Floyd | of the candles, filling the evergreen porch with bright flames.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks a lot. Here, this will have to do for a treat…" Aidan grins
Floyd | and hands you an amber bead, glowing in the candlelight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x Aidan" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AIDAN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark, tall, carrying a fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, staring into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard bat circles overhead, silhouetted on the evening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Fire axe?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x axe" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AXE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The light shines on the fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, absently swinging his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x bead" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEAD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The light flickers on the amber bead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, staring into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | The tall hemlocks hide the wooden house in dusk, the creek flowing
Floyd | under mossy boulders and shadowy branches.  A large carved turnip
Floyd | glows on the walk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The long covered porch flickers with candles, golden-brown, yellow,
Floyd | and blue-violet.  A green camping lantern twinkles by the boarded-up
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, inspecting his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice drifts through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There are such things for chopping into doors that are locked during a fire."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x creek" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREEK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The creek rushes down the crater side, in the trees behind the
Floyd | evergreen house
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x turnip" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TURNIP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The large, purple-shaded turnip is carved with triangles and squares
Floyd | to let light through.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, inspecting his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I'm thinking we're after a poltergeist that puts out lights?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "light turnip" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT TURNIP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, absently swinging his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "light turnip" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT TURNIP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put bead in turnip" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BEAD IN TURNIP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, staring into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard bat circles overhead, silhouetted on the evening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I have no idea what we're doing."
		DavidW says, "I think we need to go elsewhere."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You go up the dirt road in the glow of the ivory candle, toward the
Floyd | crater rim.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd | pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | The grey house clings to the hillside among rocks and pines, the
Floyd | waterfall splashing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass hurricane lantern flickers on the bottom of the long stair,
Floyd | beside the flicker of a pale green pumpkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up on the high deck a plate of candle ends twinkles, bone-white, red,
Floyd | and dark green.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light candles" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT CANDLES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing in need of light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x candle ends" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CANDLE ENDS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the candle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plate" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLATE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pumpkin" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PUMPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The greenish-white pumpkin seems to glow faintly in the dimness, vines
Floyd | and leaves carved into its skin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x house" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an amber bead
Floyd |   nightstick
Floyd |   an ivory candle
Floyd |
Floyd | Grey smoke rises over the crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bead" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEAD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The light shines on the amber bead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub bead" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUB BEAD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw bead" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW BEAD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bead" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BEAD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice drifts through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat bead" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT BEAD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | The light is fading, reddening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | The grey house clings to the hillside among rocks and pines, the
Floyd | waterfall splashing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass hurricane lantern twinkles on the bottom of the long stair,
Floyd | beside the light of a pale green pumpkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up on the high deck a plate of candle ends glows, bone-white, red, and
Floyd | dark green.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x waterfall" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATERFALL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x waterfall" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATERFALL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb the dirt road in the glow of the ivory candle, toward the
Floyd | sky.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd | crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | Barbed fence along the edge of black earth and jagged rocks. The fiery
Floyd | clouds sweep over the dark crater, the watchtower rising on the ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted metal door is set in the roots of scorched trees.  The earth
Floyd | drops away beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "keep moving, I guess"
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted metal door is set in the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beacon" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEACON
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I'm just sort of guessing at directions"
Zach says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | Barbed fence along the edge of black earth and jagged rocks. The
Floyd | lava-red clouds arch over the dark crater, the watchtower rising on
Floyd | the ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted metal door is set in the roots of scorched trees.  The earth
Floyd | drops away beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x watchtower" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATCHTOWER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The burning clouds  over the dark crater, the watchtower rising on the
Floyd | ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down the dirt road in the flame of the ivory candle, toward
Floyd | the crater valley.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd | pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | The grey house clings to the hillside among rocks and pines, the
Floyd | waterfall splashing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass hurricane lantern twinkles on the bottom of the long stair,
Floyd | beside the glow of a pale green pumpkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up on the high deck a plate of candle ends shines, bone-white, red,
Floyd | and dark green.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grey smoke rises over the crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice drifts through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You go up the dirt road in the flame of the ivory candle, toward the
Floyd | crater rim.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd | crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | Barbed fence along the edge of black earth and jagged rocks. The
Floyd | lava-red clouds blow over the dark crater, the watchtower rising on
Floyd | the ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted metal door is set in the roots of scorched trees.  The earth
Floyd | drops away beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint splash comes from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You descend the dirt road in the light of the ivory candle, toward the
Floyd | field at the bottom.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd | pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | The grey house clings to the hillside among rocks and pines, the
Floyd | waterfall splashing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass hurricane lantern flickers on the bottom of the long stair,
Floyd | beside the glow of a pale green pumpkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up on the high deck a plate of candle ends shines, bone-white, red,
Floyd | and dark green.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint splash comes from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down the dirt road in the flame of the ivory candle, toward
Floyd | the crater valley.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd | evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | The tall hemlocks hide the wooden house in dusk, the creek flowing
Floyd | under mossy boulders and shadowy branches.  A large carved turnip
Floyd | twinkles on the walk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The long covered porch glows with candles, golden-brown, yellow, and
Floyd | blue-violet.  A green camping lantern flickers by the boarded-up door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, inspecting his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x house" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The light shines on the house door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint splash comes from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, staring into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x house door" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOUSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The light flickers on the house door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, staring into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter door" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to Aidan" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO AIDAN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask aidan about turnip" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK AIDAN ABOUT TURNIP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, inspecting his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds, far off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask aidan about axe" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK AIDAN ABOUT AXE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, absently swinging his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x sky" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SKY
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The glowing clouds  over the dark crater, the watchtower rising on the
Floyd | ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask aidan about watchtower" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK AIDAN ABOUT WATCHTOWER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, staring into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I haven't been mapping, but I think this might be hopeless unless we map."
		Zach says, "It might be hopeless regardless."
Zach says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, inspecting his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You descend the dirt road in the flicker of the ivory candle, toward
Floyd | the field at the bottom.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd | willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaves hang into the dark silent creek behind the small white house.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bronze antique lantern glows by the door, above the light of a
Floyd | purple-orange streaked pumpkin.  Candles flicker along the porch rail,
Floyd | rust-brown, orange, and midnight blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted pulley wheel is suspended from a tree, transformed into a
Floyd | postapocalyptic dreamcatcher. The center is oddly empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put bead in wheel" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BEAD IN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (the amber bead in the postapocalyptic dreamcatcher)
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint splash comes from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down the dirt road in the light of the ivory candle, toward
Floyd | the crater valley.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd | grass
Floyd |
Floyd | A broad rust-brown field stretches from creek to woods. A black dead
Floyd | oak towers over the grass. The fiery clouds sweep over the dark
Floyd | crater, the watchtower rising on the ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights of houses shine through the woods along the creek, up the
Floyd | road that climbs to the dark crater rim.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grey smoke rises over the crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oak" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OAK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x creek" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREEK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The creek runs through the autumn trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]                           tree branches
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | tree branches
Floyd |
Floyd | Black branches overlook the crater settlement. The lava-red clouds
Floyd | blow over the dark crater, the watchtower rising on the ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | An orange pumpkin glows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pumpkin" 		

Floyd ]                           tree branches
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PUMPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The light flickers on the carved pumpkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice drifts through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in it" 		

Floyd ]                           tree branches
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN IT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x branches" 		

Floyd ]                           tree branches
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRANCHES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]                           tree branches
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                           tree branches
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds, far off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                           tree branches
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint splash comes from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                           tree branches
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | grass
Floyd |
Floyd | A broad rust-brown field stretches from creek to woods. A black dead
Floyd | oak towers over the grass. The glowing clouds sweep over the dark
Floyd | crater, the watchtower rising on the ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights of houses glow through the woods along the creek, up the
Floyd | road that climbs to the dark crater rim.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard bat circles overhead, silhouetted on the evening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                               grass
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk up the dirt road in the flame of the ivory candle, toward the
Floyd | sky.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd | willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaves hang into the dark silent creek behind the small white house.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bronze antique lantern flickers by the door, above the light of a
Floyd | purple-orange streaked pumpkin.  Candles glow along the porch rail,
Floyd | rust-brown, orange, and midnight blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted pulley wheel is suspended from a tree, transformed into a
Floyd | postapocalyptic dreamcatcher. The center is oddly empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint splash comes from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch wheel" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint splash comes from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wheel" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice drifts through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I'm not sure what the"
		Zach says, ""center" refers to."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x center" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CENTER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A web of glittering wire with bright bottle caps, shining bits of
Floyd | broken glass and bullet shells, random feathers twirling on beaded
Floyd | cords.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Center seems to be coded as a synonym for the wheel."
Zach says (to Floyd), "put bead in center" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BEAD IN CENTER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (the amber bead in the postapocalyptic dreamcatcher)
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bead on center" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BEAD ON CENTER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (the amber bead on the postapocalyptic dreamcatcher)
Floyd | Putting things on the postapocalyptic dreamcatcher would achieve
Floyd | nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "o-kay"
		DavidW asks, "I suppose it may catch something if we herd that something here?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "dream" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > DREAM
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The light shines on the house door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply. It's Halloween…
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "trick or treat" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TRICK OR TREAT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trick or treat!

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "trick or treat" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Elia steps out to the porch. "Happy Halloween," she says, smiling
Floyd | vaguely. "I didn't finish my decorations in time, but the lights are
Floyd | all…" She stares dreamily up the road, cradling her crowbar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elia looks thoughtfully at the dead tree.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard bat circles overhead, silhouetted on the evening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "wow. I'm a genius."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x elia" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ELIA
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Slender, large eyes; carrying a crowbar.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe a little mouse skull next."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Hey, I'm geniusier"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x crowbar" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROWBAR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The light flickers on the crowbar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elia smiles dreamily.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds, far off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaves hang into the dark silent creek behind the small white house.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bronze antique lantern shines by the door, above the light of a
Floyd | purple-orange streaked pumpkin.  Candles flicker along the porch rail,
Floyd | rust-brown, orange, and midnight blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted pulley wheel is suspended from a tree, transformed into a
Floyd | postapocalyptic dreamcatcher. The center is oddly empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elia looks thoughtfully at the Trees.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice drifts through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb the dirt road in the light of the ivory candle, toward the
Floyd | crater rim.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd | evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | The tall hemlocks hide the wooden house in dusk, the creek flowing
Floyd | under mossy boulders and shadowy branches.  A large carved turnip
Floyd | glows on the walk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The long covered porch twinkles with candles, golden-brown, yellow,
Floyd | and blue-violet.  A green camping lantern flickers by the boarded-up
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "trick or treat" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TRICK OR TREAT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trick or treat!

		
Zach pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd | Aidan glances up, inspecting his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk up the dirt road in the flicker of the ivory candle, toward
Floyd | the sky.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd | pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | The grey house clings to the hillside among rocks and pines, the
Floyd | waterfall splashing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass hurricane lantern twinkles on the bottom of the long stair,
Floyd | beside the flame of a pale green pumpkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up on the high deck a plate of candle ends flickers, bone-white, red,
Floyd | and dark green.
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "trick or treat" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TRICK OR TREAT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trick or treat!

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Above on the deck, the door opens. Naima leans over the rail, one hand
Floyd | resting on her lead pipe. "Happy Halloween," she calls softly. "The
Floyd | little ones are hiding. I don't have any treats for them."
Floyd |
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | Naima chirps at something in the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "trick or treat" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TRICK OR TREAT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trick or treat!

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's Miss Bianca in the tree. She's all white. And a little
Floyd | green."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | The grey house clings to the hillside among rocks and pines, the
Floyd | waterfall splashing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass hurricane lantern shines on the bottom of the long stair,
Floyd | beside the light of a pale green pumpkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up on the high deck a plate of candle ends flickers, bone-white, red,
Floyd | and dark green.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They're hungry, little ones…"
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds, far off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb the dirt road in the flicker of the ivory candle, toward the
Floyd | crater rim.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd | crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | Barbed fence along the edge of black earth and jagged rocks. The
Floyd | lava-red clouds blow over the dark crater, the watchtower rising on
Floyd | the ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted metal door is set in the roots of scorched trees.  The earth
Floyd | drops away beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply. It's Halloween…
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds, far off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "trick or treat" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > TRICK OR TREAT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trick or treat!

		
Zach pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd | A siren sounds, far off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard bat circles overhead, silhouetted on the evening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | Barbed fence along the edge of black earth and jagged rocks. The
Floyd | burning clouds  over the dark crater, the watchtower rising on the
Floyd | ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted metal door is set in the roots of scorched trees.  The earth
Floyd | drops away beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted metal door is set in the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Wait, we don't even have a bag. How are we supposed to collect candy?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | The light is fading, reddening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply. It's Halloween…
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint splash comes from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know if we get candy or not. Everyone is sporting weapons."
		Zach asks, "Is this supposed to be Detroit?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You must supply a noun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think so."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You descend the dirt road in the light of the ivory candle, toward the
Floyd | field at the bottom.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd | pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | The grey house clings to the hillside among rocks and pines, the
Floyd | waterfall splashing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass hurricane lantern shines on the bottom of the long stair,
Floyd | beside the flicker of a pale green pumpkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up on the high deck a plate of candle ends flickers, bone-white, red,
Floyd | and dark green.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They don't have much to eat here. No treats."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds, far off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "give bead" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BEAD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Naima)
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | Naima looks up at the trees anxiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice drifts through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter trees" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER TREES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They're hungry, little ones…"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "climb tree" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | Naima looks up at the trees anxiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grey smoke rises over the crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woods" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WOODS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Autumn woods surround the pine hill house
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | Naima chirps at something in the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe this is supposed to be an origin story for Halloween itself, with hungry little ones going from door to door only appeased by 'treats'."
		Zach says, "And we're a witch alien brought to earth by a meteor."
		DavidW says, "I have no idea who we are."
inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Zach says, "Speaking of origin stories, it's inky."
		Zach asks, "I don't suppose you've played this game?"
		DavidW says, "I still don't have a proper mapping; you moved me before I had more than 3 rooms placed."
Zach has disconnected. 		
Zach has connected. 		Zach says, "Oh, sorry. Feel free to move around and map. As far as I can tell, our only options have been to move up and down."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | The grey house clings to the hillside among rocks and pines, the
Floyd | waterfall splashing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass hurricane lantern shines on the bottom of the long stair,
Floyd | beside the flame of a pale green pumpkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up on the high deck a plate of candle ends flickers, bone-white, red,
Floyd | and dark green.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's Miss Bianca in the tree. She's all white. And a little
Floyd | green."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds, far off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bianca" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BIANCA
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk down the dirt road in the light of the ivory candle, toward
Floyd | the crater valley.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd | evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | The tall hemlocks hide the wooden house in dusk, the creek flowing
Floyd | under mossy boulders and shadowy branches.  A large carved turnip
Floyd | shines on the walk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The long covered porch flickers with candles, golden-brown, yellow,
Floyd | and blue-violet.  A green camping lantern glows by the boarded-up
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask aidan about bianca" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK AIDAN ABOUT BIANCA
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, staring into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Autumn woods surround the evergreen house
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard bat circles overhead, silhouetted on the evening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You go down the dirt road in the flicker of the ivory candle, toward
Floyd | the field at the bottom.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd | willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaves hang into the dark silent creek behind the small white house.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bronze antique lantern flickers by the door, above the light of a
Floyd | purple-orange streaked pumpkin.  Candles shine along the porch rail,
Floyd | rust-brown, orange, and midnight blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted pulley wheel is suspended from a tree, transformed into a
Floyd | postapocalyptic dreamcatcher. The center is oddly empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What else? It's missing something…"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "add bead to center" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > ADD BEAD TO CENTER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Bwah, put it can't contain anything!"
		Zach says, "s/put/but"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix center" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > FIX CENTER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put candle in center" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CANDLE IN CENTER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the candle)
Floyd |
Floyd | The candle belongs here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe a little mouse skull next."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "insert bead" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSERT BEAD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "This is Elia, yes?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaves hang into the dark silent creek behind the small white house.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bronze antique lantern twinkles by the door, above the light of a
Floyd | purple-orange streaked pumpkin.  Candles shine along the porch rail,
Floyd | rust-brown, orange, and midnight blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted pulley wheel is suspended from a tree, transformed into a
Floyd | postapocalyptic dreamcatcher. The center is oddly empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elia looks thoughtfully at the purple-orange streaked pumpkin.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask elia about wheel" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ELIA ABOUT WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What else? It's missing something…"
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill elia" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL ELIA
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe a little mouse skull next."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Grey smoke rises over the crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Aww"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Autumn woods surround the willow house
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | "I used some of my hair for the web," Elia says brightly.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "trick elia" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TRICK ELIA
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What else? It's missing something…"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk up the dirt road in the light of the ivory candle, toward the
Floyd | sky.

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd | evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | The tall hemlocks hide the wooden house in dusk, the creek flowing
Floyd | under mossy boulders and shadowy branches.  A large carved turnip
Floyd | flickers on the walk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The long covered porch twinkles with candles, golden-brown, yellow,
Floyd | and blue-violet.  A green camping lantern flickers by the boarded-up
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, staring into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an amber bead
Floyd |   nightstick
Floyd |   an ivory candle
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, inspecting his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x nightstick" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NIGHTSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The light glows on the nightstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, absently swinging his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint splash comes from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "hit aidan with nightstick" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT AIDAN WITH NIGHTSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit Aidan.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, we've done zilch with the nightstick so far"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swing nightstick" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWING NIGHTSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing sensible to swing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "point nightstick at aidan" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > POINT NIGHTSTICK AT AIDAN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | The tall hemlocks hide the wooden house in dusk, the creek flowing
Floyd | under mossy boulders and shadowy branches.  A large carved turnip
Floyd | twinkles on the walk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The long covered porch flickers with candles, golden-brown, yellow,
Floyd | and blue-violet.  A green camping lantern shines by the boarded-up
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, inspecting his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is it possible that 'Bianca' is something we've already seen? Mostly white with a bit of green?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blue-violet" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLUE-VIOLET
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The blue-violet candle flickers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Or someone?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x golden-brown" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOLDEN-BROWN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The golden-brown candle shines.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, inspecting his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Grey smoke rises over the crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x yellow candle" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X YELLOW CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine yellow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x yellow" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The yellow candle flickers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yikes."
		Zach says, "To be honest, I have my doubts about this game."
		DavidW says, "Only our candle is a 'candle', all others are only their colours."
		DavidW says, "The coding isn't the best, But I'm not sure if it's broken or not yet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, absently swinging his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds, far off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint splash comes from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan nods, inspecting his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard bat circles overhead, silhouetted on the evening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, inspecting his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard bat circles overhead, silhouetted on the evening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, absently swinging his fire axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb the dirt road in the flame of the ivory candle, toward the
Floyd | crater rim.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd | pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | The grey house clings to the hillside among rocks and pines, the
Floyd | waterfall splashing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass hurricane lantern glows on the bottom of the long stair,
Floyd | beside the light of a pale green pumpkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up on the high deck a plate of candle ends shines, bone-white, red,
Floyd | and dark green.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | Naima chirps at something in the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bone-white" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BONE-WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The bone-white candle flickers.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They're hungry, little ones…"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bone-white" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BONE-WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You trade ivory for the bone-white candle.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | Naima chirps at something in the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   bone-white candle
Floyd |   an amber bead
Floyd |   nightstick
Floyd |
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They don't have much to eat here. No treats."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A siren sounds, far off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You descend the dirt road in the flame of the bone-white candle,
Floyd | toward the crater valley.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd | evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | The tall hemlocks hide the wooden house in dusk, the creek flowing
Floyd | under mossy boulders and shadowy branches.  A large carved turnip
Floyd | glows on the walk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The long covered porch shines with candles, golden-brown, yellow, and
Floyd | blue-violet.  A green camping lantern flickers by the boarded-up door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan glances up, scanning the trees intently.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Interesting"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You go down the dirt road in the light of the bone-white candle,
Floyd | toward the field at the bottom.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd | willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaves hang into the dark silent creek behind the small white house.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bronze antique lantern glows by the door, above the light of a
Floyd | purple-orange streaked pumpkin.  Candles shine along the porch rail,
Floyd | rust-brown, orange, and midnight blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted pulley wheel is suspended from a tree, transformed into a
Floyd | postapocalyptic dreamcatcher. The center is oddly empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elia looks thoughtfully at the orange.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bone-white" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BONE-WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Elia)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Elia takes the bead with a look of delight, and threads it into the
Floyd | center of her odd dreamcatcher.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Perfect… This is for you." Elia smiles absently and hands you a
Floyd | small
Floyd | ear of rainbow-colored dried corn. "Blessings…"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Elia smiles dreamily.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Hooray!"
		DavidW says, "Mouse skull was the clue for which colour she wanted."
		Zach says, "Ah ha"
		Zach says, "Very nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x corn" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The light twinkles on the rainbow corn.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What else? It's missing something…"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A web of glittering wire with bright bottle caps, shining bits of
Floyd | broken glass and bullet shells, random feathers twirling on beaded
Floyd | cords.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elia looks thoughtfully at the yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rainbow" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RAINBOW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The light shines on the rainbow corn.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elia pokes at the ground with her crowbar.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, I say give the corn to Naima"
		DavidW says, "Maybe she can feed the little ones with it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                           willow house
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk up the dirt road in the flame of the bone-white candle,
Floyd | toward the sky.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd | evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | The tall hemlocks hide the wooden house in dusk, the creek flowing
Floyd | under mossy boulders and shadowy branches.  A large carved turnip
Floyd | flickers on the walk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The long covered porch glows with candles, golden-brown, yellow, and
Floyd | blue-violet.  A green camping lantern shines by the boarded-up door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan smiles, staring into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A red beacon flashes across the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                          evergreen house
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb the dirt road in the light of the bone-white candle, toward
Floyd | the crater rim.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd | pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | The grey house clings to the hillside among rocks and pines, the
Floyd | waterfall splashing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass hurricane lantern glows on the bottom of the long stair,
Floyd | beside the flame of a pale green pumpkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up on the high deck a plate of candle ends shines, ivory, red, and
Floyd | dark green.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rustle comes from the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They're hungry, little ones…"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give corn" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CORN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Naima)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Naima takes the rainbow corn happlly. "The little ones will love it."
Floyd | She smiles and runs up to set the corn on the deck.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The siren from the watchtower sounds, a beacon of red light piercing
Floyd | the darkening clouds.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd | Naima calls from the deck. "Here, take these! I'll be there in a
Floyd | minute. Good luck." She tosses something shining down to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rainbow corn has attracted a very large bird, eating happily.
Floyd | Naima watches the creature in delight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some keys
Floyd |   bone-white candle
Floyd |   nightstick
Floyd |
Floyd | The rainbow corn has attracted a intelligent-looking squirrel,
Floyd | nibbling happily.  Naima watches the creature in delight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grey smoke rises over the crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bird" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BIRD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing like that is close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "unlock the metal door with the keys?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                          pine hill house
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk up the dirt road in the flicker of the bone-white candle,
Floyd | toward the sky.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd | crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | Barbed fence along the edge of black earth and jagged rocks. The fiery
Floyd | clouds arch over the dark crater, the watchtower rising on the ridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted metal door is set in the roots of scorched trees.  The earth
Floyd | drops away beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden meteor streaks across the fiery clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock door with keys" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You must supply a noun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door with keys" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR WITH KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's unlocked at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusted metal door is set in the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard bat circles overhead, silhouetted on the evening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to wander into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter door" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The light is fading, reddening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the rusted metal door, revealing a silver bow and arrows.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard bat circles overhead, silhouetted on the evening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bow" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the bow and sling the quiver over your shoulder. The
Floyd | sounds the crater rim are growing.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | sounds the crater rim are growing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The others follow, coming up the crater road.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aidan waves cheerfully, shouldering a sniper rifle. Naima scurries
Floyd | over to a lookout perch, dragging a large clutch of grenades in a
Floyd | bucket. Elia settles into a rock crevice with her shotgun.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                            crater rim
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The sky darkens with smoke and red light and fire, the sirens of
Floyd | settlements far off joining the chaos.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fence shakes, but holds.
Floyd |
Floyd | A triple explosion below, pieces flying above the crater rim, sets off
Floyd | a chorus of victory shouts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Happy Halloween… 
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "That's weird. What was the bead for?"
		Zach says, "I have no idea."
		DavidW asks, "Did you understand any of that?"
		Zach says, "It's the end of the world as we know it."
		Zach says, "But I feel fine."
		DavidW says, "I'd like a short break to make sandwiches."
		Zach asks, "What sort of sandwiches?"
		Zach asks, "Back in 15?"
		DavidW says, "Turkey and weird Asian veggie mix."
Ellison arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		DavidW says, "back"
		Zach says, "Me too"
		DavidW says, "Fire up the next game at will."
Zach 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?" 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "list e" 		
Floyd says (to Zach), "e14s eas eas2 eas3 east eastgrovehills ecto13argument ecto13blackness ecto13cenric ecto13cratercreek ecto13cursedeagle ecto13deadpavane ecto13faithful ecto13fishdreams ecto13headless ecto13hillofsouls ecto13horriblepyramid ecto13icehouse ecto13jack ecto13nessa ecto13profile ecto13voodoo ecto13wisp ectoparti ectopartii edifice elements eleven elysium emma2 endless endmeans enemies enlightenment enlisted episodeartist erden escapade escapist eurydice everybodydies everydaythesamedream evil exile exnihilo exterminate" 		Zach says, "Hmm, I can't remember which ones we played last time."
		DavidW asks, "nor do I, but I guess we were just going alphabetically, so cursedeagle ought to be next?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ecto13cursedeagle" 		

Floyd ]  Wizard's Tower                                        1
Floyd ]  Exits: north inside
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lived in these lands since your mother shooed you away from
Floyd | the warmth of the nest. You remember her faintly, with this weird new
Floyd | mind: Her wings so large and terrible, her beak hacking at you. You
Floyd | knew she could have killed you as easy as you strike a mouse. And then
Floyd | you found these new mountains, this new realm, and nobody contested
Floyd | you. And then the long winter came.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tale of the cursed eagle
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Slat Leering
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Wizard's Tower
Floyd | It looms behind you, tall, all right angles and red brick. It looks to
Floyd | orderly for the things that happened inside. Maybe too sane.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Wizard's Tower                                        2
Floyd ]  Exits: north inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Wizard's Tower                                        3
Floyd ]  Exits: north inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You wear grey and tattered rags. Bare feet cold to the chill air. Your
Floyd | hair, grey and matty, flutters in the wind like bendy straw. You saw
Floyd | your eyes, once, reflected in the water they gave you in the tower.
Floyd | Black balls, expressionless.
Floyd |
Floyd | You had not eaten in many days. Hunger was beast in your stomach
Floyd | as wild and as merciless as the cold. And then you found the loud ones
Floyd | on a clearing, huddled in the skins of their prey like nursing mice.
Floyd | They shouted and pointed and ran after a bear; and they left one of
Floyd | their little ones alone, or maybe it had hid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "fly" 		

Floyd ]  Wizard's Tower                                        3
Floyd ]  Exits: north inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Wizard's Tower                                        3
Floyd ]  Exits: north inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then the beast has caught on to you. Black eyes are indifferent to
Floyd | your screams; Black claws grab for you; And black fangs dig into your
Floyd | neck as you continue screaming.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Eek"
		DavidW says, "hm."
Zach says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Wizard's Tower                                        1
Floyd ]  Exits: north inside
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lived in these lands since your mother shooed you away from
Floyd | the warmth of the nest. You remember her faintly, with this weird new
Floyd | mind: Her wings so large and terrible, her beak hacking at you. You
Floyd | knew she could have killed you as easy as you strike a mouse. And then
Floyd | you found these new mountains, this new realm, and nobody contested
Floyd | you. And then the long winter came.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tale of the cursed eagle
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Slat Leering
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Wizard's Tower
Floyd | It looms behind you, tall, all right angles and red brick. It looks to
Floyd | orderly for the things that happened inside. Maybe too sane.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "north?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge                                                2
Floyd ]  Exits: north south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Old and mossy, the bridge has been here for centuries and seen many
Floyd | feet cross it. Smooth cobbles, conquered by flowers and grass.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man stands guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge                                                3
Floyd ]  Exits: north south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your mouth, put you can only managed pained screams, a parody
Floyd | of the rare voice of your true form.
Floyd |
Floyd | You had not eaten in many days. Hunger was beast in your stomach
Floyd | as wild and as merciless as the cold. And then you found the loud ones
Floyd | on a clearing, huddled in the skins of their prey like nursing mice.
Floyd | They shouted and pointed and ran after a bear; and they left one of
Floyd | their little ones alone, or maybe it had hid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat man" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge                                                4
Floyd ]  Exits: north south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking Guard)
Floyd | I don't suppose Guard would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slew it easily. It pointed and stared at your diving form,
Floyd | agape. It didn't even shout for the others. They shouted when they
Floyd | came back and found you atop the lifeless, steaming food. They threw
Floyd | their stones and fired their weapons. You fled,you flew with hot lead
Floyd | in your neck, their screams trailing after you powerlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge                                                4
Floyd ]  Exits: north south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard blocks your way with the halberd. "The price is one silver
Floyd | coin."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Beast arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the beast is near the Bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then the beast has caught on to you. Black eyes are indifferent to
Floyd | your screams; Black claws grab for you; And black fangs dig into your
Floyd | neck as you continue screaming.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Are we an eagle cursed into a man's shape?"
		Zach says, "Apparently, with a beast at our back."
Zach says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Wizard's Tower                                        1
Floyd ]  Exits: north inside
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lived in these lands since your mother shooed you away from
Floyd | the warmth of the nest. You remember her faintly, with this weird new
Floyd | mind: Her wings so large and terrible, her beak hacking at you. You
Floyd | knew she could have killed you as easy as you strike a mouse. And then
Floyd | you found these new mountains, this new realm, and nobody contested
Floyd | you. And then the long winter came.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tale of the cursed eagle
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Slat Leering
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Wizard's Tower
Floyd | It looms behind you, tall, all right angles and red brick. It looks to
Floyd | orderly for the things that happened inside. Maybe too sane.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge                                                2
Floyd ]  Exits: north south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Old and mossy, the bridge has been here for centuries and seen many
Floyd | feet cross it. Smooth cobbles, conquered by flowers and grass.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man stands guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Ford                                                  3
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ford
Floyd | Here, further along the river, a few slippery stones make a ford for
Floyd | the poor and the hunted.
Floyd |
Floyd | You had not eaten in many days. Hunger was beast in your stomach
Floyd | as wild and as merciless as the cold. And then you found the loud ones
Floyd | on a clearing, huddled in the skins of their prey like nursing mice.
Floyd | They shouted and pointed and ran after a bear; and they left one of
Floyd | their little ones alone, or maybe it had hid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Road                                                  4
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd | A strange sight. Dead people have been thrown in the ditch like
Floyd | sandbags against some flood. Faces, cloth, all grey with mould.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slew it easily. It pointed and stared at your diving form,
Floyd | agape. It didn't even shout for the others. They shouted when they
Floyd | came back and found you atop the lifeless, steaming food. They threw
Floyd | their stones and fired their weapons. You fled,you flew with hot lead
Floyd | in your neck, their screams trailing after you powerlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Field                                                 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Field
Floyd | Workers plow the field with crude instruments. They don't look up at
Floyd | you, this shadow passing among them.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the beast is near the Bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you lay on your nest, convalescending or dying, the wizard
Floyd | came, climbing the hill like a lizard. He was fearless and you too
Floyd | weak to fight or fly. And your last memory of your true life was your
Floyd | dull incomprehension at this flying fingers, the sweat of his brow and
Floyd | his concentration. And the first memory of you knew form was
Floyd | confusion. Bare, weak human feet losing their grip on the rough stone;
Floyd | Fingers grabbing for purchase. You clung to the wall like a scared
Floyd | lamb. And then the hunters came with nets and spears, and brought you
Floyd | to the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Camp                                                  6
Floyd ]  Exits: southeast inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Camp
Floyd | Dirty white tents are dotted over this field, strange and displaced
Floyd | alien objects. Soldiers in blue sit by fires or clean weapons. There
Floyd | is little noise. A low murmur.
Floyd |
Floyd | This was your curse. To be in this weak and earthbound form, and
Floyd | to learn what your actions meant. And in all those days, you thought
Floyd | of your own young, still in the nest, unbeknownst to them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

Floyd ]  Camp                                                  6
Floyd ]  Exits: southeast inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You step towards one of the tents, and quickly some guards grab you by
Floyd | the arms. You are led to a bigger , more decorated tent, where a small
Floyd | man in a blue inform takes one look at you and exclaims: "My god, what
Floyd | have the savages of this land done to you? Do you need our
Floyd | protection?"

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Camp                                                  6
Floyd ]  Exits: southeast inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, unable to speak. "Organize some clothes", the man in blue
Floyd | tells one of the others. "Sit down, my friend". As you sit, you are
Floyd | handed a goblet. There are cries outside. The black beast has come.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You found protection. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Hooray?"
		Zach says, "I enjoyed the writing.+"
		DavidW says, "I guess? There's probably multiple endings."
		Zach says, "I suppose we could have gone east at certain points."
Zach says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Wizard's Tower                                        1
Floyd ]  Exits: north inside
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lived in these lands since your mother shooed you away from
Floyd | the warmth of the nest. You remember her faintly, with this weird new
Floyd | mind: Her wings so large and terrible, her beak hacking at you. You
Floyd | knew she could have killed you as easy as you strike a mouse. And then
Floyd | you found these new mountains, this new realm, and nobody contested
Floyd | you. And then the long winter came.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tale of the cursed eagle
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Slat Leering
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Wizard's Tower
Floyd | It looms behind you, tall, all right angles and red brick. It looks to
Floyd | orderly for the things that happened inside. Maybe too sane.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge                                                2
Floyd ]  Exits: north south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Old and mossy, the bridge has been here for centuries and seen many
Floyd | feet cross it. Smooth cobbles, conquered by flowers and grass.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man stands guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge                                                3
Floyd ]  Exits: north south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard blocks your way with the halberd. "The price is one silver
Floyd | coin."
Floyd |
Floyd | You had not eaten in many days. Hunger was beast in your stomach
Floyd | as wild and as merciless as the cold. And then you found the loud ones
Floyd | on a clearing, huddled in the skins of their prey like nursing mice.
Floyd | They shouted and pointed and ran after a bear; and they left one of
Floyd | their little ones alone, or maybe it had hid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "give silver" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge                                                3
Floyd ]  Exits: north south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE SILVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Ford                                                  4
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ford
Floyd | Here, further along the river, a few slippery stones make a ford for
Floyd | the poor and the hunted.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slew it easily. It pointed and stared at your diving form,
Floyd | agape. It didn't even shout for the others. They shouted when they
Floyd | came back and found you atop the lifeless, steaming food. They threw
Floyd | their stones and fired their weapons. You fled,you flew with hot lead
Floyd | in your neck, their screams trailing after you powerlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Road                                                  5
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Road
Floyd | A strange sight. Dead people have been thrown in the ditch like
Floyd | sandbags against some flood. Faces, cloth, all grey with mould.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the beast is near the Bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you lay on your nest, convalescending or dying, the wizard
Floyd | came, climbing the hill like a lizard. He was fearless and you too
Floyd | weak to fight or fly. And your last memory of your true life was your
Floyd | dull incomprehension at this flying fingers, the sweat of his brow and
Floyd | his concentration. And the first memory of you knew form was
Floyd | confusion. Bare, weak human feet losing their grip on the rough stone;
Floyd | Fingers grabbing for purchase. You clung to the wall like a scared
Floyd | lamb. And then the hunters came with nets and spears, and brought you
Floyd | to the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Village                                               6
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Village
Floyd | Little houses along a dirt road. A distant windmill. People in the
Floyd | street, watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | This was your curse. To be in this weak and earthbound form, and
Floyd | to learn what your actions meant. And in all those days, you thought
Floyd | of your own young, still in the nest, unbeknownst to them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Harbor                                                7
Floyd ]  Exits: north south west inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Harbor
Floyd | A few small docks. Mostly fishing boats have anchored here. There is
Floyd | one bigger ship, teeming with activity, about to cast off.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the beast is near the Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | And the wizard siphoned all your despair with strange alchemy, and
Floyd | made it; This creature, your yoke and fate: That black beast, made of
Floyd | despair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

Floyd ]  Harbor                                                7
Floyd ]  Exits: north south west inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't pay for a passage, but you're willing to work and soon you
Floyd | learn the trade of sailor. And so you fly as far as the oceans will
Floyd | carry out, hunted by news of the black beast. But in your journeys you
Floyd | see sights more curious, more frightening. And as you grow old, you do
Floyd | so in the taverns, and children listen to your tales, so terrible and
Floyd | strange.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You found distraction. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Harbor                                                7
Floyd ]  Exits: north south west inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Harbor
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Monastery                                             8
Floyd ]  Exits: south west inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Monastery
Floyd | It's huge and squat, unornamented. The walls are made from thick grey
Floyd | slabs of stone. A double gate leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | So you fled, but it has your scent. And you see many paths before
Floyd | you, and your young might be forgotten, if only you can shake the
Floyd | beast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

Floyd ]  Monastery                                             8
Floyd ]  Exits: south west inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You knock on the big gate, frantically. An old monk in tattered robes
Floyd | open the door. "Do you seek shelter, child?" he asks, coldly.(yes/no)

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Monastery                                             8
Floyd ]  Exits: south west inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | You are led inside, and they give you food and shelter. The black
Floyd | beast howls and rages outside the gates, but is held back by prayer.
Floyd | Some time later, you are transferred to a convent, where you spend the
Floyd | rest of your days. You sometimes dream of your old life, but in those
Floyd | empty nights on the rough sheets, you find hope and solace in the old
Floyd | beads of a rosary, picked smooth by generations of those in need.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You found faith. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "interesting"
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Monastery                                             8
Floyd ]  Exits: south west inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Monastery
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mountains                                             8
Floyd ]  Exits: south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mountains
Floyd | Home. High above you, all stone and moss and snow. Where humans fear
Floyd | to treat, this unconquered realm of yours. You've build a nest here
Floyd | some time ago,
Floyd |
Floyd | Your fledgling is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Beast arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the beast is near the Mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then the beast has caught on to you. Black eyes are indifferent to
Floyd | your screams; Black claws grab for you; And black fangs dig into your
Floyd | neck as you continue screaming.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Yeah, I have no idea what the Black Beast is, but it is interesting."
		DavidW says, "Perhaps there's a best ending where the beast is defeated and we're uncursed. But I would prefer to just go to the next game for now."
		Zach says, "Yeah"
Zach 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?" 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "list e" 		
Floyd says (to Zach), "e14s eas eas2 eas3 east eastgrovehills ecto13argument ecto13blackness ecto13cenric ecto13cratercreek ecto13cursedeagle ecto13deadpavane ecto13faithful ecto13fishdreams ecto13headless ecto13hillofsouls ecto13horriblepyramid ecto13icehouse ecto13jack ecto13nessa ecto13profile ecto13voodoo ecto13wisp ectoparti ectopartii edifice elements eleven elysium emma2 endless endmeans enemies enlightenment enlisted episodeartist erden escapade escapist eurydice everybodydies everydaythesamedream evil exile exnihilo exterminate" 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ecto13deadpavane" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You slam the study door behind you and lean on it for a moment - but
Floyd | only a moment! Already heavy zombie footsteps are approaching the
Floyd | door. You must find something to barricade it, quickly!
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead Pavane for a Princess
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Emily Boegheim
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131031 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | Here you have spent many a busy or an idle hour, composing your music,
Floyd | reading, or playing music. You fear this will be the last time you see
Floyd | it for a long time, perhaps forever. No, do not give up hope! There is
Floyd | yet a chance for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bookshelves line the walls of the room. It has taken you years, your
Floyd | entire life to build up this library, but now you must abandon it.
Floyd | Your grand piano stands heavily in a corner of the room, notes for
Floyd | your newest composition lined up along the music stand. The high
Floyd | window along the south wall is your only hope of escape, as your poor
Floyd | friend - now your zombified ex-friend - Claude Debussy lurks outside
Floyd | the door to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Heh, zombie Debussy"
		DavidW says, "push piano"
Zach says (to Floyd), "push piano" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH PIANO
Floyd |
Floyd | You release the brakes on the piano's wheels and push it towards the
Floyd | door. It rolls easily - too easily - in fact it escapes you and
Floyd | crashes into the door with a nightmarish jangle. Yes, there are
Floyd | scratches on the poor thing now. "Sorry, old friend," you mutter as
Floyd | you lock the wheels in place once more. No zombie will be coming
Floyd | through the door now, though. You sit down on the now-lonely piano
Floyd | stool to catch your breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Nice"
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Maurice Ravel, noted composer. Many do not yet recognise your
Floyd | genius, but they will - they will - assuming you survive this night.
Floyd | You are slightly built and small of stature, but stronger than you
Floyd | appear, and your intelligence and determination should enable you to
Floyd | escape this deadly trap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Aww, I know you Ravel."
		DavidW asks, "So, how to reach the window?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The window reaches almost from the ceiling to the floor. How often you
Floyd | have stared dreamy-eyed through it as you worked on your latest
Floyd | composition, watching the carriages rattle by on the street outside!
Floyd | This room is on the ground floor, but due to the unevenness of the
Floyd | land the house was built on, there is quite a drop to the pavement
Floyd | outside the window. The window is closed, barring access to the
Floyd | street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | It took you many years to amass this magnificent library. And yet in
Floyd | all your vast collection, there is not one book which tells you how to
Floyd | escape a zombie. A perhaps-fatal lack of foresight!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "climb shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Study (on the piano stool)
Floyd | Bookshelves line the walls of the room. It has taken you years, your
Floyd | entire life to build up this library, but now you must abandon it.
Floyd | Your grand piano stands heavily guarding the door into the room, notes
Floyd | for your newest composition lined up along the music stand. The high
Floyd | window along the south wall is your only hope of escape, as your poor
Floyd | friend - now your zombified ex-friend - Claude Debussy lurks outside
Floyd | the door to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x notes" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOTES
Floyd |
Floyd | Your latest work is yet in its earliest stages. There is a theme, some
Floyd | ideas, but they are the merest sketches at this point. You have great
Floyd | hope for the piece, though, and hope to complete it this year - should
Floyd | you survive the day!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stool" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Without the piano to give its existence meaning, the piano stool
Floyd | appears lost and lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take notes" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NOTES
Floyd |
Floyd | You salvage your precious notes. Your work shall not be lost to
Floyd | posterity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the piano stool.
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | Bookshelves line the walls of the room. It has taken you years, your
Floyd | entire life to build up this library, but now you must abandon it.
Floyd | Your grand piano stands heavily guarding the door into the room. The
Floyd | high window along the south wall is your only hope of escape, as your
Floyd | poor friend - now your zombified ex-friend - Claude Debussy lurks
Floyd | outside the door to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The piano stool sits sadly in the middle of the room, divorced from
Floyd | the piano.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "move stool south" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE STOOL SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The piano stool cannot be pushed from place to place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push stool" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the stool under the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the piano stool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that you can reach the latch easily, you have no trouble getting
Floyd | the window open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we need a rope or ladder or something?"
		Zach says, "Nice"
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter window" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | There is too great a drop from the window to the ground; you fear you
Floyd | would injure yourself. If only there were something you could climb
Floyd | down onto!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Study (on the piano stool)
Floyd | Bookshelves line the walls of the room. It has taken you years, your
Floyd | entire life to build up this library, but now you must abandon it.
Floyd | Your grand piano stands heavily guarding the door into the room. The
Floyd | high window along the south wall is your only hope of escape, as your
Floyd | poor friend - now your zombified ex-friend - Claude Debussy lurks
Floyd | outside the door to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "make rope" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > MAKE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   your notes
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x notes" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOTES
Floyd |
Floyd | Your latest work is yet in its earliest stages. There is a theme, some
Floyd | ideas, but they are the merest sketches at this point. You have great
Floyd | hope for the piece, though, and hope to complete it this year - should
Floyd | you survive the day!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "play notes" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY NOTES
Floyd |
Floyd | This is no time for music, alas!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "play pinao" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY PINAO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "play piano" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY PIANO
Floyd |
Floyd | This is no time for music, alas!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open piano" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PIANO
Floyd |
Floyd | The piano is already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in piano" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN PIANO
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the grand piano.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open stool" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to claude" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO CLAUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Study (on the piano stool)
Floyd | Bookshelves line the walls of the room. It has taken you years, your
Floyd | entire life to build up this library, but now you must abandon it.
Floyd | Your grand piano stands heavily guarding the door into the room. The
Floyd | high window along the south wall is your only hope of escape, as your
Floyd | poor friend - now your zombified ex-friend - Claude Debussy lurks
Floyd | outside the door to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x curtains" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CURTAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Is it possible we blocked the door too soon? I don't see much else to work with."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It took you many years to amass this magnificent library. And yet in
Floyd | all your vast collection, there is not one book which tells you how to
Floyd | escape a zombie. A perhaps-fatal lack of foresight!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read books" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It took you many years to amass this magnificent library. And yet in
Floyd | all your vast collection, there is not one book which tells you how to
Floyd | escape a zombie. A perhaps-fatal lack of foresight!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search books" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take books" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Such an action would be certain death!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | This game has a target audience of no one. I fear that anyone who
Floyd | knows enough about Maurice Ravel to be amused by the title also knows
Floyd | enough to realise I researched this game entirely on Wikipedia.
Floyd | Apologies to Ravel and his family for any unintentional
Floyd | misrepresentations of his character, music, and personal
Floyd | relationships.
Floyd |
Floyd | I, Emily Boegheim, wrote this unfortunate work of fiction, but it's
Floyd | Ryan Veeder's fault for egging me on. No beta-testers were harmed in
Floyd | the making of this game, unless it keeps Ryan awake tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Maurice Ravel, noted composer. Many do not yet recognise your
Floyd | genius, but they will - they will - assuming you survive this night.
Floyd | You are slightly built and small of stature, but stronger than you
Floyd | appear, and your intelligence and determination should enable you to
Floyd | escape this deadly trap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "maybe push the piano out the window?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "push piano out window" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH PIANO OUT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to push the grand piano
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "push piano outside" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH PIANO OUTSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | The grand piano cannot be pushed from place to place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "jump out winow" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP OUT WINOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "jump out window" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP OUT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Study (on the piano stool)
Floyd | Bookshelves line the walls of the room. It has taken you years, your
Floyd | entire life to build up this library, but now you must abandon it.
Floyd | Your grand piano stands heavily guarding the door into the room. The
Floyd | high window along the south wall is your only hope of escape, as your
Floyd | poor friend - now your zombified ex-friend - Claude Debussy lurks
Floyd | outside the door to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Such an action would be certain death!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the piano stool)
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "stand on stool" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the piano stool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "look out window" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK OUT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The window is south"
Zach says (to Floyd), "look outside" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK OUTSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | There is too great a drop from the window to the ground; you fear you
Floyd | would injure yourself. If only there were something you could climb
Floyd | down onto!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x latch" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "drop notes outside" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP NOTES OUTSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | (your notes)
Floyd | There would be little point in putting your notes there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "drop notes out window" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP NOTES OUT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You must not lose your precious notes!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop stool out window" 		

Floyd ]  Street
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP STOOL OUT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean through the window and carefully drop the piano stool onto
Floyd | the paving stones below. Fortunately it remains upright.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Street
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the piano stool)
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Hey hey"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Street
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "go out window" 		

Floyd ]  Street
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO OUT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to go outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "go outside" 		

Floyd ]  Street
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO OUTSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "jump out window" 		

Floyd ]  Street
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP OUT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Street
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Street
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Street
Floyd | Most days the street teems with life: carriages passing, hawkers
Floyd | shouting about their wares, people going about their business. Today
Floyd | it is strangely deserted.
Floyd |
Floyd | The piano stool stands helpfully beneath the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | The piano stool sits sadly under the window, divorced from the piano.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "er, we're already outside. We pushed the stool while ON it."
		Zach says, "haha"
Zach says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Street
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "off" 		

Floyd ]  Street
Floyd |
Floyd | > OFF
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb through the window and down onto the piano stool. It wobbles
Floyd | treacherously on the uneven paving stones, but you are able to keep
Floyd | your balance and scramble down to safety. The street is deserted -
Floyd | zombie Claude Debussy is still safely in the house, beating hopelessly
Floyd | on your study door. You have escaped!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** But for how long? ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah"
		Zach says, "When in doubt, go north."
		DavidW says, "We were never supposed to see the Street location. It was a dummy location for the stool, I guess."
		Zach says, "I'm just happy that Ravel, against all odds, got his own game."
		Zach asks, "Another?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		DavidW says, "I have tomorrow off."
		Zach says, "Me too"
Zach 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?" 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "list e" 		
Floyd says (to Zach), "e14s eas eas2 eas3 east eastgrovehills ecto13argument ecto13blackness ecto13cenric ecto13cratercreek ecto13cursedeagle ecto13deadpavane ecto13faithful ecto13fishdreams ecto13headless ecto13hillofsouls ecto13horriblepyramid ecto13icehouse ecto13jack ecto13nessa ecto13profile ecto13voodoo ecto13wisp ectoparti ectopartii edifice elements eleven elysium emma2 endless endmeans enemies enlightenment enlisted episodeartist erden escapade escapist eurydice everybodydies everydaythesamedream evil exile exnihilo exterminate" 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ecto13faithful" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Since a recent vandalism, rumors have it that the Thurnley tomb is
Floyd | haunted. None dare enter, and only the caretaker dares go near it. You
Floyd | have promised her to try to lay the ghost to rest; if you do not
Floyd | return by morning she has promised to try to venture in to recover
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faithful Companion
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Matt Weiner
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the bench is an iron key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          2
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a chill but no wind, yet the leaves fly from the bench and
Floyd | twirl in the air. They seem to limn a human figure in an attitude of
Floyd | expectation, as if your presence has stirred some memories of its own
Floyd | life.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy iron key that seems to fit the lock of the crypt's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          3
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the marble door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the ghost reaches to take the iron key from you, you fall to the
Floyd | floor in a dead faint.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The caretaker finds you in the morning ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          3
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          3
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an iron key
Floyd |
Floyd | As the ghost reaches to take the iron key from you, you fall to the
Floyd | floor in a dead faint.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The caretaker finds you in the morning ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I haven't seen 'limn' in a game since The Sound of One Hand Clapping'."
		Zach says, "I don't think I've ever seen it."
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          3
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's not a word in common usage, obviously."
		DavidW says, "Except in Scrabble."
		Zach says, "Certainly"
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          3
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the ghost reaches to take the iron key from you, you fall to the
Floyd | floor in a dead faint.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The caretaker finds you in the morning ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Since a recent vandalism, rumors have it that the Thurnley tomb is
Floyd | haunted. None dare enter, and only the caretaker dares go near it. You
Floyd | have promised her to try to lay the ghost to rest; if you do not
Floyd | return by morning she has promised to try to venture in to recover
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faithful Companion
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Matt Weiner
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the bench is an iron key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This game seems to be on a timer. I think we can't waste turns at all, or rarely."
Zach says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          2
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a chill but no wind, yet the leaves fly from the bench and
Floyd | twirl in the air. They seem to limn a human figure in an attitude of
Floyd | expectation, as if your presence has stirred some memories of its own
Floyd | life.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "unlock door" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          3
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the iron key)
Floyd | You unlock the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            4
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the marble door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | This latch is designed so that merely pushing it will open it, and
Floyd | pushing it again in the same way will close it again. It is currently
Floyd | closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x steel" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | This latch is designed so that merely pushing it will open it, and
Floyd | pushing it again in the same way will close it again. It is currently
Floyd | closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            7
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward the bronze latch as if the form within them is
Floyd | peering closely at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "push steel" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            8
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the steel latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward the steel latch as if the form within them is
Floyd | peering closely at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "push cooper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            8
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH COOPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "push copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            9
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "push copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            10
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the steel latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Huh"
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		Zach says, "That's mean!"
		DavidW asks, "Since when do ghosts push latches?"
		Zach says, "Since when they didn't like me :("
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss ghost" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            11
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS GHOST
Floyd |
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            12
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You must supply a noun.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            11
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            12
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the granite door)
Floyd | The granite door won't open when the bronze latch and the steel latch
Floyd | are closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            13
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes through the motions of kissing the ghost.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Ha"
Zach says (to Floyd), "push steel" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            14
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the steel latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes through the motions of opening the granite door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            15
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the granite door)
Floyd | The granite door won't open when the copper latch is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha ha. He's duplicating our moves."
Zach says (to Floyd), "open bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            16
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the steel latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I am too worthy of an enemy for myself"
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            17
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes through the motions of opening the granite door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            18
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            18
Floyd |
Floyd | > RESTART
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart?

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Since a recent vandalism, rumors have it that the Thurnley tomb is
Floyd | haunted. None dare enter, and only the caretaker dares go near it. You
Floyd | have promised her to try to lay the ghost to rest; if you do not
Floyd | return by morning she has promised to try to venture in to recover
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faithful Companion
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Matt Weiner
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the bench is an iron key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          2
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a chill but no wind, yet the leaves fly from the bench and
Floyd | twirl in the air. They seem to limn a human figure in an attitude of
Floyd | expectation, as if your presence has stirred some memories of its own
Floyd | life.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "unlock door" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          3
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the iron key)
Floyd | You unlock the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            4
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the marble door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            5
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open steel" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            6
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the steel latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            7
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, that's why the ghost took the key earlier. It was duplicating moves then too."
		Zach says, "Hmm"
		Zach says, "This is interesting"
		DavidW asks, "Try, uh, doing three dummy moves, then opening the latches and door?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            7
Floyd |
Floyd | > RESTART
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart?

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Since a recent vandalism, rumors have it that the Thurnley tomb is
Floyd | haunted. None dare enter, and only the caretaker dares go near it. You
Floyd | have promised her to try to lay the ghost to rest; if you do not
Floyd | return by morning she has promised to try to venture in to recover
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faithful Companion
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Matt Weiner
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the bench is an iron key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          2
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a chill but no wind, yet the leaves fly from the bench and
Floyd | twirl in the air. They seem to limn a human figure in an attitude of
Floyd | expectation, as if your presence has stirred some memories of its own
Floyd | life.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "unlock door" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          3
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the iron key)
Floyd | You unlock the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            4
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the marble door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            5
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            6
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            7
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            8
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open steel" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            9
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the steel latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            10
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, we only have a two turn grace."
Zach says (to Floyd), "push copper. push steel. push bronze." 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            13
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH COPPER. PUSH STEEL. PUSH BRONZE.
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the steel latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the steel latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It seems that a push open or close by us is just a push for the ghost."
		Zach says, "There must be some scenario where the ghost actually opens the last latch for us."
		Zach says, "How to get there, I don't know."
		DavidW says, "I think we have to deliberately close a latch."
Zach says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            13
Floyd |
Floyd | > RESTART
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart?

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Since a recent vandalism, rumors have it that the Thurnley tomb is
Floyd | haunted. None dare enter, and only the caretaker dares go near it. You
Floyd | have promised her to try to lay the ghost to rest; if you do not
Floyd | return by morning she has promised to try to venture in to recover
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faithful Companion
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Matt Weiner
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the bench is an iron key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          2
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a chill but no wind, yet the leaves fly from the bench and
Floyd | twirl in the air. They seem to limn a human figure in an attitude of
Floyd | expectation, as if your presence has stirred some memories of its own
Floyd | life.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "unlock door" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          3
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the iron key)
Floyd | You unlock the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            4
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the marble door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | This latch is designed so that merely pushing it will open it, and
Floyd | pushing it again in the same way will close it again. It is currently
Floyd | closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It really isn't necessary to restart each time, y'know."
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            4
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Perhaps, but I don't trust this ghost."
Zach says (to Floyd), "open bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            5
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "close bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            6
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open steel" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            7
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the steel latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            8
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "goes to find a pen and paper"
		Zach goes to find a pen and paper
		DavidW asks, "may I try?"
		Zach says, "Most certainly"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            9
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the steel latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            10
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            11
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            12
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            13
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            14
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push steel" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            15
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the steel latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            16
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            17
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the steel latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            18
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Not quite."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            19
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            20
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            21
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            22
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push steel" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            23
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the steel latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            24
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            25
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the steel latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            26
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, that wasn't it either"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            27
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            28
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            29
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes through the motions of going south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            30
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes through the motions of going west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            31
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes through the motions of going north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          32
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          33
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          34
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            35
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close marble door" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            36
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE MARBLE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            37
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost opens the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            38
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost closes the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh well"
		DavidW says, "I didn't really think that would work, but I had to try."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            39
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            40
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          41
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the marble door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          42
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          43
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          44
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            45
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            46
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | This latch is designed so that merely pushing it will open it, and
Floyd | pushing it again in the same way will close it again. It is currently
Floyd | closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            47
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm thinking we could try to get the ghost to 'push' while in another room."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          48
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward the bronze latch as if the form within them is
Floyd | peering closely at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          48
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            49
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Go for it. My brain isn't great at these sort of puzzles."
		DavidW says, "I'm still doing it wrong."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          50
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            51
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            52
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          53
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            54
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            55
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            56
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          57
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            58
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            59
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          60
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          61
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            62
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            63
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          64
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          65
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            66
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push steel" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            67
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the steel latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          68
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          69
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            70
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open granite door" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            71
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN GRANITE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The granite door won't open when the bronze latch, the copper latch,
Floyd | and the steel latch are closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "drat"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bronze latch" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            72
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRONZE LATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | This latch is designed so that merely pushing it will open it, and
Floyd | pushing it again in the same way will close it again. It is currently
Floyd | closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            73
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes through the motions of opening the granite door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            74
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward the bronze latch as if the form within them is
Floyd | peering closely at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This puzzle ought to be easy, it seems, but I'm not getting it just yet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          75
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Recently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great. A
Floyd | marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          75
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            76
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | Before November, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned this room.
Floyd | It was when the place was ransacked that the trouble started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            77
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            78
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            79
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open granite door" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            80
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN GRANITE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The granite door won't open when the bronze latch, the copper latch,
Floyd | and the steel latch are closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            81
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            82
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes through the motions of opening the granite door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            83
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open granite door" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            84
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN GRANITE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The granite door won't open when the steel latch is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            85
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            86
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes through the motions of opening the granite door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            87
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ghost" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            88
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GHOST
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the ghost.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks (of Zach), "You willing to try again?"
		Zach says, "I have not any ideas."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure how to even map out this puzzle."
		Zach says, "Yeah, that's how I feel."
		Zach asks, "Next game?"
		DavidW says, "um, okay."
Zach says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            88
Floyd |
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
Zach 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?" 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "list e" 		
Floyd says (to Zach), "e14s eas eas2 eas3 east eastgrovehills ecto13argument ecto13blackness ecto13cenric ecto13cratercreek ecto13cursedeagle ecto13deadpavane ecto13faithful ecto13fishdreams ecto13headless ecto13hillofsouls ecto13horriblepyramid ecto13icehouse ecto13jack ecto13nessa ecto13profile ecto13voodoo ecto13wisp ectoparti ectopartii edifice elements eleven elysium emma2 endless endmeans enemies enlightenment enlisted episodeartist erden escapade escapist eurydice everybodydies everydaythesamedream evil exile exnihilo exterminate" 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ecto13fishdreams" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dream Fish was written for Ectocomp 2013.  This game contains
Floyd | coarse language, gore, and disturbing imagery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Play anyway? (y/n) >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           1
Floyd | Motion disturbs the water.  Something falls from above, sinking down a
Floyd | long path down from sunlight to deepness.  A second something falls,
Floyd | overtaking the first, landing in the weeds with a force that stirs the
Floyd | sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | With no greater predator about, you rule these depths, and you are
Floyd | curious.  And hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fish Dreams
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Carolyn VanEseltine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Depths
Floyd | Only sporadic shafts of sunlight penetrate to these lonesome depths.
Floyd | Long weeds rise from the sand to drift and tangle in the current.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead human has come to rest among the weeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | A massive box lies on the sandy floor.  Several layers of rope wind
Floyd | about the box, binding it closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "As long as it doesn't get too bad,"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead humans are interesting.  You've eaten them before.  Humans change
Floyd | the world, and the world changes them in return, and the result is a
Floyd | fascinating, satisfying meal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Muffled vibrations come from within the massive box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat dead human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           3
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT DEAD HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You sink your teeth into the human's meaty limb, severing hunk after
Floyd | tasty hunk with joyous abandon.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | In his final moments, there was nothing but rage, red and angry.
Floyd | He drew back his fist, snarling a threat that even he barely heard.
Floyd | The commander went pale beneath her rouge.  He was certain that he
Floyd | would never strike her, but wondered (beneath that certainty) whether
Floyd | he really might this time - he could not remember being so angry
Floyd | before, so desperately, burningly angry.  The lips skinned back from
Floyd | his teeth in a snarl and
Floyd |
Floyd | SMASH! across the back of his head.  He never even saw where the
Floyd | blow came from.  There wasn't even pain, not really - just impact, and
Floyd | the ending of a life.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | Muffled vibrations come from within the massive box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "eat human?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           4
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You nose at the box, but the rope holds it closed.  A few quick bites
Floyd | would solve that problem.
Floyd |
Floyd | Muffled vibrations come from within the massive box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "bite rope" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           5
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your powerful teeth slice neatly through the layers of rope, and the
Floyd | remanents fall easily away.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sharp vibration comes from the massive box, followed by a roiling
Floyd | mass of bubbles.  The bubbles send you spinning away, but you are
Floyd | nonetheless aware that a second human has emerged from the box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The new human is still alive.  Thrashing awkwardly, it propels itself
Floyd | up toward the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat new human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           5
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT NEW HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           6
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Depths
Floyd | Only sporadic shafts of sunlight penetrate to these lonesome depths.
Floyd | Long weeds rise from the sand to drift and tangle in the current.
Floyd |
Floyd | A partially eaten human has come to rest among the weeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | A massive box lies on the sandy floor.  Its lid gapes open to reveal
Floyd | the empty interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead human floats down and flops into the sand.  After a brief
Floyd | inspection, you confirm that this is the same human you discovered in
Floyd | the box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           7
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not done here yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dead human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEAD HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the short human from inside the box or the tall
Floyd | human from outside the box?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat dead human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           7
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT DEAD HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the short human from inside the box or the tall
Floyd | human from outside the box?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat tall human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           8
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT TALL HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You push past the human's weak coverings to make a first foray on the
Floyd | soft, tasty innards.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | He thought, if he could trust anyone, he could trust Roselle -
Floyd | until he looked to the bottom of his glass and saw the residue, the
Floyd | rust-red powder inflaming the wine.
Floyd |
Floyd | When he stood, the deck reeled under him, and he couldn't tell any
Floyd | more whether it was inside or outside his head.  His skin felt
Floyd | flushed, his head ached, the room spun.  What had she dosed him with?
Floyd | What would it do to him?
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet he struggled for control.  She had forfeited her share of
Floyd | the profit, that was for certain, and her right to move freely about
Floyd | the cabin.  But perhaps things could be remedied, somehow - if he
Floyd | could think through the gathering haze - 
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "eat more of each?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat short human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           9
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT SHORT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You sink your teeth into the human's meaty limb, severing hunk after
Floyd | tasty hunk with joyous abandon.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | In her final moments, there was hope that she might live - a
Floyd | blazing, shining hope, filled with the struggle to climb through the
Floyd | water and the struggle to hold her breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | But she lost the second, and then she lost the first, and the
Floyd | water burned into her lungs.  It was a useless hope after all, a flash
Floyd | in the pan like so many others - the aching capstone to a defeated
Floyd | life.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat tall human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           10
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT TALL HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You burrow deeper, wriggling with delight as you gulp down mouthful
Floyd | after mouthful.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | "Over?" he echoed.  "What do you mean?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I mean what I said - " Gene looked sweaty, round, uncomfortable,
Floyd | not at all like a man who had just played him for the better part of
Floyd | twenty-three million.  "I need someone on board who listens.  Someone
Floyd | who's got his shit together.  Someone who won't touch the cookie
Floyd | jar."
Floyd |
Floyd | And by their contract, under these circumstances - the contract he
Floyd | had pushed for himself - Gene could take the company with him, and
Floyd | Jerry was screwed, screwed, screwed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you going to do, Jerry?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm going to kick your ass.  I'm going to wreck your car.  I'm
Floyd | going to take a fucking cruise..." All the fight suddenly went out of
Floyd | him.  "I'm going to go home," he said, and he did.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oddly, on the drive home, he thought: A cruise might not be a bad
Floyd | idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           11
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Depths
Floyd | Only sporadic shafts of sunlight penetrate to these lonesome depths.
Floyd | Long weeds rise from the sand to drift and tangle in the current.
Floyd |
Floyd | A partially eaten human is sprawled on the sandy floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A partially eaten human has come to rest among the weeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | A massive box lies on the sandy floor.  Its lid gapes open to reveal
Floyd | the empty interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "keep eating, I guess"
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat tall human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           12
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT TALL HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn your attention higher up the body, to the flappy cheeks and
Floyd | lips and nose and eyes.  You bite and tear and chew, savoring each
Floyd | delectable mouthful.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could kill for a fix," he said, and then he didn't say it but
Floyd | he thought it, and days and weeks and months later he stopped thinking
Floyd | it.  One day he realized he didn't know when he last thought it, and
Floyd | that was the day Gene said, "You know, you really got your shit
Floyd | together in there.  I need someone like that, someone focused,
Floyd | organized, under control.  But someone who understands me, too.  I got
Floyd | this idea,"
Floyd |
Floyd | and he listened, and his heart said no, no, no until his mouth
Floyd | said yes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat tall human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           13
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT TALL HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Exerting your powerful jaws, you crack the human's skull and nuzzle
Floyd | away at the cavity within.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere beneath it all, he was always fourteen.  He was always
Floyd | at the top of the stairs in his skeleton costume for Halloween, and
Floyd | the teachers were always walking past below, with the conversation
Floyd | always drifting up the stairs like an evil spirit.  He was always
Floyd | listening, even though he didn't want to hear.  He was always just
Floyd | learning that they couldn't tell him apart from anyone else in the
Floyd | same costume.  That he was just another kid, here one year and gone
Floyd | the next.  That he was not special.  He was always just realizing that
Floyd | he would never be special.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat tall human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           14
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT TALL HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Having consumed all the flesh off one human, you turn your attention
Floyd | to the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You push past the human's weak coverings to make a first foray on the
Floyd | soft, tasty innards.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | Betrayal was barely a word she knew.  She was shocked when she
Floyd | walked into the cabin and Jerry rounded on her, screaming, "What have
Floyd | you done to me!" She didn't lift a hand to stop the blow, though it
Floyd | drove her glasses into her face and knocked her sprawling into the
Floyd | dresser.
Floyd |
Floyd | His hands were so strong, lifting her up like a child, dropping
Floyd | her down on a rough wooden surface.  The darkness was almost
Floyd | comforting, before awareness registered - and by then he had slammed
Floyd | the lid down, and she heard something scraping on the outside of the
Floyd | box, over and over.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You can stay there until La Ceiba," he snarled, ignoring her
Floyd | protests.  And then he was gone, and the lid would not open, no matter
Floyd | how she tried.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat tall human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           15
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT TALL HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Having consumed all the flesh off one human, you turn your attention
Floyd | to the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You burrow deeper, wriggling with delight as you gulp down mouthful
Floyd | after mouthful.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | They had the same cabin, and they slept in the same bed, but
Floyd | chastely, rarely keeping even the same hours.  And Jerry accepted it,
Floyd | and his simple acceptance made her smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | He was in love with something else, of course - something darker
Floyd | and fiercer than she could ever be - and she felt sad for that, though
Floyd | relieved that it kept his attentions at bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | She thought about that as he laughed above his wineglass, all
Floyd | white teeth and sparkling eyes, and thought about it as she smiled
Floyd | back.
Floyd |
Floyd | She didn't want his love.  She wouldn't have minded if she could
Floyd | have it, if she could be capable of stealing it, but she didn't want
Floyd | it.  But could she break his other love?  That might make his life
Floyd | even better.  She didn't have the synthesis equipment with her, but
Floyd | she could at least analyze her options.  Methadone, naltrexone,
Floyd | diamorphine - every treatment plan started somewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "creepy and fascinating"
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat tall human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           16
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT TALL HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Having consumed all the flesh off one human, you turn your attention
Floyd | to the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn your attention higher up the body, to the flappy cheeks and
Floyd | lips and nose and eyes.  You bite and tear and chew, savoring each
Floyd | delectable mouthful.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire started after she cut the phone lines, and the house
Floyd | burned to the ground.  Her sister's voice was higher-pitched than she
Floyd | had ever heard it - "My god, Roselle, what were you thinking?
Floyd | Whatever were you thinking?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She'd been thinking, it would be so easy to make sure your awful
Floyd | boss never calls you again on a weekend.  She'd been thinking, all it
Floyd | takes is scissors.  She'd been thinking, I have scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cargo pants had giant pockets, and the scissors were still in
Floyd | her pocket.  If she slipped, they would go straight into her thigh.
Floyd | She didn't slip, or even move.  She stood quietly, instead, and
Floyd | listened to her sister, and watched the scorched rubble smoke
Floyd | softly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Indeed"
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat tall human" 		

Floyd ]  The Depths                                           16
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT TALL HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Having consumed all the flesh off one human, you turn your attention
Floyd | to the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exerting your powerful jaws, you crack the human's skull and nuzzle
Floyd | away at the cavity within.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere beneath it all, she was always twenty-seven, and she
Floyd | never had her glasses because of the stupid bunny mask.  She was
Floyd | always standing at the end of a stranger's driveway while the
Floyd | costumeless partied inside, always watching the cars drive past,
Floyd | squinting through the miserable blur in hope of seeing the van that
Floyd | would rescue her.  She was always standing by the grinning pumpkin
Floyd | until the partygoers started leaving.  She was always twenty-seven,
Floyd | and the van never came.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | You nose your way across the bones one last time, but there's nothing
Floyd | left to eat.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You swim away, cherishing your new memories. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "wow"
		DavidW says, "I think we should stop there."
		DavidW says, "End on a high note."
		Zach says, "Indeed"
		DavidW says, "Thanks for the games. I'll try to give the Faithful Companion puzzle some thought."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Coloratura by Lynnea Glasser
As played on ifMUD on November 17, 2013

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 Coloratura written by Lynnea Glasser. Coloratura was released as part of the 2013 IF Competition, in which it took first place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

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
		

		* Doug has joined the channel.
		Doug says, "well heck, I was going to work today but I can't resist"
		Touchy asks, "What, yo?"
Taleslinger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
DavidW arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Touchy arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Touchy brings tea. 		
Jacqueline hollers, "ClubFloyd in a couple of minutes, please join us for Coloratura!" 		
AdamM arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		* Jacqueline has added LynneaGlasser to the channel.
Nitku arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline says, "Hello, Lynnea, thanks for coming."
		Jacqueline says, "And congratulations on winning the comp."
		Jacqueline says, "We have some new people today, so let me start by saying that we try to keep all conversation here on the channel. To speak on the channel the first time, preface your text with #clubfloyd."
		Touchy says, "Oh, I was expecting her to be your logging bot."
		Jacqueline says, "After you've designated a channel that way, you can just preface your text with a semi-colon to indicate you want to speak on the channel."
		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "No, no, that's PerrySimm."
two-star arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Taleslinger says, "Yay, I remembered mutec *"
		Jacqueline says, "Please keep discussion of the game on the channel, so that the transcript will come out clean."
		Touchy says, "Yes, ma'am."
		Jacqueline says (to Lynnea), "You'll want to be in the Toyshop to watch the game. Just type Toyshop and you'll be moved here."
LynneaGlasser arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "Yay."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, so, let's begin."
		Taleslinger says (to LynneaGlasser), "Welcome!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask coloratura" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Song of the Universe envelops you, pulsing through you in the
Floyd | otherworldly aether. You sing, sing, sing the song of ancients, of the
Floyd | unending, of all to come and be. Your semi-aqueous body kneads upon
Floyd | itself, in time to the rhythm: Spread, then fold, spread, then fold.
Floyd | The Universe echoes infinitely your leitmotif: Erupt, engulf, erupt,
Floyd | engulf.
Floyd |
Floyd | White: 
Floyd |
Floyd | Bliss.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Bliss.A physical jolt momentarily tears you apart from the
Floyd | Song, grounds you in the physical world. For a moment all you can see
Floyd | is the crystal Cellarium, perfectly sized to house your viscous body.
Floyd | Grey: Tedium. Boredom. You immediately launch yourself back
Floyd | into the Song.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | The disturbance returns. Then another, and another. The rhythm is
Floyd | interrupted. Your connection to the Universe fades. The jostling gives
Floyd | way to a slow but steady movement. Kidnapped. Stolen. Abused. Lifted?
Floyd | Out of the trench. The bathymetric pressure change burns; the walls of
Floyd | your home become now painfully entombing. Hoisted, sloshed,
Floyd | disoriented, finally: dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a time, you sense them, surrounding your Cellarium. The Others,
Floyd | the Blind Ones. You've heard of their kind. They ooze yellow:
Floyd | Curiosity. Excitement. They do not sense you inside. You are
Floyd | safe. Their meat-tongues eke out disgusting, shrill noises. With
Floyd | horrified fascination, you realize that they are singing: faint colors
Floyd | in a pathetic shadow of the real Song. You easily parse their
Floyd | meanings.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...locals could have created it?....formation is natural at that
Floyd | level....wet lab for testing...."
Floyd |
Floyd | While the Others' outside stutterings are disturbing, your Cellarium
Floyd | has come to a rest, and the Song beckons you... to once again sing and
Floyd | dance. Perhaps, despite the abduction, you still can.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 1
Floyd | While the Others' outside stutterings are disturbing, your Cellarium
Floyd | has come to a rest, and the Song beckons you... to once again sing and
Floyd | dance. Perhaps, despite the abduction, you still can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coloratura
Floyd |  by lynnea glasser
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Cellarium
Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you. The
Floyd | muffled voices swirl yellow and green: intrigue and excitement as they
Floyd | staccato to each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | A physical, gelatenous body. One of the Ancients, the Eternals: The
Floyd | Aqueosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "I've played it, so I'll mostly watch to see what you kids make of it."
		Jacqueline says, "Love the intro."
		DavidW asks, "Shall I assume we are a jellyfish?"
		Jacqueline says, "That's what I was thinking at first, but then I wasn't so sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | This body cannot carry things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "No, we're totally some sort of enlightened alien..."
		DavidW says, "I have to admit to being very confused by the language choice."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm leaning that way after being picked up."
		Touchy says, "Okay, kinda like a jellyfish.."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You launch yourself back into the bliss, the harmony, the rhythm. From
Floyd | up here, it feels different, but still welcoming. Away fades the
Floyd | physical world: the Cellarium, the room, the muffled voices and their
Floyd | primitive colors. Replaced with the resplendent Song of the Universe.
Floyd | But something unexpected is here. There are other Blind Ones,
Floyd | different humans. Sleepers, drifters, each one alone in disharmony,
Floyd | singing a selfish song of apathetic deafness, rejoicing in their
Floyd | discordance. You can't truly connect while they sing so jarring, but
Floyd | you could help them, help the sleepers. They deserve to Sing too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot Sing properly while surrounded by such disharmony. The
Floyd | sleepers, they sing disjointed and pathetic. There must be a way to
Floyd | help them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		AdamM says, "I've played it, too, so I'm just here to watch."
		Doug says, "staccato's not a verb! this game sucks!!!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sleepers" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SLEEPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | All pluck out their own primitive, discordant tune, not even creating
Floyd | a passable solo melody. It is soul-wrenching to witness. You cannot
Floyd | possibly enjoy your own beauty knowing such emotional poverty before
Floyd | you. Their strong connections to the physical world anchor them,
Floyd | prevent them from being able to Sing in true beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "who am i" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHO AM I
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "I'm not getting your joke, but possibly I haven't read everything yet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Song
Floyd | The Song of the Universe, with every creature dancing and coloring and
Floyd | sharing and exchanging in happiness and harmony. The sleepers drift
Floyd | and sing a primitive song. It is apathetic and selfish, and disrupts
Floyd | the harmony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "What does the l command do, again?"
		DavidW says, "I see no exits but I suggest trying to move anyway."
		DavidW says, "L means LOOK"
		Touchy coughs and looks away.
		DavidW says, "Basically, what room am I in again."
		Touchy says, "I got confused by the response about the song."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, look can be perceived different ways."
		DavidW says, "And somehow, our 'room' is a song. Which confuses me horribly."
		Doug says (to Jacqueline), "the muffled voices are staccatoing to each other. poetic license"
Touchy says (to floyd), "sing to sleepers" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING TO SLEEPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | They sing blind solos. Their connections to the physical prevent them
Floyd | from being able to harmonize with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x universe" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X UNIVERSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Every Ancient and animate in all of space and time, weaving together
Floyd | the beauty and majesty of cohesion. It sings white in immaculate
Floyd | beauty and perfection.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "harmonize" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HARMONIZE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the primitive song)
Floyd | You're having trouble combining that (the primitive song)
Floyd | into a better state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x song" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SONG
Floyd |
Floyd | Random, off-tune, irregular beats, each one of them of a different
Floyd | style. It is a disgusting mess. They would be happier - everything
Floyd | would be better - if they were able to harmonize with the Universe
Floyd | properly, but their ties to the physical restrict them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Oh, I missed that bit. I'm okay when authors do that, though."
Touchy says (to floyd), "listen to sleepers" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO SLEEPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | They all sing the best that they are able, but their tethers to the
Floyd | physical prevent them from being able to sing, to tumble, to combine,
Floyd | to harmonize. So they sing Blindly, each their own self-absorbed tune.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x physical" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHYSICAL
Floyd |
Floyd | While you're in the Song, the tedium of the physical fades completely,
Floyd | and your Cellarium is one of those physical objects.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What's a cellarium?"
		Jacqueline says, "The matrix in which we exist, I guess."
		Doug asks, "it's a spacesuit, sort of?"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I'm totally thinking of the shapeshifters from DS9 now."
		Touchy says, "I'm imagining it to be a crystalish thingy."
		Doug | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you.
		Jacqueline says (to Lynnea), "This is the 'fun' part of watching others play in real time while they discuss it. You get to hear them muddle through figuring out what you're showing but not telling."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch cellarium" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH CELLARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | The Cellarium is the thing that allows you to ignore the physical
Floyd | world. You'd rather focus on being able to get back to singing, and
Floyd | that means helping these others sing as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "help others" 		
Touchy says (to floyd), "x cellarium" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELP OTHERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You untether them.
Floyd | White.
Floyd | Peace.
Floyd | One by one, their melodies harmonize: they truly connect to one
Floyd | another in a strong and beautiful swelling of colors. You ignite with
Floyd | hope and pride. However, in the midst of your bliss-creating wake, you
Floyd | encounter one Drifter whose ties are oddly strung: He is one of the
Floyd | few Blind Ones who can Walk while Singing. He can see, understand,
Floyd | comprehend. He witnesses. Drifter starts to awaken. That must not
Floyd | happen: he will throw away his chance at happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  The Song                                             16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CELLARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | While you're in the Song, the tedium of the physical fades completely,
Floyd | and your Cellarium is one of those physical objects.
Floyd |
Floyd | This Drifter has pushed himself nearly fully back into the physical.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Drifter?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x drifter" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRIFTER
Floyd |
Floyd | His connection to this world is fading, quickly. His ties are pulling
Floyd | him back to the physical. It needs to be cut quickly before he is out
Floyd | of your grasp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Drifter leaves the bliss, and you turn to your Singing. There is a
Floyd | great disturbance that you decide to investigate, but your Cellarium
Floyd | has been fastened shut and you are unable to escape it. The Blind Ones
Floyd | handle you some more - poking and prodding - but eventually, in a
Floyd | flurry of green excitement, they stick a rod in you, and leave you
Floyd | alone to sing. And you join in as best you can, but the rod is always
Floyd | there, a splinter nagging at you, preventing you from fully singing.
Floyd | But it is still lovely, and you join in as best you can.
Floyd | Off-white. Happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are happy enough. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oops"
		DavidW says, "I'm so lost."
		Doug says, "I think we have to destim the doshes."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Song of the Universe envelops you, pulsing through you in the
Floyd | otherworldly aether. You sing, sing, sing the song of ancients, of the
Floyd | unending, of all to come and be. Your semi-aqueous body kneads upon
Floyd | itself, in time to the rhythm: Spread, then fold, spread, then fold.
Floyd | The Universe echoes infinitely your leitmotif: Erupt, engulf, erupt,
Floyd | engulf.
Floyd |
Floyd | White: 
Floyd |
Floyd | Bliss.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Bliss.A physical jolt momentarily tears you apart from the
Floyd | Song, grounds you in the physical world. For a moment all you can see
Floyd | is the crystal Cellarium, perfectly sized to house your viscous body.
Floyd | Grey: Tedium. Boredom. You immediately launch yourself back
Floyd | into the Song.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | The disturbance returns. Then another, and another. The rhythm is
Floyd | interrupted. Your connection to the Universe fades. The jostling gives
Floyd | way to a slow but steady movement. Kidnapped. Stolen. Abused. Lifted?
Floyd | Out of the trench. The bathymetric pressure change burns; the walls of
Floyd | your home become now painfully entombing. Hoisted, sloshed,
Floyd | disoriented, finally: dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a time, you sense them, surrounding your Cellarium. The Others,
Floyd | the Blind Ones. You've heard of their kind. They ooze yellow:
Floyd | Curiosity. Excitement. They do not sense you inside. You are
Floyd | safe. Their meat-tongues eke out disgusting, shrill noises. With
Floyd | horrified fascination, you realize that they are singing: faint colors
Floyd | in a pathetic shadow of the real Song. You easily parse their
Floyd | meanings.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...locals could have created it?....formation is natural at that
Floyd | level....wet lab for testing...."
Floyd |
Floyd | While the Others' outside stutterings are disturbing, your Cellarium
Floyd | has come to a rest, and the Song beckons you... to once again sing and
Floyd | dance. Perhaps, despite the abduction, you still can.

		Touchy says, "I'm going to benedate the xenophober."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 1
Floyd | While the Others' outside stutterings are disturbing, your Cellarium
Floyd | has come to a rest, and the Song beckons you... to once again sing and
Floyd | dance. Perhaps, despite the abduction, you still can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coloratura
Floyd |  by lynnea glasser
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Cellarium
Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you. The
Floyd | muffled voices swirl yellow and green: intrigue and excitement as they
Floyd | staccato to each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "bend" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEND
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "fold" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLD
Floyd |
Floyd | You launch yourself back into the bliss, the harmony, the rhythm. From
Floyd | up here, it feels different, but still welcoming. Away fades the
Floyd | physical world: the Cellarium, the room, the muffled voices and their
Floyd | primitive colors. Replaced with the resplendent Song of the Universe.
Floyd | But something unexpected is here. There are other Blind Ones,
Floyd | different humans. Sleepers, drifters, each one alone in disharmony,
Floyd | singing a selfish song of apathetic deafness, rejoicing in their
Floyd | discordance. You can't truly connect while they sing so jarring, but
Floyd | you could help them, help the sleepers. They deserve to Sing too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So, we're a jellyfish alien in a crystal and -- what? people are talking and we're trying to kill them so their souls are free?"
		Touchy says, "So it seems..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x blind ones" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLIND ONES
Floyd |
Floyd | All pluck out their own primitive, discordant tune, not even creating
Floyd | a passable solo melody. It is soul-wrenching to witness. You cannot
Floyd | possibly enjoy your own beauty knowing such emotional poverty before
Floyd | you. Their strong connections to the physical world anchor them,
Floyd | prevent them from being able to Sing in true beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "We're killing them or whatever but one of them gets away."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help them" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELP THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You untether them.
Floyd | White.
Floyd | Peace.
Floyd | One by one, their melodies harmonize: they truly connect to one
Floyd | another in a strong and beautiful swelling of colors. You ignite with
Floyd | hope and pride. However, in the midst of your bliss-creating wake, you
Floyd | encounter one Drifter whose ties are oddly strung: He is one of the
Floyd | few Blind Ones who can Walk while Singing. He can see, understand,
Floyd | comprehend. He witnesses. Drifter starts to awaken. That must not
Floyd | happen: he will throw away his chance at happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cut drifter" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT DRIFTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Drifter attempts to flee you: lucid and aware, but still completely
Floyd | Blind. He does not know, does not understand: cutting the ties will
Floyd | grant him bliss. You will give him bliss.
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to sever many of his ties, but his resistance has
Floyd | disappointingly ruined the process, and now he has trapped himself in
Floyd | a kind of limbo. Part of him in the physical world where you cannot
Floyd | influence. The resulting black and stabbing mess is incredibly painful
Floyd | to listen to. As he attempts to fully shove himself back into the
Floyd | other world, he screams a report of everything he senses there, on
Floyd | repeat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Are we creating zombies?"
		DavidW says, "I really don't know."
Touchy says (to floyd), "listen to screams" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO SCREAMS
Floyd |
Floyd | ...top bunk, snoring shipmates, bed, itchy sheets, top bunk,
Floyd | sweat, intruder? intruder! sheets, some voices, top bunk, other
Floyd | shipmates, snoring, snoring, snoring, bed, wet sweat, sheets, rough
Floyd | sheets, intruder pressing my chest, top bunk, bed...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think we're on a different plane."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Sounds more like a boat."
		Touchy asks, "Hm...so one of those aliens that make you sleep forever or something?"
		Touchy says, "Well, I'd go with spaceship."
		Doug says, "haha"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "help drifter" 		

Floyd ]  The Song                                             7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELP DRIFTER
Floyd |
Floyd | His aura is roughly cleaved, but he has settled into a stable state.
Floyd | Any further influence would probably completely unbalance him.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Drifter pushes much of himself back into the physical, but some
Floyd | silent part of him still remains trapped in the flowing Song. His
Floyd | color dulls into a dim, staticy grey, his mind settles into
Floyd | resignation. He ceases reporting the physical. The silence is
Floyd | soothing, and once again you can fully devote yourself to the Song.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sing" 		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You Sing and Fold: push apart, consume, push apart, consume again. You
Floyd | join into the music of the Universe, and relief overwhelms you as the
Floyd | Universe itself mirrors your motions. White. Bliss...
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a faint black flurry from the physical. Then, a mechanical
Floyd | roar rips away the Universe, and you are snapped back into your
Floyd | aqueous body. Back to the Cellarium. To the physical. Everything is
Floyd | moving again. Not up, but away. Realization: they will never grant you
Floyd | peace. Determination: return yourself and your Cellarium to the proper
Floyd | place. But first, this unnatural movement must be stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Cellarium
Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you. The
Floyd | muffled voices have left, and the surrounding room is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | The human-place is just outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You fold. Glimpses of white bliss tempt you, but they are too
Floyd | fleeting, and it feels somehow different. The Cellarium needs to be
Floyd | returned to its appointed place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Sorry."
		* Kazim has joined the channel.
		DavidW says, "I think we can go 'out' now."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | With great effort, you push the seamless lid off of your Cellarium as
Floyd | the dry air pricks at your tensing surface. You notice that everything
Floyd | is covered in faint traces of colors from the Blind Ones as you roll
Floyd | off the table and plop some distance to the ground. You sense
Floyd | colorless motion from somewhere else on this vessel. Something is
Floyd | pushing it, and that thing must be stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Collection Room
Floyd | A zoo, a macabre collection of stolen minerals and pilfered samples.
Floyd | They have been studying your home, your infinite junction. Would you
Floyd | be just another trophy -- their final trophy? Centered in the room is
Floyd | a large metal table with your opened Cellarium displayed prominently.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, I don't tihnk we're an alien."
		Touchy says, "Are colors emotions or smells or somethings"
		Touchy asks, "?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x minerals" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MINERALS
Floyd |
Floyd | Minerals that you recognize as being from around your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I dunno. The spaceship idea might still work."
		Doug asks, "do you mean that the Blind Ones are the aliens?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think it's something we sense the way others sense smells or fingerprints."
		DavidW says, "I think the Blind Ones are humans."
		Doug says, "right. aliens. :"
		Doug )
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x minerals" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MINERALS
Floyd |
Floyd | Minerals that you recognize as being from around your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search minerals" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH MINERALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x samples" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAMPLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Minerals that you recognize as being from around your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		two-star says, "I'm just going to imagine that siderotil is one of them."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "I'm just thinking that we're something that the humans don't understand, that they've drug up from the deep, but that we're something of this Earth. Alien to the people, perhaps, but from here."
Doug says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Your semisolid body cannot jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Also possible..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cellarium" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CELLARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | A block of anhydrite cut into a perfect cube and etched with the
Floyd | intricate harmonics of the timeless Universe. The lid is off, and the
Floyd | Cellarium is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "But they're probably unaware that we are a lifeform."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x harmonics" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HARMONICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "I think we need to disable the engine. Not sure what interstitial is but let's go there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large metal table is your crystalline Cellarium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug | Anhydrite is a mineral--anhydrous calcium sulfate, CaSO4. It is in the orthorhombic crystal system, with three directions of perfect cleavage parallel to the three planes of symmetry.
Doug says (to Floyd), "x interstitial" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X INTERSTITIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "um, okay."
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Interstitial Room
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that seems to span the length of the vessel.
Floyd | Multiple openings into other rooms waft hints of their purpose, but
Floyd | most pressing is the unnatural movement to the southwest spurring this
Floyd | monstrosity away from your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and one small
Floyd | unexplored room is to the west. The pounding room is to the southwest,
Floyd | and a closed hatch is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to
Floyd | the rest of the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Kazim arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Doug asks, "is there a missing word there?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "listen to humans" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO HUMANS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "shall we go stop the pounding?"
		DavidW says, "I'm gonna take a guess that 'The Interstitial Room' is jellyfish-speak for hallway."
		Touchy says, "I think we should."
Doug says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pounding Room
Floyd | The urgent apathy of this room is overwhelmingly confusing. A dead
Floyd | grey creature furiously pounds away: pushing the vessel at a
Floyd | deafeningly loud pace, yet desiring nothing, knowing nothing. The
Floyd | gigantic whirling, chewing machine fills the room with its deafening
Floyd | beat and blistering fever.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, we need to stop this boat before it takes us away from our home."
		Touchy says (to DavidW), "That is what my dictionary suggests. It seems to be a term from chemistry or biology."
inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Doug says, "'interstitial' means 'between the stits'"
		Touchy slaps Doug around a bit with a large trout.
		DavidW says, "so, we must kill this metal machine grey creature. The engine, I suppose."
		Touchy says, "Well, sing probably won't help."
		DavidW says, "I have no idea."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | A gigantic dead beast, whirling and chewing, stoking flames that are
Floyd | smothered to normalcy by a cannula of cold pipes. The flow from the
Floyd | pipes is what keeps the whole system running.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That's what I'm thinking. Sabotage it somehow."
		Jacqueline says, "Can we type about? I'm wondering if there are unique verbs."
		DavidW says, "Clog the pipes? Except we can't pick up anything in this body."
		Touchy says, "Hm..maybe we could make the pipes resonate."
		Jacqueline asks, "With singing?"
		Touchy asks, "Can we actually do anything except singing?"
		Jacqueline says, "That's why I wanted to 'about'"
		Doug | A cannula ... is a tube that can be inserted into the body, often for the delivery or removal of fluid or for the gathering of data.
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Like that rod they stuck in us."
		Touchy says, "I don't mind any abouting..."
		DavidW says, "go ahead and about"
		Doug says, "about away"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Coloratura by Lynnea Glasser (formerly Lynnea Dally)
Floyd |
Floyd | The idea for Coloratura came from one of my favorite games
Floyd | growing up: Titanic: Challenge of Discovery. While exploring
Floyd | its undersea wrecks, I couldn't help but imagine what it might be like
Floyd | to find something terrible. When writing this game, I took advantage
Floyd | of the fact that the text-based medium gave a unique opportunity to
Floyd | tell the story from the creature's inhuman perspective, and had a lot
Floyd | of fun with different descriptions and new kinds of actions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks to diligent testers Russell Glasser, Michael Ammer, Hall Hood,
Floyd | Zach Bush, Joel Webster, Joe Barlow, Kaan Vural, Michael Fransioli,
Floyd | Jesse Sky, Melvin Rangasamy, Toby Ott, Arthur DiBianca and Dean Jones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cover art donated by Fabian Parker.
Floyd |
Floyd | A map is included in the release of this game. For the visually
Floyd | impaired, >MAP will print a text-based version of the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | Useful commands:
Floyd |   >HINT:  Puzzle-specific hints.
Floyd |  >SOLUTION: Puzzle-specific solutions.
Floyd |  >WALKTHROUGH: Sectioned walk through.
Floyd |  >COMPLETE WALKTHROUGH: A complete walk through.
Floyd | >TRANSLATION ON: Alternate descriptions for playing in a non-English
Floyd | language.
Floyd |  >NAUTICAL/CARDINAL: Switch between direction modes.
Floyd |  >EPILOGUE: Access additional story content.
Floyd |
Floyd | Author's website (and additional game creation notes) at
Floyd | LMDadventures.blogspot.com
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm glad we didn't about earlier. That was fun to figure out what we were."
		Touchy says, "Spot on Mrs ALott."
		inky says, "russell glasser!"
		Jacqueline says, "I only know one of the testers. That's very cool."
		inky says, "oh, wait, I guess people already did this bit"
		Touchy asks, "Are we visually impaired?"
		Touchy asks (of inky), "is who?"
		Doug asks, "do we want to look at the map or will that spoiler us?"
Kazim exclaims, "That's me!" 		DavidW says, "I think I've seen Toby Ott's name before."
		inky says, "yeah, that sounds familiar"
		inky says (to Touchy), "old-timey r*if person"
		Touchy says, "ah"
		Jacqueline says, "I was meaning Melvin Rangasamy, actually."
		inky says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I say we avoid the map for now."
		Touchy says, "Okay, enough name dropping..."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "sing to machine" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING TO MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing of ritardando, of holds, of caesura. The unliving engine is
Floyd | completely Blind to any song.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter engine" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        22
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "sing to pipes" 		

Floyd | > ENTER ENGINE
Floyd |
Floyd | There are so many parts of the engine, many of them whirring and
Floyd | burning and dangerous. There must be a weak spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vessel's tempo increases steadily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING TO PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing of ritardando, of holds, of caesura. The unliving pipes are
Floyd | completely Blind to any song.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x engine" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ENGINE
Floyd |
Floyd | A gigantic dead beast, whirling and chewing, stoking flames that are
Floyd | smothered to normalcy by a cannula of cold pipes. The flow from the
Floyd | pipes is what keeps the whole system running.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That at least establishes that the pipes are a separate object from the machine."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter pipes" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | The pipes are part of a closed system, but the device attached to them
Floyd | isn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | You ooze a small part of yourself through the slotted pores of the
Floyd | device. Your conductive body forms multi-directional currents that are
Floyd | simultaneously overwhelming and confusing to the machine. It sputters
Floyd | one final attempt at reconciling all the directions, beeps frantic
Floyd | red, then slows to grey before squeaking out. Black. Sleep.
Floyd | You retract yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chewing stops. The pounding stops. The ocean drags the adrift
Floyd | vessel into a blessed ritardando. The Blind Ones approach, frantic and
Floyd | trampling. There is brief excitement in another nearby room, then back
Floyd | again in the interstitial room. Soon, they will be here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "I think we blocked the exhaust vent."
		DavidW says, "clever"
		Touchy says, "Might get ourselves killed..."
		Jacqueline says, "We should leave."
		DavidW asks, "Do we return to the collections room? What happens if they catch us? Or just start up the machine again?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think we need to get off the ship."
		Touchy says, "Well, they're in the hallway so I suppose we can only hide."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hide" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You cram yourself into an unnoticeable position.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two of the humans burst into the room. You vaguely recognize one as
Floyd | being in charge: Captain. She blasts streaks of uneasy orange with
Floyd | undertones of commanding violet. The other is much more nervous,
Floyd | corkscrewing tightly in red-orange folds. Obviously she is the beast's
Floyd | handler: Engineer. They searchingly clunk about the engine.
Floyd |
Floyd | They are much bigger than you expected, certainly much bigger than
Floyd | you. But they cannot be without empathy. You attempt to reach out to
Floyd | the Blind Ones, to ask them for help, to connect and communicate and
Floyd | sing in harmony, but the humans cannot hear. They cannot understand.
Floyd | None of them can, you realize. Their ignorance will make them
Floyd | dangerous; there must be a safe way to reach them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "omg that worked"
		Jacqueline says, "Totally wasn't expecting that. I always *want* it to work in games, but it never does."
		Touchy says, "Okay, so colors are definitely sounds."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sing white" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd | If you are trying to color something, please specify the target
Floyd | that you would like to color (e.g. >color man red). Also, a list of
Floyd | colors can be accessed with the command >COLORS. If you just want to
Floyd | sing, try >SING.
Floyd |
Floyd | Once again, you can see the colors of their pitiable Song of clashing
Floyd | teeth, mushing lips, and vibrating membranes - each note an emotional,
Floyd | simplistic, story. The dissonant dialogue is even more jarring this
Floyd | close, but you manage to keep pace. Engineer quickly smooths out into
Floyd | a rounded indigo. "... easy fix. A simple replacement."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So can we sing specific colors?"
		Touchy says, "whoa"
		Touchy says, "I so had not made that connection in my head."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "We're on the same wavelength, David."
		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "And that is why group play is sometimes more fun than solo play. :)"
		Jacqueline says (to Lynnea), "I know you don't want to talk yet, but I'm super curious about something later regarding your perceptions on humanity."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, we know now that we can color someone, but what do the colors do?"
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        27
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Well, that's why we have a command for that."
		Touchy says, "And of course some references from earlier situations."
Doug says (to Floyd), "colors" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLORS
Floyd |
Floyd | Infrared: Anger, hate.
Floyd | Red: Panic, horror.
Floyd | Orange: Revulsion, unease.
Floyd | Yellow: Curiosity, intrigue.
Floyd | Green: enjoyment, engagement.
Floyd | Blue: Love, fondness.
Floyd | Indigo: Trust, confidence.
Floyd | Violet: Protection, nobility.
Floyd | Ultraviolet: Commanding, dominating.
Floyd | White: Bliss, perfection.
Floyd | Grey: Apathy, indifference.
Floyd | Black: Madness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right. So we do."
		Doug asks, "sorry, was that a spoiler?"
		Taleslinger asks, "Is infrared really a color?"
		Touchy says, "No, it's fine. The game told us to use that."
		Doug says, "hm, so the engine went mad (black) when we shut it down"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Nope not a spoiler/"
		DavidW says, "So colors are our main tool, I would guess. A swiss-army knife."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color engineer black" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER BLACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer is too focused to be influenced.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain continues to churn anxious orange, "We need to get them to a
Floyd | hospital ASAP. Medic doesn't know what the fuck is going on with the
Floyd | crew, and we already have to eat the cost of abandoning the
Floyd | transponders. I need to know right now if I can trust you on this, or
Floyd | if I need to send out an S.O.S."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "A very colorful Swiss army knife."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color captain blue" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain is too strong to be influenced.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer solidifies, strong and sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain churns further, folding over herself. Indecision.
Floyd | Uncertainty. She hangs, momentarily simultaneously trusting
Floyd | indigo and stubborn ultraviolet. In this delicate state, you could
Floyd | color her either way...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "ooh"
		Touchy asks, "Which color should we try?"
		Jacqueline says, "I like the sound of 'trusting' indigo"
		Touchy says, "I say we make them feel save and happy...will make it easier to get away and/or kill them."
		DavidW says, "I would like trust, if only because we might hear a secret."
		Touchy says, "I assume this is only related to the engineer and SOS thing. But go, take indigo."
		DavidW says, "Who's driving? Not me."
zzo38 arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color captain indigo" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Captain's delicate aura, willing it to become
Floyd | indigo. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they were
Floyd | her own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain physically touches Engineer with a kind of emotional
Floyd | significance that is unreadable to you. "I trust you," she oozes in
Floyd | incepted indigos. "I'm going to go tell that medic that we may have a
Floyd | problem," she finalizes before turning away and heavily, humanly,
Floyd | limb-pushing down the passageway. Engineer exhales an unnecessary
Floyd | stream of air out her mouth, and swings her body and limited gaze to
Floyd | the machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "One down, one to go?"
		* Tigrita has left the channel.
		DavidW says, "I dunno. I'm not sure if that was good for us or not."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we saved first."
		Touchy says, "Me neither..."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x engineer" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ENGINEER
Floyd |
Floyd | A Blind One, a human. Probably a female.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her light indigo aura tapers fixedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer opens the casing of the temperature gauge. Blue.
Floyd | Hope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Hm...so should we check out the rest of the ship and see what's going on?"
		Touchy says, "Just messing with the engine again while somebody is around seems like a bad idea."
		DavidW asks, "Can we color the engineer green?"
		Touchy says, "Not sure if we could get out unseen, though."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color engineer green" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer is too focused to be influenced.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer eye-dances the insides of the device. Yellow.
Floyd | Investigation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "I think it states explicitly when you can color something."
		Doug says, "no coloring outside the lines!"
		DavidW says, "I have no idea if we should wait or not. Both have huge risks."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer seeks for something among the cold parts. Yellow.
Floyd | Focus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy puts on the Hunt for Red October theme.
Doug says (to Floyd), "x captain" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAPTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zzo38 presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        33
Floyd | >
Floyd | I beg your pardon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "_red_ october heh"
zzo38 has had its fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "Can we enter the engineer? Like, I don't know what our body is capable of."
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh, dunno."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter engineer" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        34
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Does singing make us intangible?"

Floyd | > ENTER ENGINEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You Sing of aura-joinings, of unity, of perfect cohesion. Possessing a
Floyd | creature requires completely displacing its mind and will. In the
Floyd | Song, possession was a harmonic technique to create higher order and
Floyd | beauty, but these Blind Ones have no such inclinations, and completely
Floyd | resist your influence: it is difficult enough to even Color them.
Floyd | However, if Engineer understood the splendor of the Universe...
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer moves parts around in a way that seems significant.
Floyd | Green. Engagement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jacqueline says, "That sounds promising."
		DavidW says, "try just singing"
		Doug says, "seems like she's too engaged to notice us if we leave"
		Touchy says, "It also sounds like we have to kill them first. Or enlighten them. Whatever"
		Touchy says, "I vote for exploring more."
		* Tigrita has joined the channel.
		Doug says, "although maybe we don't want to let her fix the engine"
		DavidW says, "I suppose it's possible we won't be noticed"
		DavidW says, "We don't want the engine fixed. We also need to get the hatch open, I bet."
Doug says (to Floyd), "color engineer blue" 		

Floyd ]  Silenced Room                                        35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer is too focused to be influenced.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer closes the casing of the gauge. Green. Satisfaction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Silenced Room
Floyd | The gigantic machine fills the room with its silence. Engineer, in a
Floyd | cloud of focused and contented green, touches with the machine.
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer bubbles into a self-focused gleeful green as the machine
Floyd | resumes its apathetic, mindless life. The entirety of the vessel moves
Floyd | again... away. You warble in despair. You just need enough
Floyd | time so that you can figure out how you can communicate to them. You
Floyd | just need a break. You just need it to stop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "ugh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "stop" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > STOP
Floyd |
Floyd | (Engineer)
Floyd | Ending a melody is the most terrible thing you could do. Are you sure
Floyd | you want to attempt this?

		Doug asks, "um, no?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        37
Floyd | you want to attempt this?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to focus on restoring your own song through more harmonious
Floyd | methods.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, ending a melody sounds very bad."
		Jacqueline says, "We could restore."
Doug says (to Floyd), "stop machine" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STOP MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Blind One would surely notice you tampering with the machine in
Floyd | front of her. You need a way to permanently destroy the engine. The
Floyd | cold pipes need be stoppered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		* Tigrita has left the channel.
		Jacqueline says, "Or possibly we don't need to and aren't meant to ."
Doug says (to Floyd), "stopper pipes" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STOPPER PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Like, we're supposed to see this happen and then come up with a more permanent solution."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x pipes" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | An unnatural, cold fistula, shivering protective violet with the
Floyd | liquid it pumps. Glialed to the pipes is a curious device.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It beeps electric contentment out of small slits, and allows cooled
Floyd | water to flow through it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Again, we still have no suitable body. I think we needed to enter the engineer so we can use her hands to stopper the pipes."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x slits" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SLITS
Floyd |
Floyd | Small slits that lead to the internal electric workings of the pipe
Floyd | device.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "enter slits" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER SLITS
Floyd |
Floyd | The Blind One would surely notice you tampering with the machine in
Floyd | front of her. You need a  way to permanently destroy the engine. The
Floyd | cold pipes need be stoppered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "I guess we have to wait for her to leave?"
		DavidW says, "just try singing."
		Doug says, "or coerce her"
Doug says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You fold. The music is faint and the song warms you, but you know you
Floyd | cannot truly Sing without being in your Cellarium at the proper place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. hm"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x engineer" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ENGINEER
Floyd |
Floyd | A Blind One, a human. Probably a female.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her bright green aura bubbles gleefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "what is she waiting for?"
		Touchy says, "Nothing she is an engineer hanging out around an engine."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "color device black" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR DEVICE BLACK
Floyd |
Floyd | That (the curious device) cannot have its color manipulated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "color engineer blue" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Engineer's delicate aura, willing it to
Floyd | become blue. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they
Floyd | were her own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You spark a brief string of memories in Engineer, but she soon settles
Floyd | back into contented green. Your influence isn't very strong over her.
Floyd | There may be more value in things elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "color engineer yellow" 		

Floyd ]  Pounding Room                                        47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Engineer's delicate aura, willing it to
Floyd | become yellow. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though
Floyd | they were her own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You spark a brief curious examination of the room, but Engineer
Floyd | quickly returns to contented green. Your influence isn't very strong
Floyd | over her. There may be more value in things elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I'm guessing you can only influence them to adjacent colors, but maybe not."
		Doug says, "but anyway, not her at the moment"
		Touchy exclaims, "Explore! Explore! Explore!"
Doug has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Touchy bounces up and down.
Doug arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge from your hiding spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Interstitial Room
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. The Blind
Floyd | Ones left open a passageway to the southeast, you notice.
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and one small
Floyd | unexplored room is to the west. The pounding room is to the southwest,
Floyd | and the open newly opened room is to the southeast. A set of stairs
Floyd | leads up to the rest of the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "okay then."
		DavidW says, "With the ship moving again, we'll run out of time soon."
		Touchy says, "aye"
		Doug asks, "I guess the captain's room is southeast?"
		Doug asks, "since that door was closed before?"
		Touchy says, "find out"
Doug says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pipe Room
Floyd | The protector, the ameliorator, this is what keeps the dead beast
Floyd | calm. A simple set of connecting pipes steals heat from the engine,
Floyd | stores it in a tank of dead and artificial water, which is itself then
Floyd | soothed by a living water vat of pumped water, cooled with its own
Floyd | hose system.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So what's west?"
		Touchy says, "oooooh"
		Touchy says, "candy"
		Touchy says, "I mean seawater cooling system."
		DavidW says, "lag"
Doug says (to Floyd), "disconnect pipes" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISCONNECT PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x pipes" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | Metallic, hollowed bones, pumping hot and cold in a dead, apathetic
Floyd | constant rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x vat" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VAT
Floyd |
Floyd | In a horrifically efficient system, water humming with life is sucked
Floyd | up via hoses into the heating chamber, burned clean of life, and then
Floyd | spit out back into the ocean. The soothing cold and songs of the ocean
Floyd | are consumed mindlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vessel's tempo increases steadily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x living water" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIVING WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | The water pulses within the pipes, tubes and cavities.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "enter the tank?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "sing to water" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING TO WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You emotionally, mentally sing to the object (the water) but
Floyd | it does nothing, only continues to repeat its given song and
Floyd | narrative.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(which would kill us, most likely)"
		Touchy says, "Maybe we can get out that way. But we'd leave the cellarium behind."
Doug says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            53
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "enter tank" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER TANK
Floyd |
Floyd | The heated tank is part of a closed, piped system that you can't
Floyd | enter. The hoses that feed the vat, however, do seem fairly weak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "enter hoses" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER HOSES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't enter them while they're whole, so you decide to fix that.
Floyd | In the system of hoses, the exhaust hose radiates furious heat, and so
Floyd | you focus your attention on the intake hose: colder, and safer. You
Floyd | surround the intake hose, and feel it crackle from inside you. As the
Floyd | plastic oxidizes, bubbles trickle through your aqueous body and cause
Floyd | small bursts in your surface tension with a sensation that is actually
Floyd | somewhat pleasant. In a sudden explosion of energy, a jet of living
Floyd | water bursts through one of the hoses, forcefully spraying you away
Floyd | from the chaos.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mechanics of the cooling vat thwarted, soon the entirety of the
Floyd | beast catches up with its parts and frictions to a halt. Living water
Floyd | continues to vomit uncontrollably from the ripped hose. You sense the
Floyd | handler approaching from the passageway, and you feel nervously
Floyd | conspicuous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Or we could just sink this sub."
Doug says (to Floyd), "hide" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You cram yourself into an unnoticeable position.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer peals yellow desperation as she searches the room. Not
Floyd | noticing you, she turns to the vomitous mouth and
Floyd | tendon-muscle-attends the seacock in a way that seals it. As she
Floyd | unfurls in green relief, you become aware of something strange: the
Floyd | bubbling hose sensation, but not from your body proper. A small fleck
Floyd | of your Aqueosity was sprayed on the exhaust pipe, and is eating
Floyd | through it. Suddenly, the other hose bursts in a high-registered hiss,
Floyd | expelling its contents onto Engineer. She warps maddened black,
Floyd | stabbing in every note of every octave, then moves to the floor in a
Floyd | writhing mass of altered flesh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha ha 'nervously conspicuous'"
		Jacqueline says, "Nicely done, chaps."
		Touchy says, "ouch"
		Touchy asks, "We just killed her didn't we?"
		Doug says, "oopsie"
		DavidW asks, "Hope not, but maybe we can enter her now?"
		Touchy says, "Give it a shot, though I still don't think it's going to happen in this game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter engineer" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER ENGINEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You Sing of aura-joinings, of unity, of perfect cohesion. Possessing a
Floyd | creature requires completely displacing its mind and will. In the
Floyd | Song, possession was a harmonic technique to create higher order and
Floyd | beauty, but these Blind Ones have no such inclinations, and completely
Floyd | resist your influence: it is difficult enough to even Color them.
Floyd | However, if Engineer understood the splendor of the Universe...
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain enters, and her bubble of commanding violet melts into a
Floyd | horrified mess of orange. Medic follows nervously from behind, and
Floyd | examines all the meat-parts of the black, dissonant mess. Together,
Floyd | they transport Engineer up and away. You hope that her melody can be
Floyd | salvaged; it is a terrible thing for a Song to end, even one so
Floyd | simplistic and un-tuned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "phew"
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Pipe Room
Floyd | Silent and cold, the system of pipes, boilers, vats, hoses and water
Floyd | have all been stoppered shut by your intervention.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge from your hiding spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Interstitial Room
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and one small
Floyd | unexplored room is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest,
Floyd | and the open pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up
Floyd | to the rest of the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Not sure we really did this but whatever."
		Doug says, "this is why we can't have nice things"
		Touchy says, "This sounds like a reference that I am totally not getting right now."
		Doug says, "our Aqueosity makes messes"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dredging Room                                        60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dredging Room
Floyd | The faint colors swirl mixing into a confusing aurora of lingering
Floyd | feelings. Piles of cloth ooze uncountable emotions. One cold metal
Floyd | prison sits quietly, while a heated prison vibrates to a swelteringly
Floyd | fast pace.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the east, and a vent leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "So...what is this? A diving cage?"
		Doug asks, "laundry room?"
		DavidW says, "We must send Engineer a Get White card."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x vent" 		

Floyd ]  Dredging Room                                        61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VENT
Floyd |
Floyd | A rigid arteriole leading up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger leaves, shouting : "Screw this! I've only got 14 hit points!" 		
Taleslinger has disconnected. 		Touchy says (to DavidW), "I love the idea. We should allow self coloring on the mud."
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Dredging Room                                        62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You press yourself up through the vent with reliance on friction and
Floyd | clever weight-shifting. As you approach the next room, fear freezes
Floyd | you. Above, you hear the hostile, vigilant bass of a Blind One. Her
Floyd | unfocused song sweeps the strange room above like sonar. This one
Floyd | would notice: she would see. You cautiously slide back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Doug), "I think you're right about the laundry room idea. It fits."
		Doug says, "seems like a washer and dryer, one of which is on"
		DavidW says, "We *must* get a suitable lab coat and fit in. Lab coats can disguise anyone."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x prison" 		

Floyd ]  Dredging Room                                        62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PRISON
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the cold metal prison or the heated metal prison?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x prison" 		

Floyd ]  Dredging Room                                        62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PRISON
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the cold metal prison or the heated metal prison?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "heh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "cold" 		

Floyd ]  Dredging Room                                        63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLD
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange sort of crude metal prison. It sits stoic and patient.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The cold is probably the washer; the heated, the dryer."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cloths" 		

Floyd ]  Dredging Room                                        63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Dredging Room                                        64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | A disgusting soup of human salt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Have we tried actually using the verb 'possess'?"
		Touchy says, "creeeepy"
		DavidW says, "I don't think so."
		DavidW says, "(to Jacqueline)"
		Doug says, "I guess that's the unwashed hamper"
		Doug asks, "so what's our goal now? to get the ship back to home?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's just implied by the resulting text from 'enter person'"
		Touchy says, "Maybe this room is intended for later..."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x heated" 		

Floyd ]  Dredging Room                                        65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HEATED
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange sort of crude metal prison. It hums and vibrates in an
Floyd | inefficient song whose only purpose seems to be excitement and
Floyd | temperature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we need to get out of the ship, preferably with the cellatronix or whatever it was."
		Touchy says (to Doug), "That would be ideal. Get the humans to understand us and return us home."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yes"
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Interstitial Room
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room
Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open
Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of
Floyd | the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "shall we go to the to the northwest?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems this is where the Drifter physically resided. His mind
Floyd | statics grey, and you can sense his fragmentation. You feel a desire
Floyd | to reach out to him, to fill his colorless void. However, a human
Floyd | moves freely about the room, trying halfway to connect and sing and
Floyd | understand with the drifters with mercy. She is close to succeeding,
Floyd | but something is holding her back.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Sleeping Room
Floyd | Rows upon rows of humans, unmoving on stacked shelves, deeply
Floyd | connected to the Universe, basking in its glory. A single Drifter
Floyd | sings silently with apathy and detachment.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy moves between the bodies, grasping out to them in an
Floyd | unbalanced orange horror. You realize that her Blindness prevents her
Floyd | from seeing their bliss, their perfect happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x mercy" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | A Blind One. Possibly a female?
Floyd |
Floyd | Her bright orange aura churns anxiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy reaches out in faint grasps of curious yellow to one of the
Floyd | sleepers, but the instinct is too quickly overwhelmed by her orange
Floyd | repulsion: she is afraid of what the answer might be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "hm, are they cryogenically sleeping, or just sleeping?"
		Touchy says, "Or did we put them in a coma earlier."
		Doug says, "aha"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color mercy yellow" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR MERCY YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Mercy's delicate aura, willing it to become
Floyd | yellow. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they were
Floyd | her own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy forcefully perks into yellow curiosity. She rapidly leaps
Floyd | disjunct from one sleeper to another, examining each thoroughly. She
Floyd | comes upon the Drifter and she senses, she realizes... her aura bursts
Floyd | red in panic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think is a sickbay with a Nurse."
		Touchy says, "So it would seem. And that nurse is now going to get the medic."
		Touchy says, "I hope."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		DavidW asks, "so, uh, hide?"
		DavidW says, "(why hasn't Mercy seen us?)"
		Touchy says, "No idea..."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "hide" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You cram yourself into an unnoticeable position.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy reaches out to the grey, apathetic Drifter, pushing for
Floyd | colors, demanding notes. She is met by more grey, more static. He has
Floyd | lost too many connections, he cannot engage her. The Mercy offers part
Floyd | of her mind, her sanity to the drifter. He consumes it purposelessly,
Floyd | digesting the colored scales and chords and beats into a dull,
Floyd | arrhythmic static.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color drifter blue" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't feel comfortable risking manipulating him while others are
Floyd | around.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy once again sings to the Drifter, attempting to force a
Floyd | connection. To your surprise, the Mercy has an effect. The Drifter
Floyd | momentarily colors and connects, and swirls into a pattern other than
Floyd | the blank static. You didn't think that Blind Ones could be capable of
Floyd | connecting on such a level. "Oh God, your eyes are moving, you're
Floyd | awake. Just wait right there, I... I'm going to go get the medic. And
Floyd | the captain. They'll know what to do." Mercy self-consumes in revolted
Floyd | orange and immolating red panic as she muscle-tendon-bone moves. You
Floyd | feel her aura leave and return with others.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "I copied the colors earlier btw. I hope I'm not going to fast."
		Doug says, "nope"
		Touchy asks, "So...should we try to color the drifter?"
		DavidW asks, "Can we color the drifter white?"
		Touchy asks, "Or maybe safe that for later when they know who we are and we want to earn some kudos?"
		Touchy says, "Let's just try."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color drifter white" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't feel comfortable risking manipulating him while others are
Floyd | around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Medic and Mercy follow the room-swelling Captain, "...delay may still
Floyd | be necessary..." she drones. But Medic pricks demanding infrared, "I
Floyd | know how expensive and bad rescues look. But this shit that's going
Floyd | on? Severe burns, unresponsiveness, potential paralysis? We need to
Floyd | take care of this." The Mercy holds an anxious caesura as she examines
Floyd | Drifter. They all three wobble in instability.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Hm...if they get rescued it won't end well for us, I'm afraid."
		DavidW says, "oh, I didn't realize that the room was still crowded."
		Jacqueline asks, "Huh. They're debating whether or not the engineer is worth saving?"
		Touchy says, "I think the left and came back."
		DavidW says, "This isn't the engineer."
		Touchy says, "This is some other guy we fucked up in the beginning."
		Jacqueline says, "Er, the drifter."
		DavidW says, "This is the drifter from The Song."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I think we can save the drifter and still escape, and I'm betting it's required for the best outcome."
		Touchy says, "I think they're debating whether this warrants an emergency surfacing or air rescue or something."
		Jacqueline says, "Right, which would mean they'd open the hatch and we could plop out, maybe."
		Touchy says, "But we would definitely need their collaboration to get our cellarium out."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm thinking we need that."
		Jacqueline says, "What I'm thinking is that we need to be able to communicate with them."
		Jacqueline says, "Probably through possession."
		Touchy says, "Maybe we can color them right now."
		Touchy says, ""The all three wobble with instability.""
		DavidW asks, "I still don't have a definite plan; I'd try colors again. Maybe color the medic orange?"
		DavidW asks, "or yellow?"
		Touchy exclaims, "Try yellow!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "color medic yellow" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR MEDIC YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Medic's delicate aura, willing it to become
Floyd | yellow. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they were
Floyd | her own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Medic racks through possibilities, "There's nothing I know of that
Floyd | could have caused this. It's that thing: the cube. It's poisoning
Floyd | them." But Captain asserts ultraviolet, "Do you want to end up like
Floyd | those astronauts who 'saw' the alien?" Mercy chimes calming blue, "I
Floyd | examined it. It's got a weird shape, but it's just a plain crystal."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess drifter" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS DRIFTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't feel comfortable risking manipulating him while others are
Floyd | around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Medic meeks hesitant, but annoyingly persists, "Even if we don't find
Floyd | something... I just want to look at it." Mercy chimes agreeable blue,
Floyd | "There can't be any harm in that," and Captain relents, "Sure. We'll
Floyd | go check it out." Captain, Medic and Mercy drift into the passageway.
Floyd | Finally, you are alone with Drifter. You wonder if he can be colored
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Touchy says, "uh oh"
		DavidW says, "okay, that's a strong hint to color the drifter."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess drifter" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      75
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS DRIFTER
Floyd |
Floyd | He has so little will over his body, you feel it would be easy to push
Floyd | him out and control the flesh. But upon severing his connections, he
Floyd | lost his link to the other world. There is nowhere to push him to, and
Floyd | he'd remain in steadfast control of his body.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "But this is definitely a hint to color the drifter. Maybe he can then talk to them about his experiences in the beyond."
Itax arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "color drifter white" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd | Creating pure bliss in someone else is a feat too difficult for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "colors" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLORS
Floyd |
Floyd | Infrared: Anger, hate.
Floyd | Red: Panic, horror.
Floyd | Orange: Revulsion, unease.
Floyd | Yellow: Curiosity, intrigue.
Floyd | Green: enjoyment, engagement.
Floyd | Blue: Love, fondness.
Floyd | Indigo: Trust, confidence.
Floyd | Violet: Protection, nobility.
Floyd | Ultraviolet: Commanding, dominating.
Floyd | White: Bliss, perfection.
Floyd | Grey: Apathy, indifference.
Floyd | Black: Madness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
Doug says (to Floyd), "color drifter blue" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing the Drifter's delicate aura, willing it to
Floyd | become blue. His aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they
Floyd | were his own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Drifter recalls fleeting harmonies of blue love and kinship. But
Floyd | again, as soon as you remove your influence, he drifts back towards
Floyd | grey. His mind refuses to coagulate its rhythm correctly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "damn"
Doug says (to Floyd), "coagulae drifter's mind" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COAGULAE DRIFTER'S MIND
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "coagulate drifter's mind" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COAGULATE DRIFTER'S MIND
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "color drifter yellow" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing the Drifter's delicate aura, willing it to
Floyd | become yellow. His aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though
Floyd | they were his own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Drifter trills unending queries of curious yellow. He falls back
Floyd | to grey. In despair, you push and pull again, more forcefully. But it
Floyd | does nothing. His mind is gone. Perhaps one day, with time, he can
Floyd | repair himself. But you can do nothing for him now, except grant him
Floyd | fleeting glimpses of memories and feelings he used to enjoy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Coagulate is a really interesting word to chose there."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "sing to drifter" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING TO DRIFTER
Floyd |
Floyd | His connection to this reality is too unstable to properly engage in
Floyd | harmony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I hope I didn't damage him further with the yellow."
		Touchy asks, "Should we go and see what the others do when they look at the open cube and realize we're here?"
		Doug asks, "or maybe try the other sickbay?"
		Touchy says, "I don't think there is another."
		DavidW says, "I think we should try a few more colors. There's a se and up from the hall we haven't checked."
		Jacqueline asks, "I wonder if... did we color the nurse person violet?"
		DavidW says, "(plus we were unsuccessful with the vent)"
		Doug says, "there was a northeast exit from the interstice"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, yeah, and we should probably explore more."
Doug says (to Floyd), "color drifter green" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing the Drifter's delicate aura, willing it to
Floyd | become green. His aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though
Floyd | they were his own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Drifter settles into contentment of enjoying green as happier
Floyd | memories dominate his mind. Then nothing. Grey. Even though the
Floyd | emotional connection is brief, feeling something -anything-
Floyd | seems to bring Drifter some comfort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I think none of the colors will stick"
		DavidW says, "hm. I'm feeling only one color will help."
		DavidW says, "We just keep picking the wrong one."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "color drifter indigo" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing the Drifter's delicate aura, willing it to
Floyd | become indigo. His aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though
Floyd | they were his own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Drifter blooms self-assured and trusting indigo. Then nothing.
Floyd | Grey. Even though the emotional connection is brief, feeling something
Floyd | -anything- seems to bring Drifter some comfort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
PaulS arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x drifter" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRIFTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A Blind One, a human. Probably male. He breathes incoherent, oozes
Floyd | fleshy secretions, and his odd combination of connections prevents him
Floyd | from either Singing or Walking.
Floyd |
Floyd | His dim grey aura disjointedly statics.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "I'm with Doug."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "color drifter green" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing the Drifter's delicate aura, willing it to
Floyd | become green. His aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though
Floyd | they were his own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Drifter settles into contentment of enjoying green as happier
Floyd | memories dominate his mind. Then nothing. Grey. Even though the
Floyd | emotional connection is brief, feeling something -anything-
Floyd | seems to bring Drifter some comfort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok. We can return later."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Explore!"
		DavidW says, "onward, Jeeves"
		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "You're doing a great job of driving..."
		Jacqueline coughs. "Hint, hint."
		Touchy says, "Sorry, eating."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, so am I."
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Are you mapping?"
		DavidW says, "sorta"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge from your hiding spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Interstitial Room
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room
Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open
Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of
Floyd | the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain, Medic and the Mercy's drifting auras waft from the room to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, ne?"
		Jacqueline says, "or u"
		DavidW says, "Or do we want east"
		Jacqueline says, "hm, maybe"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah, e"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Collection Room
Floyd | Exhibited are geologic readings and stolen samples. Centered in the
Floyd | room is a large metal table with your opened Cellarium displayed
Floyd | prominently.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The humans vibrate in a repetitious din of nervous red. They concern
Floyd | themselves with the presence of your opened Cellarium and
Floyd | uncomfortably search about the room, only barely missing your
Floyd | entrance. Only the Mercy explodes curious yellow and fascinates over
Floyd | the Cellarium. Captain finally breaks out of shock and feigns a shell
Floyd | of violet control, "You may be right. There may have been some sort
Floyd | of... chemical in that box that got released due to the pressure
Floyd | change."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Let's see what they're up to."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I really feel like we need to communicate with them. Let them know we're not inanimate."
		DavidW asks, "color medic yellow?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "color captain yellow" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain is too strong to be influenced.
Floyd |
Floyd | Medic percolates into a furious infrared, "Now hold on. I was
Floyd | expecting for Mercy to take a sample, do some spectroscopy, and maybe
Floyd | - maybe! find an unusual chemical peak. But this... this is beyond
Floyd | that. It contained... I don't know what. We have to do something."
Floyd |
Floyd | You exalt! Yes, they must do something: return the Cellarium. This
Floyd | is your chance. You push-sing of returning, of order, of empathy,
Floyd | but as before, your pleas are met by Blindness. Communication must be
Floyd | established, but for now they probably still fear you, and will lash
Floyd | out in hostile infrared if they find you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "color medic yellow" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR MEDIC YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Medic is too solid to offer you any influential opportunities.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain scales hesitation before holding on a conclusion, "I will call
Floyd | an all hands in the Messdeck, and figure out what we need to do from
Floyd | there. We already have one injured and way too many ill; I won't be
Floyd | responsible for more." Captain pushes out with Medic. Progress?
Floyd | Perhaps in this meeting they will decide to return your Cellarium. You
Floyd | notice the Mercy pause over your Cellarium, tracing its harmonic
Floyd | patterns. "What are you?" she whispers, enraptured. Her mind opens,
Floyd | connects for an instant. But then she snaps back to the physical and
Floyd | hastens to catch up with the other Blind Ones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We need to connect with Mercy."
		Jacqueline says, "She's open to the possibility."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
		Touchy asks, "You mean posess her?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
		Doug says, "we need to write an interactive fiction game for her to play."
		Jacqueline says, "But I don't think she's open to it yet."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure if we need to possess her."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Let's check out u before they all get there."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, yeah, she left."
		DavidW says, "I'm also guessing there's multiple ways to victory."
		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "Sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Interstitial Room
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room
Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open
Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of
Floyd | the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                89
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You slide yourself up the jagged floor, to the messdeck above, when
Floyd | suddenly, fear freezes you. From this staircase, with no hiding spots,
Floyd | you can hear the thick cluttered jumble of colors coming from several
Floyd | Blind Ones. There is no way that they would miss you. There must be
Floyd | another way up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                90
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy exclaims, "The pipe again!"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay, it made us go back down."
		DavidW says, "the vent"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, yeah, possibly."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      91
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A Sleeping Room
Floyd | Rows upon rows of humans, unmoving on stacked shelves, deeply
Floyd | connected to the Universe, basking in its glory. A single Drifter
Floyd | sings silently with apathy and detachment.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh wait, wrong way."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                90
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Interstitial Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If everyone's in the messdeck, the up-from-vent may be available now"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            91
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pipe Room
Floyd | Silent and cold, the system of pipes, boilers, vats, hoses and water
Floyd | have all been stoppered shut by your intervention.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, it's west of the interstitial"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe Room                                            93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | The pipes are part of a closed system that you cannot enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "That was in the laundry/dredging room."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I was thinking we could get into these is what you meant."
		DavidW says, "no no"
		Touchy says, "But we could check out ne while we're at it."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, one of you two drive."
		DavidW says, "the vent in the Dredging Room"
		Jacqueline says, "(This is what I get for multitasking and working on transcripts while we play.)"
		DavidW says, "and EATING"
		Jacqueline says, "Sadly, my food is now consumed."
		Jacqueline says, "I have coffee, though."
		Jacqueline slurps.
		DavidW says, "It's probably some yummy yummy sandwich with honey mustard and bean sprouts and everything."
		Touchy says, "I'm out of tea."
		Jacqueline says, "It was actually a Top Pot donut."
		Touchy asks, "Top Pot? Is that a place?"
		Jacqueline says, "It had chocolate frosting and was filled with Bavarian cream."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it's a famous Seattle donut shop."
		Touchy asks, "Boasting your seattleness?"
		Jacqueline says, "Regionally famous, anyway."
		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "Boasting of how I cajoled maga into cycling up there yesterday for a donut run, mostly."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, get us up there, peeps."
		Jacqueline says, "(Please)"
		DavidW asks, "Who's driving now?"
		Touchy says, "Sorry, as a bavarian I now have to figure out what bavarian cream is."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Interstitial Room
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room
Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open
Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of
Floyd | the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dredging Room                                        95
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dredging Room
Floyd | Piles of cloth ooze uncountable emotions. One cold metal prison sits
Floyd | quietly, while a heated prison vibrates to a swelteringly fast pace.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the east, and a vent leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Burning Room                                         96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You press yourself up through the vent with reliance on friction and
Floyd | clever weight-shifting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Burning Room
Floyd | The room smells equally of creation and destruction, of stealing the
Floyd | Order of others. It is both fascinating and disgusting. There are
Floyd | several strange machines in this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The consumptive area is to the east, a vent leads down, and a metal
Floyd | door with an overhead fan vent leads to the cold room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...pushed open
Floyd | from the inside..." Red. Fear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "kitchen..."
		DavidW says, "yeah, Kitchen."
		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "It's just super yummy cream. [LINK]"
		Touchy asks, "What is the consumptive area to the east?"
		Doug asks, "mess hall?"
		DavidW says, "Dining Room, I'd guess."
		DavidW says, "Mess Hall, sure."
		Touchy says, "Apparently bavarian cream is probably named for some bavarian but isn't actually from there."
		Doug says, "that's where they're meeting"
		Touchy says, "Ah...somehow I thought that was south. Nevermind."
		Doug asks, "do we want to go listen, or explore more?"
		DavidW asks, "which means, we go south?"
		Touchy says, "Listen."
		DavidW says, "The cold room is probably a walk-in freezer."
		Touchy says, "Ah..."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Burning Room                                         97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue-green fondness and enjoyed creation spring from an acoustic well
Floyd | of burning fire and destruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...she decided it
Floyd | would be a good idea..." Infrared. Blame.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I was thinking we should go east and listen."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | There are many Blind Ones there, and the passageway is bare. They
Floyd | would probably spot you, are you sure?

		Touchy asks, "Are you?"
		Doug says, "hm, maybe not."
		Touchy says, "Yeah, me neither."
		DavidW says, "I want to see the south room."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Burning Room                                         98
Floyd | would probably spot you, are you sure?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide against it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...blaming each
Floyd | other..." Blue. Appealing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cold Room                                            99
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze
Floyd | enveloping cold metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold Room
Floyd | The physical chill frosts the air comforting blue, but any potential
Floyd | for enjoyment is drowned by a deafening cloud of black screams coming
Floyd | from the colder room. You hesitate to discover what horror could be
Floyd | making that disgusting collection of noises.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overhead fan vents sit atop metal doors to the north and to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "we could try saving and going east, to see if that's a game end"
		Touchy says, "Hm..."
		Doug says, "oh, I read a spoiler about this"
		Doug says, "I'll sit out for a bit"
		Touchy asks, "Well, does the rest of us agree to continue south?"
		DavidW asks, "I'm trying to guess what it is. It can't be a walk-in freezer any more, can it?"
		Touchy says, "Unlikely."
		DavidW asks, "Computers?"
		Touchy asks, "Some sort of aquarium?"
		DavidW says, "Computers would need fans."
		Touchy asks, "What's next to a kitchen?"
		Touchy says, "Maybe they have life fish for food. (live?)"
		DavidW says, "Scullery. Pantry. Dining Room. Garden."
		DavidW says, "But this seems like something else."
		Touchy asks, "Let's find out, shall we?"
		DavidW says, "yeah"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room                                          100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze
Floyd | enveloping cold metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Colder Room
Floyd | The madness in this room is soul-wrenching. How the Blind Ones could
Floyd | live with this atrocity is unfathomable. Fleshy chunks of the
Floyd | formerly-alive sit in frozen stacks, trapped in disunity. Your own
Floyd | situation is frustrating, but this is a true, horrific travesty. You
Floyd | need to help this, heal this, fix this: you can't idle while such
Floyd | suffering exists.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cold room is through the overhead vent to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Why couldn't it be a freezer?"
		Touchy says, "freezer"
		DavidW says, "ok, it is a freezer. The inbetween room puzzled me."
		Touchy says, "Well, from a human point of view I don't think there is anything we can do here."
		Jacqueline says (to Self), "Not to self: yes, it's horrible, but the meat isn't suffering anymore."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess meat" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room                                          101
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That (the meat packages) cannot be possessed. It has no mind,
Floyd | no real melody.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color meat grey" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room                                          102
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR MEAT GREY
Floyd |
Floyd | The meat is too disjointed to color. It needs to be combined first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "bleh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "combine meat" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room                                          103
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMBINE MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You smooth your body over the meat, attempting to conduct it into
Floyd | harmony, but each lump of flesh is too frozen in physical isolation to
Floyd | properly form covalent chords. You must bring warmth to the meat, and
Floyd | your body is not currently warm enough to do so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is pretty freak-ay."
		Touchy says, "Hell, yeah."
		DavidW asks, "We're going to build our own body, Frankenstein style?"
		Touchy says, "Well, at least we wouldn't have to possess anyone."
		Touchy says, "We could go down to the dryer to heat up."
		Jacqueline says, "omg yes"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cold Room                                            104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze
Floyd | enveloping cold metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold Room
Floyd | The physical chill frosts the air comforting blue, but a cloud of
Floyd | maddened black screams from the colder room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overhead fan vents sit atop metal doors to the north and to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The dryer is the obvious choice, yes. Unless the kitchen oven is on."
		Jacqueline says, "It is inexplicable, but I love when IF games pull stuff like this."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Burning Room                                         105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze
Floyd | enveloping cold metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Burning Room
Floyd | The room smells equally of creation and destruction. There are several
Floyd | strange machines in this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The consumptive area is to the east, a vent leads down, and a metal
Floyd | door with an overhead fan vent leads to the cold room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...brain-dead for
Floyd | all we know..." Violet. Concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x machines" 		

Floyd ]  Burning Room                                         106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINES
Floyd |
Floyd | A heated structure and a metal box.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...entropic
Floyd | forces of the junction..." Yellow. Speculation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x heated structure" 		

Floyd ]  Burning Room                                         107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HEATED STRUCTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Simmering in furious detachment, the device concentrates heat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...absolutely
Floyd | nothing wrong..." Ultraviolet. Denying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Mythbusters tried to tenderize a steak in a dryer once. They added ball bearings to speed things up. It didn't go well."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter heated structure" 		

Floyd ]  Burning Room                                         108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER HEATED STRUCTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You attempt to enter the device, but the heat it contains threatens to
Floyd | evaporate your body, so you content to sit nearby. You glow and tumble
Floyd | in the newfound warmth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...defend
Floyd | ourselves..."Violet. Reactive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Do you think that is enough?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x fan" 		

Floyd ]  Burning Room                                         109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | It churns in momentary bursts of apathetic haste, before entering long
Floyd | pauses. It is easy for your lithe body to slip through with proper
Floyd | timing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...infection or
Floyd | radiation..." Yellow. Inferring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I dunno. The cold room will sap our warmth, I suspect."
		Touchy says, "Yeah..."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cold Room                                            110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze
Floyd | enveloping cold metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold Room
Floyd | The physical chill frosts the air comforting blue, but a cloud of
Floyd | maddened black screams from the colder room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overhead fan vents sit atop metal doors to the north and to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "or oozing around cold metal will"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room                                          111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze
Floyd | enveloping cold metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Colder Room
Floyd | The madness in this room is soul-wrenching. How the Blind Ones could
Floyd | live with this atrocity is unfathomable. Fleshy chunks of the
Floyd | formerly-alive sit in frozen stacks, trapped in disunity. Your own
Floyd | situation is frustrating, but this is a true, horrific travesty.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cold room is through the overhead vent to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "don't waste time."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "combine meat" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room                                          112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMBINE MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You smooth your body over the meat packages, physically and
Floyd | metaphysically conducting unity and understanding and cohesion. As you
Floyd | weave together the previously disparate notes, the black gives way to
Floyd | confusion, then curiosity, and then slowly to joy and happiness at its
Floyd | newfound Song. The Newsong greenly bubbles into gleeful thankfulness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Newsong plays with its new aura and body in wonderment and joy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "wtf just happened"
		DavidW says, "A pretty name for our monster."
		Touchy says, "heh"
		Touchy says, "Frankensong"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "possess newsong" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)                  113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS NEWSONG
Floyd |
Floyd | You push your aura into the Newsong, who relieves in happiness and
Floyd | bliss at the bond. You surprise at the sensation: your bodies remain
Floyd | divorced, but your minds move in perfect synch. You tug curiously at
Floyd | its simplistic flesh-structures, feeling the creature's immsense
Floyd | weight. You can make it do whatever you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Newsong's body stiffens noticeably in the cold. It needs warmth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cold Room                                            114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the Newsong's body against the freezer door, barreling into
Floyd | the next room. It takes a moment to collect itself, before locking
Floyd | into understanding.
Floyd |
Floyd | It wrests control, and independently gallops to its own freedom,
Floyd | opening the cold door, bursting out into the middle of the human
Floyd | congregation. They respond in shredding, blackened oranges and reds.
Floyd | One Blind One wails in aberrant disgust and pushes things at the
Floyd | Newsong; another grabs a violet cylinder and expels its contents -
Floyd | gaseous carbon dioxide - at the Newsong. The shock severs your tenuous
Floyd | connection completely. The Newsong gallops on, indignant, to bask in
Floyd | the warmth of the nearby star. As the doors slowly swing back shut,
Floyd | the Newsong sings for you of freedom, of joy, of radiance before
Floyd | leaving to compose itself a new life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is cracktastically awesome."
		Touchy says, "This is totally disturbing."
		Touchy asks, "Anybody want to tell me what happened?"
		PaulS says, "Yes, it's brilliant."
		Jacqueline says, "We made a new creature from semi-thawed meat and broke out of the freezer with it."
		Touchy asks, "Somebody hosed it with a fire extinguisher?"
		DavidW says, "The meat-animation ran into the mess hall. Someone used a fire extinguisher on it."
		Touchy asks, "Okay, and then were did it go?"
		DavidW says, "That I'm not so clear on."
		Touchy says, "What is the warmth of the...oh right we're on a ship and it went out."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess newsong" 		

Floyd ]  Cold Room                                            114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS NEWSONG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Probably not a sub then..."
		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		PaulS says, "Me neither. I think it's gone."
		Jacqueline asks, "may I try something?"
		Touchy says, "Absolutely."
		DavidW says, "sure"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cold Room                                            114
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess newsong" 		

Floyd ]  Cold Room                                            114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS NEWSONG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline says, "I was hoping we could have stronger control before going into the next room."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, we had."
		Touchy asks, "Maybe we need some more undos?"
		Jacqueline says, "Nevermind"
		DavidW says, "You'd need to undo more."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cold Room                                            114
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)                  113
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room                                          112
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Colder Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess newsong" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)                  113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS NEWSONG
Floyd |
Floyd | You push your aura into the Newsong, who relieves in happiness and
Floyd | bliss at the bond. You surprise at the sensation: your bodies remain
Floyd | divorced, but your minds move in perfect synch. You tug curiously at
Floyd | its simplistic flesh-structures, feeling the creature's immsense
Floyd | weight. You can make it do whatever you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Newsong's body stiffens noticeably in the cold. It needs warmth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Okay, now what?"
		DavidW says, "This is your idea."
		Touchy says, "heh"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "uberpossess newsong" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)                  113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UBERPOSSESS NEWSONG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If you're not going north, try something else."
		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "haha"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)                  113
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Is N the only way out of here, though?"
		Touchy says, "Oh...that didn't "do" anything did it? What did I just undo? Crap. Sorry."
		DavidW says, "Unless you know how to go through walls."
		Jacqueline says, "It's fine, we can undo to where the (Controlling a Newsong) disappears, then possess, and then save"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room                                          112
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Colder Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess newsong" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)                  113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS NEWSONG
Floyd |
Floyd | You push your aura into the Newsong, who relieves in happiness and
Floyd | bliss at the bond. You surprise at the sensation: your bodies remain
Floyd | divorced, but your minds move in perfect synch. You tug curiously at
Floyd | its simplistic flesh-structures, feeling the creature's immsense
Floyd | weight. You can make it do whatever you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Newsong's body stiffens noticeably in the cold. It needs warmth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)                  113
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There."
		DavidW says, "That wiped out our earlier save."
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh no - did someone earlier just make up the CF2 rather than having the save button do it?"
		DavidW says, "uh huh"
		Doug says, "oops that was me, sorry"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, someone must have done it manually."
		Doug says, "didn't realize that's what the button did."
		Jacqueline says, "Doug, all you have to do is type 'push save' and it will do it sequentially."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Doug says, "we didn't need that save point anyway"
		Jacqueline says, "No worries, I think we're fine."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Yeah"
		Touchy says, "We haven't physically done very much anyway."
		Doug says, "unless we want to not kill the engineer"
		Touchy says, "We could get here from scratch in a minute."
		Jacqueline says, "I think we're doing okay, myself."
		Jacqueline asks, "But, uh.... now what?"
		Touchy says, "Alright..back to unleashing the frankenfishy."
		DavidW says, "I assumed you would try to color Newsong."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm visualizing this as more of a frankencow, but yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, hm."
		DavidW says, "There's not many options from this location."
		Touchy says, "Well, I was thinking we release the Frankenfishy and then go see the humans and the will love our ability to create beauty and help us."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "colors" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)                  113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLORS
Floyd |
Floyd | Infrared: Anger, hate.
Floyd | Red: Panic, horror.
Floyd | Orange: Revulsion, unease.
Floyd | Yellow: Curiosity, intrigue.
Floyd | Green: enjoyment, engagement.
Floyd | Blue: Love, fondness.
Floyd | Indigo: Trust, confidence.
Floyd | Violet: Protection, nobility.
Floyd | Ultraviolet: Commanding, dominating.
Floyd | White: Bliss, perfection.
Floyd | Grey: Apathy, indifference.
Floyd | Black: Madness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Hm. What color?"
		Doug says, "brown!"
		Touchy gasps.
		DavidW says (to Doug), "Try plaid, why don't you."
		Jacqueline says, "No, no, no, that's the color we make the people's pants when we burst out of the freezer."
		Jacqueline says, "(Brown, that is)"
		Touchy says, "And possibly plaid."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cold Room                                            114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the Newsong's body against the freezer door, barreling into
Floyd | the next room. It takes a moment to collect itself, before locking
Floyd | into understanding.
Floyd |
Floyd | It wrests control, and independently gallops to its own freedom,
Floyd | opening the cold door, bursting out into the middle of the human
Floyd | congregation. They respond in shredding, blackened oranges and reds.
Floyd | One Blind One wails in aberrant disgust and pushes things at the
Floyd | Newsong; another grabs a violet cylinder and expels its contents -
Floyd | gaseous carbon dioxide - at the Newsong. The shock severs your tenuous
Floyd | connection completely. The Newsong gallops on, indignant, to bask in
Floyd | the warmth of the nearby star. As the doors slowly swing back shut,
Floyd | the Newsong sings for you of freedom, of joy, of radiance before
Floyd | leaving to compose itself a new life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The color of Mercy is not stained"
		Jacqueline says, "(For a second, David's unanticipted comment made my joke sound like they all turned into golfers)"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)                  113
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color newsong blue" 		

Floyd ]  Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong)                  114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR NEWSONG BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You are synced in blissful unity with this Blind One. Her color can be
Floyd | nothing but pure white while you continue to control her.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Newsong hardens quickly. You need to get it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I, Roy G. Biv; U, WGB."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cold Room                                            115
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the Newsong's body against the freezer door, barreling into
Floyd | the next room. It takes a moment to collect itself, before locking
Floyd | into understanding.
Floyd |
Floyd | It wrests control, and independently gallops to its own freedom,
Floyd | opening the cold door, bursting out into the middle of the human
Floyd | congregation. They respond in shredding, blackened oranges and reds.
Floyd | One Blind One wails in aberrant disgust and pushes things at the
Floyd | Newsong; another grabs a violet cylinder and expels its contents -
Floyd | gaseous carbon dioxide - at the Newsong. The shock severs your tenuous
Floyd | connection completely. The Newsong gallops on, indignant, to bask in
Floyd | the warmth of the nearby star. As the doors slowly swing back shut,
Floyd | the Newsong sings for you of freedom, of joy, of radiance before
Floyd | leaving to compose itself a new life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Burning Room                                         116
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze
Floyd | enveloping cold metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Burning Room
Floyd | The room smells equally of creation and destruction. There are several
Floyd | strange machines in this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The consumptive area is to the east, a vent leads down, and a metal
Floyd | door with an overhead fan vent leads to the cold room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | As for the Blind Ones, you can feel them wax panic and wane intellect
Floyd | as they scatter themselves about the ship in a chittering frenzy. You
Floyd | were right to be wary of their responses, but perhaps you can find a
Floyd | way to message them in a way that will not trigger their primitive,
Floyd | hostile brain-offal reactions. There must be some way to make them
Floyd | receptive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Consumptive Area                                     117
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Consumptive Area
Floyd | There are glimpses of camaraderie swirled with other, pettier emotions
Floyd | of gossip and intrigue. Tables and chairs are bolted to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The burning room is to the west, and the bottom level of the outside
Floyd | is to the south. A vent leads up and a set of stairs leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Bottom level of the outside?"
		PaulS says, "Deck, I guess."
		DavidW asks, "Where does *this* vent go?"
		Touchy says, "Plausible. Assimilated."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Secretion Room                                       118
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You rely on friction to press yourself up the vent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Secretion Room
Floyd | Rigidity. Grey walls and sterile, dead water. This room is bare, save
Floyd | for two human devices.
Floyd |
Floyd | The middle level of the outside is to the south, a pass-through
Floyd | cabinet leads to the southwest, while a vent leads both up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Here, the unwell Captain wracks her body in shivering contortions of a
Floyd | fear-induced sickness. A new Blind One, an Assister, attempts to
Floyd | comfort her with a shield of blue, but Captain is too far gone. You
Floyd | might be able to help, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "haha"
		Touchy says (to DavidW), "We're going to start needing that map."
		Touchy asks, "Which color?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "color captain green" 		DavidW says, "We're two levels above the original room."

Floyd ]  Secretion Room                                       119
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Captain's delicate aura, willing it to become
Floyd | green. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they were
Floyd | her own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain grasps at wisps of green and is able to recombine in violet
Floyd | strength and fortitude. Her wretchings cease, and she turns to the
Floyd | Assister, "We need to... get our shit... together and stop whatever is
Floyd | going on. We need to..." Captain is drawn into one last involuntary
Floyd | purge then takes a moment to collect her colors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Excuse me, folks. I need a moment to collect my colors. Otherwise known as getting my shit together."
		Touchy asks, "I wonder what this is?"
		Touchy asks, "What does she experience?"
		Jacqueline says, "I dunno. We didn't do this to her, I don't think."
		Doug says, "I figured she was puking into the toilet."
		DavidW says, "I think we did, sorta, with Newsong crashing the party."
		Touchy says, "Or maybe she is just freaked out by Frankenfoody."
		Touchy asks, "BTW are there any men on this boat?"
Draconis arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x assister" 		

Floyd ]  Secretion Room                                       120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ASSISTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A Blind One. Might be female.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her light red aura screws tightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Assister senses her opening for demands, "You-- We can't go on
Floyd | like this. Please, let me get rid of it. I can launch the sub and
Floyd | return it right where it was. Then whatever it is will leave us
Floyd | alone." They are finally doing exactly what you need.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Drifter was male."
		Doug says, "I think Drifter is a man"
		Draconis says, "Sorry I'm late, there was a tornado warning."
		Doug | No such channel: 'ckubf'.
		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "A likely story."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "That is true, that is not a channel."
		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "Also, welcome."
		Draconis says (to Jacqueline), "Thanks!"
		Touchy says, "Alright, this looks good."
Itax goes home. 		Jacqueline says, "You can @recap toyshop 2000 (that's just a guess, no telling how many lines) to see what's happened, if you'd like."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color assister utraviolet" 		

Floyd ]  Secretion Room                                       120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ASSISTER UTRAVIOLET
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to color Assister.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color assister ultraviolet" 		

Floyd ]  Secretion Room                                       121
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ASSISTER ULTRAVIOLET
Floyd |
Floyd | It is too difficult to influence Assister at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain ices into a weighty ultraviolet, "No. We will do two things:
Floyd | Radio alert all nearby vessels, and jettison that fucking box
Floyd | overboard." You darken, Assister pales. That will not work.
Floyd | You need to be returned properly. Inside of the Cellarium, dropped at
Floyd | the infinite junction. Even worse, they have decided to call for
Floyd | additional Blind Ones. This must be stopped - right now, or else there
Floyd | will be no second chance. The voice-device must be fixed, immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Damn."
		PaulS says, "Let's fix that voice-device good."
		Touchy asks, "Voice device? Does it want us to trash the radio?"
		DavidW says, "So... communications room is where? We haven't seen that yet."
		DavidW says, "yeah, we gotta kill us a radio."
		Touchy asks, "Can I undo and try to color the captain more receptive? Maybe indigo?"
		Jacqueline says, "I am fine with that."
Draconis heads back home. 		DavidW says, "kill it softly with our song, killing it softly..."
		Jacqueline says, "I do not like her giving orders that will kill us."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I hate you now."
		PaulS asks, "Bridge should be more or less at the highest point of the ship, no?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Secretion Room                                       120
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Secretion Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color captain indigo" 		

Floyd ]  Secretion Room                                       121
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain is too strong to be influenced.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain ices into a weighty ultraviolet, "No. We will do two things:
Floyd | Radio alert all nearby vessels, and jettison that fucking box
Floyd | overboard." You darken, Assister pales. That will not work.
Floyd | You need to be returned properly. Inside of the Cellarium, dropped at
Floyd | the infinite junction. Even worse, they have decided to call for
Floyd | additional Blind Ones. This must be stopped - right now, or else there
Floyd | will be no second chance. The voice-device must be fixed, immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy exclaims, "Okay. Back to the radio!"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. You didn't actually color her. She's too strong."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Secretion Room                                       122
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Secretion Room
Floyd | Rigidity. Grey walls and sterile, dead water. This room is bare, save
Floyd | for two human devices.
Floyd |
Floyd | The middle level of the outside is to the south, a pass-through
Floyd | cabinet leads to the southwest, while a vent leads both up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister objects in strong indigo with tinges of indignant infrareds,
Floyd | "I think we brought a relic aboard: alien, or local, or cursed, or
Floyd | something. We need to return it where it was or else we'll all be
Floyd | fucked even worse." Captain steadfasts incredulous, "It's leaking...
Floyd | something. And we definitely don't have time for a dive, just to what
Floyd | - put it back neatly? We need to ditch it and get to shore." You slosh
Floyd | in frustration: soon they will call for help, and then you will never
Floyd | be able to stop them from doing whatever they want to you or your
Floyd | Cellarium. You need to get to the radio before they do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Braincenter                                          123
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You rely on friction to press yourself up the vent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Braincenter
Floyd | The dead brain of the vessel, all the ship's information that the
Floyd | Blind Ones can't see or hear themselves is chewed and spit out here.
Floyd | Unblinking sonar sensors, a large compass, a glowing marked table, the
Floyd | vessel's controls, and, most prominently, the mechanical voice-box all
Floyd | give the Blind One a shadow-cave-illusion sense of control.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small deck is to the south, and a vent leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "I like the "highest point" idea."
		DavidW says, "You were right, too."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x voice-box" 		

Floyd ]  Braincenter                                          124
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VOICE-BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | A whole system to artificially transcribe their garish music and
Floyd | rebroadcast it both throughout the ship and beyond to others at a
Floyd | distance. The device has a meshed metal membrane to hear and a coiled
Floyd | magnetic tape to remember.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter voice-box" 		

Floyd ]  Braincenter                                          125
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER VOICE-BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You start to ooze through the meshed membrane, but don't notice any
Floyd | way to influence the radio from inside there. You push back out
Floyd | instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "these color emotion auras remind me of Culture drones from Iain M. Banks's books"
		Touchy says, "That name sounds familiar."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull magnetic tape" 		

Floyd ]  Braincenter                                          126
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL MAGNETIC TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wipe tape" 		

Floyd ]  Braincenter                                          127
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIPE TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push-pull-sing to the tape, but it only weakly responds to your
Floyd | demands. As you play with the wound reel inside of your body, you
Floyd | realize what is influencing it - slight variations in your ionic
Floyd | makeup. The tape only responds to magnetic influences.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, we need to increase our personal magnetism."
		DavidW says, "(I think)"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Braincenter                                          128
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Braincenter
Floyd | Unblinking sonar sensors, a large compass, a glowing marked table, the
Floyd | vessel's controls, and, most prominently, the mechanical voice-box all
Floyd | give the Blind One a shadow-cave-illusion sense of control.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small deck is to the south, and a vent leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "What about the compass?"
		Touchy says, "Maybe..."
		DavidW says, "Compass has magnets usually, yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x compass" 		

Floyd ]  Braincenter                                          129
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | A strong magnetic field emanates from a central globe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		Jacqueline says, "HINT"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter compas" 		

Floyd ]  Braincenter                                          129
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER COMPAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter compass" 		

Floyd ]  Braincenter                                          130
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You press your body up against the magnetic influence of the orb, and
Floyd | tingle as your ions align uniformly. You have to pulse your body in
Floyd | difficult ways to maintain the segregation of the separate charges -
Floyd | you cannot maintain this field for very long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take globe" 		

Floyd ]  Braincenter                                          131
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GLOBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your semi-aqueous body cannot carry objects.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wipe tape" 		

Floyd ]  Braincenter                                          132
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIPE TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Wielding the magnetic charges, you precisely tweak, add and multiply a
Floyd | copy to the layout of the wound tape. You exalt in temporary ecstasy
Floyd | as your mind traces over the universal pattern of the infinite
Floyd | Ancients. Then you feel a stabbing chaos: your Cellarium is being
Floyd | moved. It must be saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "hahaha"
		Touchy says, "Somehow the idea of a slimey ball precisely align slime to do stuff with magnetic fields is funny."
		DavidW asks, "I guess race down to the collections room?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Secretion Room                                       133
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You slide down the vent, slowly tumbling over yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Secretion Room
Floyd | Rigidity. Grey walls and sterile, dead water. This room is bare, save
Floyd | for two human devices.
Floyd |
Floyd | The middle level of the outside is to the south, a pass-through
Floyd | cabinet leads to the southwest, while a vent leads both up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Consumptive Area                                     134
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You slide down the vent, slowly tumbling over yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Consumptive Area
Floyd | Tables and chairs are bolted to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The burning room is to the west, and the bottom level of the outside
Floyd | is to the south. A vent leads up and a set of stairs leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                135
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Interstitial Room
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room
Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open
Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of
Floyd | the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Collection Room                                      136
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Collection Room
Floyd | Exhibited are geologic readings and stolen samples. Centered in the
Floyd | room is a large metal table which is unsettlingly empty. Your
Floyd | Cellarium has been moved.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beauty of your recorded sound reverberates throughout the entirety
Floyd | of the human vessel. You delight in its melody, and you can feel a
Floyd | vague connection to all the Blind Ones, to one in particular, but then
Floyd | suddenly it is cut short. You curl in surprise: Captain must have
Floyd | sabotaged it, but why? It does not matter. You felt one human truly
Floyd | connecting to the Song, burgeoning in perfect white. She will
Floyd | understand. You must find that one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Mercy"
		Touchy asks, "Where is my cellarium!?"
		Touchy exclaims, "celleryum!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                137
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Interstitial Room
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room
Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open
Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of
Floyd | the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      138
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A Sleeping Room
Floyd | Rows upon rows of humans, unmoving on stacked shelves, deeply
Floyd | connected to the Universe, basking in its glory. A single Drifter
Floyd | sings silently with apathy and detachment.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, we have to find that one chyk."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mercy" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      138
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "who moved my cheese?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Interstitial Room
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room
Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open
Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of
Floyd | the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  A Sleeping Room                                      140
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A Sleeping Room
Floyd | Rows upon rows of humans, unmoving on stacked shelves, deeply
Floyd | connected to the Universe, basking in its glory.
Floyd |
Floyd | The interstitial room is to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  The Interstitial Room                                141
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Interstitial Room
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room
Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open
Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of
Floyd | the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Any ideas where she'd be now?"
		Touchy says, "Well, she wanted to throw it over board...."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Consumptive Area                                     142
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Consumptive Area
Floyd | Tables and chairs are bolted to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The burning room is to the west, and the bottom level of the outside
Floyd | is to the south. A vent leads up and a set of stairs leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, south?"
		Touchy says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside, Bottom                                      143
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside, Bottom
Floyd | Dark clouds above are dissipating, the remnants of a terrible storm.
Floyd | The ocean gusts are overwhelming with both their strength and their
Floyd | overabundance of emotion.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metallic vesicle is secured at the south end of the deck. The
Floyd | consumptive area is to the north, the small unexplored room is
Floyd | sectioned off to the east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your Cellarium
Floyd | rests here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ding"
		DavidW says, "Outside Bottom, my girl's got 'em"
		Touchy asks, "Hm...what now?"
		Doug asks, "unexplored room? or get back in the cellarium?"
		Touchy says, "Ah, find mercy...right.."
		Doug says, "x cell"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x cell" 		

Floyd ]  Outside, Bottom                                      144
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CELL
Floyd |
Floyd | A block of anhydrite cut into a perfect cube and etched with the
Floyd | intricate harmonics of the timeless Universe. The lid is off, and the
Floyd | Cellarium is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look in cellarium" 		

Floyd ]  Outside, Bottom                                      145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN CELLARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Singing Room                                         146
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Singing Room
Floyd | The creatures' desire for connecting to the Universe manifests in this
Floyd | macabre study station of sequestered deck. A foray into understand the
Floyd | bliss they will never see themselves. A sample of part of your body is
Floyd | displayed with the freshly-inked label "Internal Crystal Scraping".
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottom level of the outside is back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "thought maybe she had crawled inside"
		Touchy asks, "A lab?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x sample" 		

Floyd ]  Singing Room                                         147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAMPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Small flecks of your body that were stuck to the inside of your
Floyd | Cellarium. They must have been studying you more than you realize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think it's a lab, yes"
		Touchy says, "I still want to run around and search for Mercy."
		Doug says, "go for it"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Outside, Bottom                                      148
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside, Bottom
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metallic vesicle is secured at the south end of the deck. The
Floyd | consumptive area is to the north, the singing room is sectioned off to
Floyd | the east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your Cellarium rests here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Outside, Middle                                      149
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside, Middle
Floyd | Dark clouds above are dissipating, the remnants of a terrible storm.
Floyd | The ocean gusts are overwhelming with both their strength and their
Floyd | overabundance of emotion. This small deck is dominated by smaller
Floyd | vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smaller vessels are to the south, the closed sturdy hatch is to
Floyd | the east, the unyielding hatch is to the west, the secretion room is
Floyd | to the north, and a set of stairs leads up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy has heard the majesty of the Universe. She is awe-struck -
Floyd | she knows and sings and you can feel her willingness to help. But her
Floyd | mind over-immersed, in levels that her physical body could not
Floyd | contain: it wilts from boundary-exceeding heterostasis. Assister
Floyd | abandons the Cellarium, blustering caring forte for the Mercy. But
Floyd | Assister's efforts are having no effect, and you know: The Mercy needs
Floyd | the real expert. But Medic has locked herself away and not coming out.
Floyd | Intolerable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "So...she is locked in sickbay because they think she's bonkers?"
		Touchy asks, "Is Assister a psychiatrist?"
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x mercy" 		

Floyd ]  Outside, Middle                                      150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | A Blind One. Possibly a female? She offers herself as yours to
Floyd | control.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her light white aura radiates bliss.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy's fading body. The Assister desperately attempting to revive
Floyd | her. Her mind cracks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "Medic locked herself away, so probably we have to convince her to come out and heal Mercy"
		DavidW says, "I think Assister is just the Captain's aide-de-camp."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Touchy says, "aide-de-camp..."
		Touchy says, "Bringing out the big guns"
		Jacqueline says, "Color her violet, methinks."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x medic" 		

Floyd ]  Outside, Middle                                      151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MEDIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You can faintly feel a vague, black outline of Medic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister attempts to revive the Mercy, holding back chords of dismay
Floyd | and helplessness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "L. Sprague de Camp?"
		Touchy asks, "Here?"
		DavidW asks, "so, can we help Mercy ourselves, or do we need to find Medic?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color medic violet" 		

Floyd ]  Outside, Middle                                      152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR MEDIC VIOLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out to color the Medic from outside, and nearly succeed, but
Floyd | it is too difficult with her in the sick bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister touches - forcefully - the Mercy with frantic calls to the
Floyd | closed hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "well, now we know where Medic is."
		Touchy asks, "Do we need to find a way around? Which hatch?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside, Middle                                      153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the captain's hatch)
Floyd | The hatch is too large for you to move. It will have to stay closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister focuses her attention on the hatch, attempting to open it.
Floyd | But she cannot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Outside, Middle                                      154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the unknown room hatch)
Floyd | It is much too heavy for you to open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister doubles her efforts to assist the Mercy, but dissolves in
Floyd | uselessness as none of her calls have any effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I haven't been in this room before."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Secretion Room                                       155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Secretion Room
Floyd | Rigidity. Grey walls and sterile, dead water. This room is bare, save
Floyd | for two human devices.
Floyd |
Floyd | The middle level of the outside is to the south, a pass-through
Floyd | cabinet leads to the southwest, while a vent leads both up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Recovering Room                                      156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You slowly ooze through small cracks in the cabinet into the
Floyd | unyielding hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Recovering Room
Floyd | Anxiety sickens the lymphatic flow of this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The middle level of the outside is to the east, and the secretion room
Floyd | is through a cabinet to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the closed hatch to the outside, you sense the Mercy's body faint
Floyd | and fading, as well as Assister pleading for Medic's help. But here,
Floyd | stagnating, Medic swirls onto herself in fright and indifference,
Floyd | humming a barricade against any influence or Song. Engineer throbs
Floyd | frustrated infrared, unable to move her damaged meat-parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color medic violet" 		

Floyd ]  Recovering Room                                      157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR MEDIC VIOLET
Floyd |
Floyd | Medic is too solid to offer you any influential opportunities.
Floyd |
Floyd | Medic swirls in fright, babbling a self-protecting barricade, "...
Floyd | can't help her, won't help her, they will just get us anyway, it's
Floyd | useless to go out there..." The damaged Engineer is unable to
Floyd | Blind-Sing or Walk, but her aura screams in frustration. She wants to
Floyd | do something, anything, to force Medic into action.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color engineer indigo" 		

Floyd ]  Recovering Room                                      158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Engineer's delicate aura, willing it to
Floyd | become indigo. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though
Floyd | they were her own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer attempts to get up, to force Medic to aid the sickening
Floyd | Mercy, but pain causes her to lose her self-resolve too quickly. You
Floyd | would not make that mistake. Medic swirls in fright, babbling a
Floyd | self-protecting barricade, "... can't help her, won't help her, they
Floyd | will just get us anyway, it's useless to go out there..." The damaged
Floyd | Engineer is unable to Blind-Sing or Walk, but her aura screams in
Floyd | frustration. She wants to do something, anything, to force Medic into
Floyd | action.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Other suggestions"
		Touchy asks, "?"
		Doug asks, "maybe we need to fix her body like we did the freezer meat?"
		DavidW says, "This has echoes of Rematch, trying to get A to ask B to perform C."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "complete engineer" 		

Floyd ]  Recovering Room                                      158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMPLETE ENGINEER
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "combine engineer" 		

Floyd ]  Recovering Room                                      159
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMBINE ENGINEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You're having trouble combining that (Engineer) into a better
Floyd | state.
Floyd |
Floyd | Medic swirls in fright, babbling a self-protecting barricade, "... a
Floyd | trick a trick they just want me to go out there and then they will get
Floyd | me, I can't let them get me..." The damaged Engineer is unable to
Floyd | Blind-Sing or Walk, but her aura screams in frustration. She wants to
Floyd | do something, anything, to force Medic into action.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy exclaims, "Ah, that!"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color engineer indigo" 		

Floyd ]  Recovering Room                                      160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Engineer's delicate aura, willing it to
Floyd | become indigo. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though
Floyd | they were her own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer attempts to get up, to force Medic to aid the sickening
Floyd | Mercy, but pain causes her to lose her self-resolve too quickly. You
Floyd | would not make that mistake. Medic swirls in fright, babbling a
Floyd | self-protecting barricade, "... flare guns are useless are they idiots
Floyd | I can't believe that they..." The damaged Engineer is unable to
Floyd | Blind-Sing or Walk, but her aura screams in frustration. She wants to
Floyd | do something, anything, to force Medic into action.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Recovering Room                                      161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You fold. The music is faint and the song warms you, but you know you
Floyd | cannot truly Sing without being in your Cellarium at the proper place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Medic swirls in fright, babbling a self-protecting barricade, "... I
Floyd | know how these kinds of things end, I won't let it happen..." The
Floyd | damaged Engineer is unable to Blind-Sing or Walk, but her aura screams
Floyd | in frustration. She wants to do something, anything, to force Medic
Floyd | into action.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "color engineer infrared" 		

Floyd ]  Recovering Room                                      162
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER INFRARED
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Engineer's delicate aura, willing it to
Floyd | become infrared. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though
Floyd | they were her own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Medic swirls in fright, babbling a self-protecting barricade, "... a
Floyd | trick a trick they just want me to go out there and then they will get
Floyd | me, I can't let them get me..." The damaged Engineer is unable to
Floyd | Blind-Sing or Walk, but her aura screams in frustration. She wants to
Floyd | do something, anything, to force Medic into action.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "color engineer red" 		

Floyd ]  Recovering Room                                      163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Engineer's delicate aura, willing it to
Floyd | become red. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they
Floyd | were her own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engineer tears over herself in fury at Medic's indifference, at her
Floyd | own inability to affect anything. She blames herself, feels a failure.
Floyd | She knows she can't force Medic to help by herself, that she needs
Floyd | assistance. Medic swirls in fright, babbling a self-protecting
Floyd | barricade, "... rescue boats and then leave maybe the life boat but
Floyd | can't be sure..." The damaged Engineer is unable to Blind-Sing or
Floyd | Walk, but her aura screams in frustration. She wants to do something,
Floyd | anything, to force Medic into action.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Hm."
		Touchy says, "This seems futile."
		DavidW asks, "Do we need yet another person to help?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "control engineer" 		

Floyd ]  Sick Bay (Controlling Rosa)                          164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CONTROL ENGINEER
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of frustration, Engineer -- the Rosa -- gives you control
Floyd | willingly. As your connnection strengthens, you absorb ambient
Floyd | knowledge about their world, about this place. Slowly, you orient
Floyd | yourself to the flesh's dizzying hum of salt channels, sugar surges,
Floyd | and gas exchanges. At first, you try pulling each limb individually as
Floyd | with the Newsong, but quickly find an easier time by simply puppeting
Floyd | the conductive cells in the spine. You move the body. Its neurons
Floyd | scream of pain from the skin and deeper tissues. You ignore it. You
Floyd | stand the Rosa upright. Medic has not yet noticed you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Weird."
		Doug says, "oh right"
		Jacqueline says, "Was kind of expecting the engineer to fight us."
		DavidW says, "oh my"
		Doug says, "we had to possess the newsong"
		DavidW says, "The red color might've helped."
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to medic" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          165
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MEDIC
Floyd |
Floyd | The Rosa-body is too injured to speak anything but guttural
Floyd | percussions. This is still enough to get the Medic's attention, "Oh
Floyd | god, please don't, I won't... Your bandages, please I will help, just
Floyd | don't hurt me." Medic bursts open the hatch, and you follow to ensure
Floyd | compliance. Medic writhes under the additional dagger-furying curses
Floyd | of Assister. Goaded into helping, Medic touches the Mercy in an
Floyd | intricate breath-sharing dance that restores her body. Rosa's body
Floyd | collapses out of your control, inoperative, just as the Mercy's body
Floyd | gasps into life. Medic glances over, and eye-snares you. Medic tumbles
Floyd | black: forward and back, then expands and contracts. Medic whispers to
Floyd | herself of escape as she flees to the quarterdeck.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, Sarah," the Mercy buzzes to the long-absconded Medic.
Floyd | There is a distinct change in her timbre: bemusement and detachment
Floyd | towards her old world. She notices your presence, and pretends to
Floyd | address Assister, again in the same tone, "I'm feeling much better,
Floyd | Wenig, and I think that I will do some paperwork. In the lab!"
Floyd | Assister shocks incredulous, but obligates the Rosa with assistance as
Floyd | the Mercy heads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          165
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oops sorry"
		Jacqueline says, "No worries."
		Touchy asks, "Alright. To the lab?"
		Touchy asks, "Is there anything else we could/should be doing?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		Doug says, "yes, paperwork!"
		DavidW says, "yes to the lab"
		DavidW says, "curse this lag"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck                                         166
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metallic vesicle is secured at the south end of the deck. The
Floyd | messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the east,
Floyd | and a set of stairs lead up. Your Cellarium rests here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we may be almost done. This is looking promising."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wet Lab                                              167
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wet Lab
Floyd | The Mercy glows as you enter her presence. Her mind still swims with
Floyd | bliss, and her Song is perfectly tuned. "Thank you. I... everything is
Floyd | so beautiful now," she moves her body and picks you up, "I know what
Floyd | you want - to return," you can feel her flesh react where it touches
Floyd | you, "I want to help you, get you back to your home," the flesh now
Floyd | oozes and ashes, "as thanks for the magnificence that you have granted
Floyd | me," her flesh now scalds acidic, but the Mercy continues, "what
Floyd | should I do for you first?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, the info from Engineer has changed our perceptions."
		Touchy says, "aye"
		Touchy says, "This reminds me of the songlantern game. Which I never played. Which I should totally change."
		DavidW says, "Our body is damaging Mercy with acid, I fear."
		Touchy says, "Yes."
		Jacqueline asks (of Mercy), "Put us back so you stop hurting yourself?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask mercy to drop us" 		

Floyd ]  Wet Lab                                              167
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MERCY TO DROP US
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Touchy no"
		Touchy says, "That was a bit optimistic considering the parser."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mercy, put me in cellarium" 		

Floyd ]  Wet Lab                                              167
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MERCY, PUT ME IN CELLARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy enjoys your influence, but your body continues to damage
Floyd | her.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy continues to hold you, completely enraptured, but your body
Floyd | damages her physical. Your alkaline composition eats through her
Floyd | flesh, and your aqueous body sifts through the slits between her
Floyd | finger bones. The Mercy is too connected to the Song to immediately
Floyd | mind, but soon she cries mangled regret, and without her ability to
Floyd | help, you find yourself unable to escape. After Captain captures you,
Floyd | Assister is roused into action. They transport you ashore, where your
Floyd | peace is constantly interrupted by some new Blind Ones tapping at you
Floyd | with scientific grey instruments. One day, in a flurry of bright green
Floyd | excitement, the Blind Ones shove a permanent rod into your body. Then
Floyd | they leave you alone to fold. You are never again interrupted, but the
Floyd | rod always is there, a nagging splinter preventing you from fully
Floyd | embracing the bliss of the Universe. But the Song is still lovely, and
Floyd | you join in as best you can. Off-white. Happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are happy enough. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "She needs to put us in our crystalline thingamabob - yeah"
		DavidW says, "ack"
		Jacqueline says, "Eep"
		Jacqueline says, "We're close, though, I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Wet Lab                                              167
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Wet Lab
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "mercy, drop me" 		

Floyd ]  Wet Lab (Controlling Mercy)                          168
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MERCY, DROP ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You drop from the Mercy as she continues, oblivious, "Listen, I know
Floyd | what to do. We'll use the sub. But first, please, help me fix Ruvid.
Floyd | He's the uh, the Drifter. I heard him, when I was called. He's split.
Floyd | But I saw how we could fix him." You color her mind in agreeable blue
Floyd | to signal accepting the terms. She brightens, then waits patiently,
Floyd | eager to follow you and your every command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)                     169
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metallic vesicle is secured at the south end of the deck. The
Floyd | messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the east,
Floyd | and a set of stairs lead up. Your Cellarium rests here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy detachedly notices her hands, "Oh, how careless of me. It
Floyd | all feels so... silly." She feels the pain, but distantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Messdeck (Controlling Mercy)                         170
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Messdeck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Tables and chairs are bolted to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The galley is to the west, and the loading deck is to the south. A
Floyd | vent leads up and a set of stairs leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You toy with controlling the Mercy's body. Your chords block together,
Floyd | as her movements and emotions perfectly follow your direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Passageway (Controlling Mercy)                 171
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Passageway (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The survey storage is to the east, and the laundry room is
Floyd | to the west. The engine room is to the southwest, and the open boiler
Floyd | room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of the
Floyd | ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a brief, rebellious solo, she contemplates release, but then
Floyd | rapidly stabilizes into her final bliss, complacent in her unity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Berthing, Starboard (Controlling Mercy)              172
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Berthing, Starboard (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Rows upon rows of humans, unmoving on stacked shelves, deeply
Floyd | connected to the Universe, basking in its glory.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lower passageway is to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Passageway (Controlling Mercy)                 171
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Passageway (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Berthing, Port (Controlling Mercy)                   172
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Berthing, Port (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Rows upon rows of humans, unmoving on stacked shelves, deeply
Floyd | connected to the Universe, basking in its glory. A single Drifter
Floyd | sings silently with apathy and detachment.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lower passageway is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy push-sings to the Drifter. She calls out to him, reaches
Floyd | through the physical and pulls at his severed ties, coloring them into
Floyd | this world. The Mercy sings for your assistance: she needs you to
Floyd | finish connecting him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "uh..."
		Touchy asks, "White?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "connect drifter" 		

Floyd ]  Berthing, Port (Controlling Mercy)                   173
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CONNECT DRIFTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing of unity, cohesion and singlehood. His connections ribbon
Floyd | into a strange modal function, looping unnecessarily back and forth
Floyd | between the physical and the other. Slowly, it resumes its baseline
Floyd | level of dim awareness. He sees the Mercy, and understands his return.
Floyd | The Mercy bubbles satisfied, waiting for his response.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "haha"
		Touchy says, "I never get these hints."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x drifter" 		

Floyd ]  Berthing, Port                                       174
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRIFTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A Blind One, a human. Probably male. His dim grey aura disjointedly
Floyd | statics.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Drifter groggs his mind into vengeful purpose, "You bitch!" he lurches
Floyd | at the Mercy, "That thing'll kill us!" The Mercy lags disbelief as he
Floyd | heavily commands, "I won't let it. I won't let you - !"
Floyd | Drifter presses infrared destruction against the Mercy's neck. The
Floyd | Mercy sings for your help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color drifter blue" 		

Floyd ]  Berthing, Port                                       175
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Drifter's delicate aura, willing it to become
Floyd | blue. His aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they were
Floyd | his own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Drifter surges with blue memories of the Mercy; his grip falters and
Floyd | he falls back. The Mercy grabs a nearby human object and pushes it
Floyd | against Drifter multiple times in a way that damages, then disconnects
Floyd | his ties and cohesion.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy quivers disbelieving orange, "We can't... why. I don't..."
Floyd | but she solaces in the Song's knowledge, "He was wrong. He was Blind.
Floyd | We should've never tried." She steadies. Indigo. Assurance.
Floyd | She reaches out for you, and begs you to control her once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, ".."
		Touchy says, "Damn."
		Touchy asks, "But it doesn't seem like there is a different way. Anybody want to try something?"
		Jacqueline says, "Such a happy game."
		Doug says, "well, we did what she asked, and tried to help Drifter"
		Doug says, "it didn't work out."
		Touchy says, "We could have tried to color him first or something."
		Doug asks, "maybe now she'll get us to the sub?"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure what we should've done differently."
		Touchy says, "Yeah, I don't really believe it either."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Passageway                                     176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy crumples darkness at you leaving her, but consoles herself
Floyd | that you must have a reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Passageway
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The survey storage is to the east, and the laundry room is
Floyd | to the west. The engine room is to the southwest, and the open boiler
Floyd | room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of the
Floyd | ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hey! You need to control her"
		Touchy asks, "Oh...should we possess her again?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Berthing, Port                                       175
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Berthing, Port
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" 		

Floyd ]  Berthing, Port (Controlling Mercy)                   176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You take control of the Mercy. You both revel in the bliss of perfect
Floyd | harmonic unity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Passageway (Controlling Mercy)                 177
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Passageway (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the
Floyd | northeast. The survey storage is to the east, and the laundry room is
Floyd | to the west. The engine room is to the southwest, and the open boiler
Floyd | room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of the
Floyd | ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy straightens herself into resolve, "We'll take the sub. Wenig,
Floyd | the Assister, she'll help." You shudder unease. What if she
Floyd | resists as well? Mercy contemplates on your concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Messdeck (Controlling Mercy)                         178
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Messdeck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Tables and chairs are bolted to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The galley is to the west, and the loading deck is to the south. A
Floyd | vent leads up and a set of stairs leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I won't mention you; I'll keep her in the dark. She just wants things
Floyd | back to normal." Mercy finally solidifies white again, and you realize
Floyd | with relief that your plan to be returned is going to be realized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)                     179
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metallic vesicle is secured at the south end of the deck. The
Floyd | messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the east,
Floyd | and a set of stairs lead up. Your Cellarium rests here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      180
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the
Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a
Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy fights off orange vibrations as she whispers to you, "Well,
Floyd | I guess I should knock."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "knock" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the sick bay hatch)
Floyd | "Who... Mercy? I'm not opening this - Rosa's hurt bad, and I just... I
Floyd | need to protect her." Violet smoothly wafts from the other side of the
Floyd | door. The Mercy entreats Assister ethereal blue, "Listen, Wenig, we
Floyd | need to return the cube," the Mercy soothes sweetly, "It'll all be
Floyd | better if we just return it. But we need you to do it. You're the
Floyd | expert."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why all of a sudden... oh God, you're a monster, aren't you? That's
Floyd | what's wrong with your voice. You're not the real Mercy, just some
Floyd | shape-shifter. You just want to get in here - to get us," Assister
Floyd | plucks in miserable orange. The Mercy trills silent surprise, she
Floyd | looks to you for help, for guidance. How can she convince Assister?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Maybe we do have more control than we think."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "colors" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLORS
Floyd |
Floyd | Infrared: Anger, hate.
Floyd | Red: Panic, horror.
Floyd | Orange: Revulsion, unease.
Floyd | Yellow: Curiosity, intrigue.
Floyd | Green: enjoyment, engagement.
Floyd | Blue: Love, fondness.
Floyd | Indigo: Trust, confidence.
Floyd | Violet: Protection, nobility.
Floyd | Ultraviolet: Commanding, dominating.
Floyd | White: Bliss, perfection.
Floyd | Grey: Apathy, indifference.
Floyd | Black: Madness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "leave Mercy?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm."
		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking we color the other person"
		Touchy says, "Sounds good, maybe with some additional coloring of Wenig if necessary."
		Jacqueline says, "The Assister, that is."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      181
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "color assister blue" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      182
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ASSISTER BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out to color the Assister from outside, and nearly succeed,
Floyd | but it is too difficult from this distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister continues to argue belligerent, "Where is the real Mercy? Is
Floyd | she... is she dead?" You help the Mercy respond, "I'm real, don't let
Floyd | your fear control you. You're not being logical."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      183
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the sick bay hatch)
Floyd | You push the Mercy to open the hatch. Her muscles constrict, her
Floyd | tendons strain, but it is no use: the hatch is closed from inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister disagrees, "Why do you want this?" You help the Mercy
Floyd | respond, "You were right before, when you said we should return it.
Floyd | That's all I want."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "see? I think we have to release her."
		Jacqueline says, "Go fer it."
		Touchy says, "Looks like it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "release mercy" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          184
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RELEASE MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing of separation, of independence. Mercy regains majority
Floyd | control of her own body.
Floyd |
Floyd | Freed from your musically perfect direction, faults return to the
Floyd | Mercy's voice as she pleads with Assister, "Please, Wenig, I know
Floyd | scary things are going on, but I really think working together is the
Floyd | way to put things right. Please, I mean, just come out and help me
Floyd | prepare the stupid sub." Assister hesitates, hears the truth, hears
Floyd | the Mercy's true voice, she falters, she wants to believe, but she
Floyd | continues to stall, "I... I'm not sure." The Mercy elates ovoid green
Floyd | at the progress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          185
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy wheedles Assister, who half-rebuffs in contemplation,
Floyd | "Please, don't rush me on this."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "No go in and color her.."
		Touchy says, "s/No/Now"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "color assister indigo" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ASSISTER INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out to color the Assister from outside, and nearly succeed,
Floyd | but it is too difficult from this distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy wheedles Assister, who half-rebuffs in contemplation, "Let
Floyd | me think, just let me think."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Ovoid green, eh?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lavatory                                             187
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy crumples darkness at you leaving her, but consoles herself
Floyd | that you must have a reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lavatory
Floyd | Rigidity. Grey walls and sterile, dead water. This room is bare, save
Floyd | for two human devices.
Floyd |
Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the south, a pass-through cabinet leads to the
Floyd | southwest, while a vent leads both up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Sick Bay                                             188
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You slowly ooze through small cracks in the cabinet into the sick bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sick Bay
Floyd | Anxiety sickens this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the east, and the lavatory is through a cabinet
Floyd | to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister wrings uncertainty. She wants so desperately to trust the
Floyd | Mercy. Rosa drifts in unconsciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "color assister indigo" 		

Floyd ]  Sick Bay                                             189
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR ASSISTER INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Assister's delicate aura, willing it to
Floyd | become indigo. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though
Floyd | they were her own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister settles indigo trusting and relieved. She opens the hatch,
Floyd | embraces the Mercy in a muddled mess of bare aura. The Mercy
Floyd | straightens and strengthens her. Assister echoes herself, "I thought,
Floyd | I thought you were, I thought it was... what happened to your hands?!"
Floyd | But the Mercy reassures her, "Oh don't worry about me. Listen, I can
Floyd | understand why you were scared, and I don't blame you..." her dulcet
Floyd | notes trail off as they both move towards the loading deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "what did happen to her hands?"
		Touchy says, "We burned her."
		Touchy says, "With our acid ..self"
		DavidW says, "acid burns from picking us up"
		Doug says, "ah right"
		Touchy says, "Following them should wrap this up."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          190
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the
Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a
Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that the Assister has left, you can hear another voice, very
Floyd | faint, coming from the captain's quarters. You just barely hear
Floyd | snatches, and only when you strain to listen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh dear, now what?"
		Touchy exclaims, "Who knows, I am curious!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to voice" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          191
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO VOICE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can faintly hear the Captain's tumultuous self-fight for control
Floyd | of her own colors, "...didn't deserve entrance..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Can we get to her?"
		Touchy asks, "Any loose ends on the map?"
		DavidW asks, "We might be able to color her, yes. Should we?"
		Touchy says, "Yes."
		DavidW says, "We never went south from the Bridge."
		Touchy says, "I'm still somewhat unphased from how waking the drifter turned out. I mean Mercy just stabbed him or bashed his head in."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x captain" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          192
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAPTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can faintly hear the Captain's tumultuous self-fight for control
Floyd | of her own colors, "...a disappointment..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color captain yellow" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain is too solid in her turmoil to be colored.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle Deck                                      194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forecastle Deck
Floyd | Dark clouds above are dissipating, the remnants of a terrible storm.
Floyd | The ocean gusts are overwhelming with both their strength and their
Floyd | overabundance of emotion.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pilot house is to the north, and a set of stairs leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pilot House                                          195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pilot House
Floyd | Unblinking sonar sensors, a large compass, a glowing marked table, the
Floyd | vessel's controls, and the broken voice-box clutter the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small deck is to the south, and a vent leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Hm...we could try sending another messages"
		Touchy asks, "?"
		DavidW says, "no, I don't think so"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle Deck                                      194
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Forecastle Deck
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          193
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          192
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the captain's hatch)
Floyd | The hatch is too large for you to move. It will have to stay closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck                                          192
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck                                         193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metallic vesicle is secured at the south end of the deck. The
Floyd | messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the east,
Floyd | and a set of stairs lead up. Your Cellarium sits open in the sub's
Floyd | basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister and the Mercy touch-correct various parts of the exterior of
Floyd | the submersible. They've already moved your Cellarium to the basket,
Floyd | making sure to leave it open. The Mercy noticeably brightens in
Floyd | ecstatic relief as you come near. She addresses Assister, "Wenig,
Floyd | let's do the pre-launch check of the internal controls." Assister
Floyd | broadens in agreeable blues and greens as they climb together into the
Floyd | submersible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck                                         193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Maybe we need a body to get in..."
		Touchy says, "The captain's room that is."
		DavidW says, "I really don't know what we can do about the captain."
		Touchy says, "Well, let's try the obvious thing."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter cellarium" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CELLARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Cellarium
Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear partially through your connection with the Mercy. She
Floyd | senses your placement, and rolls white in shared bliss as she climbs
Floyd | out of the sub. The Mercy closes the lid above you, radiating,
Floyd | You'll be home soon, don't worry. You stroke her aura as
Floyd | Assister re-emerges. Assister directs the Mercy back inside, as
Floyd | Assister herself remains outside to continue the more demanding
Floyd | preparations. Soon, you will be home. You feel anxious to once again
Floyd | Sing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You immerse, content in the Song's pattern. Spread, subduct, spread,
Floyd | subduct. The Universe joins, but in a way that feels improper. Then,
Floyd | you recognize why: the element echoing you is not earth, but air. And
Floyd | air is too fragile to support such a Song as yours. It tears itself
Floyd | into powerfully fast columns and drafts. Assister looks on in fright
Floyd | as a heating, swirling, impossible storm forms overhead, threatening
Floyd | unending destruction. You stop. It slows. Then you notice the other
Floyd | tempest.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a lashing mess of reds, oranges, and infrareds, Captain writhes out
Floyd | determined from the vessel proper. She screams of endings, of
Floyd | finality. You molt in fear: the Mercy needs you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "yikes"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "We must help the Mercy!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 195
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "color captain blue" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain is too strong in her current colors, there is no way that she
Floyd | could be influenced, but the Mercy would gladly offer herself to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain takes advantage of Mercy and Assister's pre-occupation. She
Floyd | launches a flaring, gibbering ball at Assister, who falls in a
Floyd | confused, black tangle. Captain similarly dispatches Mercy when she
Floyd | comes out. Captain drags your Cellarium out and over the side of the
Floyd | ship. You float down and land far from your appointed place. You Sing,
Floyd | and re-join the Universe, but slightly off-key. You settle in,
Floyd | reshaping the seafloor so that eventually, after many millennia, you
Floyd | will once again enjoy perfect harmony.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are happy enough. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(start classic Star Trek fight music)"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Captain!"
		Touchy asks, "flaring, gibbering ball?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 195
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | The distance makes it difficult, but you both stretch, and the shared
Floyd | need strengthens your bond. You take a moment to acclimate to her
Floyd | location...
Floyd |
Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | The Mercy scrambles panicked to the control panel, skimming it over: A
Floyd | set of searchlight buttons, arm manipulator levers, a propeller
Floyd | throttle, and an emergency surface switch.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain advances slowly, wrathfully. Assister remains oblivious to the
Floyd | distant Captain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh weird"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "assister, enter" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSISTER, ENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't talk to the Assister.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "h"
		Touchy says, "m"
		DavidW says, "I think we're supposed to use those controls to do... something."
		Touchy asks, "Arm manipulator levers?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x controls" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CONTROLS
Floyd |
Floyd | A set of searchlight buttons, arm manipulator levers, a propeller
Floyd | throttle, and an emergency surface switch.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Hard to visualize what the scene is here."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x levers" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEVERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Multiple levers used to dynamically control the movement of the
Floyd | exterior manipulator arms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Yeah...."
		DavidW asks, "like, if we turned the searchlights on, would they blind Captain?"
		Touchy exclaims, "Try!"
		Touchy says, "I've got nothing."
		DavidW says, "I have no clue where everything is in relation to each other."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push buttons" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTONS
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights flash brilliantly, surprising Captain, just as she launches
Floyd | a flaming, gibbering ball at Assister. Her trajectory is slightly
Floyd | altered by your surprise, and Assister merely crumples into hushed
Floyd | agony instead of complete silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain discards her launcher, and in crescendoing fury turns her
Floyd | attention to you - your Cellarium helpless in the forward basket. She
Floyd | searches for the lid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "heh"
		Touchy says, "Oh...it's a flare gun"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull levers" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL LEVERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The arms move slowly, but with ferocious weight. Captain tries to
Floyd | dodge their area of command and pull your heavy Cellarium out, but you
Floyd | manage to percuss Captain in a ringing orange din, coloring her fury
Floyd | brighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain decides to directly address the vessel, the Mercy. She claws
Floyd | up the side of the hatch in a scrabbling, grabbing flurry. The Mercy
Floyd | blanks in anxiety.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "I remember that."
		Touchy says, "now.."
		Jacqueline says, "Percuss is a great word."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on throttle" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON THROTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The propellers whorl furiously outside, but only succeed in displacing
Floyd | air. Captain continues, undaunted.
Floyd |
Floyd | Without your guidance, Mercy loses her nerve. Captain overpowers her,
Floyd | and triumphs over your captured form, and waits for other Blind Ones
Floyd | to rescue her. They transport you ashore, where your peace is
Floyd | constantly interrupted by some new Blind Ones tapping at you with
Floyd | scientific grey instruments. One day, in a flurry of bright green
Floyd | excitement, the Blind Ones shove a permanent rod into your body. Then
Floyd | they leave you alone to fold. You are never again interrupted, but the
Floyd | rod always is there, a nagging splinter preventing you from fully
Floyd | embracing the bliss of the Universe. But the Song is still lovely, and
Floyd | you join in as best you can. Off-white. Happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are happy enough. ***
Floyd |
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 ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Happy enough is not happy enough."
		Touchy says, "haha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push switch" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabin portion of the sub uncouples, propels itself upward, then
Floyd | smashes col pugno against its more weighted side: the side
Floyd | Captain was climbing. Her song ends instantly. In the chaotic
Floyd | apoptosis, your control over the Mercy breaks, and your consciousness
Floyd | snaps to the Cellarium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Cellarium
Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the Mercy outside trembling, alone and afraid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Too harsh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "control mercy" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CONTROL MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy feels lost and frightened. You will need to go outside to
Floyd | connect with her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck                                         201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister pales in incoherent warbles as her song winds to an end: she
Floyd | is oblivious to everything. The Mercy wobbles from the split
Floyd | submarine, and breaks down in sadness for only you, "That was your
Floyd | only way back. We can't... there's not another way to put you back
Floyd | now." She twists in thoughts, "Maybe, maybe I could drop you
Floyd | overboard. Right above the trench: at the junction where we found you.
Floyd | Could we get back there, somehow?" You both know it's not optimal, but
Floyd | it's your best chance now. You smooth the Mercy in swaddling layers of
Floyd | warmth and comfort as she once again, offers herself as yours to
Floyd | control.
Floyd |
Floyd | The messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the
Floyd | east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your open Cellarium rests here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "I don't like it."
		DavidW says, "yikes. The body count is increasing."
		Touchy says, "I would like to try and handle that captain situation differently."
		Touchy says, "Maybe color her or something."
		DavidW asks, "We tried, didn't we?"
		Touchy asks, "Really?"
		Touchy says, "I'd like to try it instead of turning on the throttle."
		Touchy goes to get some tea.
		DavidW pauses for Touchy.
		Jacqueline says, "I was pretty sure we tried to color her and she was too strong."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Touchy says, "I mean after the point where you blinded her and used the robot arms to fend her off."
		Touchy says, "I thought that looked pretty promising."
		DavidW says, "well, I'm okay with you trying. I don't want Captain dead."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 200
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Cellarium
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 199
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Cellarium
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(I didn't anyone dead)"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x panel" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | A set of searchlight buttons, arm manipulator levers, a propeller
Floyd | throttle, and an emergency surface switch.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "push levers" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH LEVERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain is too far away for the arms to reach her.
Floyd |
Floyd | Without your guidance, Mercy loses her nerve. Captain overpowers her,
Floyd | and triumphs over your captured form, and waits for other Blind Ones
Floyd | to rescue her. They transport you ashore, where your peace is
Floyd | constantly interrupted by some new Blind Ones tapping at you with
Floyd | scientific grey instruments. One day, in a flurry of bright green
Floyd | excitement, the Blind Ones shove a permanent rod into your body. Then
Floyd | they leave you alone to fold. You are never again interrupted, but the
Floyd | rod always is there, a nagging splinter preventing you from fully
Floyd | embracing the bliss of the Universe. But the Song is still lovely, and
Floyd | you join in as best you can. Off-white. Happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are happy enough. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "color captain yellow" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain is too strong in her current colors, there is no way that she
Floyd | could be influenced, but the Mercy would gladly offer herself to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Without your guidance, Mercy loses her nerve. Captain overpowers her,
Floyd | and triumphs over your captured form, and waits for other Blind Ones
Floyd | to rescue her. They transport you ashore, where your peace is
Floyd | constantly interrupted by some new Blind Ones tapping at you with
Floyd | scientific grey instruments. One day, in a flurry of bright green
Floyd | excitement, the Blind Ones shove a permanent rod into your body. Then
Floyd | they leave you alone to fold. You are never again interrupted, but the
Floyd | rod always is there, a nagging splinter preventing you from fully
Floyd | embracing the bliss of the Universe. But the Song is still lovely, and
Floyd | you join in as best you can. Off-white. Happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are happy enough. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Well, apparently you are right."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill captain" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL CAPTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain is too distant to do anything meaningful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Without your guidance, Mercy loses her nerve. Captain overpowers her,
Floyd | and triumphs over your captured form, and waits for other Blind Ones
Floyd | to rescue her. They transport you ashore, where your peace is
Floyd | constantly interrupted by some new Blind Ones tapping at you with
Floyd | scientific grey instruments. One day, in a flurry of bright green
Floyd | excitement, the Blind Ones shove a permanent rod into your body. Then
Floyd | they leave you alone to fold. You are never again interrupted, but the
Floyd | rod always is there, a nagging splinter preventing you from fully
Floyd | embracing the bliss of the Universe. But the Song is still lovely, and
Floyd | you join in as best you can. Off-white. Happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are happy enough. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already controlling her, but you can always release her, if you
Floyd | desire.
Floyd |
Floyd | Without your guidance, Mercy loses her nerve. Captain overpowers her,
Floyd | and triumphs over your captured form, and waits for other Blind Ones
Floyd | to rescue her. They transport you ashore, where your peace is
Floyd | constantly interrupted by some new Blind Ones tapping at you with
Floyd | scientific grey instruments. One day, in a flurry of bright green
Floyd | excitement, the Blind Ones shove a permanent rod into your body. Then
Floyd | they leave you alone to fold. You are never again interrupted, but the
Floyd | rod always is there, a nagging splinter preventing you from fully
Floyd | embracing the bliss of the Universe. But the Song is still lovely, and
Floyd | you join in as best you can. Off-white. Happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are happy enough. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "So...either we have to break the sub and kill the captain and try to get some other way."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The structure that holds you and all their things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "That would fit the introductory text."
		Touchy says, "Or we missed something setting this up."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm a touch worried about that."
		DavidW asks, "What are we refering to now?"
		DavidW says, "I don't remember what the intro said exactly."
		Touchy says, "Well, in my mind the author stated wanting to make a deep sea horror movie kind of thing and did it from the perspective of the monster."
		Touchy says, "Most people usually die in these movies."
		DavidW says, "So, are you saying the deaths are okay since they're in keeping with the tropes."
		Jacqueline says, "Not okay, per se."
		Jacqueline says, "Expected, possibly."
		Touchy says, "Yes."
		Touchy says, "I just thought this makes it more plausible that they cannot be avoided."
		DavidW says, "possible, I guess."
		DavidW says, "The game, after all, doesn't end with the captain's death."
		Touchy says, "Anyway, unless you have specific ideas I'd say we continue down this path and go back later."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure where on the 'path' we are now. You undid my moves."
		Jacqueline asks, "Should we return to a save?"
		Jacqueline asks, "And if so, at which point?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "push switch" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabin portion of the sub uncouples, propels itself upward, then
Floyd | smashes col pugno against its more weighted side: the side
Floyd | Captain was climbing. Her song ends instantly. In the chaotic
Floyd | apoptosis, your control over the Mercy breaks, and your consciousness
Floyd | snaps to the Cellarium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Cellarium
Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the Mercy outside trembling, alone and afraid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Isn't this where we were?"
		Touchy says, "Approximately..."
		DavidW says, "close enough"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck                                         200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister pales in incoherent warbles as her song winds to an end: she
Floyd | is oblivious to everything. The Mercy wobbles from the split
Floyd | submarine, and breaks down in sadness for only you, "That was your
Floyd | only way back. We can't... there's not another way to put you back
Floyd | now." She twists in thoughts, "Maybe, maybe I could drop you
Floyd | overboard. Right above the trench: at the junction where we found you.
Floyd | Could we get back there, somehow?" You both know it's not optimal, but
Floyd | it's your best chance now. You smooth the Mercy in swaddling layers of
Floyd | warmth and comfort as she once again, offers herself as yours to
Floyd | control.
Floyd |
Floyd | The messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the
Floyd | east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your open Cellarium rests here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "in the chaotic a Top Pot sis"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "control mercy" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)                     201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CONTROL MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You take control of the Mercy. You both revel in the bliss of perfect
Floyd | harmonic unity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x assister" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)                     201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ASSISTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the
Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a
Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle Deck (Controlling Mercy)                  203
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forecastle Deck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds above are dissipating, the remnants of a terrible storm.
Floyd | The ocean gusts are overwhelming with both their strength and their
Floyd | overabundance of emotion.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pilot house is to the north, and a set of stairs leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pilot House (Controlling Mercy)                      204
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pilot House (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Unblinking sonar sensors, a large compass, a glowing marked table, the
Floyd | vessel's controls, and the broken voice-box clutter the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small deck is to the south, and a vent leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Pilot House (Controlling Mercy)                      205
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't quite make out the patterns, but you can see some Blind
Floyd | language written on it: "Epicenter". The rest is a garble of
Floyd | what you guess to be human names. The Mercy happily interprets for
Floyd | you, "We're just off the coast, at the Chile Triple Junction." She
Floyd | points out various other features of the map, but its shorthand
Floyd | depictions are both uninteresting and difficult to follow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "mm, chili."
		DavidW asks, "okay, so definitely a sea vessel, not a spaceship? There's no 'coasts' in outer space, right?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x controls" 		

Floyd ]  Pilot House (Controlling Mercy)                      206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CONTROLS
Floyd |
Floyd | A complex system of steering controls that are way beyond you. The
Floyd | Mercy is totally lost as well, "I was a researcher: I never used
Floyd | these."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Shit."
		Touchy asks, "Lifeboat?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm. maga has just shared that he went to the walkthrough for the end bit. That doesn't bode well."
		Doug asks, "is Assister still alive?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, I think we've solidly confirmed we're on a sea-going vessel"
		Touchy exclaims (at maga), "Shush!"
		DavidW says, "I couldn't find Assister."
		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "That's all he said."
		Doug asks, "is it time to look at the map?"
Touchy says, "Assister pales in incoherent warbles as her song winds to an end: she" 		Touchy says, "Approximately..."
Touchy says, "Assister pales in incoherent warbles as her song winds to an end: she" 		DavidW says, "Engineer might still be alive."
		Touchy says, "Sorry."
		DavidW asks, "also, maybe the Captain's quarters are open to us now?"
		Jacqueline says, "He just asked where we were and I said, "We are in what feels like a near-end-game scene with the Captain, who is a pain in the ass,' and he commented that went to the walkthrough, but that to be fair, he was trying to get through the game in the comp time limit, and we don't have that constraint. He also commented on how ClubFloyd hates walkthroughs."
		Touchy says (to Jacq), "Yeah, I want him to not discourage you."
		Jacqueline says, "We can do it nine times."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle Deck (Controlling Mercy)                  207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forecastle Deck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pilot house is to the north, and a set of stairs leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "you're all doomed, doooooooomed"
		Jacqueline says, "But if we do it once that will be good enough for me."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the
Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a
Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)               209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Responsibility concaves the floor, and shaming ghosts stagnate the
Floyd | air. The human-furnitures fight to remain upright in all the weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to maga), "hahaha HUSH"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x furniture" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)               210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FURNITURE
Floyd |
Floyd | A bunk and a desk seem somewhat interesting. The Mercy looks about the
Floyd | room with you, her gaze lingering on the desk.
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)               211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of human-furniture with a paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | In human-writing it describes Captain's last report:
Floyd |
Floyd | We are in need of engine repairs, and I take full responsibility for
Floyd | this delay not allowing us to continue our research duties as quickly
Floyd | as possible. We are now waiting for repairs to complete. In an
Floyd | unrelated incident, we took a standard geological sample from the
Floyd | epicenter, but it seems to be perhaps poisonous, as some of the crew
Floyd | bunked closest to it have reported feeling unwell. I am taking no
Floyd | chances and am ensuring its disposal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy surprises at the note's whitewashed contents, "A few months ago,
Floyd | well, Eliza knew this astronaut that got blacklisted as... crazy for
Floyd | seeing an 'alien' on the moon." The Mercy halts, then braves, "Are
Floyd | there Ancients on the moon?"

		
Touchy pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | there Ancients on the moon?"
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>

		Touchy says, "oh..."
		Touchy says, "This is an interesting twist."
		Touchy says, "I vote yes."
		DavidW asks, "How should we know?"
		Touchy says, "Indeed."
		DavidW says, "but sure, answer yes"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)               212
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | You tell her of the other Ancients there, how they stopped singing
Floyd | long ago. You had assumed they were completely silenced, but it
Floyd | appears not. The Mercy overjoys at this new knowledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Well, we learned that our origin is at the epicenter..."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)               213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Responsibility concaves heavily in this room, dragging everything
Floyd | down. The human-furnitures fight to remain upright in all the weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)               214
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | The single slotted bed is drenched in Captain's fading colors. She
Floyd | must have been turning her mind to vindictive madness. The Mercy seems
Floyd | uninterested in it.
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)               215
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      216
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the
Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a
Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)                     217
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two silenced bodies and the diving vessel splay across the deck; the
Floyd | vessel's interior rests slightly more southern than its undercarriage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the
Floyd | east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your open Cellarium rests here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Are we going to the life boats? How will we get the Cellarium there?"
		Doug asks, "wait, shaming ghosts?"
		Touchy says, "Ah...assister is dead also"
		Touchy asks, "Should we try rosa?"
		Doug says, "wonder what happens if we say no"
		DavidW says, "The engineer? I suppose. Not maybe people left to try."
		Jacqueline says, "Can we get her to carry the Cellarium."
		DavidW says, "er not MANY"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take cellarium" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)                     218
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CELLARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy tries to pick it up, but she is not strong enough, and her
Floyd | hands are damaged. She fails. She flexes reassured white, "I could
Floyd | still push it somewhere, if you wanted me to move it," she offers,
Floyd | eager to please you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Also, Doug, are you starting to get why there are weird words like 'steccato' as a verb in this?"
		Doug says, "sokoban puzzle!"
		DavidW says, "oh, yes push"
		Touchy asks, "Where are those lifeboats again?"
		Doug says (to Jacqueline), "oh yeah, that was just a joke"
		Jacqueline says, "There's this very subtle character voice that is really well done."
		DavidW says, "south"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "push cellarium south" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            219
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CELLARIUM SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You drop down into the open hatch.
Floyd | The Mercy climbs down the hatch after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy merrily grits through the pain and pushes the Cellarium
Floyd | south to the DSV-2, as you commanded.
Floyd |
Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | The room looks much the same as before, just in a slightly different
Floyd | orientation. The hull ossifies against crushing depths, a control
Floyd | panel waits obediently, and clear spaces allow for outside
Floyd | observation.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hatch is open to the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "not that subtle :) lots of musical jargon"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "I knew it was a joke, but in seriousness why she was doing it wasn't very obvious at first."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "True."
		Touchy says, "We could try using the sub anyway...probably killing Mercy in the process..."
		DavidW asks, "uh, isn't this the sub?"
		Doug says, "I figured it was a way to get you to feel the alienness of the PC"
		Touchy says, "Yeah...but I wanted a lifeboat...I must have confused things"
		Touchy says, "Ah, lifeboats are one deck up."
		DavidW says, "oh geez"
		Touchy says, "life_boats"
		Touchy says, "If this really does end up a sokoban puzzle I will send the authoress flowers."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)                     218
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)                     217
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)                     218
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two silenced bodies and the diving vessel splay across the deck; the
Floyd | vessel's interior rests slightly more southern than its undercarriage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the
Floyd | east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your open Cellarium rests here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "push cellarium up" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      219
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "It's not like we can lift the sub up a level lika an elevator -- or is that the idea?"

Floyd | > PUSH CELLARIUM UP
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy merrily grits through the pain and pushes the Cellarium up
Floyd | to the Quarterdeck, as you commanded.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the
Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a
Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down. Your cellarium rests here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Is sokoban puzzle that thing with a fox and a goat and some cheese?"
		Touchy says, "hahahaha"
		Touchy asks, "What?"
		Touchy exclaims, "Seriously, you know Sokoban, right? Don't mess with me!"
		Touchy asks, "You mean the one where you have to get a goat and a fox across the river and so on..?"
		Jacqueline says, "I know what it is now that I've looked it up. Didn't know it was called that."
		Allen says, "it's the zork III royal maze"
		DavidW says, "well, it's not the one with the emperor, the gardener, the panda, and bamboo."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "push south" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      220
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You must name something more substantial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "push cellarium south" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat (Controlling Mercy)                        221
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CELLARIUM SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy merrily grits through the pain and pushes the Cellarium
Floyd | south to the Life Boat, as you commanded.
Floyd |
Floyd | Life Boat (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | A small boat, ready to be hoisted over the deck with an empty spot
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the north. Your cellarium rests here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "Yeah, that was the reference I was making, but Sokoban appears to be more sliding-block-puzzle."
		Touchy says, "Indeed."
		Doug asks, "authoress?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "lower lifeboat" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)                       222
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOWER LIFEBOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy hoists everything overboard in the lifeboat via the automated
Floyd | crane. The mechanical dance of the winch-wire-hook is fascinating to
Floyd | observe, and soon you are floating free.
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | All around you, the ocean rocks in a rhythmic, pulling oscillation of
Floyd | beauty. Your Cellarium and the Mercy float with you. The larger vessel
Floyd | sits blankly nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy turns on the motor. She looks to you for direction. You tap into
Floyd | the harmonic patterns of the earth's magnetism, and sense the
Floyd | direction of your home: southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "wouldn't that be 'authix'?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)                       223
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy frets a crack of light red in her otherwise symmetrical white
Floyd | orb, "Letting you sink inside your Cellarium will be fine, but the
Floyd | current: you'll drift away from where we want you to land." You tap
Floyd | into the harmonic patterns of the earth's magnetism, and sense the
Floyd | direction of your home: southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "er, 'authrix'"
		Allen asks, "what does the emperor, garderner, panda, and bambo do?"
		Allen asks, "is that the one where the Panda wraps a bandana around his head and mows down helpless crowds with a machinegun?"
		DavidW says, "It's a game I saw on TableTop recently."
		Touchy says, "Somehow we have destroyed any immersion in this game at this point."
		Touchy says, "But I also want to know what happened to the panda."
		Doug says, "haha, sorry"
		DavidW says, "The emperor plans the layout of his garden. The gardener grows bamboo. The panda eat the bamboo."
		Touchy says, "Surprisingly funny to imagine."
		Allen asks, "rock paper scissors?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)                       224
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy turns her concerns inward, more cracks forming "And what of me?
Floyd | I won't have anything when you go. I can't go back to them, they'd
Floyd | never understand, never compare to this." You tap into the harmonic
Floyd | patterns of the earth's magnetism, and sense the direction of your
Floyd | home: southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)                       225
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy glows steadily again,"No matter what happens to me, I'll just be
Floyd | happy knowing I did the right thing. That I helped you." You tap into
Floyd | the harmonic patterns of the earth's magnetism, and sense the
Floyd | direction of your home: south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)                       226
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You arrive. You can feel the harmonics of your guiding influence that
Floyd | have shaped the seafloor far below into the infinitely echoing pattern
Floyd | of spreading and subducting. You are so close to being home again, you
Floyd | quiver. Mercy lingers, then turns to you. Knowing the cost, she
Floyd | reaches out to stroke you - to feel you - one last time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Poor Mercy."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)                       227
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy tightens closer to you as she senses your excitement. She
Floyd | vibrates in anticipation for your happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)                       228
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy waits for your command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "get into the cellarium"
		Touchy asks, "Are we inside the cellarium?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter cellarium" 		

Floyd ]  Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy)                229
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CELLARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | You crawl into the Cellarium and signal to Mercy your intent. She
Floyd | understands, "I... I will miss you. Please, don't ever forget me.
Floyd | You've given me meaning. You've given me everything." She pulls your
Floyd | Cellarium up, then darkens in absolute sadness at the coming
Floyd | separation, Please, don't leave me here. she despairs as she
Floyd | pushes it over.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sinking Cellarium
Floyd | For one last moment as your blissful tomb drifts downward, you connect
Floyd | with the Mercy in perfect unison, and you feel her dread over what is
Floyd | to come: the emptiness, the disconnection, the unfeeling tedium. She
Floyd | wants so desperately to go down with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "not yet."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy)                229
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Cellarium lands, not too terribly far from its original home. It
Floyd | takes you centuries, but you eventually manage to Sing and re-shape
Floyd | the sea floor into the proper harmonics. And when you do, the bliss is
Floyd | perfection, unending. White. Happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are happy and alone ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Sad."
		Touchy says, "Melancholic."
		DavidW asks, "uh, can Mercy come with us?"
		Touchy asks, "How?"
		Jacqueline asks, "I think that's probably a perfect ending, isn't it?"
		Doug asks, "maybe we have to sever her "song"'s connection with her body or something?"
		DavidW asks, "well, first she enters. Then we enter, then maybe rock back and forth?"
		Doug asks, "like we originally tried to do with Drifter?"
		DavidW says, "no, not like"
		Touchy exclaims, "If you have any ideas, go ahead!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy)                229
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)                       228
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Though, hm, yeah, maybe there's a way."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mercy, enter cellarium" 		

Floyd ]  Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy)                229
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MERCY, ENTER CELLARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | You crawl into the Cellarium and signal to Mercy your intent. She
Floyd | understands, "I... I will miss you. Please, don't ever forget me.
Floyd | You've given me meaning. You've given me everything." She pulls your
Floyd | Cellarium up, then darkens in absolute sadness at the coming
Floyd | separation, Please, don't leave me here. she despairs as she
Floyd | pushes it over.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sinking Cellarium
Floyd | For one last moment as your blissful tomb drifts downward, you connect
Floyd | with the Mercy in perfect unison, and you feel her dread over what is
Floyd | to come: the emptiness, the disconnection, the unfeeling tedium. She
Floyd | wants so desperately to go down with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure how well Mercy will sleep with the fishes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)                       228
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "sorry, that 'like' was in reference to 'cut drifter' back at the beginning"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)                       229
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already controlling her, but you can always release her, if you
Floyd | desire.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy waits for your command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "release mercy" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean                                           230
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RELEASE MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing of separation, of independence. Mercy regains majority
Floyd | control of her own body.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy waits for your command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Can you possess her when she has thrown you overboard?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mercy, enter cellarium" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean                                           231
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MERCY, ENTER CELLARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy has trouble understanding your directions, and suggests that
Floyd | she would have an easier time if you were controlling her.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy excites glistening white at being so close to your home.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy waits for your command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put mercy in cellarium" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)                       232
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MERCY IN CELLARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking Mercy)
Floyd |
Floyd | You take control of the Mercy. You both revel in the bliss of perfect
Floyd | harmonic unity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy waits for your command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put mercy in cellarium" 		

Floyd ]  Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy)                       233
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MERCY IN CELLARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking Mercy)
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already controlling her, but you can always release her, if you
Floyd | desire.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy waits for your command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. There doesn't seem to be a way to phrase it."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "jump overboard" 		

Floyd ]  Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy)                234
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP OVERBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You crawl into the Cellarium and signal to Mercy your intent. She
Floyd | understands, "I... I will miss you. Please, don't ever forget me.
Floyd | You've given me meaning. You've given me everything." She pulls your
Floyd | Cellarium up, then darkens in absolute sadness at the coming
Floyd | separation, Please, don't leave me here. she despairs as she
Floyd | pushes it over.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sinking Cellarium
Floyd | For one last moment as your blissful tomb drifts downward, you connect
Floyd | with the Mercy in perfect unison, and you feel her dread over what is
Floyd | to come: the emptiness, the disconnection, the unfeeling tedium. She
Floyd | wants so desperately to go down with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "The game desperately wants to end this way."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mercy, jump" 		

Floyd ]  Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy)                235
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MERCY, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy dives after you, grasping firmly to your Cellarium. Her body
Floyd | cells scream for oxygen, and the pressure concaves her delicate frame.
Floyd | So she abandons it, entering into the Song instead. The body maintains
Floyd | its desperate grasp on your Cellarium, and you puppet it in a way that
Floyd | pushes your Cellarium exactly back to the infinite junction. The
Floyd | connection of this place overwhelms you, and you Sing unending. Mercy
Floyd | sings with you, an eternally blissful duet. White.
Floyd | Perfection.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |   *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, see DESIGN notes, or play the EPILOGUE?
Floyd | >

		Touchy exclaims, "Ding!"
		Doug says, "haha"
		Jacqueline says, "Wow."
		AdamM says, "You can also get that ending by colouring her something reassuring."
		DavidW says, "ooh, design and epilogue"
		Doug says (to AdamM), "I was thinking that too"
		Touchy says, "I really liked how we never got seriously stuck and always had some ideas what to try..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "design" 		

Floyd ]  Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy)                235
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DESIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | Design notes and author's website at
Floyd | LMDadventures.blogspot.com/2013/07/coloratura.html
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "epilogue" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           236
Floyd | You shift against the helicopter straps uncomfortably. This is the
Floyd | middle of the third refueling, and Chilean officials are starting to
Floyd | lean hard on SAR to find the missing research ship. But two mysterious
Floyd | storms battered the coast, lending to suspicious whispers. They're
Floyd | saying that not even Saint Anthony's help can foil this devil's work.
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't give up however, and you take advantage of Amaro dipping
Floyd | into a turn to resume searching the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x sea" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea.

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea....

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea.......

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           237
Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea.......... but wait, you do see something!
Floyd | A dark speck, in the distance. Amaro seems to notice it at the same
Floyd | time. "Fantastic! Can you radio dispatch?" Amaro exclaims, "I'm going
Floyd | in for the approach."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Hey, there was suggested music for the game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x speck" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           238
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPECK
Floyd |
Floyd | The dark speck is too distant to be properly visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | Annoyed, Amaro makes the call for you as he flies towards his
Floyd | destination. The shape starts to coalesce, but you still can't quite
Floyd | make it out. The radio crackles in reply, "Roger that. Hope you've
Floyd | found it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Why did nobody tell me?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           239
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Sweaty, tired, and sore from sitting in the rescue helicopter all day.
Floyd |
Floyd | The helicopter approaches the speck, and its shape slowly clears into
Floyd | a life boat. Your mind reels as Amaro relays the details. How many
Floyd | survivors? Will any be critical? The radio statics in anxiously,
Floyd | "...keep on reporting."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           240
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Sweaty, tired, and sore from sitting in the rescue helicopter all day.
Floyd |
Floyd | By now you are nearly on top of the life boat, but things do not seem
Floyd | promising. There are no distress signals, no flares, no reflecting
Floyd | glint: no signs of life. The radio seems to echo your unease, "Is it
Floyd | abandoned? Advising caution."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           241
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's much clearer now: a small lifeboat. You can't see anyone aboard,
Floyd | though, and the fact that they haven't sent off any distress signals
Floyd | or flares is worrying.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amaro brings the helicopter to a hover over the life boat, and you can
Floyd | see a single person inside the boat, lying down. Amaro gestures to you
Floyd | that his position is stable and releases the ladder. The radio
Floyd | acknowledges your situation as a small emergency, but wants to focus
Floyd | on finding more survivors. "Just in case, sending backup your way,
Floyd | miss. Let's save somebody."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            242
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb down the ladder and drop down into the boat. You signal to
Floyd | Amaro to land, and he keeps the blades running nearby. There is only
Floyd | one woman here, curled up on her side. You can see that she wears the
Floyd | colors of a Corpsman, and you grimly appreciate the irony of one medic
Floyd | saving another.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            243
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Breathing lightly, she stares ahead as if transfixed or not fully
Floyd | here. You notice that she's clutching at a tape in her hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tape" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            244
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | The kind of magnetic tape still used in vessel radio system logs. It
Floyd | probably has important clues or information.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "The tape!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to woman" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            245
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | She does not acknowledge you at all, just continues to clutch at her
Floyd | tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            246
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull the tape from her hands. She immediately rouses from her
Floyd | state of shock and grabs at you, pulls you closer, and speaks past you
Floyd | in what you recognize as English, "Believe me! It was... it was..."
Floyd | but she trails off. 'Horrible?' You internally punctuate,
Floyd | before she does finish her thought after all, "Beautiful." Then she
Floyd | collapses.
Floyd |
Floyd | No! you scream. But you can revive her, you can save her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "revive woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REVIVE WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You push against her chest with rapid, strong heaves. She does not
Floyd | respond. You do not relent. More time passes, and the physical
Floyd | exertion is catching up to you, but there is still no pulse. Do you
Floyd | continue?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | continue?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | You continue pushing against her chest and feel at least one rib crack
Floyd | and give way - not uncommon. But she still does not respond. You feel
Floyd | your body slowing as you glance about, and don't notice any backup on
Floyd | the way. Do you continue?

		DavidW says, "oh dear"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            247
Floyd | the way. Do you continue?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | You continue CPR procedures, but your body involuntarily slows from
Floyd | the exertion, and still there is no pulse. After 30 minutes, you are
Floyd | forced to stop from the sheer exhaustion. You fume; why the hell
Floyd | didn't anyone show up? Amaro might know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           248
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Helicopter
Floyd | The helicopter is landed next to a lifeboat. Amaro waits on you
Floyd | expectedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amaro spits out, "Our backup got diverted. They found the main
Floyd | vessel." You sigh and relay the results of your revive attempts. He
Floyd | hits the console at your news, "Devil take all, and what else?!" He
Floyd | gathers himself before speaking again, "We have to report this."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show tape to amaro" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           248
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW TAPE TO AMARO
Floyd |
Floyd | Amaro surprises at it, "Looks like ship audio logs. It's probably
Floyd | evidence. We need fuel, we can play it back at base." He makes the
Floyd | report himself. Dispatch is just as disappointed at the outcome, but
Floyd | offers to find appropriate playback equipment by the time you return.
Floyd | As the helicopter beats towards land, you curiously turn the tape over
Floyd | in your hands. This was important to her. She clung to life
Floyd | just long enough to make sure that someone got that tape. You will be
Floyd | one of the first to hear it played, just as she wanted.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have ensured that others will hear the tape ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or see DESIGN notes?
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "did we just enslave the rest of humanity?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "not *all* of humanity" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           248
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOT *ALL* OF HUMANITY
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or see DESIGN notes?
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "I don't know but I like it."
		Touchy says, "I mean the entire game...not enslaving humanity"
		Doug asks, "would it be a bother to go back and say no about aliens on the moon?"
		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "haha"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, that might be interesting, Doug."
		Touchy asks, "Does anybody know whereabouts that was? Do we have a save?"
		DavidW says, "That was a weird bit of business with the moon."
		Touchy says, "Yeah, especially because it suddenly asked us something that we could not know the answer to."
		DavidW says (to Touchy), "Captain's quarters, I think."
		Touchy says, "And that wasn't really a thing in this game."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      181
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      182
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the
Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a
Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister continues to argue belligerent, "Where is the real Mercy? Is
Floyd | she... is she dead?" You help the Mercy respond, "I'm real, don't let
Floyd | your fear control you. You're not being logical."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 195
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Cellarium
Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain takes advantage of Mercy and Assister's pre-occupation. She
Floyd | launches a flaring, gibbering ball at Assister, who falls in a
Floyd | confused, black tangle. Captain similarly dispatches Mercy when she
Floyd | comes out. Captain drags your Cellarium out and over the side of the
Floyd | ship. You float down and land far from your appointed place. You Sing,
Floyd | and re-join the Universe, but slightly off-key. You settle in,
Floyd | reshaping the seafloor so that eventually, after many millennia, you
Floyd | will once again enjoy perfect harmony.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are happy enough. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "If you want I can actually search the transcript."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 195
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Cellarium
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | The distance makes it difficult, but you both stretch, and the shared
Floyd | need strengthens your bond. You take a moment to acclimate to her
Floyd | location...
Floyd |
Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | The Mercy scrambles panicked to the control panel, skimming it over: A
Floyd | set of searchlight buttons, arm manipulator levers, a propeller
Floyd | throttle, and an emergency surface switch.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain advances slowly, wrathfully. Assister remains oblivious to the
Floyd | distant Captain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Which would probably be easiest."
		Doug says, "I think this is the last save we have"
		Touchy says, "I'll be right there."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "push buttons" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTONS
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights flash brilliantly, surprising Captain, just as she launches
Floyd | a flaming, gibbering ball at Assister. Her trajectory is slightly
Floyd | altered by your surprise, and Assister merely crumples into hushed
Floyd | agony instead of complete silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain discards her launcher, and in crescendoing fury turns her
Floyd | attention to you - your Cellarium helpless in the forward basket. She
Floyd | searches for the lid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "pull levers" 		

Floyd ]  DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy)                            198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL LEVERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The arms move slowly, but with ferocious weight. Captain tries to
Floyd | dodge their area of command and pull your heavy Cellarium out, but you
Floyd | manage to percuss Captain in a ringing orange din, coloring her fury
Floyd | brighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain decides to directly address the vessel, the Mercy. She claws
Floyd | up the side of the hatch in a scrabbling, grabbing flurry. The Mercy
Floyd | blanks in anxiety.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "push switch" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Cellarium                                 199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabin portion of the sub uncouples, propels itself upward, then
Floyd | smashes col pugno against its more weighted side: the side
Floyd | Captain was climbing. Her song ends instantly. In the chaotic
Floyd | apoptosis, your control over the Mercy breaks, and your consciousness
Floyd | snaps to the Cellarium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Cellarium
Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the Mercy outside trembling, alone and afraid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I didn't really follow what we did here"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck                                         200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assister pales in incoherent warbles as her song winds to an end: she
Floyd | is oblivious to everything. The Mercy wobbles from the split
Floyd | submarine, and breaks down in sadness for only you, "That was your
Floyd | only way back. We can't... there's not another way to put you back
Floyd | now." She twists in thoughts, "Maybe, maybe I could drop you
Floyd | overboard. Right above the trench: at the junction where we found you.
Floyd | Could we get back there, somehow?" You both know it's not optimal, but
Floyd | it's your best chance now. You smooth the Mercy in swaddling layers of
Floyd | warmth and comfort as she once again, offers herself as yours to
Floyd | control.
Floyd |
Floyd | The messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the
Floyd | east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your open Cellarium rests here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)                     201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You take control of the Mercy. You both revel in the bliss of perfect
Floyd | harmonic unity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Messdeck (Controlling Mercy)                         202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Messdeck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Tables and chairs are bolted to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The galley is to the west, and the loading deck is to the south. A
Floyd | vent leads up and a set of stairs leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)                     201
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wet Lab (Controlling Mercy)                          202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wet Lab (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | A foray into understand the bliss they will never see themselves. A
Floyd | sample of part of your body is displayed with the freshly-inked label
Floyd | "Internal Crystal Scraping".
Floyd |
Floyd | The loading deck is back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)                     201
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)                      202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls
Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the
Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a
Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)               203
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)
Floyd | Responsibility concaves the floor, and shaming ghosts stagnate the
Floyd | air. The human-furnitures fight to remain upright in all the weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)               204
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of human-furniture with a paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | In human-writing it describes Captain's last report:
Floyd |
Floyd | We are in need of engine repairs, and I take full responsibility for
Floyd | this delay not allowing us to continue our research duties as quickly
Floyd | as possible. We are now waiting for repairs to complete. In an
Floyd | unrelated incident, we took a standard geological sample from the
Floyd | epicenter, but it seems to be perhaps poisonous, as some of the crew
Floyd | bunked closest to it have reported feeling unwell. I am taking no
Floyd | chances and am ensuring its disposal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercy surprises at the note's whitewashed contents, "A few months ago,
Floyd | well, Eliza knew this astronaut that got blacklisted as... crazy for
Floyd | seeing an 'alien' on the moon." The Mercy halts, then braves, "Are
Floyd | there Ancients on the moon?"

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)               205
Floyd | there Ancients on the moon?"
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | You inform her that there haven't been Ancients on the moon for
Floyd | millennia: that's why its core is dead and silent. The Mercy
Floyd | fascinates over this revelation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "aha"
		Touchy shrugs.
		AdamM asks, "Huh, so the blobs cause plate tectonics?"
		Doug says, "yeah, a bit anticlimactic."
		Touchy says, "The blobs cause storms."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, you found it."
Doug says (to Floyd), "color mercy brown" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)               206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR MERCY BROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You are synced in blissful unity with this Blind One. Her color can be
Floyd | nothing but pure white while you continue to control her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "incidentally, is the engineer alive? It'd be nice to have at least one survivor."
Doug says (to Floyd), "release" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy)               206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RELEASE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to release?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "release mercy" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters                                   207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RELEASE MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing of separation, of independence. Mercy regains majority
Floyd | control of her own body.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "color mercy brown" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters                                   208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR MERCY BROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Brown" isn't a pure wavelength. You can only create simple emotions.
Floyd | You reach out, caressing Mercy's delicate aura, willing it to become
Floyd | brown. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they were
Floyd | her own emotions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "I though the engineer was in the raft...oh no that was the medic."
Doug says (to Floyd), "color mercy pink" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters                                   208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR MERCY PINK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to color Mercy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "color mercy plaid" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters                                   208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COLOR MERCY PLAID
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to color Mercy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x mercy" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters                                   209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MERCY
Floyd |
Floyd | A Sighted One. She offers herself as yours to control.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her pure white aura radiates bliss.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy ponders in remorseful, dark yellows what drove Captain to
Floyd | her solitude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "hahaha"
		Doug asks, "what did drive Captain to her solitude?"
		Touchy asks, "Has anybody watched the "suggested music" videos linked to in the blog?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters                                   210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Quarters
Floyd | Responsibility concaves heavily in this room, dragging everything
Floyd | down. The human-furnitures fight to remain upright in all the weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy idly wraps herself in her own bliss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x furniture" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters                                   211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FURNITURE
Floyd |
Floyd | A bunk and a desk seem somewhat interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy searches semi-unsettled yellow for clues to Captain's
Floyd | behavior while waiting for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Doug), "A forbidden love of vegemite."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters                                   212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | The single slotted bed is drenched in Captain's fading colors. She
Floyd | must have been turning her mind to vindictive madness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy tumbles in anticipation for your unity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says (to Doug), "She lost her marbles over the whole Frankenfoody incident."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters                                   213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of human-furniture with a paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mercy ponders in remorseful, dark yellows what drove Captain to
Floyd | her solitude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I guess we already did this"
		DavidW says, "yes. The room is austere."
		DavidW says, "afk for a couple minutes. back soon."
		Touchy says, "Well, I think we're done here anyway."
		Jacqueline says, "I agree. I am good."
		Touchy says, "I don't believe it is possible to avoid the deaths."
		Jacqueline says, "I really enjoyed this."
		Touchy says, "Yeah, me too."
		LynneaGlasser says, "I'm glad everyone enjoyed it! ^_^"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "I wish... oh, you're awake! And can talk on the channel!"
		Touchy says, "haha"
		Touchy says, "I was wondering about that, too."
		Doug | The detail of the astronauts who "saw" the alien started off as a subplot where the Captain's mother had been ostracized for going crazy on the moon, and the Captain saw this creature as first a guilty reminder that she had shunned her mother as well, and then as a shot at redemption if it were captured.
		Touchy says, "I thought you might be annoyed by us constantly getting distracted and breaking out of the game's mood."
		Jacqueline says (to Lynnea), "So, I'm curious if this game says anything about your views on humanity, or if you were just imagining how you would feel about humanity if you were a deepsea creature and some idiots did this to you."
		LynneaGlasser says, "I got the technical problems sorted out"
		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "Lynnea was legitimately having trouble speaking on channel earlier, and we were trying to sort it out, then she went all silent on me. I tried coloring her, but she was too far away."
		Touchy says, "hahaha"
		LynneaGlasser says, "definitely if you were a sea creature trying to interact and just didn't know how to properly"
		Taleslinger says, "It beats that JAWS adaption in depth of interaction"
Doug says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters                                   213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Coloratura by Lynnea Glasser (formerly Lynnea Dally)
Floyd |
Floyd | The idea for Coloratura came from one of my favorite games
Floyd | growing up: Titanic: Challenge of Discovery. While exploring
Floyd | its undersea wrecks, I couldn't help but imagine what it might be like
Floyd | to find something terrible. When writing this game, I took advantage
Floyd | of the fact that the text-based medium gave a unique opportunity to
Floyd | tell the story from the creature's inhuman perspective, and had a lot
Floyd | of fun with different descriptions and new kinds of actions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks to diligent testers Russell Glasser, Michael Ammer, Hall Hood,
Floyd | Zach Bush, Joel Webster, Joe Barlow, Kaan Vural, Michael Fransioli,
Floyd | Jesse Sky, Melvin Rangasamy, Toby Ott, Arthur DiBianca and Dean Jones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cover art donated by Fabian Parker.
Floyd |
Floyd | A map is included in the release of this game. For the visually
Floyd | impaired, >MAP will print a text-based version of the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | Useful commands:
Floyd |  >COLORS: A list of colors.
Floyd |  >HINT:  Puzzle-specific hints.
Floyd |  >SOLUTION: Puzzle-specific solutions.
Floyd |  >WALKTHROUGH: Sectioned walk through.
Floyd |  >COMPLETE WALKTHROUGH: A complete walk through.
Floyd | >TRANSLATION ON: Alternate descriptions for playing in a non-English
Floyd | language.
Floyd |  >NAUTICAL/CARDINAL: Switch between direction modes.
Floyd |  >EPILOGUE: Access additional story content.
Floyd |
Floyd | Author's website (and additional game creation notes) at
Floyd | LMDadventures.blogspot.com
Floyd | >

		LynneaGlasser says, "Also, I appreciated getting all the science references, I was worried many of them were lost (interstitial, etc.)"
Doug says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Quarters                                   213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | Note: this is a text-based description of the map included for the
Floyd | visually impaired. A map image file is also included with the release
Floyd | of this game as an external file.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top Deck: The Pilot House is north of the Forecastle Deck. The
Floyd | Forecastle Deck is above the Quarterdeck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Level: The Lavatory is north of the Quarterdeck. The
Floyd | Sick Bay is west of the Quarterdeck. The Captain's Quarters is east of
Floyd | the Quarterdeck. The Life Boats are south of the Quarterdeck. The
Floyd | Quarterdeck is above the Loading Deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Third Level: The Refrigerator is south of the Galley. The
Floyd | Freezer is south of the Refrigerator. The Messdeck is east of Galley.
Floyd | The Loading Deck is south of the Messdeck. The Wet Lab is east of the
Floyd | Loading Deck. The DSV-2 is south of the Loading Deck. The Messdeck is
Floyd | above the Lower Passageway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom Level: The Port Berthing is northwest of the Lower
Floyd | Passageway. The Starboard Berthing is northeast of the Lower
Floyd | Passageway. The Laundry Room is west of the Lower Passageway. The
Floyd | Survey Storage room is east of the Lower Passageway. The Engine Room
Floyd | is southwest of the Lower Passageway. The Cooling Room is southeast of
Floyd | the Lower Passageway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I guess Floyd is visually impaired"
		Jacqueline says, "I remember thinking that intersitial was a particularly nice touch."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Well, he's graphically impaired, certainly."
		Doug says, "heh, this looks like I7 code."
		Jacqueline asks, "Thanks for joining us and watching, Lynnea. What's it like watching people play it in real time?"
		Doug says (to LynneaGlasser), "I had to look up a few words, but I appreciated learning new words!"
		DavidW says, "back"
		LynneaGlasser says, "It was exciting - I'm glad that it responded to pretty much everything you tried. And I loved hearing everyone work things out together."
		Jacqueline says, "I think I only saw one genuine typo - very polished - and that was near the start of the epilogue, if you're curious."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, yay exciting for the authorness."
		LynneaGlasser says, "Almost glad I had technical problems, it was tempting to want to give hints..."
		Jacqueline says, "So, everyone, that's it for today. We'll play the next available game, which is Robin & Orchid, next week, and if you haven't already heard, ClubFloyd is now on Facebook and Twitter for updates. I'll be phasing out the RSS feed."
		Touchy says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says (to Lynnea), "heh. Then we're glad, too."
AdamM has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		LynneaGlasser exclaims, "Thanks again, cyah!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Thank you!"
		Touchy exclaims, "Thank you!"
		Taleslinger says, "Indigo!"
		Touchy exclaims, "And to everybody else as well, was great!"
		Doug says, "I think I noticed two typos, kind of early on"
		Doug says, "if we're making a list for the post-comp release..."
		Jacqueline says, "That was why I brought it up, yeah."
		Doug asks, "wait wait, why are you phasing out the RSS feed?"
		LynneaGlasser says, "not sure if I'm going to make a post-comp release, but I probably will"
		Jacqueline says, "I don't have to phase it out."
		Jacqueline asks, "Are you actually using it?"
		Jacqueline says, "I figured with the death of reader, it would be easier for people to just see it on social media."
		Jacqueline says, "But if it's useful, I'll keep it."
		LynneaGlasser says, "go ahead and let me know what they were if you can remember"
		Doug says, "I read RSS much more consistently than I read Facebook/Twitter"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Okay."
		Doug says, "I use feedly as much as I used reader"
		Doug says, "but, it looks like there hasn't been anything on the RSS feed for months so maybe I didn't miss it."
		Doug says, "and it's not like I've been to club floyd in months either"
		Doug says (to LynneaGlasser), "the main one was in the Interstitial: "The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the northeast.""
		Doug says, "seems like either a missing noun, or an extra "from the""
		LynneaGlasser says, "Oh yeah, I can fix that. The direction paragraphs are tricky since they need to account for cardinal/nautical and alien/human descriptions."
		Jacqueline says, "Damn, just went back to find the typo for you and can't find it. meh"
		Doug says, "the other was 'gelatenous'"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "There was this week. We were playing by the seat of our pants alot, choosing the morning of, and I want us to get away from that."
		LynneaGlasser says, "Noted."
		Jacqueline says, "So this week you should have seen an update, and you'll see another later today."
		Jacqueline says, "So I'll update the feed, the bb here, FB, and Twitter."
		Touchy asks, "Can I get snail mailed fortune cookies with reminders each friday?"
		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "For a fee, sure."
		Jacqueline says, "It's a rather hefty fee, though."
		Doug asks (of LynneaGlasser), "was there anything big we missed?"
		Doug asks, "like, is there a way to avoid killing everyone?"
		LynneaGlasser says, "Nothing big... Everyone has to die, sorry. (Unless you're OK with being "happy enough".)"
		LynneaGlasser says, "Some things most people missed is that Epilogue has another ending where you can chuck the tape into the ocean."
		Doug says (to Jacqueline), "maybe I'm subscribed to the wrong feed? [LINK]"
		Doug says, "ah, hm"
		Doug says, "I guess there's no easy way to get back to the epilogue without finishing the game again"
		Touchy says, "The saves should still be there..."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "No, that's it. You'll see that there was an update yesterday after the comp results came out."
		LynneaGlasser says, "Oh, you can >EPILOGUE at any time"
		Doug says, "okay then!"
		AdamM says (to LynneaGlasser), "I chose to chuck the tape. I got serious Slouching Towards Bedlam vibes from it."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Hold up, I'll start logging again."
		Doug says (to Jacqueline), "feedly hasn't gotten it yet. it thinks it's 168d old"
		Jacqueline says, "Huh. Yeah, I updated it yesterday midday."
		Doug says, "latest is The Forgotten Girls, from March"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I'm logging again, so you can try that epilogue thing..."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I got really lazy with the feed (and transcripts) beginning in March."
		Jacqueline says, "But I'm getting it all back together again, so."
		Jacqueline says, "Still, surprsingly feedly hasn't picked up yesterday's update."
Doug says (to Floyd), "search sea" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea.

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea....

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea.......

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           216
Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea.......... but wait, you do see something!
Floyd | A dark speck, in the distance. Amaro seems to notice it at the same
Floyd | time. "Fantastic! Can you radio dispatch?" Amaro exclaims, "I'm going
Floyd | in for the approach."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "radio dispatch" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           217
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RADIO DISPATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You report that you may have found something interesting. The dispatch
Floyd | tries to contain their excitement at the news as you relay your intent
Floyd | to approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amaro flies towards the destination. The shape starts to coalesce, but
Floyd | you still can't quite make it out. The radio crackles in reply, "Roger
Floyd | that. Hope you've found it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x radio" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           218
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RADIO
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the device that you use to radio dispatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The helicopter approaches the speck, and its shape slowly clears into
Floyd | a life boat. Your mind reels as you relays the details. How many
Floyd | survivors? Will any be critical? The radio statics in anxiously,
Floyd | "...keep on reporting."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "report" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           218
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to report?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "life boat" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           219
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIFE BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You continue relaying information.
Floyd |
Floyd | By now you are nearly on top of the life boat, but things do not seem
Floyd | promising. There are no distress signals, no flares, no reflecting
Floyd | glint: no signs of life. The radio seems to echo your unease, "Is it
Floyd | abandoned? Advising caution."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           220
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's much clearer now: a small lifeboat. You can't see anyone aboard,
Floyd | though, and the fact that they haven't sent off any distress signals
Floyd | or flares is worrying.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amaro brings the helicopter to a hover over the life boat, and you can
Floyd | see a single person inside the boat, lying down. Amaro gestures to you
Floyd | that his position is stable and releases the ladder. The radio
Floyd | acknowledges your situation as a small emergency, but wants to focus
Floyd | on finding more survivors. "Just in case, sending backup your way,
Floyd | miss. Let's save somebody."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            221
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb down the ladder and drop down into the boat. You signal to
Floyd | Amaro to land, and he keeps the blades running nearby. There is only
Floyd | one woman here, curled up on her side. You can see that she wears the
Floyd | colors of a Corpsman, and you grimly appreciate the irony of one medic
Floyd | saving another.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "save medic" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            222
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE MEDIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You attempt to aid her, to urge her to return to the helicopter with
Floyd | you. But she just sits and stares, and turns a tape over and over in
Floyd | her hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x tape" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            223
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | The kind of magnetic tape still used in vessel radio system logs. It
Floyd | probably has important clues or information.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What's 'feedly'?"
		Touchy says, "A webapp that tried to succeed google reader."
		Doug says, "another cloud rss aggregator / reader. feedly.com"
		olethros asks, "is it any good?"
		Doug says, "works pretty well for me."
		AdamM says, "I like it."
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to medic" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            224
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MEDIC
Floyd |
Floyd | She does not acknowledge you at all, just continues to clutch at her
Floyd | tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get tape" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            225
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull the tape from her hands. She immediately rouses from her
Floyd | state of shock and grabs at you, pulls you closer, and speaks past you
Floyd | in what you recognize as English, "Believe me! It was... it was..."
Floyd | but she trails off. 'Horrible?' You internally punctuate,
Floyd | before she does finish her thought after all, "Beautiful." Then she
Floyd | collapses.
Floyd |
Floyd | No! you scream. But you can revive her, you can save her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "save her" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE HER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push against her chest with rapid, strong heaves. She does not
Floyd | respond. You do not relent. More time passes, and the physical
Floyd | exertion is catching up to you, but there is still no pulse. Do you
Floyd | continue?

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            226
Floyd | continue?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | You've performed enough revive attempts to know when to call it. You
Floyd | fume; you'll have to report this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "report this" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            226
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REPORT THIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "report death" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            227
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REPORT DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only report from inside the helicopter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x tape" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            228
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | The kind of magnetic tape still used in vessel radio system logs. It
Floyd | probably has important clues or information.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x medic" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            229
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MEDIC
Floyd |
Floyd | It is sad and frustrating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "I disliked it for a reason which I cannot remember."
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            230
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a found tape
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "hm, is there some reason I would pitch the tape?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            231
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Life Boat
Floyd | The woman's dead body lies motionless. The life boat itself has
Floyd | markings indicating that it's from the missing research vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "To get the other ending!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           232
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Helicopter
Floyd | The helicopter is landed next to a lifeboat. Amaro waits on you
Floyd | expectedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amaro spits out, "Our backup got diverted. They found the main
Floyd | vessel." You sigh and relay the results of your revive attempts. He
Floyd | hits the console at your news, "Devil take all, and what else?!" He
Floyd | gathers himself before speaking again, "We have to report this."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "report death" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           232
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REPORT DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You steel yourself and make the call. Dispatch is just as disappointed
Floyd | at the outcome, but offers to find appropriate playback equipment by
Floyd | the time you return. As the helicopter beats towards land, you
Floyd | curiously turn the tape over in your hands. This was important to
Floyd | her. She clung to life just long enough to make sure that someone
Floyd | got that tape. You will be one of the first to hear it played, just as
Floyd | she wanted.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have ensured that others will hear the tape ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or see DESIGN notes?
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           232
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Helicopter
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "I mean, did I miss some prompt in the game that would make me think of pitching the tape?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            233
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Life Boat
Floyd | The woman's dead body lies motionless. The life boat itself has
Floyd | markings indicating that it's from the missing research vessel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		LynneaGlasser says, "No, there's no prompt. It's just there if you think to do it."
Doug says (to Floyd), "throw tape in ocean" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            233
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW TAPE IN OCEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to throw the found tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "throw tape" 		

Floyd ]  Life Boat                                            234
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps it is this tape that drove her mad; whatever is on it should
Floyd | not be preserved. You throw it overboard, and feel a wave of relief as
Floyd | it sinks. Now there's nothing left but to report this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           235
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Helicopter
Floyd | The helicopter is landed next to a lifeboat. Amaro waits on you
Floyd | expectedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amaro starts to chart the path back to the mainland.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x amaro" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           236
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AMARO
Floyd |
Floyd | He's almost as tired and anxious as you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amaro waits for you to report the dead woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "report the dead woman" 		

Floyd ]  Helicopter                                           236
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REPORT THE DEAD WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You steel yourself and make the call. Dispatch is just as disappointed
Floyd | at the outcome, but they call you back to base to refuel and then
Floyd | prepare to assist with evacuating the main vessel: they apparently
Floyd | need to transport at least a dozen comatose survivors. They assure you
Floyd | that the Armada will be about shortly for the life boat
Floyd | itself. You shift uncomfortably, thinking about whatever information
Floyd | may have been lost by destroying the tape, but you assure yourself
Floyd | that it was the right thing to do.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have prevented the inevitable ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or see DESIGN notes?
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "woot! evited!"
		LynneaGlasser exclaims, "Yay, humans rule, abominations drool!"
		Doug says, "anyway, thanks!"
		LynneaGlasser exclaims, "Thanks again, and happy to have gotten to watch. I'm out!"
		Touchy exclaims, "Bye!"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Robin & Orchid by Ryan Veeder & Emily Boegheim
As played on ifMUD on November 24, 2013

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 Robin & Orchid written by Ryan Veeder & Emily Boegheim. Robin & Orchid was released as part of the 2013 IF Competition, in which it took second place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

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 hollers, "We're asking Floyd to load Robin & Orchid (this year's 2nd place IF Comp game) right now in the Toyshop. Please join us!" 		Jacqueline says, "Well, good morning evereebodee."
		DavidW says, "Good noon, Jacqueline"
		djfletch says, "hello"
		Draconis says, "Hello."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Pedant."
		Jacqueline smiles.
inky arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jacqueline says, "So, no authors today, though they are here in spirit and are looking forward to our transcript."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load robinandorchid" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Casey glances around the newspaper office. "Orchid is gone, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, she left. Why do you ask?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wanted to give you this while she wasn't around." He hands you a
Floyd | thick, well-leafed notebook. "It's just kind of a guide kind of thing,
Floyd | with some general information and directions, just to help you get
Floyd | around. Don't let Orchid see it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you sure I'll require so much background material? And why
Floyd | shouldn't Orchid see it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, Robin," Casey says, and he spins around a chair to sit on it
Floyd | backwards in what he surely thinks is a very casual and friendly pose,
Floyd | "Orchid is a church member, and you're not, and you missed the lock-in,
Floyd | so you don't have a lot of the context that Orchid has. I just wanted
Floyd | to put you on an even footing. And for your second question, I might
Floyd | have written some things in there that I wouldn't have said to Orchid's
Floyd | face."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, and slip the notebook into your backpack. "I'm sure you've
Floyd | adequately prepared me for my mission."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, I have. You're welcome. No, wait, I've got one more thing to say.
Floyd | Make sure you take lots of pictures, obviously. It's your job. That's
Floyd | one." He starts counting on his fingers. "Um, it's more fun if you run
Floyd | off by yourself, so make sure you get Sharon off your back. That's two.
Floyd | And keep an open mind. I mean, just because you don't believe in ghosts
Floyd | doesn't mean you're not gonna see one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, yeah. That's three things."

		maga says, "okay, this is at the top of my replay list but I should probably do that alone, at my leisure"
		Draconis says, "Interesting."
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "If you've already played, then yeah, spell probably as 'definitely.'"
		Draconis asks, "Do we need to press SPACE?"
Draconis says, "..Floyd" 		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "In a second, when people have finished reading."
Marvin arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "fwiw, I have yet to play this one, so this'll be all new to me."
		Doug says, "ditto"
		Draconis says, "Same."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Robin & Orchid
Floyd | An exercise in photojournalism by Ryan Veeder & Emily Boegheim
Floyd | Release 3 / Serial number 131027 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | Sharon, in her wisdom, decided that everybody should sleep in this
Floyd | cramped corner of the church basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Battered toys spill out of the toybox and across the floor, piling up
Floyd | in a corner of the room. Cupboards are mounted high on the walls, out
Floyd | of reach of tiny fingers, and an enormous blue recliner sits underneath
Floyd | them. It's already dark outside, and the doors west to the basement
Floyd | stairway and south are dark as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sleeping bag is lying on a tidy patch of floor, ready for when you
Floyd | finish your investigation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid is lounging around, lecturing you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You'd better hold onto this," she says, handing you the camera,
Floyd | "you're the official photographer. Just don't forget, if you see
Floyd | something that might be evidence of a ghost, make sure you take a photo
Floyd | of it."
Floyd |
Floyd | You slip the camera strap around your neck.
Floyd |

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid notices your notebook. "What's all that?" she asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, Casey gave it to me. It's just some notes about things in the
Floyd | church."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is there anything about me in there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't think so," you lie, and Orchid loses interest.
Floyd |

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | >You are Robin Monaghan, high school junior, associate reporter for the
Floyd | West High Warbler. You are not overly fond of churches, and you have
Floyd | never claimed to believe in ghosts, but here you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, and," Orchid adds, "don't turn the lights on while you're looking
Floyd | around unless you have to. Some ghosts won't appear unless it's dark,
Floyd | and we've only got tonight to gather all our evidence."
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "FYI, we play a bit slower than you might on your own."
		Doug asks, "is "lock-in" a thing that churches usually have?"
		Draconis says (to Jacqueline), "Oh, sorrt."
		Draconis says, "*sorry"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "I think they sometimes do, yeah."
		Doug asks, "what is it?"
		inky says, "I assumed it was lock-on, like luke and the death star"
		DavidW says (to Doug), "Not that I know of."
		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "No worries, just letting you know. It's like we're hiking through this adventure, and want to keep the group together and not leave anyone behind."
		inky says, "at the climax Orchid has to remove her targeting computer"
		Doug says, "take a photo of orchid"
Doug says (to Floyd), "take a photo of orchid" 		

Floyd | >(with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of Orchid. The camera whirrs and vibrates and
Floyd | eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon stomps into the nursery. "There are supposed to be some blankets
Floyd | somewhere in this nursery," she says. "Robin, can you find them and
Floyd | grab them for me?" She looks thoughtfully at the child-sized cots
Floyd | scattered around the room.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "I was going to say... lock-ins are usually for teens, and then the X ME solidified that."
inky says (to Floyd), "x sharon" 		

Floyd | >Sharon is the student teacher assisting the staff advisor for the West
Floyd | High Warbler. In the past the staff has always managed quite well
Floyd | without a student teacher, but she does come in handy as a chaperone
Floyd | for situations like this.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, girls," she says. "Here's how this is going to work."
Floyd |

		Doug asks, "what is a lock-in? like a sunday school sleepover?"
		inky says, "oh, I assumed Robin was intentionally a gender-ambiguous name"
		inky says, "but I guess not"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x orchid" 		

Floyd | >Orchid, like most girls your age, is taller than you. Her cheeks are
Floyd | covered in freckles that you had never seen before tonight; she must
Floyd | put makeup on over them for school. You have the uneasy feeling that
Floyd | there are more freckles on her left cheek than her right.
Floyd |
Floyd | She notices you examining her, and you look away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon continues, "This is your story and your investigation, so don't
Floyd | expect me to be running around the church with you all night." She
Floyd | pushes one of the cots up against the wall.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I hope I don't have to map. I wanna eat snacks with one hand and operate the laptop with the other."
		inky says, "unless Sharon is using girls in the sassy gay man sense"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Yeah"
		djfletch says, "I'm suspicious of her sinister-biased freckles"
		djfletch says, "seems like it would probably be a sign of evil"
		Jacqueline says, "I'd like to read the notebook, but possibly we need to do it surreptitiously."
		DavidW says, "The Case of the Missing Freckles"
		Draconis asks, "Does Floyd have undo?"
		Doug says, "read notebook surreptitiously"
Doug says (to Floyd), "read notebook surreptitiously" 		

Floyd | >I only understood you as far as wanting to read Casey's notes.
Floyd |

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "read notebook" 		

Floyd | >The notebook is thick, and as you flick through the pages, it looks
Floyd | like it's nearly full. Surely Casey didn't make notes about everything
Floyd | in the church? How long did he spend on this anyway?
Floyd |
Floyd | There's way too much information here to sit down and read it all at
Floyd | once, but you can look up anything you want to know about.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon pulls another of the cots toward her and lines it up with the
Floyd | first one. "I don't care if you stay up all night, tomorrow isn't a
Floyd | school day so it's not my problem if you're exhausted. Personally, I
Floyd | want my eight hours, though."
Floyd |

		inky says, "oh, I was assuming this was going to be lesbian romance"
		Doug says, "dammit, where's the typo button"
		inky says, "so at some point you'd have to "count her freckles""
		DavidW says (to Draconis), "Floyd is just a go-between, but the terp he's using has undo, yes."
		Doug says, "69,105 freckles. is my guess."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "count freckles" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "ha"
		Jacqueline | You can't read it all in one go, but you can look up anything you want because Casey included a helpful, alphabetized index. How long did he spend on this anyway?
Doug says (to Floyd), "lookup ghosts" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up ghosts" 		

Floyd | >(in Casey's notes)
Floyd | [This action may cause some slight lag in the browser version of this
Floyd | game. We sincerely regret any inconvenience.]
Floyd |
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | don't know how much you already know about the ghost in the church so
Floyd | I'll give you the whole story. Jennie Bancroft is the name of the ghost
Floyd | that haunts Grace United Methodist. She used to be alive, but then she
Floyd | died, in or around the church, sometime in the distant past. I keep
Floyd | meaning to look up when she died but I haven't had time.
Floyd |
Floyd | "When people see her, she looks like a teenage girl in pigtails. I
Floyd | don't think she shows up covered in blood or anything like that; she's
Floyd | just a sad girl. Obviously a lot of the time she's invisible though.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Some of the evidence that we have for her existence includes:
Floyd |
Floyd | - sounds of footsteps and a girl crying when nobody else is in the
Floyd | church
Floyd | - cold spots in rooms, rooms that suddenly become cold for no reason
Floyd | - stuff goes missing, then shows up again
Floyd | - you see someone at the end of the hallway but when you get to the end
Floyd | of the hallway there's nobody there
Floyd | - basically everybody has seen her out of the corner of their eye at
Floyd | some point
Floyd |
Floyd | "Debate continues on the subject of how Jennie died. Popular theories
Floyd | state that she jumped off of the church steeple, or she drank poison,
Floyd | or used a space heater to carbon monoxide herself. According to one
Floyd | explanation she died accidentally, because she was using a Ouija board,
Floyd | but that theory is idiotic. Jennie Bancroft definitely committed
Floyd | suicide, and it was definitely because of a boy she was in love with."
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon continues, "So I'm going to stay here and sleep, and you two are
Floyd | going to get on with your investigating, and not wake me up unless
Floyd | there's a life-threatening emergency or something."
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Also, a slight lag in the Floyd version of this game. (Though only just.)"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "she's a ghost, and she used to be alive but then died? you don't say!"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Draconis says, "And in the past, too? THE PLOT THICKENS!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up casey" 		

Floyd | >(in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "Dear
Floyd | Robin. I am Casey, your friend. I am writing to you from the past. Back
Floyd | here in the past it is very dark, but we have hope that you, in the
Floyd | future, will be able to rekindle the flame of enlightenment and lead us
Floyd | to wisdom. Have you seen a ghost yet? If you haven't seen a ghost, keep
Floyd | looking around until you do. Thanks. Sincerely, Casey."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Orchid, pass me that cot in the corner, will you?" Sharon asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid pulls a face but goes to get it.
Floyd |

		
Marvin has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x cot" 		

Floyd | >Each cot is composed of scratchy fabric stretched over an aluminum
Floyd | frame, and there is no way any of them could be very comfortable.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just don't complain to me when you've spent the whole night
Floyd | ghost-hunting and have nothing to show for it. Thanks, Orchid." Sharon
Floyd | pushes the last cot into place alongside the other two and frowns at
Floyd | the result.
Floyd |

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "pull face" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "Sharon's the student teacher?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		Draconis asks, "Do you think we can look up Orchid while she's right here?"
		Draconis asks, "Will she notice?"
		Jacqueline says, "And she's going to sleep? Some chaperone Sharon is."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up orchid" 		

Floyd | >(in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Here's an anecdote about Orchid. This happened just recently. I didn't
Floyd | tell you, because I wanted to save it for here. Okay:
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm at school after hours because of rehearsals. But we're still in
Floyd | the fairly lazy stage of the production, so there's lots of time to
Floyd | just goof off around the school. So while the underclassmen are sitting
Floyd | around in the hall running lines, I head up to the drama office,
Floyd | because there are donuts there.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But Orchid and Aiden Kingsley are already up in the office, and as
Floyd | soon as I poke my head in Orchid looks up and says 'Actors only,
Floyd | please!' and I'm like 'Actually, I am an actor,' and she says, 'Well,
Floyd | you know what I mean.'
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, Orchid! I do not have the slightest idea what you mean. I would
Floyd | have just grabbed a donut and left, but you're not allowed to take the
Floyd | donuts out of the drama office, so I just left.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wouldn't say I hate Orchid. Hate is a very strong word. I completely
Floyd | hate Aiden, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon unrolls a thin mattress on top of the cots. "I expect the West
Floyd | High Warbler can find some other story to run if this one doesn't work
Floyd | out. It'll be a nuisance, though."
Floyd |

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "look up Aiden" 		

Floyd | >(in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | guess you've probably seen Aiden in plays, but I've actually worked
Floyd | with him, so I know what I'm talking about. He is unbearable. You
Floyd | should be able to guess from the mustache.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aiden goes to parties, gets girls drunk, makes out with them, and then
Floyd | convinces them that his number is '123-4567'. And then he tells this
Floyd | story to everyone at rehearsal and expects us to laugh.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Speaking of which. This is the worst thing Aiden does: He laughs at
Floyd | every single one of his own jokessometimes just at sentences he says
Floyd | that can't even be considered jokesand it's always the same
Floyd | single-syllable laugh, always the same pitch, pronounced exactly the
Floyd | same way. It's not really a laugh, it's more of a signal that you're
Floyd | supposed to think he's funny.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aiden doesn't even go to my church, but he's the worst, and I think
Floyd | you should know that."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Have you found the blankets yet?" Sharon asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They must be in one of these cupboards. Somewhere." She looks up at
Floyd | them and sighs. Sharon is barely taller than you, and she obviously
Floyd | doesn't want to try to search the cupboards herself. "Someone from the
Floyd | church would know."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't look at me," Orchid says.
Floyd |

		inky says, "I have no idea what either of these things mean"
		DavidW says, "I suppose we should find those blankets."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "goals" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "search cupboards" 		

Floyd | >There are way too many cupboards, and you can't even see what's on the
Floyd | top shelves from here, much less reach them. Surely there's a better
Floyd | way to find out where the blankets are kept than just hunting through
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |

		inky asks, "did Casey interrupt an Orchid/Aiden makeout session?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "hunt through everything" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |

		inky asks, "and if so, does that mean that Casey, Orchid, and Aiden are going to be normal kid names these days?"
		Doug says, "Aiden definitely is"
inky says (to Floyd), "look up sharon in book" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "yeah, Aiden is everywhere."
inky says (to Floyd), "look up sharon in notebook" 		

Floyd | >You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "Why
Floyd | do people like Sharon want to become teachers? (By 'people like Sharon'
Floyd | I mean 'people who obviously hate everything about teaching, even and
Floyd | especially students'.) If you're already completely jaded and cynical
Floyd | after your first semester of student teaching, isn't that a sign that
Floyd | you should give up on K-12 education and possibly on life in general?"
Floyd |

		inky says (to DavidW), "especially to hear Casey tell it!"
		Doug says, "also Jaden and Braden"
		DavidW says, "Twenty years from now, I'll be 'Daven'."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up blankets" 		

Floyd | >(in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "What
Floyd | I heard is that you guys are going to sleep in the nursery, which
Floyd | doesn't make sense because there are couches in the youth rooms, but I
Floyd | guess those couches are pretty grody actually. I see your point. They
Floyd | keep some blankets up in the cupboards, but somebody as short as you is
Floyd | probably going to have to climb up on top of the recliner to reach
Floyd | them. No offense, Robin. I'm just saying. You're really short."
Floyd |

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "uhh"
% Connection to ifmud-perry closed by foreign host. 		


*** MUD CRASH ***


		
Jacqueline arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load robinandorchid" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Casey glances around the newspaper office. "Orchid is gone, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, she left. Why do you ask?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wanted to give you this while she wasn't around." He hands you a
Floyd | thick, well-leafed notebook. "It's just kind of a guide kind of thing,
Floyd | with some general information and directions, just to help you get
Floyd | around. Don't let Orchid see it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you sure I'll require so much background material? And why
Floyd | shouldn't Orchid see it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, Robin," Casey says, and he spins around a chair to sit on it
Floyd | backwards in what he surely thinks is a very casual and friendly pose,
Floyd | "Orchid is a church member, and you're not, and you missed the lock-in,
Floyd | so you don't have a lot of the context that Orchid has. I just wanted
Floyd | to put you on an even footing. And for your second question, I might
Floyd | have written some things in there that I wouldn't have said to Orchid's
Floyd | face."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, and slip the notebook into your backpack. "I'm sure you've
Floyd | adequately prepared me for my mission."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, I have. You're welcome. No, wait, I've got one more thing to say.
Floyd | Make sure you take lots of pictures, obviously. It's your job. That's
Floyd | one." He starts counting on his fingers. "Um, it's more fun if you run
Floyd | off by yourself, so make sure you get Sharon off your back. That's two.
Floyd | And keep an open mind. I mean, just because you don't believe in ghosts
Floyd | doesn't mean you're not gonna see one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, yeah. That's three things."

		
Doug arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Doug asks, "was that a g-g-g-ghost?"
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		Jacqueline says, "Possibly."
		Jacqueline says, "Let's wait a few for Draconis."
		DavidW says, "Jinkies. Me and Scoob will search the kitchen."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, you meant on CFR"
		Jacqueline says, "er, CF"
		Jacqueline says, "I always thought that was going to be a euphemism for 'smoke a doobie' but then they never showed that in the cartoon."
		Jacqueline says, "We'll give Draconis until half past the hour"
		DavidW says, "nah, they'd never smoke or drink in the cartoons."
		Jacqueline asks (of inky), "According to another channel, that crash was all your fault... so, should we be saving frequently? Are you tinkering with stuff behind the curtain, great wizard?"
		inky says, "well, I'm going to hold off with any more tinkering until CF is done"
		DavidW says (to inky), "thanks"
		Doug says, "anyway, my girlfriend has links to tables of top baby names: [LINK]"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Oh, cool, thanks."
		Doug says, "Aiden is #1, Jayden is #3, Kayden is #7"
		Doug says, "counting spelling variations."
		Jacqueline says, "See, they go on about this being a ghost story... but that's the scary bit."
Draconis arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "And there is Draconis."
		Draconis says, "Reconnected."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, so, I don't know that we have to look those things up again, but ... yeah. We can restart now."
		Draconis asks, "Any ghost sightings?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Robin & Orchid
Floyd | An exercise in photojournalism by Ryan Veeder & Emily Boegheim
Floyd | Release 3 / Serial number 131027 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | Sharon, in her wisdom, decided that everybody should sleep in this
Floyd | cramped corner of the church basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Battered toys spill out of the toybox and across the floor, piling up
Floyd | in a corner of the room. Cupboards are mounted high on the walls, out
Floyd | of reach of tiny fingers, and an enormous blue recliner sits underneath
Floyd | them. It's already dark outside, and the doors west to the basement
Floyd | stairway and south are dark as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sleeping bag is lying on a tidy patch of floor, ready for when you
Floyd | finish your investigation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid is lounging around, lecturing you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You'd better hold onto this," she says, handing you the camera,
Floyd | "you're the official photographer. Just don't forget, if you see
Floyd | something that might be evidence of a ghost, make sure you take a photo
Floyd | of it."
Floyd |
Floyd | You slip the camera strap around your neck.
Floyd |

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x camera" 		

Floyd | >Something went wrong with the West High Warbler's official camera, so
Floyd | Casey scrounged up this old Polaroid instead. He was very keen on you
Floyd | using a Polaroid camera for this story, for some reasonhe gave you
Floyd | enough photo paper to document a whole congregation of ghosts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid notices your notebook. "What's all that?" she asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, Casey gave it to me. It's just some notes about things in the
Floyd | church."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is there anything about me in there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't think so," you lie, and Orchid loses interest.
Floyd |

		Doug says, "oh oops, I guess we restarted"
		DavidW says, "I don't think there was even any innocent smoochies or even hand-holding in the Scooby-Doo cartoons."
		DavidW says (to Doug), "Had to. We hadn't saved at all yet."
		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "No ghosts, but we were scared to learn that Aiden is the #1 baby name, that Jayden is #3, and Kayden is #7."
		Doug says, "I thought maybe the server that Floyd connects to was unaffected"
		Doug says, "but maybe Floyd can't re-connect"
		Draconis asks, "Wait, did the server go down?"
		Jacqueline says, "No, Floyd's here."
		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "Yeah, the mud crashed."
		Jacqueline says, "inky was tinkering with some code and we went down, but he's going to hold off until after CF."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait."
		Jacqueline says, "I should have loaded this with sleepmask."
		Doug says, "I meant, maybe Floyd can't reconnect to the game without restarting it. But probably I don't understand how Floyd works so I'll stop speculating."
		Jacqueline says, "One sec."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/quit" 		Jacqueline says, "Oh, and now I see what you mean."
		Doug asks, "I wondered about that-- what does sleepmask do?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sleepmask gives us a status line and delineates bold/italic fonts and stuff."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		Jacqueline says (to inky), "IIIINNNNKKKKKYYYYYY"
		Doug says, "ahh. I thought maybe it was only needed for certain formats or something"
		DavidW) Dougs asks, "but how?"
inky presses the yellow enter button. 		Jacqueline says (to inky), "I think he's gone, Scoob."
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		DavidW says, "yoinks"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, like, he's *here* but..."
		inky says, "not sure entirely what happened there, but I force-quit the game"
		maga asks (of Doug), "belated, which list are you going from here?"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "How did you do that? I did a /quit"
		Doug pulls off Floyd's mask. "It's Old Man Withers, the amusement park operator!"
		inky says, "I did it from the mud machine command prompt, I mean, not from within floyd"
		inky asks, "also, isn't it %quit?"
		maga says, "in the one I see for 2012, Jayden is #7, Aiden is #10 and Jacob is #1"
		Doug says (to maga), "her 2012 boy's names list, as a google docs spreadsheet, with names grouped by spelling variants"
		OldManWithers exclaims (at Doug), "And I'd have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!"
		Doug | [LINK]
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask robinandorchid" 		
Floyd >Are you sure you want to quit? Please answer yes or no.> Please answer 		
Floyd yes or no.> Please answer yes or no.> ] 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Casey glances around the newspaper office. "Orchid is gone, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, she left. Why do you ask?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wanted to give you this while she wasn't around." He hands you a
Floyd | thick, well-leafed notebook. "It's just kind of a guide kind of thing,
Floyd | with some general information and directions, just to help you get
Floyd | around. Don't let Orchid see it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you sure I'll require so much background material? And why
Floyd | shouldn't Orchid see it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, Robin," Casey says, and he spins around a chair to sit on it
Floyd | backwards in what he surely thinks is a very casual and friendly pose,
Floyd | "Orchid is a church member, and you're not, and you missed the
Floyd | lock-in, so you don't have a lot of the context that Orchid has. I
Floyd | just wanted to put you on an even footing. And for your second
Floyd | question, I might have written some things in there that I wouldn't
Floyd | have said to Orchid's face."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, and slip the notebook into your backpack. "I'm sure you've
Floyd | adequately prepared me for my mission."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, I have. You're welcome. No, wait, I've got one more thing to
Floyd | say. Make sure you take lots of pictures, obviously. It's your job.
Floyd | That's one." He starts counting on his fingers. "Um, it's more fun if
Floyd | you run off by yourself, so make sure you get Sharon off your back.
Floyd | That's two. And keep an open mind. I mean, just because you don't
Floyd | believe in ghosts doesn't mean you're not gonna see one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, yeah. That's three things."

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | "So, yeah. That's three things."
Floyd | Robin & Orchid
Floyd | An exercise in photojournalism by Ryan Veeder & Emily Boegheim
Floyd | Release 3 / Serial number 131027 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | Sharon, in her wisdom, decided that everybody should sleep in this
Floyd | cramped corner of the church basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Battered toys spill out of the toybox and across the floor, piling up
Floyd | in a corner of the room. Cupboards are mounted high on the walls, out
Floyd | of reach of tiny fingers, and an enormous blue recliner sits
Floyd | underneath them. It's already dark outside, and the doors west to the
Floyd | basement stairway and south are dark as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sleeping bag is lying on a tidy patch of floor, ready for when
Floyd | you finish your investigation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid is lounging around, lecturing you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You'd better hold onto this," she says, handing you the camera,
Floyd | "you're the official photographer. Just don't forget, if you see
Floyd | something that might be evidence of a ghost, make sure you take a
Floyd | photo of it."
Floyd |
Floyd | You slip the camera strap around your neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "see also [LINK]"
		maga says, "aha, thanks"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, let's try this *again*"
		DavidW) Freda asks, "do you think the ghost will like my naturally curly hair?"
		Doug says, "wait, that's Peanuts"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Oh, maybe it is %quit. To force quit my Screen I believe it's /quit. I get them confused."
		DavidW says (to Doug), "yes, and I misspelt Frieda."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x recliner" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RECLINER
Floyd |
Floyd | The armchair is covered in lumpy blue corduroy. At least it's clean.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid notices your notebook. "What's all that?" she asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, Casey gave it to me. It's just some notes about things in the
Floyd | church."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is there anything about me in there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't think so," you lie, and Orchid loses interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I should just panic and go on a mad rampage of putting various punctuation before the word quit."
		Doug asks, "should we go straight for the blankets or should we wait for Sharon to ask for them again?"
		Draconis says, "I say go for it."
		DavidW says, "hm. It may be better to wait for the prompting, in case the code is picky. One never knows."
Doug says (to Floyd), "climb on recliner" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ON RECLINER
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up onto the seat of the recliner, adding at least a foot to
Floyd | your height.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, and," Orchid adds, "don't turn the lights on while you're looking
Floyd | around unless you have to. Some ghosts won't appear unless it's dark,
Floyd | and we've only got tonight to gather all our evidence."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x cupboards" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUPBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The nursery cupboards are numerous and mounted high up on the walls,
Floyd | presumably so the kids can't get into them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon stomps into the nursery. "There are supposed to be some
Floyd | blankets somewhere in this nursery," she says. "Robin, can you find
Floyd | them and grab them for me?" She looks thoughtfully at the child-sized
Floyd | cots scattered around the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Doug), "useful action to know"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "orchid, inventory" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ORCHID, INVENTORY
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon talks over you, drowning you out.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, girls," Sharon says. "Here's how this is going to work."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "open cupboards" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CUPBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes some hunting to find them, but there are the blankets, up on
Floyd | the top shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon continues, "This is your story and your investigation, so don't
Floyd | expect me to be running around the church with you all night." She
Floyd | pushes one of the cots up against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get blankets" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BLANKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon pulls another of the cots toward her and lines it up with the
Floyd | first one. "I don't care if you stay up all night, tomorrow isn't a
Floyd | school day so it's not my problem if you're exhausted. Personally, I
Floyd | want my eight hours, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "#clubf should we be seeing status lines?" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > #CLUBF SHOULD WE BE SEEING STATUS LINES?
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "should we be seeing status lines?"
		Doug says, "dammit"
		DavidW asks, "we are, aren't we?"
		Doug says, "ohh, I see them now, starting with ]"
		DavidW says, "It seems like the status line is just the location name."
		Jacqueline says, "I just looked, and sleepmask is definitely running, but yeah, no status lines."
		Doug says, "yeah, I was expecting "(standing on the recliner)" or something"
		Jacqueline says, "I can tell it's running, though, because it is putting a double pound before the room name, which it didn't earlier."
		Jacqueline says, "There may be no status line."
		inky says, "it's possible -- yeah"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Well, some people purposely strip that (on the recliner) type stuff out."
		Doug says, "double pound? I see a close-square-bracket"
		Jacqueline says, "You guys keep playing, I'll go look at the web version to confirm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blankets" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLANKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | The blankets are small, thin, and colorful. Probably they're designed
Floyd | for making kids' afternoon naps fun, not for actually sleeping under.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon continues, "So I'm going to stay here and sleep, and you two
Floyd | are going to get on with your investigating, and not wake me up unless
Floyd | there's a life-threatening emergency or something."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "give blankets to sharon" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BLANKETS TO SHARON
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon takes the pile of blankets from you. "Thanks, Robin," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Orchid, pass me that cot in the corner, will you?" Sharon asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid pulls a face but goes to get it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There is a status line, but it only says the room. No score or time or anything dynamic."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x toys" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOYS
Floyd |
Floyd | Toy cars, a lot of wooden blocks, a tea set, that kind of thing. It
Floyd | looks like someone tried to take a bite out of one of the blocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just don't complain to me when you've spent the whole night
Floyd | ghost-hunting and have nothing to show for it. Thanks, Orchid." Sharon
Floyd | pushes the last cot into place alongside the other two and frowns at
Floyd | the result.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "orchid, i" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ORCHID, I
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon talks over you, drowning you out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon unrolls a thin mattress on top of the cots. "I expect the West
Floyd | High Warbler can find some other story to run if this one
Floyd | doesn't work out. It'll be a nuisance, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Are there any exits?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head south and west to the basement stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon looks at the makeshift cot bed and purses her lips. "I guess
Floyd | that'll do," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly Orchid gasps and grabs your arm. "Someone's outside!" she
Floyd | squeaks, pointing at the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the glass, you see a pale face, blurry in the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "take photo of face" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO OF FACE
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | The click of the shutter sounds loud in the silence and seems to
Floyd | startle the creature outside the window. It turns and vanishes out of
Floyd | the light, its tail flicking past the glass. Orchid gives a
Floyd | high-pitched giggle.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Scared of a cat!" Sharon says. "You better not freak out and wake me
Floyd | up every time you mistake a shadow for a ghost tonight."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x photo" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the photo you took of the cat looking in through the window. How
Floyd | did you ever think it was a person? It's much too small and pale to be
Floyd | anything human. Although outside the window, obscured by the glass, it
Floyd | did look pretty ghostly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid peeks over your shoulder at the photo you took. "Hey, that's
Floyd | good!" she says. "I guess you can see how it's a cat now, but it
Floyd | looked really spooky, didn't it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Good thinking."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x photograph" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTOGRAPH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the photo you took of the cat looking in through the window. How
Floyd | did you ever think it was a person? It's much too small and pale to be
Floyd | anything human. Although outside the window, obscured by the glass, it
Floyd | did look pretty ghostly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon yawns. "Right, I'm going to bed now. Keep out of trouble, don't
Floyd | break anything, and don't wake me up unless it's really,
Floyd | really serious, got it?" Without waiting for an answer, she lies
Floyd | down on the row of cots, facing away from you, and pulls the blankets
Floyd | over herself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid says, "We'd better get started. How about this: you check out
Floyd | the basement, and I'll go upstairs and look around there, and then
Floyd | we'll meet up and compare notes. Don't forget to take a photo if you
Floyd | find any evidence of a ghost!" She slips out of the room. A moment
Floyd | later, you hear her footsteps echoing in the stairwell as she heads
Floyd | back up to the main floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Also, I know we hate this student teacher, but should we tell her about the more comfortable (but possibly grody) couches?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "tell sharon about couches" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL SHARON ABOUT COUCHES

		Doug says, "wait, we're splitting up already?!"

Floyd |
Floyd | On second thoughts, maybe what you wanted to say isn't urgent enough
Floyd | to brave Sharon's wrath at being woken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Should we do what Orchid said?"
		Draconis asks, "Or follow her west?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the recliner)
Floyd | You switch the lights on in the next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Youth Room
Floyd | A large part of this room is taken up by a rickety ping pong table.
Floyd | Couches line the edges of the room, some of them close enough to the
Floyd | table that they're probably not safe to sit on if someone is actually
Floyd | playing ping pong. On the other hand, you can't see any ping pong bats
Floyd | anywhere, so maybe that's not an issue. In between the couches, doors
Floyd | lead north to the nursery, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A garish golden trophy catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trolley with an ancient TV and a Super Nintendo on it is standing in
Floyd | front of one of the couches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims (at ORchid), "Safety in numbers!"
		DavidW says, "Implementing NPCs is hard, so I'm not surprised they've made themselves scarce."
		Doug says, "yeah."
inky says (to Floyd), "x trophy" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TROPHY
Floyd |
Floyd | The figurine on top is a generic gold-painted plastic person raising
Floyd | its arms in victory. The text at the bottom reads: "BIBLE QUIZ
Floyd | TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "they play ping pong with bats? how goth!"
		Draconis says, "I think it's a Britishism."
		Doug says, "I think at least one of the authors is Aussie"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim began work on Robin & Orchid
Floyd | in July of 2012. Their original intention was to enter it in the 2012
Floyd | Interactive Fiction Competition. Then their intention was to enter it
Floyd | in the 2013 Spring Thing. If you're reading this, that means they have
Floyd | successfully entered it in the 2013 Interactive Fiction Competition.
Floyd |
Floyd | An adaptive walkthrough has been built into the game; you can enter
Floyd | the command "WALKTHROUGH" to get some directions if you're stuck.
Floyd | Something might also happen if you try "HINT".
Floyd |
Floyd | If the mood strikes you, you can email one or both of the authors at
Floyd | rcveeder@me.com or emily.boegheim@gmail.com—or say hi on Twitter, at
Floyd | @rcveeder or @emilyboegheim.
Floyd |
Floyd | CREDITS
Floyd |
Floyd | Lead Designer/Head Writer: Ryan Veeder
Floyd | Head Programmer/Lead Voice of Reason: Emily Boegheim
Floyd |
Floyd | Beta Testers: Jonathan Blask, Colin Djukic, Amanda Lange, CEJ
Floyd | Pacian, Michael Wayne Phipps Jr, Zach
Floyd |
Floyd | Bible quotes are from the New Revised Standard Version.
Floyd |
Floyd | Special Thanks: Ryan Veeder's church, Emily Boegheim's
Floyd | churches, Ryan Veeder's high school, and all the jerks he graduated
Floyd | with
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, Emily is an Aussie, I believe."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x nintendo" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NINTENDO
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin layer of dust on the power switch and the Bubsy cartridge in
Floyd | the slot suggests that the SNES hasn't been used for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "If she's actually a Kiwi, I'll end up getting hate mail after this transcript is posted."
		inky says, "interesting"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trolley" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | A cube of black metal bars, mounted on casters.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the TV trolley are a television set and a SNES (in which is a Bubsy
Floyd | cartridge).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "turn on nintendo" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON NINTENDO
Floyd |
Floyd | This is no time for video games. Especially not Bubsy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I would have bet some of this church stuff was american-only, but obviously I am mistaken"
		DavidW says, "The trolley may be pushable from one room to another"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head north to the nursery, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up bubsy" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP BUBSY
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | [This action may cause some slight lag in the browser version of this
Floyd | game. We sincerely regret any inconvenience.]
Floyd |
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | don't even know what Bubsy is about. A squirrel? It doesn't even have
Floyd | a proper two-player mode. You have to wait and watch the other guy
Floyd | play. It's bad for the group. I miss Tetris Attack."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If we need to move something heavy or bulky."
		Jacqueline says, "I have never have seen a 'voice of reason' in IF credits."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "push trolley west" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TROLLEY WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the lights off in the youth room and switch the lights on in
Floyd | the next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the small table are a small white cross and a bird cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I'm glad Casey thought ahead to write about Bubsy."
		Draconis asks, "A bird cage?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cage" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The curving faux-wrought-iron bars and caked-on "rust" identify this
Floyd | as one of the non-functioning, overpriced decorations which are so
Floyd | popular in craft stores. What does a Sunday School need with a bird
Floyd | cage?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "look up cage" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bird cage)
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Can't really tell you what the Sunday School bird cage is for; it
Floyd | showed up after I graduated. I think it might have something to do
Floyd | with like, Old Testament animal sacrifices? Back when you had to give
Floyd | the priest two of your doves instead of just praying for forgiveness?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "eep"
Doug says (to Floyd), "take photo of cage" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO OF CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of the bird cage. The camera whirrs and vibrates
Floyd | and eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Wow, Casey thought of everything."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x photo" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the photo of the cat looking through the window or
Floyd | the photo of the bird cage?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cross" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a nice little cross for a table. Nothing fancy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cross" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get cage" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Just in case o' vampires."
		inky says, "maybe Casey is the real ghost here"
Doug says (to Floyd), "take photo of photo of cat" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO OF PHOTO OF CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | A photo of a photo would be a waste of time. Useless clutter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "aw"
Doug says (to Floyd), "take photo of camera" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO OF CAMERA
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You'll need a mirror if you're really serious about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "take photo of me" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO OF ME
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of yourself. The camera whirrs and vibrates and
Floyd | eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x photo of me" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO OF ME
Floyd |
Floyd | It turns out it's not that easy taking a photo of yourself with a
Floyd | Polaroid camera. The picture came out slightly blurry; you're not sure
Floyd | if it's because you weren't holding the camera still, or because it
Floyd | was too close to your face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I love a tested game."
Doug says (to Floyd), "take better photo of me" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BETTER PHOTO OF ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yes."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice that you're thinking, and for a second you start thinking
Floyd | about thinking, but that doesn't get you anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Are you mapping?"
		Jacqueline says, "Thought I'd ask before we go too far."
		DavidW says, "no. I'm lost."
		Jacqueline says, "eep"
		Jacqueline asks, "We're lost and there's a freakin' GHOST?"
		DavidW says, "I said early that I was snacking instead of mapping. This happens if you run CF at lunchtime."
		Jacqueline asks, "Anyone mapping?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There is no map with the game, fwiw."
		Doug says, "I think we only went south and west."
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "I guess we may just have to do this the old fashioned way. I would prefer not to be the mapper, though. Anyone else up for it?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ten Commandments are retold here by little cartoon children, in
Floyd | language appropriate to the target demographic: "Thou shalt not covet
Floyd | thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife,"
Floyd | etc., becomes "Don't be jealous of what other people have."
Floyd |
Floyd | As rusty as you are in this area, you can't remember which commandment
Floyd | is the one about adultery. It must be the seventh one, which is
Floyd | translated here as "Be faithful and loyal."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x altar" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALTAR
Floyd |
Floyd | As altars go, it is fairly tacky: sponge-painted to simulate age,
Floyd | draped with an excessively ornate doily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I can try and map but I missed some of the rooms up to here"
		DavidW says, "hello doily"
		Doug asks, "so what are we doing? just looking for evidence of ghosts?"
		djfletch says, "just been recapping"
		Jacqueline says, "There were three things. Let me go look."
inky says (to Floyd), "look under doily" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER DOILY
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we've only seen three rooms so far."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take doily" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DOILY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "1) ditch sharon 2) find ghosts 3) make-outs"
		Jacqueline says, "Take lots of pictures, get Sharon off our back, and keep an open mind. So, yeah, look for the ghost."
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the lights off in the Sunday School room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You flick the hallway light switch on, but nothing happens. In the
Floyd | end, you turn the Sunday School room lights back on so you can see
Floyd | what you're doing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The hallway runs north into darkness. It's hard to tell how long it
Floyd | might be from here, though the Sunday School room to the east provides
Floyd | some light at this end. A huge figure looms out of the shadows—no,
Floyd | wait, it's just a plywood image of a lighthouse. Behind the lighthouse
Floyd | and partially obscured by it is a mural of Jesus blessing the little
Floyd | children.
Floyd |
Floyd | A movement catches your eye. Some tiny lights seem to be floating at
Floyd | the far end of the hall, flickering occasionally.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "hello doily" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELLO DOILY
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hello.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to inky), "See, I read it differently."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "take photo of lights" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO OF LIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the flickering lights with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of the flickering lights. The camera whirrs and
Floyd | vibrates and eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x photo of lights" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO OF LIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue lights trail across the photograph, bright against the darkness
Floyd | of the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hello sailor" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELLO SAILOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hello.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, is this like guess the verb, except it's guess the photo? Because we may only see the ghost on film. We may have to take tons of photos."
		DavidW says, "I don't think we're near a ghost yet."
		Jacqueline says, "We'll feel the cold, hopefully."
		Jacqueline says, "We are also supposed to keep the lights off."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn off lights" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF LIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the light switch or the flickering lights?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I know. The PC auto-turns them on,."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn off light switch" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF LIGHT SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights are already off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x flickering" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLICKERING
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights float across the ceiling like rings of blue smoke, blinking
Floyd | in and out to a frantic, inaudible rhythm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the little children or Jesus?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x jesus" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JESUS
Floyd |
Floyd | As is traditional, Jesus is depicted with very long hair, a white robe
Floyd | and a beatific smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x little children" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LITTLE CHILDREN
Floyd |
Floyd | Happy little children of various ethnic backgrounds are crowded around
Floyd | Jesus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The piece of plywood is about eight feet tall and an inch thick. A
Floyd | minimum of detail has been painted on to convey that this tapered
Floyd | rectangle is supposed to be a lighthouse. There are no supports; it's
Floyd | just propped up against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "No blue sash?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look behind lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "move lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get the feeling that if you tried to move this thing anywhere, it
Floyd | would fall on top of you and snap in half.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The hallway runs north into darkness. It's hard to tell how long it
Floyd | might be from here, though the Sunday School room to the east provides
Floyd | some light at this end. The plywood lighthouse, on the other hand,
Floyd | peacefully fails to provide any light. Behind the lighthouse and
Floyd | partially obscured by it is a mural of Jesus blessing the little
Floyd | children.
Floyd |
Floyd | A movement catches your eye. Some tiny lights seem to be floating at
Floyd | the far end of the hall, flickering occasionally.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get the feeling that if you tried to move this thing anywhere, it
Floyd | would fall on top of you and snap in half.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "slide lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLIDE LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get the feeling that if you tried to move this thing anywhere, it
Floyd | would fall on top of you and snap in half.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "huh. It knew 'slide'."
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The tiny lights to the north continue to drift aimlessly. Thanks to
Floyd | the light filtering in from the south end of the hall, you can make
Floyd | out some kind of mural painted on the wall, but you can't tell what
Floyd | it's supposed to represent in the gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the swathe of yellow, the indistinct smear, or the
Floyd | bluish blob?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "hah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x yellow" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dark here to make out any details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch yellow" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "photograph mural" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PHOTOGRAPH MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the swathe of yellow, the indistinct smear, or the
Floyd | bluish blob?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "blob" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLOB
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | The camera hums and drops an indistinct photograph into your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x photo of blob" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO OF BLOB
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x blob" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOB
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dark here to make out any details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x photo" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the photo of the cat looking through the window,
Floyd | the photo of the bird cage, the photo of you taking a photo of
Floyd | yourself, the photo of the flickering lights, or the photo of
Floyd | darkness?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, now, the camera's light ought to have compensated, wouldn't it?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x photo of darkness" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO OF DARKNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dark here to make out any details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "it's too dark to see the darkness."
		djfletch says, "must not have a flash on our camera"
		Doug says, "makes sense"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The flickering lights are only a little way to the north now.
Floyd | Otherwise, it's almost completely dark. At least you can still see the
Floyd | light at the south end of the hallway. The rectangles to the east and
Floyd | west must be doorways to somewhere, but they're barely distinguishable
Floyd | from the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up flash" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP FLASH
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "flash" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | There isn't enough light for you to read Casey's notes here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I thought it was old school that we had a polaroid, but a polaroid with no flash..."
		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		Doug says, "I think we need to find a light source in an adjoining room"
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness

		djfletch says, "maybe the flash would scare away the ghost"

Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the west storage room door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x grue" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your flailing about in the dark eventually discovers a door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The flickering lights are only a little way to the north now.
Floyd | Otherwise, it's almost completely dark. At least you can still see the
Floyd | light at the south end of the hallway. The rectangles to the east and
Floyd | west must be doorways to somewhere, but they're barely distinguishable
Floyd | from the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the east storage room door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "guess not."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "You are about to be brow-beaten by a pew." 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE BROW-BEATEN BY A PEW.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Your flailing about in the dark eventually discovers a door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The flickering lights are only a little way to the north now.
Floyd | Otherwise, it's almost completely dark. At least you can still see the
Floyd | light at the south end of the hallway. The rectangles to the east and
Floyd | west must be doorways to somewhere, but they're barely distinguishable
Floyd | from the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the lights, they flicker one more time and vanish,
Floyd | leaving you in complete darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing except for the dim light
Floyd | trickling in from the south end of the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dark to see where you're going. A dim light from the south
Floyd | end of the hallway shows you the way back, but if you wander around at
Floyd | random you're probably just going to walk into walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We need one of those tiny flashlights with a red filter to protect our night vision."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You run a hand along the wall to help you find your way, and your
Floyd | fingers trail through something cold and slimy. Ugh, now it's on your
Floyd | hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ectoplasm!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x slime" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | It's almost completely dark. At least you can still see the light at
Floyd | the south end of the hallway. The rectangles to the east and west must
Floyd | be doorways to somewhere, but they're barely distinguishable from the
Floyd | walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "can we get to some light and see what it is please?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Thanks to the light filtering in from the south end of the hall, you
Floyd | can make out some kind of mural painted on the wall, but you can't
Floyd | tell what it's supposed to represent in the gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A little ectoplasm drips off your fingers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ectoplasm" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ECTOPLASM
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dark here to make out any details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "omg it *is* ectoplasm."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The hallway runs north into darkness. It's hard to tell how long it
Floyd | might be from here, though the Sunday School room to the east provides
Floyd | some light at this end. The plywood lighthouse, on the other hand,
Floyd | peacefully fails to provide any light. Behind the lighthouse and
Floyd | partially obscured by it is a mural of Jesus blessing the little
Floyd | children.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat is sitting in the middle of the room, staring at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're still on the other side of the room when the cat scampers off
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ectoplasm" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ECTOPLASM
Floyd |
Floyd | The ectoplasm is pale gray, thick and gooey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, the ectoplasm could be oatmeal"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "taste it" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TASTE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | How do ghosts produce ectoplasm anyway? You're not sure it's something
Floyd | you want to put in your mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your fingers itch where the ectoplasm is clinging to them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "It's gray?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I am with the PC on this one."
		Doug asks, "plaster maybe?"
		Jacqueline says, "If it is wet and sticky and gooey and not yours, you shouldn't touch it, let alone put it in your mouth."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell it" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The ectoplasm smells bitter and unnatural.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're about to adjust the camera strap around your neck, but catch
Floyd | yourself just before you smear the ectoplasm on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some ectoplasm (stuck to your fingers)
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we're being prompted to clean off our hand."
Doug says (to Floyd), "drop ectoplasm" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ECTOPLASM
Floyd |
Floyd | It clings to your fingers stubbornly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "wipe ectoplasm" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIPE ECTOPLASM
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nowhere to wash your hands here. You're briefly tempted to
Floyd | wipe the goo off on your jeans, but catch yourself in time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wipe hands" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIPE HANDS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nowhere to wash your hands here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "bathroom?"
		Jacqueline says, "There's probably a washroom somewhere."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head north to more hallway and east to the Sunday
Floyd | School room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat is sitting in the middle of the room, staring at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x cat" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat is almost completely white, except for a small black spot on
Floyd | the end of its tail. When it sees you looking at it, it narrows its
Floyd | pale blue eyes at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat wanders off to the north, glancing back at you as if to check
Floyd | whether you're following.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "kitty!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look up bathroom" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP BATHROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, men's restroom or ladies' restroom?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look up ladies' restroom" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP LADIES' RESTROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Well, Robin. I actually explored the ladies' restroom briefly, during
Floyd | a game of Sardines. But then, because of events that transpired, the
Floyd | ladies' restroom was declared to be off-limits. And shortly after
Floyd | that, because of fairness, the men's restroom was declared to be
Floyd | off-limits as well. For Sardines purposes at least."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
		DavidW says, "game of Sardines? I don't know that one."
		Doug says, "I guess we have no compunction about getting ectoplasm on the notes"
		Jacqueline says, "Sardines is a game I do now know."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up sardines" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP SARDINES
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Sardines is this awesome game we Christian Youth play instead of
Floyd | Romans and Christians now. In Sardines, a person hides somewhere and
Floyd | then everyone else looks for that person and when you find them you
Floyd | have to get in the hiding place and hide with them. It is fantastic.
Floyd | It's a lot less hectic than Romans and Christians."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. Hide n Seek variant."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up romans and christians" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP ROMANS AND CHRISTIANS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Romans and Christians is the game we used to play at church. The
Floyd | rules were, you had two Romans, and everyone else was the Christians,
Floyd | and the Christians just ran around the church in the dark while the
Floyd | Romans tried to catch them and take them to the Jail, which was a
Floyd | couch. If there are any other rules then I'm forgetting them.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The excitement of being actively chased around the church caused a
Floyd | lot of Christians to kinda lose their heads and occasionally break
Floyd | stuff, so we started playing Sardines instead."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Romans and Christians sounds... bloody."
		Jacqueline says, "I can see why they'd change the game's rules."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up lions" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP LIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "lions" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up mural" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | volunteered to paint a mural in the basement, and Patrick the youth
Floyd | leader gave me permission, so I painted a mural of the Four Beasts
Floyd | (the man and the lion and the ox and the eagle) and it was a GREAT
Floyd | MURAL but once they saw it they went ahead and covered it up with
Floyd | JONAH."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "The
Floyd | lighthouse symbolizes how the church is a beacon of guidance to the
Floyd | rest of the world. I don't mean my church specifically, I mean all of
Floyd | Christianity. Or at least Methodists."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Youth Room
Floyd | A large part of this room is taken up by a rickety ping pong table.
Floyd | Couches line the edges of the room, some of them close enough to the
Floyd | table that they're probably not safe to sit on if someone is actually
Floyd | playing ping pong. On the other hand, you can't see any ping pong bats
Floyd | anywhere, so maybe that's not an issue. In between the couches, doors
Floyd | lead north to the nursery, west to the Sunday School room, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A garish golden trophy catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the lights off in the youth room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Light Room
Floyd | You flip the light switch, but the only things that light up are your
Floyd | shirt and your socks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black walls in here have been painted with Bible verses that glow
Floyd | underneath the UV lights. The couches are glowing, too; unsettlingly
Floyd | green. The door to the north, on the other hand, is barely visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | Propped up in one corner is a rough wooden cross.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Why were MURAL and JONAH in all caps back there?"
		Doug says, "no bathroom."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ectoplasm" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ECTOPLASM
Floyd |
Floyd | The ectoplasm is pale gray, thick and gooey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "aw, it doesn't glow in the blacklight"
		DavidW asks, "hm. UV lights, eh?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x cross" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small white cross)
Floyd | This is a nice little cross for a table. Nothing fancy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "c wooden cross" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C WOODEN CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay, glow in the UV Bible verses aren't the least bit creepy."
		DavidW says, "Secret writing can be revealed in such lighting."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x wooden cross" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WOODEN CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have to guess that whoever constructed this cross purposefully
Floyd | chose the roughest, most splintery lumber available.
Floyd |
Floyd | Around the center plank (which is twice as tall as you are), on top of
Floyd | the crossbar, is a "crown of thorns" made from rusty barbed wire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I wonder if our notes have invisible writing?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, yeah."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x notes" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOTES
Floyd |
Floyd | The notebook is thick, and as you flick through the pages, it looks
Floyd | like it's nearly full. Surely Casey didn't make notes about
Floyd | everything in the church? How long did he spend on this
Floyd | anyway?
Floyd |
Floyd | There's way too much information here to sit down and read it all at
Floyd | once, but you can look up anything you want to know about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up jonah" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP JONAH
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | volunteered to paint a mural in the basement, and Patrick the youth
Floyd | leader gave me permission, so I painted a mural of the Four Beasts
Floyd | (the man and the lion and the ox and the eagle) and it was a GREAT
Floyd | MURAL but once they saw it they went ahead and covered it up with
Floyd | JONAH."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I think the caps there are just for emphasis"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up patrick" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP PATRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Patrick the youth leader is Grace's youth leader currently. In the
Floyd | distant past there was a different, previous youth leader, but we
Floyd | don't talk about her.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Actually, I'm looking over the other notes I've written and it looks
Floyd | like I've probably said too much about Patrick the youth leader too."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up jennie" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP JENNIE
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | don't know how much you already know about the ghost in the church so
Floyd | I'll give you the whole story. Jennie Bancroft is the name of the
Floyd | ghost that haunts Grace United Methodist. She used to be alive, but
Floyd | then she died, in or around the church, sometime in the distant past.
Floyd | I keep meaning to look up when she died but I haven't had time.
Floyd |
Floyd | "When people see her, she looks like a teenage girl in pigtails. I
Floyd | don't think she shows up covered in blood or anything like that; she's
Floyd | just a sad girl. Obviously a lot of the time she's invisible though.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Some of the evidence that we have for her existence includes:
Floyd |
Floyd | - sounds of footsteps and a girl crying when nobody else is in the
Floyd | church
Floyd | - cold spots in rooms, rooms that suddenly become cold for no reason
Floyd | - stuff goes missing, then shows up again
Floyd | - you see someone at the end of the hallway but when you get to the
Floyd | end of the hallway there's nobody there
Floyd | - basically everybody has seen her out of the corner of their eye at
Floyd | some point
Floyd |
Floyd | "Debate continues on the subject of how Jennie died. Popular theories
Floyd | state that she jumped off of the church steeple, or she drank poison,
Floyd | or used a space heater to carbon monoxide herself. According to one
Floyd | explanation she died accidentally, because she was using a Ouija
Floyd | board, but that theory is idiotic. Jennie Bancroft definitely
Floyd | committed suicide, and it was definitely because of a boy she was in
Floyd | love with."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh, we already looked her up, right"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Youth Room
Floyd | A large part of this room is taken up by a rickety ping pong table.
Floyd | Couches line the edges of the room, some of them close enough to the
Floyd | table that they're probably not safe to sit on if someone is actually
Floyd | playing ping pong. On the other hand, you can't see any ping pong bats
Floyd | anywhere, so maybe that's not an issue. In between the couches, doors
Floyd | lead north to the nursery, west to the Sunday School room, and south
Floyd | to the black light room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A garish golden trophy catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hold your gooey hand out, away from your body, so as not to get
Floyd | any ectoplasm on your clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the lights off in the youth room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | Battered toys spill out of the toybox and across the floor, piling up
Floyd | in a corner of the room. Cupboards are mounted high on the walls, out
Floyd | of reach of tiny fingers, and an enormous blue recliner sits
Floyd | underneath them. It's already dark outside, and the doors west to the
Floyd | basement stairway and south to the youth room are dark as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sleeping bag is lying on a tidy patch of floor, ready for when
Floyd | you finish your investigation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon's makeshift bed doesn't look comfortable, but apparently she's
Floyd | fast asleep anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "guess the washroom is upstairs"
		DavidW says, "oh, I was gonna try putting the plasm into the trophy"
		Doug says, "oh, go for it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Youth Room
Floyd | A large part of this room is taken up by a rickety ping pong table.
Floyd | Couches line the edges of the room, some of them close enough to the
Floyd | table that they're probably not safe to sit on if someone is actually
Floyd | playing ping pong. On the other hand, you can't see any ping pong bats
Floyd | anywhere, so maybe that's not an issue. In between the couches, doors
Floyd | lead north to the nursery, west to the Sunday School room, and south
Floyd | to the black light room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A garish golden trophy catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put plasm in trophy" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PLASM IN TROPHY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put ectoplasm in trophy" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ECTOPLASM IN TROPHY
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh well"
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the lights off in the youth room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the lights on in the next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north.
Floyd | Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x painting" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | The piece is very pleasant, if not particularly interesting: the
Floyd | inoffensive greens and pinks could suggest river waters, or branches
Floyd | waving in the wind. Its size is probably its most impressive quality.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your fingers itch where the ectoplasm is clinging to them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the lights off in the basement stairway and switch the lights
Floyd | on in the next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | All of a sudden you feel very claustrophobic. This must be a fairly
Floyd | large room, but most of the space is given over to snaking pipes,
Floyd | anonymous machinery, and the church's giant boiler.
Floyd |
Floyd | A little ectoplasm drips off your fingers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "aha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | A restroom in a church is about the same as any other restroom. You
Floyd | have your stalls, your sinks, your mirrors, your garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "wash up" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WASH UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You must name something more substantial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "wash" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WASH
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to wash?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "hands" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HANDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You scrub your hands until every trace of ectoplasm is gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "mission accomplished!"
		Jacqueline says, "Thank the gods. Wait, no, just the one."
		DavidW says, "hm. I can't help but wonder if there's something here we're meant to find."
		DavidW says, "Also, try following the cat when we next find it."
		Doug says, "I think we need a light source to investigate the dark hallway better."
		Doug says, "also the cat. and more exploration on this floor"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, seems like we were steered into the bathroom."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | Your own face peers back at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x face" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirrors" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRRORS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your own face peers back at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "take photo of camera" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO OF CAMERA
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You aim the camera at the ladies' room mirrors and take a photo of the
Floyd | reflection.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Robin Monaghan, high school junior, associate reporter for the
Floyd | West High Warbler. You are not overly fond of churches, and
Floyd | you have never claimed to believe in ghosts, but here you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "bah, I expected to see a ghost standing behind us"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x photo" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the photo of the cat looking through the window,
Floyd | the photo of the bird cage, the photo of you taking a photo of
Floyd | yourself, the photo of the flickering lights, the photo of darkness,
Floyd | or the photo of the ladies' room mirrors?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x can" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The cleaner must have been in recently, because the garbage can is
Floyd | empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x photo of mirrors" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO OF MIRRORS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a photo of the ladies' room mirrors. The reflection in it shows
Floyd | you holding the camera up to your face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under can" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to djf), "That would have been creepy cool, yeah."
		Doug says, "so we're not a vampire!"
		DavidW says, "yet"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x photo of darkness" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO OF DARKNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | The photo is just a black rectangle. There are maybe some lighter
Floyd | smudges of black here and there, but you can't tell what it's supposed
Floyd | to be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x stalls" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They look like restroom stalls you'd see anywhere else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x sinks" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The sinks are typical sinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "enter stalls" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER STALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Weird. I felt like we were steered here, but possibly that whole ectoplasm thing was just to squick us out."
		inky says, "this is pretty weird"
		Jacqueline says, "I would, however, like to go back to where we got that crap on our hands and investigate the source of it."
		inky says, "like normally ghost hunts come up with some lights and maybe a spooky voice which could also be the wind"
		DavidW asks, "maybe there's a trigger on leaving the bathroom?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Maybe."
		inky says, "but if you find some actual physical ectoplasm, you can basically take that straight to the talk shows and get rich"
		inky says, "so I guess you could say you just let your chances of getting rich .. go down the drain"
		DavidW says, "I suppose we should've photographed the ectoplasm itself."
		DavidW says (to inky), "oh, now you tell us"
		Jacqueline asks, "We didn't photograph it?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm."
		Jacqueline asks, "Can we go back there?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe we can, yeah. There could be an entire vat of the stuff."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right, it was dark at the time."
		Jacqueline exclaims (at DW), "We could go for a swim!"
		DavidW says, "excellent idea. It'll change our movie rating!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to ectoplasm" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO TO ECTOPLASM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to flickering lights" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO TO FLICKERING LIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The poster is a vast glossy print of a bald eagle gliding through a
Floyd | bright blue sky. In a corner of the sky, a Bible verse is printed:
Floyd | "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they
Floyd | shall mount up with wings as eagles. Isaiah 40:31."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh well. One never knows."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x bench" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The bench seems to have been made in a deliberately rustic style, with
Floyd | heavy timber beams. It doesn't look very comfortable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look behind poster" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get poster" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's really too big to carry around with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the pastor's office is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up office" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP OFFICE
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "You
Floyd | used to be able to get into the pastor's office all the time, back
Floyd | when Patrick the youth leader had his own sub-office at one end of the
Floyd | room where he had free candy. But that was a security risk apparently,
Floyd | so they locked up the pastor's office and Patrick the youth leader had
Floyd | to move his office to his truck."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "so he keeps free candy in his truck?"
		DavidW says, "I guess so. What a nice man."
inky says (to Floyd), "x model" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MODEL
Floyd |
Floyd | It can't be a model of this church; it's the wrong shape. There's an
Floyd | incredible level of detail, though, from the tiles in the roof to the
Floyd | tiny people on the sidewalk. The double doors in front are open, and
Floyd | you can barely make out the shapes of little pews inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x church" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHURCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It can't be a model of this church; it's the wrong shape. There's an
Floyd | incredible level of detail, though, from the tiles in the roof to the
Floyd | tiny people on the sidewalk. The double doors in front are open, and
Floyd | you can barely make out the shapes of little pews inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x pews" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEWS
Floyd |
Floyd | There really are tiny pews in there. How much more furniture is under
Floyd | that roof?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x case" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The case itself is mounted in a pedestal about three feet high. You
Floyd | notice that there are numerous fingerprints caked onto the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the glass case is a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "open case" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like the case wasn't designed to be opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "wonder what a narthex is."
		inky says, "this says it's basically the lobby"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "There's been narthexes in other games, but I don't remember what it means." 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERE'S BEEN NARTHEXES IN OTHER GAMES, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT
Floyd | MEANS.
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "[LINK]"
		Doug asks, "would that be 'narthices'?"
		DavidW says, "drat"
		DavidW says, "I dunno"
inky says (to Floyd), "x fingerprints" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FINGERPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're mostly children's fingerprints, but some of these were left by
Floyd | adults.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I seem to remember a narthex in Dangerous Curves, iirc."
		Doug | Medieval Latin from Classical Greek narthex [1] 1. giant fennel, 2. scourge
		Doug says, "giant fennel!"
		inky asks, "do we need to dust for fingerprints for some reason?"
		inky asks, "or does this imply there is a secret something or other?"
		DavidW says, "geez, I dunno"
		DavidW asks, "like, pushing the adult prints opens the case?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x church" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHURCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It can't be a model of this church; it's the wrong shape. There's an
Floyd | incredible level of detail, though, from the tiles in the roof to the
Floyd | tiny people on the sidewalk. The double doors in front are open, and
Floyd | you can barely make out the shapes of little pews inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up fingerprints" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP FINGERPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "The
Floyd | model church is a model of some other church. I think it used to be
Floyd | inside of that church, but it got torn down, or they went bankrupt,
Floyd | and the model ended up in our church. It's kind of a creepy object,
Floyd | though. The guy who made it was clearly way too obsessed with his
Floyd | church."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "goodness, these notes are extensive."
Doug says (to Floyd), "take photo of fingerprints" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO OF FINGERPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of the model church. The camera whirrs and vibrates
Floyd | and eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "looks like it's just an alias."
		inky says, "ok, that is very weird"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x photo of church" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO OF CHURCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a photo you took of the model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sometimes you just notice that no one cleans. That might be all the fingerprints are about."
		DavidW says, "anyway, I'm lost without mapping."
		djfletch says, "to kitchen or narthex"
		inky says, "normally when there's a model you can use it to see secret rooms in the current building or something"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head north to the main floor stairway, east, and
Floyd | west to the narthex.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "or something's concealed inside you can get by manipulating the model"
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The church kitchen contains much the same kind of thing as any
Floyd | kitchen, only more so. Long countertops line the walls, with cupboards
Floyd | and drawers underneath them. A break in the counters allows you to
Floyd | leave the kitchen via the door to the west, and on the far side of the
Floyd | room a sink is set into the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sturdy box is sitting on the floor in the corner, with some cans in
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody forgot to put away an empty jam jar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "but neither of those seem to apply here"
		inky says, "jam jar!"
		inky says, "full of ectoplasm!"
		inky says, "soup cans!"
		Doug says, "I suspect a lot of stuff here is "let's recreate the churches from our childhood""
		DavidW says, "okay, that's where to put the ectoplasm."
Doug says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | orange box: Taken.
Floyd | empty jam jar: Taken.
Floyd | dishes: You restack a few of the dishes, but the cupboards don't look
Floyd | any more organized.
Floyd | cutlery: The sheer number and variety of utensils in the drawers
Floyd | paralyzes your ability to choose any individual item.
Floyd | dish towels: You can't bring yourself to disturb the perfectly folded
Floyd | dish towels.
Floyd | can of tomato soup: Stolen.
Floyd | can of pears: Stolen.
Floyd | can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food Product": Stolen.
Floyd | can of cherry pie filling: Stolen.
Floyd | can of tuna: Stolen.
Floyd | can of chicken soup: Stolen.
Floyd | can of peaches: Stolen.
Floyd | can opener: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yikes"
		Doug says, "haha"
		inky says, "ha ha"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x jar" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The jar has lost its lid, but it appears to be clean and sterile
Floyd | anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That box of cans was probably for a food drive, you meanie."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "You thieves!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "put cans in box" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CANS IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | can of tomato soup: Your conscience gets the better of you, and you
Floyd | return the can of tomato soup to its original location.
Floyd | can of pears: Your conscience gets the better of you, and you return
Floyd | the can of pears to its original location.
Floyd | can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food Product": Your conscience gets the
Floyd | better of you, and you return the can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food
Floyd | Product" to its original location.
Floyd | can of cherry pie filling: Your conscience gets the better of you, and
Floyd | you return the can of cherry pie filling to its original location.
Floyd | can of tuna: Your conscience gets the better of you, and you return
Floyd | the can of tuna to its original location.
Floyd | can of chicken soup: Your conscience gets the better of you, and you
Floyd | return the can of chicken soup to its original location.
Floyd | can of peaches: Your conscience gets the better of you, and you return
Floyd | the can of peaches to its original location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "they shoudl do like rand('Stolen.', 'Borrowed.', 'Acquired through morally-gray means.')"
inky says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | An old label on the box says "Navel Oranges", but someone has written
Floyd | "FOOD BANK" over that. Apparently they thought they'd need a good
Floyd | sturdy crate for all the Food Bank donations they'd get.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the orange box are a can of peaches, a can of chicken soup, a can
Floyd | of tuna, a can of cherry pie filling, a can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat
Floyd | Food Product", a can of pears, and a can of tomato soup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "although I bet the cat would like the tuna."
Doug says (to Floyd), "play station" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLAY STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says (to DavidW), "good idea"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tuna" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TUNA
Floyd |
Floyd | The label says this is twelve ounces of chunk tuna, in water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x opener" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OPENER
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks to be tolerably clean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jar" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JAR
Floyd |

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up kitchen" 		

Floyd | The jar has lost its lid, but it appears to be clean and sterile
Floyd | anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP KITCHEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "If
Floyd | you've seen Jurassic Park then the kitchen is really scary in
Floyd | the dark. If you haven't seen Jurassic Park then you should
Floyd | get around to that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "I assume the jar is to collect the ectoplasm sample"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jurassic park" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JURASSIC PARK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up jurassic park" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP JURASSIC PARK
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "jurassic park" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up food drive" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP FOOD DRIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "food drive" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | An old label on the box says "Navel Oranges", but someone has written
Floyd | "FOOD BANK" over that. Apparently they thought they'd need a good
Floyd | sturdy crate for all the Food Bank donations they'd get.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the orange box are a can of peaches, a can of chicken soup, a can
Floyd | of tuna, a can of cherry pie filling, a can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat
Floyd | Food Product", a can of pears, and a can of tomato soup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up food bank" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP FOOD BANK
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | On the subject of canned food Casey writes, "I'm pretty sure the
Floyd | people who are supposed to be in charge of donating stuff to the Food
Floyd | Bank are really disorganized, because you always see spare cans of
Floyd | stuff lying around. Or maybe some of the cans were rejected by the
Floyd | Food Bank. I don't know how it works."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "SEE!"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open cupboard" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CUPBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You peek inside a random cupboard and find a large number of plates
Floyd | piled inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   an empty jam jar
Floyd |   an orange box
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "see what?"
		DavidW says, "It said FOOD BANK on the box."
		inky says, "oh yeah"
		djfletch says, "I am worried that a poltergeist will throw these plates at us"
		inky says, "also, I assume the fact that we have a can opener means we can open one of the cans"
		DavidW says, "I vote for tuna, for cat."
		inky says (to djfletch), "he said jurassic park, so you should be worry about it throwing a velociraptor at us"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get tuna" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TUNA
Floyd |
Floyd | Stolen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Agreed (re: tuna)"
		DavidW says, "tsk. Stealing in a church. That won't bite us later."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open drawers" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull open a random drawer for a moment, revealing an assortment of
Floyd | dish towels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no score in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The church kitchen contains much the same kind of thing as any
Floyd | kitchen, only more so. Long countertops line the walls, with cupboards
Floyd | and drawers underneath them. A break in the counters allows you to
Floyd | leave the kitchen via the door to the west, and on the far side of the
Floyd | room a sink is set into the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a big sink, capable of handling the influx of dirty dishes that
Floyd | church functions undoubtedly generate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "likelihood of going to heaven" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIKELIHOOD OF GOING TO HEAVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "wash jar" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WASH JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have anything to clean the empty jam jar with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "turn on faucet" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON FAUCET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any dirt on your hands, but you wash them just in case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's not enough influx objects in IF."
		inky asks, "influx?"
		DavidW says, "influx of dirty dishes, for example"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x jar" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The jar has lost its lid, but it appears to be clean and sterile
Floyd | anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "shall we head to the narthex now?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "TO THE NARTHEX!"
		DavidW says, "Someday, we'll pull a tablecloth and find an influx in our inventory."
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x bible" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bible is obviously a well-respected object around here, but it's
Floyd | not a mere display piece; the pages have been creased and scuffed by
Floyd | continuous use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bible is obviously a well-respected object around here, but it's
Floyd | not a mere display piece; the pages have been creased and scuffed by
Floyd | continuous use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tags" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAGS
Floyd |
Floyd | There must be a name tag on here for everybody who's ever set foot in
Floyd | this church. There's Casey's, and there's Orchid's, and this one says
Floyd | "Robin"—but they must mean some other Robin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x patrick" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PATRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x patrick's tag" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PATRICK'S TAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x jennie's tag" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JENNIE'S TAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says (to DW), "I dunno, I stole stuff in Vespers and that turned out juuuuust fine"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up tags" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP TAGS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "When the new pastor came, he insisted that everybody wear name tags
Floyd | all the time, but that didn't last long. Name tags are a pain."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Back. Any ghost sightings since I left?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get bible" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel it would be disrespectful to remove the Bible from its
Floyd | podium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "open bible" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no. Just ectoplasm"
		Doug says, "wonder what it's open to."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read bible" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bible is obviously a well-respected object around here, but it's
Floyd | not a mere display piece; the pages have been creased and scuffed by
Floyd | continuous use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "turn page" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip aimlessly through the book, and eventually your gaze lands on
Floyd | a passage: "Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the
Floyd | power to interpret. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my
Floyd | mind is unproductive."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "turn page" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip aimlessly through the book, and eventually your gaze lands on
Floyd | a passage: "But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if
Floyd | every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world itself
Floyd | could not contain the books that would be written."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "wow, that's a lot"
		Jacqueline says, "That's indeed a lot of stuff."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, they didn't have much paper back then."
		Doug says, "maybe the world was smaller"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear tag" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR TAG
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the name tag)
Floyd | You pull the name tag labeled "Robin" off of the board, even though it
Floyd | couldn't possibly be for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pin the name tag on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Also, maybe they had already developed the concept of hyperbole."
Doug says (to Floyd), "get pamphlet" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PAMPHLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You won't let yourself give any of this material a closer look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "maybe it is for you"
		inky says, "and this is a cult"
Doug says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | One pamphlet is titled "Meaningful Relationships?".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "Maybe he braided everyone's hair, and the braids were in another language of knots, so every head of hair was a sentence in a story." 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAYBE HE BRAIDED EVERYONE'S HAIR, AND THE BRAIDS WERE IN ANOTHER

		inky says, "waiting to suck you in"

Floyd | LANGUAGE OF KNOTS, SO EVERY HEAD OF HAIR WAS A SENTENCE IN A STORY.
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "argh again"
		DavidW says, "I hate mixing up f and ;."
Doug says (to Floyd), "read pamphlets" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ PAMPHLETS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please Take One!" reads the cursive text at the bottom of the rack,
Floyd | but none of the pamphlets succeeds in engaging your curiosity. You've
Floyd | never been afflicted with any of the problems they purport to solve.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "hmm. What was the name of the guy that the ghost girl killed herself over?"
		djfletch asks, "and would it be a bad idea to wear his tag?"
		DavidW says, "Casey didn't say"
		DavidW says, "but chances are one of the tags has a key taped to the back of it, I suppose."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I don't think Casey noted his name."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jesus's tag" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JESUS'S TAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up jesus" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP JESUS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | volunteered to paint a mural in the basement, and Patrick the youth
Floyd | leader gave me permission, so I painted a mural of the Four Beasts
Floyd | (the man and the lion and the ox and the eagle) and it was a GREAT
Floyd | MURAL but once they saw it they went ahead and covered it up with
Floyd | JONAH."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x orchid's tag" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ORCHID'S TAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search tags for robin" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH TAGS FOR ROBIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to search the board full of
Floyd | name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search tags" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH TAGS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Let's not forget, at some point this evening, to put Sharon's hand in a bowl of warm water."
		DavidW says, "hm. I suppose it's far too early to guess."
		DavidW asks, "You mean, a chilly jam jar of ectoplasm, don't you?"
		Jacqueline says, "We cold try that when warm water doesn't work."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The plastic stems and silk blossoms are obviously artificial, but that
Floyd | hasn't stopped someone from trying to water them recently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(then take a picture of it)"
		Doug says, "I wonder if we can run out of film."
		Doug asks, "so, north?"
		djfletch says, "ok"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless. Orchid hasn't turned the lights on either; you can barely
Floyd | make out anything in the gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid comes over to meet you. "I didn't find anything up here," she
Floyd | says, "how about you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "show photo of lights to orchid" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PHOTO OF LIGHTS TO ORCHID
Floyd |
Floyd | Her eyes widen at the photo of the flickering lights. "Wow, Robin,"
Floyd | she says, "that's great, good work! That definitely looks paranormal
Floyd | to me."
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can say any more, Orchid gasps and points upwards.
Floyd | Something is floating near the ceiling, glowing faintly—a pale figure
Floyd | in a wispy dress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "take photo of figure" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO OF FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of the ghostly figure. The camera whirrs and
Floyd | vibrates and eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghostly figure hovers silently in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x figure" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | The glowing figure is wearing a pale dress and her hair is in
Floyd | pigtails, just like Casey said. You can't make out the expression on
Floyd | her face, but she's holding her hands out as if she's reaching for
Floyd | something or asking for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | The figure drifts towards the ground and glides northward towards the
Floyd | altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x photo of figure" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO OF FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dark here to make out any details.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid hisses, "What are you waiting around for? Get some more photos
Floyd | of the ghost!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The figure drifts northwards through a small door behind the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "take photo of figure" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO OF FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch just a glimpse of the ghost in the darkness before it floats
Floyd | towards the back wall and vanishes. When you switch the light on, the
Floyd | room is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stack of hymnals is crammed into one corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oops"
		Jacqueline says, "Wowza"
		Doug asks, "anyone want some more ectoplasm?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "jar! jar!"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes"
		Draconis says, "There we go, caught up."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   a can of tuna
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   an empty jam jar
Floyd |   an orange box
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get ectoplasm with jar" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ECTOPLASM WITH JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully scoop a sample of the ectoplasm into the jar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "lick ectoplasm" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LICK ECTOPLASM
Floyd |
Floyd | You touch the ectoplasm gingerly with the tip of your tongue. The
Floyd | bitter tang makes you gag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x ectoplasm" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ECTOPLASM
Floyd |
Floyd | The ectoplasm is pale gray, thick and gooey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Can we close the jar?"
		Draconis asks, "Or is there no lid?"
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "AIE"
		Jacqueline says, "No lid."
		DavidW says, "LICK worked but TASTE didn't? UNFAIR."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I was thinking that."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "eat ectoplasm" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT ECTOPLASM
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the ectoplasm)
Floyd | You've already collected some ectoplasm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "inky got to taste the ectoplasm and I didn't waaaaaah"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "smell ectoplasm" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL ECTOPLASM
Floyd |
Floyd | The ectoplasm smells bitter and unnatural.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I guess taste does imply more ingestion than lick does, to be fair."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "touch ectoplasm" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH ECTOPLASM
Floyd |
Floyd | You prod the ectoplasm gingerly, then rub it between your fingers.
Floyd | It's thick and gooey, with a slightly oily texture. And now it's all
Floyd | over your hand again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Draconis says, "Sorry."
		inky says, "maybe we weren't allowed to touch the previous stuff but we are allowed to touch this one"
		djfletch says, "anyway there must be some loot in this chest"
		DavidW asks, "What, this is girl ectoplasm so it's okay, but downstairs is boy ectoplasm?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the huge wooden chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in chest" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge wooden chest is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "boo"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chest" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest won't budge. It must be bolted to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stack of hymnals is crammed into one corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter chest" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You lie down inside the chest, and notice that there's plenty of space
Floyd | inside. It's not a bad spot.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | inside. It's not a bad spot.But there's no time for napping now.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull yourself out of the box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "close chest" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the huge wooden chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "in-ter-est-ing"
		Doug says, "oops"
		Doug says, "I thought maybe we could close it while inside"
		djfletch says, "note this for next time we play sardines"
		DavidW says, "And hide."
		Doug says, "spacebar pauses are weird"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x panels" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PANELS
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking closely at the walls, you realise that one of the panels on
Floyd | the wall is sitting slightly further forward than the others.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open panel" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not quite sure how to open the panel, or even if it can be
Floyd | opened. You jiggle it experimentally and it shifts a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "push!"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push panel" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You press your palms against the panel, but it doesn't seem to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull panel" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab the edges of the panel and try to pull it towards you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing much seems to happen at first, but then the panel shifts
Floyd | upward and slides to the side. Behind it a narrow tunnel leads
Floyd | downwards. You open and close the panel a few more times to make sure
Floyd | you know how it works, and then leave it open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "whoa"
		Jacqueline says, "whoa"
		DavidW says, "Secret room churches are teh best churches!"
		Jacqueline asks, "Who's awesome?"
		Doug asks, "we still have no light source. wait, were there candles?"
		Doug says, "yeah, on the altar"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "And were they lit?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get candles" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CANDLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Without something to light them with, these candles are just sticks.
Floyd | Not worth carrying around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "light them" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe Sharon has a lighter."
		Doug says, "hm."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x cross" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small white cross)
Floyd | This is a nice little cross for a table. Nothing fancy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x large cross" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LARGE CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | It must be fifteen feet from top to bottom. The wood is smooth, and
Floyd | the proportions are graceful. Aesthetically speaking, it is a very
Floyd | pleasant object.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x altar" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALTAR
Floyd |
Floyd | A simple beige table. On the side facing the congregation is an
Floyd | insignia with the letters "IHS".
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open altar" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN ALTAR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "IHS = I Hate Sharon!"
		djfletch says, "I wonder if we can make the ectoplasm glow with the UV light"
		Doug says, "it didn't glow when I looked at it in the black light room."
		djfletch says, "hmm, but maybe now we have it properly in a jar"
		DavidW says, "hm, maybe."
		DavidW says, "I still think the UV is for a secret message on something."
		djfletch says, "yeah, might be more likely"
		DavidW says, "Maybe even in the mural."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up uv" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP UV
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "uv" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "btw, where's what's her name?"
		Doug asks, "so where would we find something to light the candles with?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x flag" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the American flag or the Christian flag?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x american" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AMERICAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Although it's lying furled against its post, you can easily tell that
Floyd | this is an American flag. This one has tassels around the edges, and
Floyd | an eagle figurine is perched at the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That's why I tried to open the altar, in case the matches were right there."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x christian flag" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHRISTIAN FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You assume it's the Christian flag, because there's a red cross near
Floyd | the top, but you've never seen such a flag anywhere else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x puplit" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PUPLIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x pulpit" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PULPIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The lectern stands on the stage-left end of the platform. The
Floyd | austerity of its design is diminished somewhat by the microphone
Floyd | sticking out of the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "speak into microphone" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPEAK INTO MICROPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | (to yourself)
Floyd | Your voice echoes in the empty room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x microphone" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MICROPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The controls for the mic must be somewhere else. You don't see an
Floyd | on/off switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x lectern" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LECTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | The lectern stands on the stage-left end of the platform. The
Floyd | austerity of its design is diminished somewhat by the microphone
Floyd | sticking out of the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look under lectern" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER LECTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get in pulpit" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IN PULPIT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "search lectern" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH LECTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pews" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEWS
Floyd |
Floyd | The benches are like dense underbrush: something could be hiding
Floyd | anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pews" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH PEWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "search pews" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH PEWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You look in between a few of the pews and find nothing to either
Floyd | interest or worry you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pews" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH PEWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You look in between a few of the pews and find nothing to either
Floyd | interest or worry you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x windows" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the designs are purely abstract, but you notice a dove, a
Floyd | lion, a lamb, and what looks like an elk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x elk" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ELK
Floyd |
Floyd | The elk is looking to the side, as if ready to take on some unseen
Floyd | assailant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x dove" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | The dove is flying downward, its wings outstretched.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Mrs Anne Elk"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x lion" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LION
Floyd |
Floyd | The lion is looking out into space with one paw raised.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x lamb" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAMB
Floyd |
Floyd | The lamb is sitting down, its eyes closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   a can of tuna
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   a jam jar
Floyd |     some ectoplasm
Floyd |   an orange box
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You saw one of these in a movie once. The top recedes into the back of
Floyd | the desk, and you can hide a convict inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "open desk" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to pull back the top of the desk, but it's locked down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "unlock desk" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to pull back the top of the desk, but it's locked down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "love rolltop desks. Which I had one again."
		DavidW says, "er wish"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x orchid" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ORCHID
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "huh, where'd she go?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up orchid" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP ORCHID
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Here's an anecdote about Orchid. This happened just recently. I
Floyd | didn't tell you, because I wanted to save it for here. Okay:
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm at school after hours because of rehearsals. But we're still in
Floyd | the fairly lazy stage of the production, so there's lots of time to
Floyd | just goof off around the school. So while the underclassmen are
Floyd | sitting around in the hall running lines, I head up to the drama
Floyd | office, because there are donuts there.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But Orchid and Aiden Kingsley are already up in the office, and as
Floyd | soon as I poke my head in Orchid looks up and says 'Actors only,
Floyd | please!' and I'm like 'Actually, I am an actor,' and she says, 'Well,
Floyd | you know what I mean.'
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, Orchid! I do not have the slightest idea what you mean. I would
Floyd | have just grabbed a donut and left, but you're not allowed to take the
Floyd | donuts out of the drama office, so I just left.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wouldn't say I hate Orchid. Hate is a very strong word. I
Floyd | completely hate Aiden, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Orchid's probably kidnapped by the monster of the week. We might find her shoe later."
		Doug says, "or Aiden"
		Doug asks, "well, should we try the secret passage without a light source?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Will Orchid be the Xander of this tale?"
		djfletch says, "we haven't been up from here to the balcony yet"
		djfletch says, "could do that first"
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head north to the altar, south to the narthex,
Floyd | and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We havent seen the candy in Patrick's truck yet either."
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head north to the back room and south to the
Floyd | sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "must have been east"
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head north to the back room and south to the
Floyd | sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s then e" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S THEN E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony, but that hasn't stopped someone from putting a potted
Floyd | plant in the corner. If you can avoid tripping over the plant, an
Floyd | archway to the west leads back out into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "aha, a projector!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x projector" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PROJECTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | A strong metal cage protects the projector from careless and/or
Floyd | malevolent handling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pews" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEWS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the balcony pews)
Floyd | There are only a few rows of pews up here, mounted on a series of
Floyd | steps so the people at the back can still see down to the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x cables" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | It's hard to tell what this stuff is for with it all tumbled into a
Floyd | heap like that. There are some metal bars, and some pulleys and
Floyd | things, and a lot of tangled cables connecting things together.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pews" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH PEWS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the balcony pews)
Floyd | There is nothing on the balcony pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "That's how Old Man Withers projects the ghost!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search cables" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to disentangle some of the cables but it's all too mixed up.
Floyd | You sort out one bit and the rest just gets knottier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "untangle cables" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNTANGLE CABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "and you thought that was ectoplasm, but it's really unsweetened jello"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bars" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's hard to tell what this stuff is for with it all tumbled into a
Floyd | heap like that. There are some metal bars, and some pulleys and
Floyd | things, and a lot of tangled cables connecting things together.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "that happened to get smeared all over all the walls"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sort bars" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SORT BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The trapdoor is set into the ceiling, well above your head. The cord
Floyd | to pull it down seems to have got caught in the door, and only a small
Floyd | loop is visible on this side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "also, I wonder what happens if we go to sleep now with the evidence we have collected"
Doug says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | When you feel you've got all the evidence you need, your sleeping bag
Floyd | is waiting for you in the nursery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm not ready"
		DavidW says, "for sleeping"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x cord" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The cord to open the trapdoor is caught up in the door. You can just
Floyd | see a small loop sticking out between the ceiling and the edge of the
Floyd | trapdoor, well out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat trots up the stairs and mews at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "quick, open the tuna"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet cat" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PET CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat dodges your hand and bounds off downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "we could save try it"
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oops"
Doug says (to Floyd), "feed cat" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FEED CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to feed the cat?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I'm just curious if we can get a ghosts-are-real ending now and a ghosts-are-fake ending later"
Doug says (to Floyd), "tuna" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TUNA
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat dodges your hand and bounds off downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, if you're curious, we could save (which we probably should anyway) and just see."
		DavidW says, "can isn't even open. Hardly counts."
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		Doug says, "oh yeah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "ok, want to try?"
		says, "So, for people who may be new, to save, don't talk to Floyd, just type >PRESS SAVE"
		Doug says, "I did that this time, but I didn't clear the save counter first."
		Doug asks, "everyone ok with trying to go to sleep to get a ghosts-are-real ending?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh crap, had we already saved and I missed it?"
		Jacqueline asks, "And then I cleared the save?"
		Doug says, "no biggie"
		DavidW says, "I don't have a complete enough map to get us down to our cot."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Sure."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head up and down to the the balcony stairwell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony, but that hasn't stopped someone from putting a potted
Floyd | plant in the corner. If you can avoid tripping over the plant, an
Floyd | archway to the west leads back out into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're still on the other side of the room when the cat scampers off
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat wanders off to the north, glancing back at you as if to check
Floyd | whether you're following.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Do you remember what your save number was? Since you didn't clear the counter it's probably still there if we want to rescue it."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | Battered toys spill out of the toybox and across the floor, piling up
Floyd | in a corner of the room. Cupboards are mounted high on the walls, out
Floyd | of reach of tiny fingers, and an enormous blue recliner sits
Floyd | underneath them. It's already dark outside, and the doors west to the
Floyd | basement stairway and south to the youth room are dark as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sleeping bag is lying on a tidy patch of floor, ready for when
Floyd | you finish your investigation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon's makeshift bed doesn't look comfortable, but apparently she's
Floyd | fast asleep anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you get into your sleeping bag, you quickly review the evidence
Floyd | you've collected. Are you sure you have everything you need for the
Floyd | story?
Floyd | >>

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "yep" 		

Floyd | >>
Floyd | > YEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You put your belongings aside and snuggle down in the sleeping bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | ***

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd | "It sounds like you had quite the spooky evening!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It certainly seemed that way at the time, but now I'm not so sure.
Floyd | Take a look at these," you say, handing Casey your photos.
Floyd |
Floyd | He points at the image of the flickering lights. "I imagine these were
Floyd | more impressive in motion."
Floyd |
Floyd | "How did you know they were moving?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, they look kinda like lights from a party ball."
Floyd |
Floyd | You look at the picture again. He has a point.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And you collected some ectoplasm?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, I collected this." You hand him the jar.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Looks like ectoplasm to me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does it look like it could be anything else?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, I guess. It could be..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It could be anything."
Floyd |
Floyd | He lifts the photo of the floating girl. "Now, this photo looks like a
Floyd | ghost," he says, "but I mean, it also kind of looks like any number of
Floyd | fake ghost photos you see all over the place. Not that I don't believe
Floyd | it was a real ghost, but other people might not find it so
Floyd | convincing." He tries to smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | He sighs. "So, what are you thinking?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think I was duped."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** They ended up running the story anyway. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		inky says, "well, I guess that makes it pretty clear"
		Doug says, "hmm. proof not convincing enough (yet)"
Doug says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "open tuna" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TUNA
Floyd |
Floyd | After a few moments' work with the can opener, the can is open,
Floyd | revealing a pungent mass of tuna.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Casey is a turd."
		DavidW says, "The floating girl we saw could've been from the projector."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x cat" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The trapdoor is set into the ceiling, well above your head. The cord
Floyd | to pull it down seems to have got caught in the door, and only a small
Floyd | loop is visible on this side.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat trots up the stairs and mews at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "give tuna to cat" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE TUNA TO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the open can of tuna to the cat)
Floyd | The cat dodges your hand and bounds off downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "feh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat tuna" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT TUNA
Floyd |
Floyd | (the open can of tuna)
Floyd | You definitely aren't desperate enough to start eating tuna straight
Floyd | from the can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh AREN'T I."
		Doug says, "neither is the cat."
		DavidW says, "I eat lots of stuff straight from the can these days."
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the trapdoor)
Floyd | The pull-cord is caught up in the trapdoor, and you're much too short
Floyd | to reach it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "do we need to pull the recliner up here?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up trapdoor" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "The
Floyd | trapdoor goes up into the steeple. Nobody uses it, because like I
Floyd | said, the steeple is super dangerous."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The trolley is more likely."
		Jacqueline says, "That is not a realistically implemented cat."
		djfletch says, "maybe the ghost can float up and open it"
		Doug says, "maybe it's a... GHOST CAT"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up cat" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but it looks like Casey didn't have
Floyd | anything to say about the cat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Were it a real cat, we could stand anywhere in the church and open the tin of tuna and BAM! INSTANT CAT!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up altar" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP ALTAR
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Many church enthusiasts use the word "altar" to refer not only to the
Floyd | little table with the candles, but also to the raised area at the
Floyd | front of the sanctuary where the little table with the candles is
Floyd | located. This practice is completely incorrect and extremely stupid.
Floyd | The raised area is called a 'raised area' or I guess maybe a 'stage'."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "yes"
		Doug asks, "or 'dais'?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up dais" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP DAIS
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "dais" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "while we are in this area, I don't think we looked at the pot plant downstairs from here"
		Doug says, "'church enthusiasts'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tuna in cage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TUNA IN CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the open can of tuna in the bird cage)
Floyd | The bird cage seems to be welded closed. It must be purely decorative.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x plant" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony, but that hasn't stopped someone from putting a potted
Floyd | plant in the corner. If you can avoid tripping over the plant, an
Floyd | archway to the west leads back out into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat watches you for a moment, but runs off to the west before you
Floyd | can get near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x plant" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | The plant is a tiny potted palm. It's fake, but that's fair enough.
Floyd | It's not like there's enough light in here for a real palm tree to
Floyd | flourish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x plant" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | The plant is a tiny potted palm. It's fake, but that's fair enough.
Floyd | It's not like there's enough light in here for a real palm tree to
Floyd | flourish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search plant" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig plant" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIG PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up secret passage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP SECRET PASSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "secret passage" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move plant" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take secret hidden key from the silly plant" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SECRET HIDDEN KEY FROM THE SILLY PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh well"
		djfletch says, "yeah, we do still kind of want a key don't we"
		DavidW says, "of course. At least two keys now."
		DavidW says, "The rolltop desk and the pastor's office."
		Doug asks, "do you think we can turn the projector on yet?"
		djfletch says, "maybe"
		DavidW says, "I dunno. We ran away before even trying, I think."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn on projector" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON PROJECTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Judging by the cage it's in, the church really doesn't want people
Floyd | messing around with the projector.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "People were so fired up to sleep."
		Doug says, "I think we did try a little"
		inky says, "I just can't get enough of napping!"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x cage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bird cage)
Floyd | The curving faux-wrought-iron bars and caked-on "rust" identify this
Floyd | as one of the non-functioning, overpriced decorations which are so
Floyd | popular in craft stores. What does a Sunday School need with a bird
Floyd | cage?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up projector" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP PROJECTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Someone donated money for a projector to the church, and it caused
Floyd | this big kerfuffle in the Board of Trustees because they didn't really
Floyd | want a projector. But they couldn't spend the money on anything else,
Floyd | so now we have a projector that we never use!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x projector" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PROJECTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | A strong metal cage protects the projector from careless and/or
Floyd | malevolent handling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "examined wrong cage"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x that cage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THAT CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | A strong metal cage protects the projector from careless and/or
Floyd | malevolent handling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x this cage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THIS CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The curving faux-wrought-iron bars and caked-on "rust" identify this
Floyd | as one of the non-functioning, overpriced decorations which are so
Floyd | popular in craft stores. What does a Sunday School need with a bird
Floyd | cage?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open that cage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN THAT CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The cage is locked, presumably to stop people like you from messing
Floyd | with the projector.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "so, three keys."
		DavidW says, "'this' = the one we're holding; 'that' = not-holding it"
		Doug says, "good to know!"
		djfletch says, "or a remote control maybe"
		DavidW says, "It's a semi-secret Inform thang."
		inky says (to DavidW), "hunh!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony, but that hasn't stopped someone from putting a potted
Floyd | plant in the corner. If you can avoid tripping over the plant, an
Floyd | archway to the west leads back out into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, if you read English.h, it's there."
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south, or try the sliding door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stack of hymnals is crammed into one corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | The books have been stacked very tidily into an almost perfect
Floyd | one-foot cube. It's actually very pleasant to see such an orderly
Floyd | display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push them" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "kick over hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK OVER HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		Doug says, "haha"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "move hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "read hymnal" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ HYMNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip one hymnal open to a random song. This one's called "Great Is
Floyd | Thy Faithfulness".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "read hymnal" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ HYMNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip one hymnal open to a random song. This one's called "O Come,
Floyd | O Come, Emmanuel".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up onto the stack of hymnals, careful not to knock any of
Floyd | them out of place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You mutter the West High fight song under your breath:
Floyd |
Floyd | Fight, Fight, West High
Floyd | Stomp 'Em Out Like Ants
Floyd | Mortify The Other Guy
Floyd | And Make Him Pee His Pants
Floyd |
Floyd | But it doesn't make you feel any better.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We *can* stand on them?"
		Doug says, "ooh, we can stand on them"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sing hymnal" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING HYMNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to sing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room (on the stack of hymnals)
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south, or try the sliding door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sing hymn" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING HYMN
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to sing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sing o come, o come, emmanuel" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to sing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x robes" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROBES
Floyd |
Floyd | The robes are cut from a green satin fabric; you can't imagine one
Floyd | looking very flattering on anybody.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up emmanuel" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP EMMANUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "emmanuel" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the stack of hymnals.
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south, or try the sliding door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stack of hymnals is crammed into one corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear robes" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR ROBES
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the choir robes)
Floyd | You pull out one robe, straighten its sleeves, and put it back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up hymn" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP HYMN
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "hymn" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x robe" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | The robes are cut from a green satin fabric; you can't imagine one
Floyd | looking very flattering on anybody.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get robe" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull out one robe, straighten its sleeves, and put it back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "search closet" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CLOSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You paw hesitantly between the robes in a few places, but you can't
Floyd | find anything else in the closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter closet" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CLOSET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "too slow"
		DavidW asks, "Portable stack?"
		Doug asks, "steeple ho?"
		DavidW asks, "Stand on the hymnals to reach the trapdoor cord?"
		djfletch says, "yup"
Doug says (to Floyd), ">s" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > >S
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Worth a try."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s; e; u" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S; E; U
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s. e. u" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S. E. U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head north to the back room and south to the
Floyd | sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head north to the back room and south to the
Floyd | sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "fail"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s. e. u." 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S. E. U.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony, but that hasn't stopped someone from putting a potted
Floyd | plant in the corner. If you can avoid tripping over the plant, an
Floyd | archway to the west leads back out into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You meant s.s.e.u."
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only get into something free-standing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the stack of hymnals carefully on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up onto the stack of hymnals, careful not to knock any of
Floyd | them out of place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the trapdoor)
Floyd | Even standing on the stack of hymnals, your fingers are still are long
Floyd | way from reaching the loop of cord.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I hope this works"
		Doug says, "aww"
		DavidW says, "awww"
		DavidW says, "trolley plus hymnals!"
		DavidW asks, "Can we get the trolley up here?"
		Doug asks, "maybe something to hook the cord. hanger from the closet?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put hymnals on cage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HYMNALS ON CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bird cage)
Floyd | You lack the dexterity to balance the stack of hymnals on the bird
Floyd | cage while you're still holding the bird cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "can we carry the chest?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put hymnals on that cage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HYMNALS ON THAT CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You went to a lot of trouble to collect that ectoplasm. Better not
Floyd | leave it lying around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "whaa?"
		DavidW says, "oops. that message made no sense."
Doug says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump, miss the pull-cord, and almost fall off the stack of
Floyd | hymnals. You know, maybe there's a safer way to reach the cord.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "cool that the game thought of that."
Doug says (to Floyd), "drop cage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bird cage)
Floyd | You can't just drop the bird cage on the floor. What if someone steps
Floyd | on it or trips over it?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "put cage on hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CAGE ON HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bird cage on the stack of hymnals)
Floyd | There isn't really room for both you and the bird cage on the stack of
Floyd | hymnals.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "step down" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STEP DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the stack of hymnals.
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a stack of hymnals here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull cord with cage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL CORD WITH CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bird cage)
Floyd | The bird cage really isn't a suitable tool for opening the trapdoor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "put cage on hymnas" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CAGE ON HYMNAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "put cage on hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CAGE ON HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bird cage on the stack of hymnals)
Floyd | You put the bird cage on the stack of hymnals.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on cage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the projector)
Floyd | That's not something you can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat trots up the stairs and purrs at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on birdcage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON BIRDCAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat bounds downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   an open can of tuna
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   a jam jar
Floyd |     some ectoplasm
Floyd |   an orange box
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I dunno how flat the top of the chest is."
Doug says (to Floyd), "put box on hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BOX ON HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the orange box on the stack of hymnals)
Floyd | You put the orange box on the stack of hymnals.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on box" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | There isn't much point in standing on the orange box while it's the
Floyd | right way up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "turn box over" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN BOX OVER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the orange box over)
Floyd | You pick up the stuff in the orange box and turn it upside down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on box" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (getting onto the stack of hymnals)
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up onto the stack of hymnals, careful not to knock any of
Floyd | them out of place.
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up onto the upside-down orange box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "ha ha. We have to empty it and flip it over?"
		djfletch says, "ooh"
		Doug says, "wow"
Doug says (to Floyd), "reach cord" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to reach the pull-cord with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "hand" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Even standing on the upside-down orange box, your fingers are still
Floyd | are long way from reaching the loop of cord.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony (on the upside-down orange box) (on the stack of
Floyd | hymnals)
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the stack of hymnals you can see a bird cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, put the hymnals on the box now."
		djfletch says, "this seems to me like a good way to end up dying in a church and becoming a ghost"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		Doug says, "the box is on the hymnals"
		Doug says, "we need the satchel and the junk mail."
		DavidW says, "oh. I thought the hymnals ought to be on the box."
		Doug says, "(babelfish joke)"
Doug says (to Floyd), "put hymnals on box" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HYMNALS ON BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the upside-down orange box or the upside-down
Floyd | orange box?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "wah wahh"
		DavidW says, "I suggest the trolley, if we can get it upstairs."
		Jacqueline says (to djf), "haha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "put hymnals on upside-down orange box" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HYMNALS ON UPSIDE-DOWN ORANGE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the upside-down orange box or the upside-down
Floyd | orange box?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "either one" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EITHER ONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Who broke the box?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get box" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd have to get off the upside-down orange box first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the upside-down orange box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony (on the stack of hymnals)
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange box is sitting upside down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the stack of hymnals you can also see a bird cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | stack of hymnals: You'd have to get off the stack of hymnals first.
Floyd | tangle of bars and cables: You try to disentangle some of the cables
Floyd | but it's all too mixed up. You sort out one bit and the rest just gets
Floyd | knottier.
Floyd | upside-down orange box: Taken.
Floyd | bird cage: Taken.
Floyd | mass of tuna: You've already had one gross substance all over your
Floyd | hands tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the stack of hymnals.
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a stack of hymnals here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "drop box" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the upside-down orange box carefully on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "put hymnals on box" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HYMNALS ON BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the stack of hymnals on the upside-down orange box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on hymnals" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON HYMNALS
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing on the hymnals is far too dangerous while they're on top of
Floyd | the upside-down orange box. What if the stack collapsed underneath
Floyd | you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "aww."
		Doug says, "apparently the other way was okay, sort of."
		DavidW asks, "So the box and hymnals were actually side by side before and we were on top of BOTH simultaneously earlier?"
		Draconis says, "I suppose..."
		Doug says, "no, I think they were actually stacked, but it didn't check for that case"
		Draconis asks, "Where is the trolley?"
		Draconis says, "I lost track of it."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "go to trolley" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO TO TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I assume we need to find some kind of hook poley thing"
		DavidW says, "Trolley is downstairs. The chest might be useful too."
		Draconis says, "Do you have a map? I'm lost."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony, but that hasn't stopped someone from putting a potted
Floyd | plant in the corner. If you can avoid tripping over the plant, an
Floyd | archway to the west leads back out into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I have a mental map"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I have a paper map"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | Battered toys spill out of the toybox and across the floor, piling up
Floyd | in a corner of the room. Cupboards are mounted high on the walls, out
Floyd | of reach of tiny fingers, and an enormous blue recliner sits
Floyd | underneath them. It's already dark outside, and the doors west to the
Floyd | basement stairway and south to the youth room are dark as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sleeping bag is lying on a tidy patch of floor, ready for when
Floyd | you finish your investigation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon's makeshift bed doesn't look comfortable, but apparently she's
Floyd | fast asleep anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head south to the youth room and west to the
Floyd | basement stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Youth Room
Floyd | A large part of this room is taken up by a rickety ping pong table.
Floyd | Couches line the edges of the room, some of them close enough to the
Floyd | table that they're probably not safe to sit on if someone is actually
Floyd | playing ping pong. On the other hand, you can't see any ping pong bats
Floyd | anywhere, so maybe that's not an issue. In between the couches, doors
Floyd | lead north to the nursery, west to the Sunday School room, and south
Floyd | to the black light room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A garish golden trophy catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "AHA"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get trophy" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TROPHY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x trophy" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TROPHY
Floyd |
Floyd | The figurine on top is a generic gold-painted plastic person raising
Floyd | its arms in victory. The text at the bottom reads: "BIBLE QUIZ
Floyd | TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Can this be used as a hook?"
		inky says, "hmm"
		inky says, "well, it's worth a shot"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "push trolley east" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TROLLEY EAST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Youth Room
Floyd | A large part of this room is taken up by a rickety ping pong table.
Floyd | Couches line the edges of the room, some of them close enough to the
Floyd | table that they're probably not safe to sit on if someone is actually
Floyd | playing ping pong. On the other hand, you can't see any ping pong bats
Floyd | anywhere, so maybe that's not an issue. In between the couches, doors
Floyd | lead north to the nursery, west to the Sunday School room, and south
Floyd | to the black light room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Wait, it can't be the trolley. I doubt I can push it up the stairs."
		DavidW says, "er, we could've pushed it north. My map wasn't complete."
		DavidW says, "I SAID we might fail at this"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "push trolley w" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TROLLEY W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "push trolley n" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TROLLEY N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push trolley n" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TROLLEY N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | This must be a fairly large room, but most of the space is given over
Floyd | to snaking pipes, anonymous machinery, and the church's giant boiler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "where do you want to get?"
		Draconis says, "The trapdoor cord."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push trolley s" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TROLLEY S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push trolley u" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TROLLEY U
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no way you could get the TV trolley up there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "ok, we can't push it up."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get tv" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TV
Floyd |
Floyd | Far too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Unless there's an elevator we missed."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "push tv" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TV
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "shove tv off cart" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOVE TV OFF CART
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Wanton destruction isn't the answer?"
		Jacqueline says, "I am really hoping there is an ending where we fall and break our neck and haunt Casey."
		DavidW says, "There's other rooms we missed upstairs, I think"
		djfletch says, "I think reaching with the trophy is worth a try"
		DavidW says, "And we assumed we needed a light for the secret room without even trying."
		djfletch says, "the only exits I have left are maybe the men's bathroom if we are allowed in there"
		djfletch says, "and yes the secret passage"
		DavidW says, "So frustrated when no one tries."
		djfletch says, "also the dark hallway storage rooms when we get a light source"
		Draconis says, "I feel we need to use something as a hook, because REACH FOR CORD gave a disambiguation message."
		Doug says, "I was going to try but got distracted trying to light the candles on the altar"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes, that's very possible, and the box and hymnals might be just alternate ways of giving us the extra height."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the door to the men's room, you stop yourself. Isn't
Floyd | this something that a creep would do?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can put your hand on the handle, but that's as far as you get. You
Floyd | chide yourself for your indecision.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's it. Enough with this cowardice.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Men's Restroom
Floyd | Yes, this is more or less what you expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some stalls, and some mirrors, and some sinks, and next to
Floyd | those is a garbage can. The only things you haven't seen before are
Floyd | the urinals. Hardly worth having an ethical dilemma over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x urinals" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X URINALS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not a concept that you would ever have come up with yourself, but
Floyd | the general principle seems sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "haha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "heteronormativity off" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HETERONORMATIVITY OFF
Floyd |

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "search garbage can" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Men's Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH GARBAGE CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | In the men's room garbage can is some glowing tissue paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "OOOOh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "take photo of glowing tissue" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO OF GLOWING TISSUE
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of the glowing tissue paper. The camera whirrs and
Floyd | vibrates and eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take glowing" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GLOWING
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x glowing" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLOWING
Floyd |
Floyd | This tissue was used to wipe up an eerie glowing substance, then
Floyd | thrown in a garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | This tissue was used to wipe up an eerie glowing substance, then
Floyd | thrown in a garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x glowing substance" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLOWING SUBSTANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the glowing tissue
Floyd | paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Light source!"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "stand on garbage can" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON GARBAGE CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | There isn't much point in standing on the men's room garbage can while
Floyd | it's the right way up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "WAT"
		Draconis says, "Brilliant!"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get can" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Let's put this in the pile of objects to stand on."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | A restroom in a church is about the same as any other restroom. You
Floyd | have your stalls, your sinks, your mirrors, your garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "search can" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the open can of tuna, a ladies' room garbage can,
Floyd | the ladies' room garbage can, the men's room garbage can, the can of
Floyd | tomato soup, the can of pears, the can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food
Floyd | Product", the can of cherry pie filling, the can of chicken soup, or
Floyd | the can of peaches?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "search ladies' room garbage can" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH LADIES' ROOM GARBAGE CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ladies' room garbage can is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get ladies' can" 		

Floyd ]  Ladies' Restroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET LADIES' CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "projector room is s,w,n,e,u"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get bench" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The bench is just as heavy as it looks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "s.w.n.e.u." 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.W.N.E.U.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony, but that hasn't stopped someone from putting a potted
Floyd | plant in the corner. If you can avoid tripping over the plant, an
Floyd | archway to the west leads back out into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange box is sitting upside down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "drop can" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the open can of tuna, the ladies' room garbage can,
Floyd | a ladies' room garbage can, the men's room garbage can, the can of
Floyd | tomato soup, the can of pears, the can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food
Floyd | Product", the can of cherry pie filling, the can of chicken soup, or
Floyd | the can of peaches?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If we can put the upside-down box across both upside-down wastebins like a bridge and THEN stand on the box, I'd be both very impressed and very surprised."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "drop garbage" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP GARBAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the ladies' room garbage can, a ladies' room
Floyd | garbage can, or the men's room garbage can?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Someone is trying for Best Puzzle."
		Draconis asks, "How are there three?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "ladies'" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LADIES'
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the ladies' room garbage can carefully on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand on ladies'" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON LADIES'
Floyd |
Floyd | There isn't much point in standing on the ladies' room garbage can
Floyd | while it's the right way up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "flip ladies'" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP LADIES'
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the ladies' room garbage can upside down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand on ladies'" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON LADIES'
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up onto the upside-down ladies' room garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "reach" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to reach the glowing tissue paper with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "What?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the upside-down ladies' room garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange box is sitting upside down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an upside-down ladies' room garbage can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x bars" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's hard to tell what this stuff is for with it all tumbled into a
Floyd | heap like that. There are some metal bars, and some pulleys and
Floyd | things, and a lot of tangled cables connecting things together.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think 'reach' simplest guesses that the direct object, when omitted, is the one last referred to that is still present."
		Draconis says, "I suppose."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get on ladies'" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON LADIES'
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up onto the upside-down ladies' room garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "reachfor cord" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACHFOR CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "oops reach for" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OOPS REACH FOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, that can't be corrected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "reach for cord" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH FOR CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony (on the upside-down ladies' room garbage can)
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange box is sitting upside down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "reach for trapdoor" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH FOR TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "reach for outline" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH FOR OUTLINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "reach cord" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to reach the pull-cord with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "What's the noun again?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "trophy" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TROPHY
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bible Quiz Tournament trophy really isn't a suitable tool for
Floyd | opening the trapdoor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The coding for the box and waste cans are probably doubled objects, since one of each pair is a container and the other is a supporter, and no object can be both."
		Draconis says, "Ah, that would explain it."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a men's room garbage can
Floyd |   some glowing tissue paper
Floyd |   a Bible Quiz Tournament trophy
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a can of tomato soup
Floyd |   a can of pears
Floyd |   a can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food Product"
Floyd |   a can of cherry pie filling
Floyd |   a can of chicken soup
Floyd |   a can of peaches
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   an open can of tuna
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   a jam jar
Floyd |     some ectoplasm
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Wait, can't you just include both "has container" and "has supporter"?"
		DavidW says (to Draconis), "no, and that' I6 anyway."
		djfletch says, "I am betting there is a broom or mop or something in one of the dark storage rooms"
		Draconis asks (of DavidW), "Oh, is it because of the way the heirarchy is handled for each?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the upside-down ladies' room garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange box is sitting upside down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an upside-down ladies' room garbage can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But even in I6, you can't have both flags simultaneously without breaking something."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | No matter how high you jump, the pull-cord is still well out of your
Floyd | reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "jump over railing" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP OVER RAILING
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony, but that hasn't stopped someone from putting a potted
Floyd | plant in the corner. If you can avoid tripping over the plant, an
Floyd | archway to the west leads back out into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Draconis), "It's not a hierarchy issue."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x plant" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | The plant is a tiny potted palm. It's fake, but that's fair enough.
Floyd | It's not like there's enough light in here for a real palm tree to
Floyd | flourish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, it sorta is and isn't. I think it's complicated."
		Draconis says, "Fair enough."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb palm" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB PALM
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "push palm" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH PALM
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get palm" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PALM
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove the tripping hazard from the bottom of the balcony stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x palm" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PALM
Floyd |
Floyd | The plant is a tiny potted palm. It's fake, but that's fair enough.
Floyd | It's not like there's enough light in here for a real palm tree to
Floyd | flourish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "huh"
		Draconis asks, "Where are the storage rooms again?"
		djfletch asks, "does that mean we can make someone trip over it?"
		DavidW says, "Does that mean the can drop it somewhere to make ... timing"
		djfletch says, "I can drive there"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The hallway runs north into darkness. It's hard to tell how long it
Floyd | might be from here, though the Sunday School room to the east provides
Floyd | some light at this end. The plywood lighthouse, on the other hand,
Floyd | peacefully fails to provide any light. Behind the lighthouse and
Floyd | partially obscured by it is a mural of Jesus blessing the little
Floyd | children.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Thanks to the light filtering in from the south end of the hall, you
Floyd | can make out some kind of mural painted on the wall, but you can't
Floyd | tell what it's supposed to represent in the gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |

		djfletch says, "no lights this time"

Floyd | Which do you mean, the bluish blob, the indistinct smear, or the
Floyd | swathe of yellow?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x bluish" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLUISH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dark here to make out any details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a potted plant
Floyd |   a men's room garbage can
Floyd |   some glowing tissue paper
Floyd |   a Bible Quiz Tournament trophy
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a can of tomato soup
Floyd |   a can of pears
Floyd |   a can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food Product"
Floyd |   a can of cherry pie filling
Floyd |   a can of chicken soup
Floyd |   a can of peaches
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   an open can of tuna
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   a jam jar
Floyd |     some ectoplasm
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "wave glowing" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE GLOWING
Floyd |
Floyd | You look ridiculous waving the glowing tissue paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "hold glowing near mural" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOLD GLOWING NEAR MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hold the glowing tissue
Floyd | paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. I guess the glowing paper isn't bright enough as a lightsource."
		Doug says, "I started making a map: [LINK]
		djfletch says, "we can check in the really dark rooms"
		Draconis says, ""Access Denied""
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | It's almost completely dark. At least you can still see the light at
Floyd | the south end of the hallway. The rectangles to the east and west must
Floyd | be doorways to somewhere, but they're barely distinguishable from the
Floyd | walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "hm, really?"

Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your flailing about in the dark eventually discovers a door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | It's almost completely dark. At least you can still see the light at
Floyd | the south end of the hallway. The rectangles to the east and west must
Floyd | be doorways to somewhere, but they're barely distinguishable from the
Floyd | walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh, try now"
		djfletch asks, "so to the black light room to make it glow better?"
		Draconis says, "Works now, thanks."
		Doug says, "had to change the access so that anyone with the link can access."
		DavidW says, "I'm lost where we are now."
		Draconis says (to djfletch), "Sounds good."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Thanks to the light filtering in from the south end of the hall, you
Floyd | can make out some kind of mural painted on the wall, but you can't
Floyd | tell what it's supposed to represent in the gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat strolls in from the south and purrs at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Doesn't work for me."
		djfletch asks, "anything else to try with the cat while it's here?"
		Jacqueline | Sorry, the file you have requested does not exist.
		Doug says, "I see an anonymous fox and an anonymous hedgehog connected to this document."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I see why."
		Jacqueline says, "One sec."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, got it."
		Jacqueline says, "My browser had inserted a %20 at the spot where the URL had a line break from my mudclient."
		djfletch says, "you can put kitchen east of fellowship hall"
		djfletch says, "then you would have the same as me for that floor"
		Doug says, "oh right, kitchen"
		Doug asks, "I think anyone can edit?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop tuna" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP TUNA
Floyd |
Floyd | (the open can of tuna)
Floyd | You place the open can of tuna carefully on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat wanders off to the south, glancing back at you as if to check
Floyd | whether you're following.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "No, I'm view-only."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "follow cat" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLLOW CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (heading south)
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The hallway runs north into darkness. It's hard to tell how long it
Floyd | might be from here, though the Sunday School room to the east provides
Floyd | some light at this end. The plywood lighthouse, on the other hand,
Floyd | peacefully fails to provide any light. Behind the lighthouse and
Floyd | partially obscured by it is a mural of Jesus blessing the little
Floyd | children.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're still on the other side of the room when the cat scampers off
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "again" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (heading east)
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat wanders off to the north, glancing back at you as if to check
Floyd | whether you're following.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "again" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (heading north)
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat scampers up the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "again" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (heading up)
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're still on the other side of the room when the cat scampers off
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "again" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (heading south)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat wanders off to the west, glancing back at you as if to check
Floyd | whether you're following.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "again" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (heading west)
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat watches you for a moment, but runs off to the north before you
Floyd | can get near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "again" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (heading north)
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're still on the other side of the room when the cat scampers off
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "again" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (heading north)
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat watches you for a moment, but runs off to the north before you
Floyd | can get near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Okay, this is pointless."
		Draconis says, "Sorry."
		Draconis says, "But now I can run this through Trizbort."
		Doug says, "I thnk you can edit now"
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks for setting that up, Doug."
		Doug says, "sure. turned out to be easier than I thought"
		djfletch says, "it was worth trying the cat anyway"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I hadn't tried Google Docs Drawing before"
		DavidW says, "sorry, was afk for several turns there"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | Battered toys spill out of the toybox and across the floor, piling up
Floyd | in a corner of the room. Cupboards are mounted high on the walls, out
Floyd | of reach of tiny fingers, and an enormous blue recliner sits
Floyd | underneath them. It's already dark outside, and the doors west to the
Floyd | basement stairway and south to the youth room are dark as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sleeping bag is lying on a tidy patch of floor, ready for when
Floyd | you finish your investigation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon's makeshift bed doesn't look comfortable, but apparently she's
Floyd | fast asleep anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Youth Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Youth Room
Floyd | A large part of this room is taken up by a rickety ping pong table.
Floyd | Couches line the edges of the room, some of them close enough to the
Floyd | table that they're probably not safe to sit on if someone is actually
Floyd | playing ping pong. On the other hand, you can't see any ping pong bats
Floyd | anywhere, so maybe that's not an issue. In between the couches, doors
Floyd | lead north to the nursery, west to the Sunday School room, and south
Floyd | to the black light room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Light Room
Floyd | The black walls in here have been painted with Bible verses that glow
Floyd | underneath the UV lights. The couches are glowing, too; unsettlingly
Floyd | green. The door to the north, on the other hand, is barely visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | Propped up in one corner is a rough wooden cross.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a potted plant
Floyd |   a men's room garbage can
Floyd |   some glowing tissue paper
Floyd |   a Bible Quiz Tournament trophy
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a can of tomato soup
Floyd |   a can of pears
Floyd |   a can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food Product"
Floyd |   a can of cherry pie filling
Floyd |   a can of chicken soup
Floyd |   a can of peaches
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   a jam jar
Floyd |     some ectoplasm
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x tissue" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TISSUE
Floyd |
Floyd | This tissue was used to wipe up an eerie glowing substance, then
Floyd | thrown in a garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x small cross" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SMALL CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a nice little cross for a table. Nothing fancy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put tissue on light" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TISSUE ON LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the light switch or the blacklights?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put tissue on blacklights" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TISSUE ON BLACKLIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the blacklights would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "hold tissue under blacklights" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOLD TISSUE UNDER BLACKLIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hold the glowing tissue
Floyd | paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on blacklights" 		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "put paper under lights" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON BLACKLIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights are already on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PAPER UNDER LIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think these go together."
		djfletch says, "oh well"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell glowing" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL GLOWING
Floyd |
Floyd | (the glowing tissue paper)
Floyd | The tissue has a flat, stuffy scent that makes you want to sneeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lick it" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LICK IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You taste nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "taste it" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TASTE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You taste nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "it's weird that a glowing thing isn't a light source"
		DavidW says, "no, not if it's faint like a watch hand."
		Jacqueline says, "Fair enough."
		djfletch asks, "is it evidence maybe? being in the men's bathroom implies a man made fake ectoplasm there?"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps a glowstick broke and the paper was used to wipe up the luciferose or whatever it's called."
		djfletch says, "I suspect Casey because why would he write so much unless he was up to something"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "photograph tissue paper" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PHOTOGRAPH TISSUE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of the glowing tissue paper. The camera whirrs and
Floyd | vibrates and eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh definitely Casey is a prime suspect for shenanigans."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x photo of tissue" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO OF TISSUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the lighting in the photo makes it hard to tell that
Floyd | the tissue paper was glowing, but the tissue has an unnatural greenish
Floyd | tinge to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I thought we already had a photo of that."
		djfletch says, "oh maybe"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a potted plant
Floyd |   a men's room garbage can
Floyd |   some glowing tissue paper
Floyd |   a Bible Quiz Tournament trophy
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a can of tomato soup
Floyd |   a can of pears
Floyd |   a can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food Product"
Floyd |   a can of cherry pie filling
Floyd |   a can of chicken soup
Floyd |   a can of peaches
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   a jam jar
Floyd |     some ectoplasm
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x photos" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTOS
Floyd |
Floyd | You're holding ten photos:
Floyd |   two photos of the glowing tissue paper
Floyd |   a photo of the ghostly figure floating in the air
Floyd |   a photo of the model church
Floyd |   a photo of the ladies' room mirrors
Floyd |   a photo of darkness
Floyd |   a photo of the flickering lights
Floyd |   a photo of you taking a photo of yourself
Floyd |   a photo of the bird cage
Floyd |   a photo of the cat looking through the window
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, heh."
		djfletch says, "nice"
		DavidW says, "Clever to make the photos a single object."
		Draconis says, "Definitely."
		Draconis asks, "Is the source released?"
		djfletch says, "anyway I have no more ideas except to go in the secret passage"
		DavidW says, "I missed the url for the map."
		djfletch says, "oh unless we can use the potted plant as a reachy thing, but it doesn't seem very likely"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x cage" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The curving faux-wrought-iron bars and caked-on "rust" identify this
Floyd | as one of the non-functioning, overpriced decorations which are so
Floyd | popular in craft stores. What does a Sunday School need with a bird
Floyd | cage?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "put tissue in cage" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TISSUE IN CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The bird cage seems to be welded closed. It must be purely decorative.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do the flagpoles have hooks?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "look up tissue" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP TISSUE
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but it looks like Casey didn't have
Floyd | anything to say about the glowing tissue paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Gee, I wonder why."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Light Room
Floyd | The black walls in here have been painted with Bible verses that glow
Floyd | underneath the UV lights. The couches are glowing, too; unsettlingly
Floyd | green. The door to the north, on the other hand, is barely visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | Propped up in one corner is a rough wooden cross.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x couches" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COUCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | The black lights reveal several glowing stains on the couches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read bible verses" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BIBLE VERSES
Floyd |
Floyd | There are maybe a dozen different verses, painted in different
Floyd | UV-sensitive colors, but one in particular demands your attention:
Floyd |
Floyd | For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal
Floyd | life.
Floyd |
Floyd | It should be "The wages of sin are death."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search couches" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH COUCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd rather not touch the couches. In fact, you'd rather not even get
Floyd | too close to them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x can opener" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAN OPENER
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a small amount of tuna residue on the can opener.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stains" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | The black lights reveal several glowing stains on the couches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x stains" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | The black lights reveal several glowing stains on the couches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ok, I think the map is complete-ish now"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "compare stains to paper" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMPARE STAINS TO PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "url?"
		Doug | [LINK]
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x verses" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VERSES
Floyd |
Floyd | There are maybe a dozen different verses, painted in different
Floyd | UV-sensitive colors, but one in particular demands your attention:
Floyd |
Floyd | For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal
Floyd | life.
Floyd |
Floyd | It should be "The wages of sin are death."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

	
Draconis says (to Floyd), "correct verses" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CORRECT VERSES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a potted plant
Floyd |   a men's room garbage can
Floyd |   some glowing tissue paper
Floyd |   a Bible Quiz Tournament trophy
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a can of tomato soup
Floyd |   a can of pears
Floyd |   a can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food Product"
Floyd |   a can of cherry pie filling
Floyd |   a can of chicken soup
Floyd |   a can of peaches
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   a jam jar
Floyd |     some ectoplasm
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x ectoplasm" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ECTOPLASM
Floyd |
Floyd | The ectoplasm is pale gray, thick and gooey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up blacklight" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Make-Out Room
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "look at ectoplasm under blacklights" 		

Floyd | > LOOK UP BLACKLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Yes! This room! So, Patrick the youth leader got us together a few
Floyd | years ago and had us paint the walls of this room black, and then
Floyd | paint Bible verses on it, and then install black lights instead of
Floyd | normal lights, so it would look like a Christian rave or whatever. And
Floyd | I mean it looks fairly cool, I guess.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But when you have a dark room, with purple lights, and a bunch of
Floyd | couches, and then you invite teenagers into the room and leave them in
Floyd | that room unattended, what happens is, the teenagers will use that
Floyd | room for what Patrick the youth leader calls 'heavy petting'.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So that's why this room is called the Black Light Make-Out Room."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Black Light Make-Out Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT ECTOPLASM UNDER BLACKLIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Wait, I just realized the tissue can't really relate to the ectoplasm."
		DavidW says, "I don't think it's called the Black Light Make-Out Room."
		Draconis says, "This ectplasm doesn't glow."
		Draconis says, "*ectoplasm"
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Make-Out Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Light Make-Out Room
Floyd | The black walls in here have been painted with Bible verses that glow
Floyd | underneath the UV lights. The couches are glowing, too; unsettlingly
Floyd | green. The door to the north, on the other hand, is barely visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | Propped up in one corner is a rough wooden cross.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, it is."
		Draconis says, "It changed when you looked it up."
		Doug says, "it changed its name when.. yeah"
		DavidW says, "yowza"
		DavidW asks, "Are those make-out stains on the couch, then?"
Tigrita arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "put tissue on couch" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Make-Out Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TISSUE ON COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd rather not touch the couches. In fact, you'd rather not even get
Floyd | too close to them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I think your map all matches mine, except I have one more dark hallway room north of the one with the east-west exits"
Draconis says (to Tigrita), "Hello." 		DavidW says, "hi Tigrita"
		Doug says, "ah, right"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "But people would never make out in God's house!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "This is all quite scandalous!"
		DavidW says, "Also, the exit to the building is south of Narthex."
		Draconis says (to Jacqueline), "Apparently they did."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x cross" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Make-Out Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small white cross)
Floyd | This is a nice little cross for a table. Nothing fancy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says (to DavidW), "useful in case we have to flee in terror later."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "take cross" 		

Floyd ]  Black Light Make-Out Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small white cross)
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, did we ever check out the back room's north passage?"
		Draconis says, "I don't remember."
		djfletch says, "not yet"
		Draconis says, "Let's try it."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "n.w.n.u." 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N.W.N.U.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Youth Room
Floyd | A large part of this room is taken up by a rickety ping pong table.
Floyd | Couches line the edges of the room, some of them close enough to the
Floyd | table that they're probably not safe to sit on if someone is actually
Floyd | playing ping pong. On the other hand, you can't see any ping pong bats
Floyd | anywhere, so maybe that's not an issue. In between the couches, doors
Floyd | lead north to the nursery, west to the Sunday School room, and south
Floyd | to the black light make-out room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "also, this cross reminds me there was one with barbed wire on it somewhere"
		djfletch says, "which maybe we could make into a hook"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "s.w.n.n.n.n." 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.W.N.N.N.N.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south, or try the sliding door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the sliding door you find a steep, narrow flight of stairs with
Floyd | no handrail. You walk down them slowly, not wanting to miss your
Floyd | footing in the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | You could hardly call this a room. It's just a long, musty, narrow
Floyd | space behind a wall. At one end, a flight of stairs runs up to the
Floyd | room behind the altar; at the other end a heavy door leads out to the
Floyd | south. In between them, a fuse box is mounted on the wall, its metal
Floyd | door hanging open to reveal a row of switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cheap-looking mirror, a black sphere and some black cloth are lying
Floyd | in a heap on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "barbed wire?"
		DavidW says, "I don't remember any barbed wire."
		djfletch says, "a crown of thorns on a cross somewhere I think said it was made of barbed wire"
		djfletch says, "unless it just said it looked like that"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x fuse box" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FUSE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone left the fuse box door hanging open, showing a neat row of red
Floyd | switches. Most are in the on position, but one, marked "WEST
Floyd | BASEMENT", is off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "flip basement on" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP BASEMENT ON
Floyd |
Floyd | You flick the last switch into the ON position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "Now let's see if that worked!" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOW LET'S SEE IF THAT WORKED!
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita picks up an entire basement and flips it 		Draconis says, "Sorry. Now let's see if that worked!"
		DavidW says, "It should."
Tigrita asks, "so we're in some kind of church?" 		Draconis says (to Tigrita), "There's a map on Googledocs. [LINK]
		DavidW says (to Tigrita), "yes. Speak on channel, please."
		Draconis says (to Tigrita), "And yes. We're ghosthunting."
		DavidW says, "We're playing Robin & Orchid."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cloth" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | Thick, heavy black cloth of some kind—a curtain or something, maybe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sphere" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPHERE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a black metal ball with numerous round glass panels set into it.
Floyd | Turning it over, you notice that it's heavyish and slightly warm to
Floyd | the touch. Your fingers also find a small button on the top? base?
Floyd | side? of the sphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get sphere" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SPHERE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get cloth" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CLOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The button clicks, and blue light streams from the glass panels on the
Floyd | sphere, reflecting off the cheap-looking mirror and scattering across
Floyd | the walls and ceiling. This must be one of those party light sphere
Floyd | things that are supposed to make your house look like a nightclub or
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "whoa, magic doodad"
		Draconis says, "Ooh, lightsource!"
		Draconis says, "Well, also magic, I guess."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some black cloth
Floyd |   a party light sphere (glowing)
Floyd |   a potted plant
Floyd |   a men's room garbage can
Floyd |   some glowing tissue paper
Floyd |   a Bible Quiz Tournament trophy
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a can of tomato soup
Floyd |   a can of pears
Floyd |   a can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food Product"
Floyd |   a can of cherry pie filling
Floyd |   a can of chicken soup
Floyd |   a can of peaches
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   a jam jar
Floyd |     some ectoplasm
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "But the light is the important part."
		Doug says, "okay maybe not magic"
		DavidW asks, "well, we already turned the lights on in the basement, no?"
		Draconis says, "Maybe."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | The mirror is large-ish, but the frame is just cheap fake-wood-grain
Floyd | plastic and the glass (is it actually glass?) is slightly warped.
Floyd | Judging by the Goodwill price sticker on the frame, its previous owner
Floyd | didn't think much of it either.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "s.s.s.s.e.n.d." 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.S.S.S.E.N.D.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the heavy door)
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here at a heavy door to the north. A huge mural of David
Floyd | fighting Goliath adorns the west wall, but it's marred by a streak of
Floyd | gray gunk clinging to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Echoing footsteps draw your attention to a figure walking down the
Floyd | south end of the hallway, but whoever it is goes into the Sunday
Floyd | School room before you can see their face.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A huge rainbow arches across the wall in this part of the hallway.
Floyd | Underneath it, a door leads west, with an identical door opposite on
Floyd | the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The hallway continues to run north and south. The wall here is taken
Floyd | up by a mural of a beached whale and a man lying on the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an open can of tuna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The hallway runs north, past the plywood lighthouse, all the way up to
Floyd | the door to the tunnel. A doorway to the east leads into the Sunday
Floyd | School room, and on the wall opposite it is the mural of Jesus
Floyd | blessing the little children.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head north to the boiler room, south to the
Floyd | Sunday School room, east to the nursery, and up to the main floor
Floyd | stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "WAIT"
		Draconis says, "Sorry."
		DavidW says, "We missed footsteps"
		Draconis says, "Let's see...to get back it would be..."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x tissue paper" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TISSUE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | This tissue was used to wipe up an eerie glowing substance, then
Floyd | thrown in a garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "u.s.w.n." 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U.S.W.N.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The figure went into the Sunday School Room"
		DavidW says, "geezus."
		DavidW asks, "Can we move slower please?"
		Draconis says, "Sorry."
		Draconis says, "Wait, we were just in the Sunday School room."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The church is silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, no multiple moves at one prompt, please."
		Draconis says, "Damn."
		Draconis says, "Sorry."
		Jacqueline says, "We could undo if we need to."
		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "No worries, just letting you know."
		DavidW says, "It's far too late to chase after an event that happened 30 turns ago."
		Draconis says, "That might be best."
		Draconis asks, "How far can Floyd undo?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "It's not 30 turns ago."
		Jacqueline says, "We can undo quite a few."
		DavidW says, "Close enought to 30"
Tigrita asks, "are we an exorcist or what?" 		Draconis says (to Tigrita), "Just a student of some sort."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x stained glass" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STAINED GLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the designs are purely abstract, but you notice a dove, a
Floyd | lion, a lamb, and what looks like an elk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Tigrita), "Channel please. No, we're a kid photographer."
		Draconis asks, "Should we start to undo now?"
		* Tigrita has joined the channel.
		Draconis says, "I'm going to step back for a minute."
		DavidW says (to Draconis), "no, but I completely TOTALLY missed everything."
		Jacqueline asks, "Well, what did we miss, specificallky? A figure?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Okay, he feels bad already and you've made your point."
		DavidW says, "It's in scrollback,."
		Jacqueline says, "Let's just figure out where we're going from here."
Tigrita asks, "so what's been going on in the game?" 		
Tigrita says, "oh for frigs sake, ilac" 		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, I scrolled back, but didn't see what was missed."
		Tigrita asks, "so what's been going on in the game?"
		Doug says, "mostly just exploring and picking stuff up. and taking photos of 'paranormal activity'"
		Jacqueline says (to Tigrita), "You can @recap #toyshop 1500 or some crazy big number to read all of what's transpired."
		Doug says, "now that we turned the basement lights on, we can explore the hallway some more"
		Draconis says (to Jacqueline), "IIRC the max is 1000."
		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "Nope."
		Jacqueline says, "Not even close."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x photos" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTOS
Floyd |
Floyd | You're holding ten photos:
Floyd |   two photos of the glowing tissue paper
Floyd |   a photo of the ghostly figure floating in the air
Floyd |   a photo of the model church
Floyd |   a photo of the ladies' room mirrors
Floyd |   a photo of darkness
Floyd |   a photo of the flickering lights
Floyd |   a photo of you taking a photo of yourself
Floyd |   a photo of the bird cage
Floyd |   a photo of the cat looking through the window
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we should explore the hallway more, yes. But fill in Tigrita more first."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Let's just move forward. Explore the hallway."
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south, or try the sliding door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x photo of me" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO OF ME

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | It turns out it's not that easy taking a photo of yourself with a
Floyd | Polaroid camera. The picture came out slightly blurry; you're not sure
Floyd | if it's because you weren't holding the camera still, or because it
Floyd | was too close to your face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | You could hardly call this a room. It's just a long, musty, narrow
Floyd | space behind a wall. At one end, a flight of stairs runs up to the
Floyd | room behind the altar; at the other end a heavy door leads out to the
Floyd | south. In between them, a fuse box is mounted on the wall, its metal
Floyd | door hanging open to reveal a row of switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a cheap-looking mirror here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "And maybe go slower so she can read it.,"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | The mirror is large-ish, but the frame is just cheap fake-wood-grain
Floyd | plastic and the glass (is it actually glass?) is slightly warped.
Floyd | Judging by the Goodwill price sticker on the frame, its previous owner
Floyd | didn't think much of it either.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "If you want to do a quick summary we can, but to be fair, she's here nearly four hours into the game."
		Tigrita says, "don't worry about me, i am a text-skimming ninja"
		Jacqueline says, "..her"
		Jacqueline says, "er, heh"
		Draconis says, "I can pastebin my logs so far."
		Jacqueline says, "I could post the whole thing, if you guys want that."
		Doug says, "ooh, we could look at the mirror in the bathroom mirror and see infinity!!"
		Jacqueline says, "One sec."
		Doug says, "or not."
		Tigrita asks, "i think i get the gist, we're a paranormal investigator in a church?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here at a heavy door to the north. A huge mural of David
Floyd | fighting Goliath adorns the west wall, but it's marred by a streak of
Floyd | gray gunk clinging to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, David or the giant?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x david" 		

Floyd ]  End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DAVID
Floyd |
Floyd | David stands poised, ready to sling a stone at Goliath. The mural
Floyd | makes him look like a ten-year-old. You can't really remember the the
Floyd | details of the story now, but surely he'd have to be a bit older than
Floyd | that before he was allowed to do battle with giants.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Tigirita), "Our character's name is Robin. A classmate named Orchid is somewhere exploring too, and a school teacher named Sharon is sleeping in the basement."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x gunk" 		

Floyd ]  End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | The ectoplasm is pale gray, thick and gooey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says (to Tigrita), "yeah, we're a girl working for the local newspaper doing a story on ghosts in the church"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x goliath" 		

Floyd ]  End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GOLIATH
Floyd |
Floyd | Goliath is stooping slightly to avoid hitting his head on the ceiling
Floyd | of the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Is this the same as the ectoplasm we already found?"
		DavidW says, "We have oodles of notes from Casey. I forget who he or she is exactly,."
		Doug says (to Tigrita), "you can LOOK UP stuff to read about stuff in the newspaper editor Casey's notes"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "look up david" 		

Floyd ]  End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP DAVID
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | volunteered to paint a mural in the basement, and Patrick the youth
Floyd | leader gave me permission, so I painted a mural of the Four Beasts
Floyd | (the man and the lion and the ox and the eagle) and it was a GREAT
Floyd | MURAL but once they saw it they went ahead and covered it up with
Floyd | JONAH."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline | [LINK IS NOW DEAD]
Doug says (to Floyd), "put gunk in jar" 		

Floyd ]  End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GUNK IN JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You've already taken a sample of the ectoplasm; that should be
Floyd | sufficient.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "When we think we have enough evidence for our story, we're to go to sleep on our cot."
		djfletch says, "I think the thing we missed before was this: "Echoing footsteps draw your attention to a figure walking down the south end of the hallway, but whoever it is goes into the Sunday School room before you can see their face.""
		Draconis says, "That was it."
		DavidW says, "yes, that was what I saw."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no writing on the door, but it could hardly say KEEP OUT more
Floyd | clearly if there were.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "But then we went straight to the Sunday School Room and it was empty."
		Draconis says, "Accidentially, but still."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A huge rainbow arches across the wall in this part of the hallway.
Floyd | Underneath it, a door leads west, with an identical door opposite on
Floyd | the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess we were too far away to pursue, regardless."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x rainbow" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAINBOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The rainbow is painted in a bright, cartoony style, with thin black
Floyd | lines between each of the colors. Unfortunately whoever painted it put
Floyd | the indigo and violet stripes in the wrong order.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "Roy G. Bvi"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x violet" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VIOLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up rainbow" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP RAINBOW
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | volunteered to paint a mural in the basement, and Patrick the youth
Floyd | leader gave me permission, so I painted a mural of the Four Beasts
Floyd | (the man and the lion and the ox and the eagle) and it was a GREAT
Floyd | MURAL but once they saw it they went ahead and covered it up with
Floyd | JONAH."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "So it's probably not too important."
		djfletch says, "have we photographed the mirror and sphere yet? They would be evidence of making fake blue lights."
		Doug says, "lots of ways to get to JONAH."
		DavidW asks, "Which of the three 'Hallway' locations is this?"
		Doug says, "this is the one with the east and west exits"
		Doug says, "which we haven't entered in the light yet."
		Draconis says (to djfletch), "Ooh, clever."
		DavidW says, "thanks"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "photograph sphere" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PHOTOGRAPH SPHERE

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of the party light sphere. The camera whirrs and
Floyd | vibrates and eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A huge rainbow arches across the wall in this part of the hallway.
Floyd | Underneath it, a door leads west, with an identical door opposite on
Floyd | the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage West
Floyd | You can see a manger (empty), a huge stack of plastic chairs, a tin of
Floyd | half-used crayons, a pile of tiny hempen robes, a shepherd's crook,
Floyd | several big cloth signs, a tricycle, an unopened packet of
Floyd | marshmallows, an exercise ball, some paper streamer chains, and a door
Floyd | leading out to the hall here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Shepherd's crook?"
		Doug says, "lotsa junk!"
		Draconis says, "Sounds like the right chape to open the trapdoor!"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get crook" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CROOK

		DavidW says (to Draconis), "good call."

Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "yep"

Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden pole with a large hook at one end. Presumably this is for the
Floyd | Christmas play. Judging by its size, the shepherds are played by
Floyd | children.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x manger" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MANGER
Floyd |
Floyd | This is clearly a manger from a Nativity scene—some wisps of hay are
Floyd | still caught in the corners. But baby Jesus is nowhere to be seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x signs" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGNS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see that there's text printed on them, but as they're rolled
Floyd | up, you can't read them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x signs" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGNS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see that there's text printed on them, but as they're rolled
Floyd | up, you can't read them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "unroll" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the glowing tissue paper)
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "unroll signs" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNROLL SIGNS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no room to unroll them in here, and anyway you'd never be able
Floyd | to roll them up again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get signs" 		djfletch says, "oh no the ghost has stolen Jesus"

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SIGNS
Floyd |
Floyd | You start to pick up one of the signs, but it slips through your hands
Floyd | and starts to unroll, so you quickly push it back into place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "hmph"
		Draconis asks, "Did we check east?"
		Doug says, "not yet"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "x marshmallows" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MARSHMALLOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | The best before date is smudged, but judging by the layer of dust on
Floyd | the packet you suspect they're well past it by now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ghost poo"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ball" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the party light sphere)
Floyd | It's one of those party light sphere things, a black metal ball with
Floyd | bright blue light glowing out of the glass panels set into it. Turning
Floyd | it over, you notice that it's heavyish and slightly warm to the touch.
Floyd | Your fingers also find a small button on the top? base? side? of the
Floyd | sphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x exercise ball" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EXERCISE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge neon pink exercise ball. Some church member is into yoga?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "roll exercise ball east" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROLL EXERCISE BALL EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "push exercise ball east" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH EXERCISE BALL EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | The ball doesn't roll very far before bumping up against some of the
Floyd | other junk in the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ah wel"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get on ball" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the party light sphere)
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get on exercise" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON EXERCISE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ride tricycle" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIDE TRICYCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The tricycle creaks under your weight, so you quickly get off it
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "search junk" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x robe" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROBE

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The robes could only be worn by children, but they could represent any
Floyd | number of Bible characters. They've been tossed on the floor in a
Floyd | pitiable heap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage West
Floyd | You can see a manger (empty), a huge stack of plastic chairs, a tin of
Floyd | half-used crayons, a pile of tiny hempen robes, several big cloth
Floyd | signs, a tricycle, an unopened packet of marshmallows, an exercise
Floyd | ball, some paper streamer chains, and a door leading out to the hall
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "search room" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | The men's room garbage can is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think the crook is the prize of the room."
Doug says (to Floyd), "get robes" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROBES
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the robes, but only to fold them neatly and put them back
Floyd | in a tidier pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tigrita asks, "shall we be off?"
		Doug says, "hooray tidier"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x robes" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROBES
Floyd |
Floyd | The robes could only be worn by children, but they could represent any
Floyd | number of Bible characters. They have been folded and stacked up
Floyd | neatly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x chains" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | Colorful chains made out of paper streamers, like you might use as
Floyd | decorations for a kid's birthday party. The links are all different
Floyd | sizes, and there doesn't seem to be any pattern to the choice of
Floyd | colors. At a guess, you'd say the Sunday School children made these.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes, I think we should check out the other room."
		Doug says, "yeah."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A huge rainbow arches across the wall in this part of the hallway.
Floyd | Underneath it, a door leads west, with an identical door opposite on
Floyd | the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage East
Floyd | This place is a mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | A series of rickety shelves mounted to the north wall have failed to
Floyd | put the room into any kind of order. For some reason, there's nothing
Floyd | on the lowest shelf, even though there's stuff everywhere else. Near
Floyd | the shelves is a sturdy cabinet, maybe three feet tall. In front of
Floyd | the cabinet and blocking the lower two-thirds of its door stands a
Floyd | huge amplifier. A plywood Noah's Ark and a plywood Ark of the Covenant
Floyd | are sitting on the floor by the cabinet. There's a case labelled
Floyd | "HANDBELLS" on the Ark of the Covenant.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can just make out a container of some kind on the very top shelf,
Floyd | glistening strangely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x glistening" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLISTENING
Floyd |
Floyd | The glistening container is up on top of the wall shelves; you can't
Floyd | get a look at it from your current height.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ark" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the plywood Noah's Ark or the plywood Ark of the
Floyd | Covenant?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "stand on shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | The shelves wouldn't support your weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x all arks" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL ARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "drop can" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the glistening container, the men's room garbage
Floyd | can, the men's room garbage can, the can of tomato soup, the can of
Floyd | pears, the can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food Product", the can of
Floyd | cherry pie filling, the can of chicken soup, or the can of peaches?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "drop men's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP MEN'S
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the men's room garbage can carefully on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x noah's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOAH'S
Floyd |
Floyd | The whole thing is made out of plywood, but smaller planks of wood
Floyd | have been painted on the sides to give the vague impression of a
Floyd | giant, rectangular seafaring vessel. It's two feet tall, two feet
Floyd | deep, and maybe four feet long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "flip can" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the men's room garbage can, the men's room garbage
Floyd | can, the glistening container, the can of tomato soup, the can of
Floyd | pears, the can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food Product", the can of
Floyd | cherry pie filling, the can of chicken soup, or the can of peaches?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "flip men's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP MEN'S
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the men's room garbage can upside down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ark of the covenant" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARK OF THE COVENANT
Floyd |
Floyd | This wooden box has been spraypainted gold and detailed with glitter
Floyd | markers in an attempt to convey that this is an object of great value.
Floyd | It's two feet tall, two feet deep, and maybe four feet long.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the plywood Ark of the Covenant is a case labelled "HANDBELLS".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand on men's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON MEN'S
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up onto the upside-down men's room garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x glistening" 		Tigrita asks, "why, cans, why the ambiguity?"

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLISTENING
Floyd |
Floyd | The glistening container is up on top of the wall shelves; you can't
Floyd | get a look at it from your current height.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Where did we leave that box?"
Tigrita says (to floyd), "take glistening" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GLISTENING
Floyd |
Floyd | The glistening container is up on top of the wall shelves; you can't
Floyd | reach it from your current position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The trolley might be of use now."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the upside-down men's room garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage East
Floyd | This place is a mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | A series of rickety shelves mounted to the north wall have failed to
Floyd | put the room into any kind of order. For some reason, there's nothing
Floyd | on the lowest shelf, even though there's stuff everywhere else. Near
Floyd | the shelves is a sturdy cabinet, maybe three feet tall. In front of
Floyd | the cabinet and blocking the lower two-thirds of its door stands a
Floyd | huge amplifier. A plywood Noah's Ark and a plywood Ark of the Covenant
Floyd | are sitting on the floor by the cabinet. There's a case labelled
Floyd | "HANDBELLS" on the Ark of the Covenant.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can just make out a container of some kind on the very top shelf,
Floyd | glistening strangely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an upside-down men's room garbage can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "open handbells" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN HANDBELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the case, revealing numerous handbell-shaped depressions in
Floyd | the velvet lining. No handbells here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Oh, right, we're in the basement."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "push men's to shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH MEN'S TO SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x handbells" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HANDBELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | The case is made of tough black plastic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "the case of the missing handbells and baby jesus"
		DavidW says, "fiendish"
		Draconis says, "And glowing tissues."
		Doug asks, "so maybe someone took whatever was on the lowest shelf?"
		DavidW says, "It's either the cat, Patrick, or Casey."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x amplifier" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AMPLIFIER

		Draconis says, "Or Orchid."

Floyd |
Floyd | This thing is much too big, and probably much too loud, for this
Floyd | church. That's probably why it's down here collecting dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | The amplifier is about two feet tall.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat strolls in from the west and mews at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "give tuna to cat" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE TUNA TO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tigrita says, "maybe someone just has radioactive snot"
		DavidW says, "hello, object with a height description."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand on amplifier" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON AMPLIFIER
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb up onto the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're still on the other side of the room when the cat scampers off
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Tigrita), "hee"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get glistening" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET GLISTENING
Floyd |
Floyd | The glistening container is up on top of the wall shelves; you can't
Floyd | reach it from your current height.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh, we dropped the tuna"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage East
Floyd | This place is a mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | A series of rickety shelves mounted to the north wall have failed to
Floyd | put the room into any kind of order. For some reason, there's nothing
Floyd | on the lowest shelf, even though there's stuff everywhere else. Near
Floyd | the shelves is a sturdy cabinet, maybe three feet tall. In front of
Floyd | the cabinet and blocking the lower two-thirds of its door stands a
Floyd | huge amplifier. A plywood Noah's Ark and a plywood Ark of the Covenant
Floyd | are sitting on the floor by the cabinet. There's a case labelled
Floyd | "HANDBELLS" on the Ark of the Covenant.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can just make out a container of some kind on the very top shelf,
Floyd | glistening strangely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an upside-down men's room garbage can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "put can on amp" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CAN ON AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the can of tomato soup, the can of pears, the can
Floyd | of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food Product", the can of cherry pie
Floyd | filling, the can of chicken soup, the can of peaches, the upside-down
Floyd | men's room garbage can, the upside-down men's room garbage can, or the
Floyd | glistening container?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, the tuna is in some faraway room now. The STOLEN tuna."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "men's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MEN'S
Floyd |
Floyd | (the upside-down men's room garbage can on the amplifier)
Floyd | (first taking the upside-down men's room garbage can)
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the upside-down men's room garbage can on the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand on men's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON MEN'S
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not sure that it's safe to climb onto the upside-down men's
Floyd | room garbage can while it's on the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "reach glistening with crook" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH GLISTENING WITH CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | The glistening container is up on top of the wall shelves; even if you
Floyd | could reach it with the crook, the most you could do is knock it off
Floyd | onto the floor and make a huge mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "put noah's ark on ark of the covenant" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT NOAH'S ARK ON ARK OF THE COVENANT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the plywood Noah's Ark)
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft up the plywood Noah's Ark.
Floyd |
Floyd | The plywood Noah's Ark is too large to fit on the plywood Ark of the
Floyd | Covenant while the case labelled "HANDBELLS" is still on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get handbells" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HANDBELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too awkward to pick up the case labelled "HANDBELLS" while you're
Floyd | still holding the plywood Noah's Ark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "put other ark on ark" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT OTHER ARK ON ARK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the plywood Noah's Ark on the plywood Ark of the Covenant)
Floyd | The plywood Noah's Ark is too large to fit on the plywood Ark of the
Floyd | Covenant while the case labelled "HANDBELLS" is still on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "drop noah's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP NOAH'S
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the plywood Noah's Ark carefully on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "haha"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get handbells" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HANDBELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft up the case labelled "HANDBELLS".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tigrita says, "arkception"
		DavidW says, "The case sounds sturdy."
Doug says (to Floyd), "put ark on other ark" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ARK ON OTHER ARK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the plywood Noah's Ark or the plywood Ark of the
Floyd | Covenant?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ark" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the plywood Noah's Ark or the plywood Ark of the
Floyd | Covenant?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "hee"
		djfletch asks, "wasn't there an Indiana Jones film where they opened the ark of the convenant and everyone died?"
		Draconis says (to djfletch), "The first one."
		Doug says, "put ark of the covenant on noah's ark"
Doug says (to Floyd), "put ark of the covenant on noah's ark" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ARK OF THE COVENANT ON NOAH'S ARK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the plywood Ark of the Covenant)
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too awkward to pick up the plywood Ark of the Covenant while
Floyd | you're still holding the case labelled "HANDBELLS".
Floyd | You need to be holding the plywood Ark of the Covenant before you can
Floyd | put it on top of something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "drop handbells" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP HANDBELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't just drop the case labelled "HANDBELLS" on the floor. What
Floyd | if someone steps on it or trips over it?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think it's time for more snacks."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "put handbells on amp" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HANDBELLS ON AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the case labelled "HANDBELLS" on the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "drop ark" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ARK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the plywood Noah's Ark or the plywood Ark of the
Floyd | Covenant?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "both" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | plywood Noah's Ark: The plywood Noah's Ark is already here.
Floyd | plywood Ark of the Covenant: The plywood Ark of the Covenant is
Floyd | already here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "put noah's on covenant" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT NOAH'S ON COVENANT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the plywood Noah's Ark)
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft up the plywood Noah's Ark.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the plywood Noah's Ark on the plywood Ark of the Covenant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "wow, that worked"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand on noah's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON NOAH'S
Floyd |
Floyd | The plywood Noah's Ark is too tall for you to climb up on top of it
Floyd | safely from your current position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "wait, we weren't carrying them? weird"
		Tigrita asks, "are we there yet?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get on amp" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a case labelled "HANDBELLS" and an upside-down men's room
Floyd | garbage can on top of the amplifier; you'll have to clear it off
Floyd | before you climb up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get men't" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET MEN'T
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "clear it off" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAR IT OFF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "stand on covenant" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON COVENANT
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a plywood Noah's Ark on top of the plywood Ark of the
Floyd | Covenant; you'll have to clear it off before you climb up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get men's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET MEN'S
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "drop men's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP MEN'S
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the upside-down men's room garbage can carefully on the
Floyd | floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "clear ark of the covenant" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAR ARK OF THE COVENANT
Floyd |
Floyd | If you need to move the plywood Ark of the Covenant, you'd be better
Floyd | off picking it up and putting it where you want it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, are we building steps?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get on amp" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a case labelled "HANDBELLS" on top of the amplifier; you'll
Floyd | have to clear it off before you climb up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "You are making me feel slightly old. Please refrain from asking if there was once a Star Wars movie where people had swords made of light."
Doug says (to Floyd), "get handbells" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HANDBELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft up the case labelled "HANDBELLS".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "put handbells on floor" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HANDBELLS ON FLOOR
Floyd |

		Draconis says (to Jacqueline), "Sorry."

Floyd | You can't just drop the case labelled "HANDBELLS" on the floor. What
Floyd | if someone steps on it or trips over it?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage East
Floyd | This place is a mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | A series of rickety shelves mounted to the north wall have failed to
Floyd | put the room into any kind of order. For some reason, there's nothing
Floyd | on the lowest shelf, even though there's stuff everywhere else. Near
Floyd | the shelves is a sturdy cabinet, maybe three feet tall. In front of
Floyd | the cabinet and blocking the lower two-thirds of its door stands a
Floyd | huge amplifier. A plywood Ark of the Covenant is sitting on the floor
Floyd | by the cabinet, with a plywood Noah's Ark on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can just make out a container of some kind on the very top shelf,
Floyd | glistening strangely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an upside-down men's room garbage can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on noah's ark" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON NOAH'S ARK
Floyd |
Floyd | The plywood Noah's Ark is too tall for you to climb up on top of it
Floyd | safely from your current position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on other ark" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON OTHER ARK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the plywood Noah's Ark)
Floyd | The plywood Noah's Ark is too tall for you to climb up on top of it
Floyd | safely from your current position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "(That was a joke!)"
		Jacqueline smiles at Draconis.
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on ark of the covenant" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON ARK OF THE COVENANT
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a plywood Noah's Ark on top of the plywood Ark of the
Floyd | Covenant; you'll have to clear it off before you climb up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "sigh."
		DavidW says, "Stand on the amp THEN stand on Noah's"
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on amp" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't climb up onto the amplifier while you're holding the case
Floyd | labelled "HANDBELLS", it's too big and awkward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "I tried, we need to move the handbells."
		Draconis says, "And we can't drop them."
Doug says (to Floyd), "put handbells on ark of the covenant" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HANDBELLS ON ARK OF THE COVENANT
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no room for the case labelled "HANDBELLS" on the plywood Ark
Floyd | of the Covenant while the plywood Noah's Ark is on the plywood Ark of
Floyd | the Covenant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well put them on the lower shelf or something"
		Tigrita asks, "have we tried going from the garbage onto noah's?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "put handbells on noah's ark" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HANDBELLS ON NOAH'S ARK
Floyd |
Floyd | Stacking the case labelled "HANDBELLS" on the plywood Noah's Ark on
Floyd | the plywood Ark of the Covenant? On second thoughts, piling things
Floyd | that high seems a bit dangerous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "put handbells on shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HANDBELLS ON SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the case labelled "HANDBELLS" on the lowest shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "yay"
		Draconis says, "Oh."
		Draconis says, "That was easy."
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on amp" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb up onto the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand on amp" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already standing on the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on ark of the covenant" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON ARK OF THE COVENANT
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a plywood Noah's Ark on top of the plywood Ark of the
Floyd | Covenant; you'll have to clear it off before you climb up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand on noah's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON NOAH'S
Floyd |
Floyd | The plywood Noah's Ark is too tall for you to climb up on top of it
Floyd | safely, even though you're on the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "dangit."
Tigrita says (to floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage East
Floyd | This place is a mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | A series of rickety shelves mounted to the north wall have failed to
Floyd | put the room into any kind of order. On the lowest shelf is a case
Floyd | labelled "HANDBELLS". Near the shelves is a sturdy cabinet, maybe
Floyd | three feet tall. In front of the cabinet and blocking the lower
Floyd | two-thirds of its door stands a huge amplifier. A plywood Ark of the
Floyd | Covenant is sitting on the floor by the cabinet, with a plywood Noah's
Floyd | Ark on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can just make out a container of some kind on the very top shelf,
Floyd | glistening strangely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an upside-down men's room garbage can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "stand on men's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON MEN'S
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up onto the upside-down men's room garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "how tall is the trolley?"
		Draconis says, "No idea."
		DavidW says, "stand. put the handbells on the amp. stand on handbells THEN Noah's."
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | The sturdy cabinet is too tall for you to climb up on top of it safely
Floyd | from your current position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on amp" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON AMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb up onto the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tigrita says (to floyd), "stand on noah's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on cabinet" 		

Floyd | > STAND ON NOAH'S
Floyd |
Floyd | The plywood Noah's Ark is too tall for you to climb up on top of it
Floyd | safely, even though you're on the amplifier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb up onto the sturdy cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on noah's" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON NOAH'S
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb up onto the plywood Noah's Ark. You now have a clear view of
Floyd | the glistening container.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "yay!"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x container" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CONTAINER
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks a lot like a paint can, but trails of viscous grayish goop
Floyd | are running down the sides. What printing you can see on the label is
Floyd | in the "avoid contact with eyes, harmful if swallowed" vein.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tigrita exclaims, "hey!"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get container" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CONTAINER
Floyd |
Floyd | The can of goo is still far out of reach, but at least from here you
Floyd | can take a clear picture of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "photograph container" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PHOTOGRAPH CONTAINER
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of the can of goo. The camera whirrs and vibrates
Floyd | and eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So the ectoplasm is fake."
		Draconis says, "Now how to get down..."
Doug says (to Floyd), "reach container with crook" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH CONTAINER WITH CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can reach the can with the crook, sure, but the most you could do
Floyd | is knock it off onto the floor and make a huge mess. Maybe you should
Floyd | just leave it where it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Darn it."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage East
Floyd | This place is a mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | A series of rickety shelves mounted to the north wall have failed to
Floyd | put the room into any kind of order. On the lowest shelf is a case
Floyd | labelled "HANDBELLS". Near the shelves is a sturdy cabinet, maybe
Floyd | three feet tall. In front of the cabinet and blocking the lower
Floyd | two-thirds of its door stands a huge amplifier. A plywood Ark of the
Floyd | Covenant is sitting on the floor by the cabinet, with a plywood Noah's
Floyd | Ark on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can just make out a container of some kind on the very top shelf,
Floyd | glistening strangely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an upside-down men's room garbage can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I WANT TO BELIEVE"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x photo of goo" 		

Floyd ]  Storage East
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO OF GOO
Floyd |
Floyd | Trails of glistening grayish goop run down the sides of the can and
Floyd | dribble onto the shelf beneath it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Oh, that was easy."
		DavidW says, "Perhaps the photo is all we really need from the container."
		Doug says, "yeah"
		djfletch says (to Jacqueline), "it's a vast conspiracy to make us _think_ that ghosts are fake"
		Draconis says (to djfletch), "Or maybe that's what they WANT us to think..."
		Draconis asks, "Does anyone mind if we go back to the Projector Room?"
		Tigrita says, "or maybe they want us to think that that's what they want us to think"
		DavidW says, "I second Draconis's motion."
		Jacqueline says (to djf), "You're right. I'll believe that instead."
		Doug says, "yep, let's crook the pull rope to the trapdoor"
Tigrita says (to news), "alex you win everything forever" 		Draconis says, "I think that's a concensus."
Tigrita says, "ilac" 		Doug says, "maybe get the tuna first"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A huge rainbow arches across the wall in this part of the hallway.
Floyd | Underneath it, a door leads west, with an identical door opposite on
Floyd | the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here at a heavy door to the north. A huge mural of David
Floyd | fighting Goliath adorns the west wall, but it's marred by a streak of
Floyd | gray gunk clinging to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, the only way out is south to more hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The tuna's somewhere en route, I think."
		Draconis asks, "Isn't there a connection here?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | You could hardly call this a room. It's just a long, musty, narrow
Floyd | space behind a wall. At one end, a flight of stairs runs up to the
Floyd | room behind the altar; at the other end a heavy door leads out to the
Floyd | south. In between them, a fuse box is mounted on the wall, its metal
Floyd | door hanging open to reveal a row of switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south, or try the sliding door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "tuna is at the south end of the hallway I think"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony. An archway to the west leads back out into the
Floyd | sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange box is sitting upside down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an upside-down ladies' room garbage can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get on ladies'" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON LADIES'
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up onto the upside-down ladies' room garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "reach cord" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to reach the pull-cord with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "crook" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch the loop of cord with the end of the crook and pull. The
Floyd | trapdoor opens and a small ladder slides down, offering access to the
Floyd | steeple above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Haha!"
		Doug says, "yay"
		DavidW says, "hurray"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the upside-down ladies' room garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. Behind the pews you can see
Floyd | the ladder up to the steeple, and a narrow staircase leads back down
Floyd | to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange box is sitting upside down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an upside-down ladies' room garbage can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Draconis says, "Hello, Olethros."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Steeple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Steeple
Floyd | The inside of the church steeple is a cold concrete cube with
Floyd | cinderblock walls. There's one window, but it's been boarded up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump. There's a boy sitting on the floor, smirking at you. It's
Floyd | Aiden Kingsley.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost's glowing dress lies in a heap nearby. It doesn't look very
Floyd | ghostly now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden stands up. "Hey, hey, Robin! Are you enjoying your evening?" he
Floyd | asks, smiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not smiling. "So you're the ghost."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, yes. Well, no. I am not a dead person. Heh. But I portrayed the
Floyd | ghost you saw, yes."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does Orchid know?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does Orchid know. Does Orchid know? What a well-chosen detective
Floyd | question."
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden looks down the trapdoor behind you. "Do you think we could
Floyd | continue this conversation downstairs? It's really freaking cold up
Floyd | here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Wow. That was...anticlimactic."
		DavidW says, "oh, I doubt it ends like this."
		DavidW says, "give Aiden a chance to tell his evil plan."
Tigrita mhm and as the years go by/mhm I'll facebook you and sigh/mhm this is goodnight and not goodbye 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Steeple
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "hit aiden" 		

Floyd ]  Steeple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT AIDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You have to assume you'd get in huge trouble if you attacked
Floyd | Aiden—like suspended-at-the-very-least levels of trouble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "aiden, yes" 		

Floyd ]  Steeple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AIDEN, YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden grimaces. "Seriously, can we talk downstairs? I'm about to
Floyd | freeze to death. And then I'll be a real ghost! Heh."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Should we go down?"
		DavidW says, "yes, try"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. Behind the pews you can see
Floyd | the ladder up to the steeple, and a narrow staircase leads back down
Floyd | to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange box is sitting upside down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an upside-down ladies' room garbage can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look back to make sure Aiden has followed you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes. Now I'll tell you the answer to your question. Of course Orchid
Floyd | knows. This was all Orchid's idea. She was very naughty. And I'm not
Floyd | even supposed to be here, so I should probably get going."
Floyd |
Floyd | He tries to slip past you, but you grab his arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden yelps like a dog. "What's your problem?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're not going anywhere. I've got a few more questions."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Then can you get your hands off me first? You're gonna break my arm."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure." You let go of his arm. "Let's get going." You know exactly
Floyd | where the two of you are going, but you should probably keep that a
Floyd | surprise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Wow, almost a five second delay."
		olethros says, "hey that game looks nice"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "photograph aiden" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PHOTOGRAPH AIDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of Aiden. The camera whirrs and vibrates and
Floyd | eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "We're on the right track."
		Draconis asks, "Wait, where are we going?"
		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
		Doug says, "We know exactly where the two of us are going. That's what it said."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure where we're going."
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony. An archway to the west leads back out into the
Floyd | sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden mopes along after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, Orchid brought the idea to me. She said if she could write a
Floyd | story about a real ghost, then maybe people would actually read the
Floyd | newspaper. Heh. But I told her I'd help her."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "For the heck of it, primarily."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We haven't even found a single key yet."
		djfletch says, "there's a chest we could put him in"
		Draconis says, "Good idea."
		Jacqueline asks, "Aiden?"
		Doug asks, "maybe wake up Sharon?"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's save first."
		Doug says, "oh, we should photo the dress"
		djfletch says, "I suppose taking him to Sharon makes sense"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure the goal is to be a snitch, but it's worth trying."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | No time to explore now. Sharon needs to know what's been going on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "too late"
		Draconis says, "Apparently we're going to Sharon."
		Jacqueline says, "Evidently."
		Jacqueline says, "We could undo a few first, but this is starting to feel scripted."
		Doug asks, "mind if I restore cf2 to go back to the steeple?"
		Draconis says, "Go ahead."
Doug says (to Floyd), "restore cf2" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE CF2
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to restore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd ]  Steeple
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x gown" 		

Floyd ]  Steeple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x dress" 		

Floyd ]  Steeple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's been cut up and painted, but you're pretty sure you recognize the
Floyd | dress as the one Orchid wore last Halloween, when she was Dorothy
Floyd | Gale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "take photo of dress" 		

Floyd ]  Steeple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO OF DRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of the glowing dress. The camera whirrs and
Floyd | vibrates and eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Steeple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Steeple
Floyd | The inside of the church steeple is a cold concrete cube with
Floyd | cinderblock walls. There's one window, but it's been boarded up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden looks you over.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost's glowing dress lies in a heap nearby. It doesn't look very
Floyd | ghostly now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. Behind the pews you can see
Floyd | the ladder up to the steeple, and a narrow staircase leads back down
Floyd | to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange box is sitting upside down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an upside-down ladies' room garbage can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look back to make sure Aiden has followed you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes. Now I'll tell you the answer to your question. Of course Orchid
Floyd | knows. This was all Orchid's idea. She was very naughty. And I'm not
Floyd | even supposed to be here, so I should probably get going."
Floyd |
Floyd | He tries to slip past you, but you grab his arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden yelps like a dog. "What's your problem?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're not going anywhere. I've got a few more questions."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Then can you get your hands off me first? You're gonna break my arm."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure." You let go of his arm. "Let's get going." You know exactly
Floyd | where the two of you are going, but you should probably keep that a
Floyd | surprise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony. An archway to the west leads back out into the
Floyd | sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden mopes along after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, Orchid brought the idea to me. She said if she could write a
Floyd | story about a real ghost, then maybe people would actually read the
Floyd | newspaper. Heh. But I told her I'd help her."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "For the heck of it, primarily."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head west to the sanctuary and up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden follows you in.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Originally, she was just going to let me in the church during the
Floyd | sleepover, and we'd just spend the night taking a bunch of ghost
Floyd | pictures. However. Then we found out that you were going to be the
Floyd | other newspaper girl staying the night. And Orchid said you'd never go
Floyd | along with it. So we had to change the plan."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You saw one of these in a movie once. The top recedes into the back of
Floyd | the desk, and you can hide a convict inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "open desk" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to pull back the top of the desk, but it's locked down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up desk" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "The
Floyd | sound guy, whose name I don't remember, keeps all the controls for the
Floyd | sound and lights in that rolltop desk. He takes the key to the desk
Floyd | home with him, because the stuff inside is super expensive. I'm just
Floyd | fine with not breaking into it and messing around because I would
Floyd | probably break everything."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "So we can't hide his body here..."
		Doug says, "so we have to break into the sound guy's home..."
		Draconis says, "Maybe Casey knows where he lives."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "look up aiden" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP AIDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | guess you've probably seen Aiden in plays, but I've actually worked
Floyd | with him, so I know what I'm talking about. He is unbearable. You
Floyd | should be able to guess from the mustache.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aiden goes to parties, gets girls drunk, makes out with them, and
Floyd | then convinces them that his number is '123-4567'. And then he tells
Floyd | this story to everyone at rehearsal and expects us to laugh.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Speaking of which. This is the worst thing Aiden does: He laughs at
Floyd | every single one of his own jokes—sometimes just at sentences he says
Floyd | that can't even be considered jokes—and it's always the same
Floyd | single-syllable laugh, always the same pitch, pronounced exactly the
Floyd | same way. It's not really a laugh, it's more of a signal that you're
Floyd | supposed to think he's funny.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aiden doesn't even go to my church, but he's the worst, and I think
Floyd | you should know that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "y'know, it's possible there's something else going on besides Aiden's and Orchid's fake ghost stuff."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up sound guy" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP SOUND GUY
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "sound guy" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "shall we just go to sharn?"
		Doug says, "+o"
		DavidW says, "I doubt we can veer away at this point."
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask aiden for number" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK AIDEN FOR NUMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden looks around nervously. "Why don't we keep moving, huh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden follows you in.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you enter the narthex, Orchid strolls in through the front door of
Floyd | the church. When she sees Aiden, her eyes go wide.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aiden! What are you doing here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey. Don't bother," Aiden snaps. "I've already told her everything.
Floyd | Or almost everything. Heh."
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid rushes up to Aiden with her fists clenched. "You're lying.
Floyd | There's no proof. All you can prove is that you broke into the church
Floyd | and tried to scare us."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, no," says Aiden. "I can prove some other things. I have the
Floyd | receipts. For the makeup and everything. Because you had to use a
Floyd | credit card, idiot."
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid goes quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, we can talk about this in the morning," Aiden says, and he
Floyd | makes for the southern exit—but you grab his arm, and he cries out
Floyd | softly. "Yeah. Your way is probably better."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "kill aiden" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL AIDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You have to assume you'd get in huge trouble if you attacked
Floyd | Aiden—like suspended-at-the-very-least levels of trouble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "show photos to orchid" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PHOTOS TO ORCHID
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid declines to comment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get aiden's tag" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET AIDEN'S TAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden and Orchid come in after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, where were we? Orchid didn't trust you to help her pull off this
Floyd | hoax. She said you're too much of a straight arrow. Those weren't her
Floyd | exact words. What were your exact words, Orchid?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid is looking down at her shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden shrugs. "She said something really nasty."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid and Aiden follow along.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But Orchid had this other great idea. She figured if we went a little
Floyd | further with the hoax, we could get you to believe the ghost was real.
Floyd | Heh."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wasn't trying to trick you!" Orchid pleads. "I just wanted it to be
Floyd | authentic. I wanted it to be a great story."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure, and then the great ghost story would be in the newspaper with
Floyd | the name of the most trustworthy reporter on staff on it, and Orchid's
Floyd | name too." Aiden chuckles. "But, looks like that didn't work out."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid and Aiden come down the stairs after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden looks past you, into the nursery, and you can see something
Floyd | click in his brain.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Although, you know, we could still do it. You guys can write the
Floyd | story, I won't say anything, Orchid won't say anything, everyone will
Floyd | love it, you'll probably be co-editors-in-chief next year. Let's go
Floyd | back upstairs, we'll get some better pictures of the ghost."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No thanks," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "and they would have gotten away with it if it weren't for us meddling kid!"
		Draconis asks, "Where is Sharon again? The Nursery?"
		DavidW says, "I wonder if Sharon is still there."
Doug says (to Floyd), "photo orchid and aiden" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PHOTO ORCHID AND AIDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That would have been a good spot to give us a choice of ending."
Doug says (to Floyd), "photograph orchid and aiden" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PHOTOGRAPH ORCHID AND AIDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "photograph orchid" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PHOTOGRAPH ORCHID
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the Polaroid camera)
Floyd | You snap a picture of Orchid. The camera whirrs and vibrates and
Floyd | eventually spits out a print of the photo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "SPOILER a ghost ate her"
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | Battered toys spill out of the toybox and across the floor, piling up
Floyd | in a corner of the room. Cupboards are mounted high on the walls, out
Floyd | of reach of tiny fingers, and an enormous blue recliner sits
Floyd | underneath them. It's already dark outside, and the doors west to the
Floyd | basement stairway and south to the youth room are dark as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sleeping bag is lying on a tidy patch of floor, ready for when
Floyd | you finish your investigation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon's makeshift bed doesn't look comfortable, but apparently she's
Floyd | fast asleep anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You usher Aiden and Orchid in ahead of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "wake sharon" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAKE SHARON
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon stirs, rubs her eyes, and looks at you, then Orchid, then
Floyd | Aiden. She says something that one does not typically say in a church.
Floyd |
Floyd | ***

		Jacqueline | WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A FRAUD? (Y/N)
		Jacqueline | >
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "press space" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd | "What did she say?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I won't repeat it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Casey slumps back in his chair. "You would make a great Christian," he
Floyd | mutters.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sure I would." You try not to smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, how did Aiden fly around in the sanctuary?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm entertaining a hypothesis. I noticed components from an unusual
Floyd | mechanism lying around in the balcony."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Engelgurt?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you like. I assume that, while I was chasing after Aiden, Orchid
Floyd | was up in the balcony disassembling the rig so it would look ever so
Floyd | slightly less suspicious."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, did you hear what happened to Orchid?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I heard that she's suspended from the next two issues of the paper."
Floyd |
Floyd | Casey pouts. "I wanted to be the one to tell you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry. Why don't you tell me what happened to Aiden?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'd love to! Except, I didn't know anything happened to Aiden. I
Floyd | didn't think they could do anything, since he's not on the newspaper?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Unfortunately for Aiden, in this case the left and right hands are in
Floyd | close communication. The drama department is putting him on probation
Floyd | for an as-yet undetermined period."
Floyd |
Floyd | Casey perks right back up. "Robin! That is the best thing I've ever
Floyd | heard! Although the thing about Orchid is pretty great too."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, Orchid is getting what she wanted anyway, I think. The
Floyd | Warbler is going to run a story that people will actually
Floyd | read, for once—except this one is true."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "How do you press a key?"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AMUSING
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you...
Floyd |
Floyd | ...taken any pictures of Orchid?
Floyd | ...tried hiding?
Floyd | ...learned all about Gwen?
Floyd | ...checked out the pastor's office?
Floyd | ...read all four entries in the epic Nativity Pageant Saga?
Floyd | ...tested Casey's favorite napping spot?
Floyd | ...looked up Jesus in the Bible?
Floyd | ...read all of Casey's notes? I sincerely doubt it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Gwen?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Remind me who Gwen was again?"
		DavidW says, "We missed a lot, I think."
		Draconis says, "I don't know."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up gwen" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP GWEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (Gwen)
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "I'll tell you about the big painting at the bottom of the stairs, but
Floyd | first I have to tell you about Homeschooled Gwen.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Homeschooled Gwen, so called because she was totally homeschooled,
Floyd | went to our high school. Yes! She was not in fact completely
Floyd | homeschooled, because her parents sent her to West for seventh-period
Floyd | geometry, because they did not remember the quadratic formula. It is:
Floyd | x equals negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus
Floyd | 4ac, over 2a.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But Gwen's parents couldn't remember that, even though I, Casey,
Floyd | memorized it so easily. So Gwen went to West High. And she was in my
Floyd | Geometry class."
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause before flipping the page. This story barely seems relevant
Floyd | to the church, much less your investigation. Are you sure you want to
Floyd | keep reading?
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "No idea who Gwen is."
		DavidW says, "Gwen was never mentioned until just now."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | >>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the page:
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, due to being homeschooled, Gwen was not at all socialized for
Floyd | interacting with us teens of the modern era. What I am saying is that
Floyd | she was super weird. I was friends with her mostly out of morbid
Floyd | curiosity. Here are some of the weird stunts she pulled in Geometry:
Floyd | Told us all individually what breed of dog we would be if we were
Floyd | dogs. Read us stories, apparently like Wendy read to the Lost Boys.
Floyd | Gave us a survey about what we found attractive in girls.
Floyd |
Floyd | "When I say 'us' I mean just the boys in class. Gwen was super
Floyd | boy-crazy, because, due to being homeschooled all of her life, Gwen
Floyd | had never seen a boy before. Yes."
Floyd |
Floyd | This looks like it might be turning into an extended rant against the
Floyd | institution of homeschooling (Casey can be something of a jerk when it
Floyd | comes to things he knows nothing about). Do you want to continue?
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | >>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Casey goes on:
Floyd |
Floyd | "I mean she had probably seen a male human before. She had a dad; we
Floyd | found that out eventually. But you know what I mean.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Anyway one day after school, after seventh-period geometry, I was
Floyd | hanging out in the mud room waiting for my ride home, and Gwen was
Floyd | there too, waiting for her own ride back to her own horrible
Floyd | school-home hybrid, and then Patrick the youth leader showed
Floyd | up, because he's still allowed on school grounds. And he asked me
Floyd | about the lock-in."
Floyd |
Floyd | It is increasingly clear to you that this story has no bearing on your
Floyd | investigation. Do you want to keep reading it?
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | >>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn another page.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Or he asked me about something. Probably the lock-in. But we
Floyd | were talking, and Gwen was there, and Patrick the youth leader WITHOUT
Floyd | CONSULTING ME BEFOREHAND looks over at Gwen and asks her if she wants
Floyd | to come to the lock-in. And of course Gwen says yes, because there
Floyd | will be boys there.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Gwen came to the lock-in, and after that she started coming to the
Floyd | high school group meetings. And an unfortunate percentage of people in
Floyd | the group did not seem to catch on right away that Gwen was a nutbar,
Floyd | so she felt very welcome and emotionally supported by us, and when
Floyd | Patrick the youth leader opened the floor for 'discussion' after his
Floyd | sermons we all got to listen to her insane opinions about
Floyd | Thanksgiving, and family togetherness, and sex, etc., etc."
Floyd |
Floyd | You look up from the notes. Maybe there's something else you should be
Floyd | doing. Do you want to continue reading?
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Doug asks, "the mud room?"
		Draconis asks, "Wow. Is Gwen ever mentioned except in this?"
		Doug says, "it looked like we could get here by looking up the large painting"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | >>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Then, this was around the end of last semester, Patrick the youth
Floyd | leader gave all of us in the group one of his CHALLENGES. His
Floyd | CHALLENGE to us this particular week was for us to think about our
Floyd | relationship to the church. I mean, like, 'spend the next seven days
Floyd | thinking about this, and come back next week with something really
Floyd | profound.' A lot of Patrick the youth leader's CHALLENGES are
Floyd | basically attempts to get us to say something profound.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And of course we all forgot about this CHALLENGE immediately, because
Floyd | come on. He never follows up on any of them anyway. He just read in
Floyd | some youth leader magazine that you should give your youth group
Floyd | CHALLENGES.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And when we came back the next week, of course, Patrick the youth
Floyd | leader doesn't bother asking anyone what brilliant answers we came up
Floyd | with to his incredibly vague CHALLENGE. We had a sermon and then we
Floyd | played Sardines or whatever.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But before we could leave, Patrick the youth leader called us all
Floyd | together, because Gwen had something to share with us."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keep reading?
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | >>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now that I think about it, she must have brought the painting in with
Floyd | her, left it behind a couch or something, and waited for three hours
Floyd | or however long for Patrick the youth leader to ask for people's
Floyd | answers to his CHALLENGE of the previous week. She was just too
Floyd | freaked out and embarrassed to bring it up herself, until the very
Floyd | last possible moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So yeah it was this painting. I'm not gonna bother describing this
Floyd | painting, because you can see it yourself. But if you think about it,
Floyd | all those tiny brushstrokes on a canvas that huge must have taken a
Floyd | zillion hours to do, and she supposedly only had a week to paint it. I
Floyd | guess that's what the church meant to Gwen."
Floyd |
Floyd | It goes on a little longer, but that feels like an end to the
Floyd | "substance" of the story, such as it is. Should you bother reading the
Floyd | rest?
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, sometime during the summer, Gwen quit coming to the youth
Floyd | group. It took me a while to figure out what happened but it turns out
Floyd | she got grounded from church because her parents
Floyd | found out she had a crush on a boy who went there.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, that is the story on Homeschooled Gwen. You will never meet her,
Floyd | because her parents will never let her out of the house again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Um..."
		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if this is pulled from Ryan's past, or Emily's."
		Draconis says, "Wow."
		Draconis says, "Probably."
		Doug asks, "so did Gwen have a crush on Patrick? Or Casey?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x painting" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No time to explore now. Sharon needs to know what's been going on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "hm"
		Jacqueline says, "I don't think I would have stuck that story under AMUSING"
		Draconis says, "Although I'm not sure where else it would go..."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up nap" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP NAP
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "nap" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up napping" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP NAPPING
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "napping" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "hide" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | (in the glowing tissue paper)
Floyd | The glowing tissue paper wouldn't make much of a hiding spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up challenges" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CHALLENGES
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "challenges" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x photo of orchid" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTO OF ORCHID
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid scowls out of the photo at you, her eyebrows scrunched and her
Floyd | mouth turned down at the corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug asks, "x orchid" 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x orchid" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ORCHID
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid, like most girls your age, is taller than you. Her cheeks are
Floyd | covered in freckles that you had never seen before tonight; she must
Floyd | put makeup on over them for school. You have the uneasy feeling that
Floyd | there are more freckles on her left cheek than her right.
Floyd |
Floyd | She notices you examining her, and you look away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "kiss orchid" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS ORCHID
Floyd |
Floyd | The reason your overnight investigatory team had to consist of two
Floyd | girls was to minimize the chances of any funny business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Like that stopped anyone."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "Huh."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up nativity" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP NATIVITY
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "nativity" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up jesus" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP JESUS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | volunteered to paint a mural in the basement, and Patrick the youth
Floyd | leader gave me permission, so I painted a mural of the Four Beasts
Floyd | (the man and the lion and the ox and the eagle) and it was a GREAT
Floyd | MURAL but once they saw it they went ahead and covered it up with
Floyd | JONAH."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Especially in high school when hormones are going crazy."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up manger" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP MANGER
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "So
Floyd | last year, Orchid said she wanted to run the Christmas play. And
Floyd | Marcie Kempulfers, who always runs the Christmas play every year,
Floyd | thought that was a great idea. She said it would be really cute to
Floyd | have a little girl be in charge of the play. This was last year, so
Floyd | Orchid was either fifteen or sixteen years old, I think.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The first thing Orchid suggested was that they use a real baby to
Floyd | play the baby Jesus. Some church person had a baby, and Orchid,
Floyd | because she's completely a girl, was totally nuts for this baby. But
Floyd | Marcie says oh no, we always use a doll for the baby Jesus, real
Floyd | babies cause so many headaches.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You can see where this is going. But I'll write more about it in some
Floyd | other entries. This is Entry One of Four."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up entry two" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP ENTRY TWO
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "entry two" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ooh, entry hunt"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up marcie" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP MARCIE
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Marcie Kempulfers is in charge of the bell choir and that kind of
Floyd | thing and she's boring."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up marcie" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP MARCIE
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Marcie Kempulfers is in charge of the bell choir and that kind of
Floyd | thing and she's boring."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up handbells" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP HANDBELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Here is the deal with the handbells. Marcie Kempulfers is in charge
Floyd | of the bell choir. She has a very strict handbell protocol. The
Floyd | handbells are church property, and she says so frequently as people
Floyd | try to goof off in bell choir practice.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But Patrick the youth leader is not so uptight, and for this youth
Floyd | service he thought we should do a bell choir number, without any
Floyd | oversight by or permission from Marcie Kempulfers. He decided we
Floyd | should play 'Seek Ye First', because he could only force an octave's
Floyd | worth of kids to volunteer, and he thought it was an easy song. And it
Floyd | is an easy song. But we were poorly motivated.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So the youth service rolls around, and the extremely unofficial youth
Floyd | bell choir has yet to master our song. But we're listed in the
Floyd | program. We have to go out and perform, and when we perform this song
Floyd | we are going to butcher it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Then, right before the service starts, Marcie Kempulfers shows up to
Floyd | have words with Patrick the youth leader. The effects of these words
Floyd | were, first of all, we were definitely not going to be performing a
Floyd | non-Kempulfers-supervised handbell piece, ever, and secondly, now
Floyd | Marcie takes the handbells home with her whenever they aren't being
Floyd | used at church.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know why she doesn't take the case too."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		DavidW asks, "yeah, Marcie. Why not take the case too?"
		Doug asks, "so what else is in a nativity scene?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up mary" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP MARY
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "mary" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up joseph" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP JOSEPH
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "joseph" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up christmas" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CHRISTMAS
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "christmas" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up nativity" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP NATIVITY
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "nativity" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up play" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP PLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "play" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up cows" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP COWS
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "cows" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up crook" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery

		djfletch says, "magi, shepherds, ox, ass"

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Okay. Just as she's about to land, Orchid's robe gets caught on one
Floyd | of the shepherd's crooks, and the Engelgurt suffers a critical failure
Floyd | and Orchid falls to the floor and according to some witnesses almost
Floyd | dies. The whole service gets shut down so that Orchid can go to the
Floyd | emergency room, although I think all that happened was she sprained
Floyd | her ankle.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course, Orchid is in huge trouble with Marcie Kempulfers and with
Floyd | the church in general, but what does being in trouble with a church
Floyd | even mean? It's not like they can expel you. We're Methodists. They
Floyd | didn't even get rid of the Engelgurt; it's still in the storage room.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And anyway Orchid wasn't sorry at all. She kept saying, 'At least it
Floyd | was new!' 'At least it was exciting!' Because that's how she operates.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's it. This is Entry Four of Four."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, found one of the four."
		Doug says, "spoilers!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up robes" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP ROBES
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the choir robes or the neat stack of hempen robes?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up hempen robes" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP HEMPEN ROBES
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "So
Floyd | next Orchid says she wants the shepherds to sing a song. You have to
Floyd | understand that the shepherds are played by the littler kids, and the
Floyd | older kids play angels or Mary and Joseph or the wise men, and while
Floyd | every older kid ends up having to sing a song at some point, the
Floyd | shepherds do not. I think Orchid wanted them to sing 'Silent Night',
Floyd | which is a pretty good choice for little kids to sing. I will admit
Floyd | that Orchid made a good call here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But Marcie did not agree. I'm pretty sure Marcie thinks that because
Floyd | it's impossible to get little kids to carry a tune or understand
Floyd | Italian music vocabulary, nobody wants to hear them sing in church,
Floyd | which is a critical misconception and I think indicates some sort of
Floyd | psychological defect in Marcie Kempulfers's brain. Anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Marcie made up this insane justification to have the bell choir play
Floyd | 'Silent Night' instead. She said the bell choir had already practiced
Floyd | it, which was technically true, although specifically they had
Floyd | practiced it during the previous calendar year. But Marcie got her
Floyd | way.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I hope you're not reading this as me defending Orchid, because I
Floyd | would never do that. Don't worry; we will get to the part where Orchid
Floyd | is horrible in the next entry. This is Entry Two of Four."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up cloth signs" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CLOTH SIGNS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: We
Floyd | hang up the cloth signs in the sanctuary for Advent. I think they say
Floyd | 'Hope', 'Wait', 'Expect', and 'Await'."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hope" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up engelgurt" 		

Floyd | > HOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP ENGELGURT
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Well, Marcie shut down a couple more of Orchid's ideas, and Orchid
Floyd | eventually figured out her real problem, which was: she kept telling
Floyd | Marcie her ideas. If she was going to change anything about the
Floyd | Christmas program, she was going to have to do it behind Marcie's
Floyd | back.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So she got her dad to build this crazy device, the Engelgurt, which
Floyd | used a system of rods and pulleys and winches to make someone glide
Floyd | across a room, like an angel.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A couple nights before the Christmas program, Orchid and her dad came
Floyd | in and set up the Engelgurt while nobody else was around. I mean, I
Floyd | have to assume her dad was involved, although I don't remember him
Floyd | ever getting in trouble over it. Whatever.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The night of the program came around and for a while everything went
Floyd | exactly as Marcie planned. Jesus was a doll, and the bell choir played
Floyd | 'Silent Night', and so on. But in the middle of the angels singing
Floyd | 'Angels We Have Heard On High', Orchid appears up in the balcony, in
Floyd | her non-regulation homemade angel robe, and starts floating down to
Floyd | Earth, and oh no I've run out of space! Cliffhanger! This is Entry
Floyd | Three of Four!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the description of the Engelgurt sounds vaguely
Floyd | familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This kid with the notebook is quite cruel."
		Jacqueline says, "But then, I guess this kid does sound like a lot of teens."
		Jacqueline says, "I do not miss people like this."
		Doug asks, "so is there a way to explore some more while in the endgame? or do we have to restore from earlier?"
		DavidW says, "I guess there must be some way into the pastor's office, but we never found the key."
		Doug asks, "what was the glowing tissue? is that what Aiden used on the dress?"
		djfletch says, "I suppose so"
		djfletch says, "There seem to be quite a lot of red herrings, unless there's some other solution we could have done"
		Doug says, "we never did anything in the boiler room."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up boiler room" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP BOILER ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "I've only been inside of the boiler room very briefly, but I have to
Floyd | assume it's a really cool place to hang out. Make sure you tell me all
Floyd | about it when you get the chance."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "the rolltop desk, the chest for hiding in, the plant that was a trip hazard"
		Doug asks, "wonder what his place to nap was. the chest?"
		DavidW asks, "Boiler rooms are cool places to hang out in? Kidding me?"
		djfletch says, "the black light room wasn't for anything either"
		DavidW says, "That we know of."
		djfletch says, "yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up blank page" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP BLANK PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "blank page" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up black light" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP BLACK LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Yes! This room! So, Patrick the youth leader got us together a few
Floyd | years ago and had us paint the walls of this room black, and then
Floyd | paint Bible verses on it, and then install black lights instead of
Floyd | normal lights, so it would look like a Christian rave or whatever. And
Floyd | I mean it looks fairly cool, I guess.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But when you have a dark room, with purple lights, and a bunch of
Floyd | couches, and then you invite teenagers into the room and leave them in
Floyd | that room unattended, what happens is, the teenagers will use that
Floyd | room for what Patrick the youth leader calls 'heavy petting'.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So that's why this room is called the Black Light Make-Out Room."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up back room" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP BACK ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "The
Floyd | back room is kind of a secret, I guess, although we use it as the
Floyd | 'backstage' whenever we do plays and that kind of thing. Nobody ever
Floyd | uses it as a hiding place when we're playing games, though. I guess it
Floyd | might be too obvious? Or maybe it's just too boring.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You can get to the basement from the back room, too: there's a
Floyd | sliding panel in the back wall, but to get it open, you have to apply
Floyd | some upward pressure to get it out of its groove a little bit. That's
Floyd | the real secret, I guess."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up tunnel" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP TUNNEL
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "You
Floyd | might want to know where the tunnel is, because that's where the fuse
Floyd | box is. If I remember to draw a map for you then I'll make sure to
Floyd | point out the tunnel and stick it in here."
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up fuse box" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP FUSE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "The
Floyd | fuse box is in the tunnel. I don't know how it works. Ohms."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ohms."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up tuna" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP TUNA
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the open can of tuna or the mass of tuna?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up mass of tuna" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP MASS OF TUNA
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | On the subject of canned food Casey writes, "I'm pretty sure the
Floyd | people who are supposed to be in charge of donating stuff to the Food
Floyd | Bank are really disorganized, because you always see spare cans of
Floyd | stuff lying around. Or maybe some of the cans were rejected by the
Floyd | Food Bank. I don't know how it works."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Has anyone found Entry 2?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "look up cables" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | But what is it? You're not sure what to look for in the notes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up sugarman" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP SUGARMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "sugarman" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "we did find entry 2"
		DavidW says, "The hempen robes was 2"
		Doug says, "the cables were the Engelgurt"
		Draconis says, "Ah, right."
		djfletch says, "the cat seemed like a red herring too, unless we never followed it far enough"
		Draconis says, "And that was 3."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "look up cat" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but it looks like Casey didn't have
Floyd | anything to say about the cat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Well, this was an interesting game."
		DavidW says, "I wonder about that model church. That was an extra bit of business too."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | You sneeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plugh" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "plugh" 		

Floyd | > PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if that was just a church they were raising money for, hoping to build one day."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | You sneeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That is a thing that churches often do."
		Draconis says, "Maybe it was in one of the authors' actual churches."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "no, it was some other church."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline asks, "So what was the deal with it, then?"
		Doug says, "the model church came from some other church"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up model" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP MODEL
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "The
Floyd | model church is a model of some other church. I think it used to be
Floyd | inside of that church, but it got torn down, or they went bankrupt,
Floyd | and the model ended up in our church. It's kind of a creepy object,
Floyd | though. The guy who made it was clearly way too obsessed with his
Floyd | church."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "I think we photographed it."
		Doug says, "what was the deal with the fingerprints, I wonder."
		Draconis says, "They just aliased to the model, so we couldn't even photo them."
		DavidW says, "Just people touching the case it was in."
		Doug asks, "buy why include that in the game?"
Draconis heads back home. 		DavidW says, "That was my concern. Why is it there."
		Doug says, "seems like a really uninteresting detail, without leading to a story"
		DavidW says, "An interesting detail, you mean. If it was uninteresting, we'd treat it like the pews."
Doug says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		djfletch says, "maybe there are lots of red herrings just to make things more mysterious"
Doug says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony, but that hasn't stopped someone from putting a potted
Floyd | plant in the corner. If you can avoid tripping over the plant, an
Floyd | archway to the west leads back out into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat watches you for a moment, but runs off to the west before you
Floyd | can get near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat wanders off to the north, glancing back at you as if to check
Floyd | whether you're following.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "and what's the deal with the cat"
		DavidW asks, "We never found matches for the candles either, did we?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're still on the other side of the room when the cat scampers off
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south, or try the sliding door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stack of hymnals is crammed into one corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat bounds downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the sliding door you find a steep, narrow flight of stairs with
Floyd | no handrail. You walk down them slowly, not wanting to miss your
Floyd | footing in the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | You could hardly call this a room. It's just a long, musty, narrow
Floyd | space behind a wall. At one end, a flight of stairs runs up to the
Floyd | room behind the altar; at the other end a heavy door leads out to the
Floyd | south. In between them, a fuse box is mounted on the wall, its metal
Floyd | door hanging open to reveal a row of switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cheap-looking mirror, a black sphere and some black cloth are lying
Floyd | in a heap on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat sits down underneath the fuse box and starts licking its paw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "hm, maybe it points out the sliding panel if we haven't opened it yet"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x cloth" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | Thick, heavy black cloth of some kind—a curtain or something, maybe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat scampers up the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "huh. The cat has a specific fuse box message"
Doug says (to Floyd), "nap" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NAP
Floyd |
Floyd | When you feel you've got all the evidence you need, your sleeping bag
Floyd | is waiting for you in the nursery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x fuse" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unlike some of the other switches, the "West Basement" switch actually
Floyd | has a legible label. It's also the only switch that's not turned on
Floyd | right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe the cat is simply to hint at the fuse box."
		Doug says, "yeah"
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south, or try the sliding door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stack of hymnals is crammed into one corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Altar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "but why is the tuna openable?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up jesus in bible" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP JESUS IN BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not really sure where in the Bible to find that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "try the new testament"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up jesus in new testament" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP JESUS IN NEW TESTAMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "maybe the cat and tuna was originally a puzzle and it got edited out"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up bible" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the huge Bible)
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "But
Floyd | if you turn the lights on, you'll see there's a Bible on that podium.
Floyd | I'm pretty sure that Bible is worth hundreds of dollars. It has a lot
Floyd | of really nice pictures in it, at least. Don't mess with it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up noah in bible" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP NOAH IN BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not really sure where in the Bible to find that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x bible" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bible is obviously a well-respected object around here, but it's
Floyd | not a mere display piece; the pages have been creased and scuffed by
Floyd | continuous use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "wait, podium?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up podium" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP PODIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "You
Floyd | want to be careful if you're sneaking around the narthex in the dark,
Floyd | because there is a podium in there that is really, really easy to not
Floyd | notice, and the corners of that podium are right about at crotch
Floyd | level."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The podium is in the Altar location."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up genesis in bible" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP GENESIS IN BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't seem to find exactly what you're looking for, but you do
Floyd | find this: "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first
Floyd | heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x podium" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PODIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | It resembles a miniature Roman column, although you think it would
Floyd | probably fall over in a stiff breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That's where the microphone is."
		Doug says, "no, there's a podium here too."
		DavidW says, "oh. I didn't see this one."
		Doug says, "we just were never here in the dark"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on podium" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON PODIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "read about jesus" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT JESUS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | volunteered to paint a mural in the basement, and Patrick the youth
Floyd | leader gave me permission, so I painted a mural of the Four Beasts
Floyd | (the man and the lion and the ox and the eagle) and it was a GREAT
Floyd | MURAL but once they saw it they went ahead and covered it up with
Floyd | JONAH."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "read about jesus in bible" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ABOUT JESUS IN BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not really sure where in the Bible to find that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know how.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "so why was that in AMUSING? just a joke on the fact that we're not religious?"
		DavidW asks, "hm, which part of Amusing are you referring to?"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Yeah, I think so."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, some aspects of this I really enjoyed. The mystery that was posed as one sort of mystery but was really another was great."
		DavidW says, "And it was well tested."
		Jacqueline says, "And as the sort of straight-arrow kid that was editor in chief of hte school newspaper in high school, I related to some bits quite strongly."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Definitely."
Doug says (to Floyd), "hide" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to hide in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "box" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange box wouldn't make much of a hiding spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n. n. n." 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N. N. N.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south, or try the sliding door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stack of hymnals is crammed into one corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "hide in chest" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIDE IN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You lie down inside the chest, and notice that there's plenty of space
Floyd | inside. It's not a bad spot.

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | inside. It's not a bad spot.But there's no time for napping now.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull yourself out of the box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "hm, I guess we did already do that."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up chest" 		DavidW says, "yes"

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | don't know if we've ever used the chest in the back room for anything.
Floyd | I think Patrick the youth leader said they could keep sheet music in
Floyd | it, but fat chance of Marcie leaving her sheet music at church.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But it doesn't bother me if it's always empty. Sometimes I take naps
Floyd | in there."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "why is that referred to twice in AMUSING though?"
		Doug asks, "is there somewhere else to hide?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "take nap in chest" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE NAP IN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "nap in chest" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NAP IN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge wooden chest would make a terrible bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sleep in chest" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP IN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge wooden chest would make a terrible bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Of course it would be a terrible bed. The floor would be better."
		Jacqueline says, "Seems like they need a category called INTERSTING or ALSO OF NOTE or something."
		Jacqueline says, "Rather than AMUSING"
		DavidW says, "ENDNOTES is sometimes used instead."
		Doug says, "I think it's a standard I7 thing"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Ah, yeah. That'd be good."
		Doug says, "I added some to my game just because it was there"
		Jacqueline says (to Dough), "It is, but it can be tweaked."
Doug says (to Floyd), "go to boiler room" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO TO BOILER ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n. s. s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N. S. S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | You could hardly call this a room. It's just a long, musty, narrow
Floyd | space behind a wall. At one end, a flight of stairs runs up to the
Floyd | room behind the altar; at the other end a heavy door leads out to the
Floyd | south. In between them, a fuse box is mounted on the wall, its metal
Floyd | door hanging open to reveal a row of switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cheap-looking mirror, a black sphere and some black cloth are lying
Floyd | in a heap on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the heavy door)
Floyd | The heavy door slips out of your fingers and slams shut behind you,
Floyd | leaving you in darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing except for the dim light
Floyd | trickling in from the south end of the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | It's almost completely dark. At least you can still see the light at
Floyd | the south end of the hallway. The rectangles to the east and west must
Floyd | be doorways to somewhere, but they're barely distinguishable from the
Floyd | walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "a GO TO command would've been nice, yeah."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s. s. e" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S. S. E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Thanks to the light filtering in from the south end of the hall, you
Floyd | can make out some kind of mural painted on the wall, but you can't
Floyd | tell what it's supposed to represent in the gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The hallway runs north into darkness. It's hard to tell how long it
Floyd | might be from here, though the Sunday School room to the east provides
Floyd | some light at this end. The plywood lighthouse, on the other hand,
Floyd | peacefully fails to provide any light. Behind the lighthouse and
Floyd | partially obscured by it is a mural of Jesus blessing the little
Floyd | children.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n. n" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N. N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | This must be a fairly large room, but most of the space is given over
Floyd | to snaking pipes, anonymous machinery, and the church's giant boiler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x pipes" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | Many of the pipes run all the way down to the floor from their tangled
Floyd | maze in the ceiling, making some corners of the room impossible to
Floyd | reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x machinery" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINERY
Floyd |
Floyd | A menagerie of valves and pressure gauges stick out from the pipes at
Floyd | awkward angles, some dangerously close to your eye level.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x valves" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VALVES

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pipes" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | A menagerie of valves and pressure gauges stick out from the pipes at
Floyd | awkward angles, some dangerously close to your eye level.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Boiler Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | There are few gaps wide enough to stick your head through, and they
Floyd | only reveal more of the same scenery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Also, I type Dough when I mean to just type Doug, then usually delete the H. Sorry about missing that a second ago. It is not a statement on the state of your health."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x boiler" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOILER
Floyd |
Floyd | A massive faceless hulk of an appliance. You can hear it murmuring
Floyd | quietly to itself—or maybe you're hearing something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you can only hear air currents: the whisper of an empty building
Floyd | at night.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to boiler" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BOILER
Floyd |
Floyd | The boiler wouldn't have much to say to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "oh yeah, weren't there footsteps down here too? was that Aiden, or Orchid?"
		DavidW says, "Aiden, I think."
		DavidW says, "When we emerged from Tunnel to End of Hallway, we startled someone. It could've been either of them."
		Doug says, "he seemed to be locked up in the steeple, but maybe not"
		Doug asks, "how about the pastor office?"
		DavidW says, "We shoulda did AIDEN, FREEZE"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | This room is apparently just for show; there are no tables or chairs.
Floyd | A wide staircase runs up to the main floor of the church, and doorways
Floyd | lead east to the nursery, south to the Sunday School room and north to
Floyd | the boiler room. Mounted on the wall is a gigantic abstract painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x painting" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Doug), "I don't know how to get in there."

Floyd | > X PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | The piece is very pleasant, if not particularly interesting: the
Floyd | inoffensive greens and pinks could suggest river waters, or branches
Floyd | waving in the wind. Its size is probably its most impressive quality.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | This room forms a sort of nook off the fellowship hall to the south. A
Floyd | wide flight of stairs leads down to the basement. There are doors to
Floyd | the north, northeast and southeast; according to the plaques on them,
Floyd | they open onto the pastor's office, the men's restroom and the ladies'
Floyd | restroom respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vast framed poster is hanging on the wall in between the restroom
Floyd | doors, and in the middle of the room, directly facing the poster, is a
Floyd | wooden bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind painting" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bench" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind poster" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, 'look behind' isn't supported anyway."
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the pastor's office is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the ladies' room door, the men's room door, or the
Floyd | pastor's door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the ladies' room door, the men's room door, or the
Floyd | pastor's door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x pastor" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PASTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the north is no more impressive than any other you've
Floyd | seen, but the plaque on it reads, "Pastor Ivan Shearer."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up ivan" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP IVAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Good old Pastor Ivan! What can you say about someone like Pastor
Floyd | Ivan? Not much!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Casey! You failed us!"
		Doug says, "I guess they got tired of backstorying everything"
		DavidW says, "well, I can imagine."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x lock" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock pastor" 		DavidW says, "It's like the entire game had to be duplicated inside those notes."

Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK PASTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You rattle the door handle, gently at first and then harder. Nothing
Floyd | happens.

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock pastor" 		

Floyd | happens....and then the alarm starts screaming at you.

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd | happens....and then the alarm starts screaming at you.Minutes later,
Floyd | flashing lights and sirens herald the arrival of the police.

		DavidW says, "uhoh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd | flashing lights and sirens herald the arrival of the police.You are
Floyd | taken away in handcuffs.

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd | taken away in handcuffs.After Sharon's report to the principal, the
Floyd | school suspends you. The West High Warbler stands you down
Floyd | from its staff.

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd | from its staff.No college will accept a delinquent like you. You end
Floyd | up finding work as janitor at West High. The teachers tell new
Floyd | students your story as a warning.

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | students your story as a warning....and then you are back in the
Floyd | present. You let go of the door handle and back away hastily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "haha"
		djfletch says, "nice"
		Doug says, "C O P S"
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, that was great."
		Doug asks, "was that AMUSING enough for you?"
		DavidW says, "um. Check the tags in Narthex, see if Ivan's tag is there."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s. w" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S. W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get ivan's tag" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IVAN'S TAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x tags" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAGS

		DavidW says, "It's the only place I can think of where his key might be,"

Floyd |
Floyd | There must be a name tag on here for everybody who's ever set foot in
Floyd | this church.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat strolls in from the east and purrs at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I don't think we're meant to actually get in"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search tags for ivan" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH TAGS FOR IVAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to search the board full of
Floyd | name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "smash case" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMASH CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, it seems unlikely now."
		Doug says, "I think that daydream sequence was the thing being clued in AMUSING."
		DavidW says, "I think I'm done."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat bounds into the fellowship hall ahead of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat wanders off to the north, glancing back at you as if to check
Floyd | whether you're following.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "smash case" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMASH CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have to assume you'd get in huge trouble if you broke anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, sure, but we've done time now, so we're down with crimes."
		Doug says, "yeah, I'm done. though there's probably more tidbits to find in the notes."
		DavidW says, "oh, probably"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up ladies'" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP LADIES'
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Well, Robin. I actually explored the ladies' restroom briefly, during
Floyd | a game of Sardines. But then, because of events that transpired, the
Floyd | ladies' restroom was declared to be off-limits. And shortly after
Floyd | that, because of fairness, the men's restroom was declared to be
Floyd | off-limits as well. For Sardines purposes at least."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up men's" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP MEN'S
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "If
Floyd | you have time, you should go ahead and take a look in the men's room,
Floyd | since who knows how many opportunities like this you'll have in the
Floyd | future. I won't spoil anything by describing it here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up urinals" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP URINALS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "The
Floyd | thing about the urinals in the men's room is, there are no divider
Floyd | walls in between them. I don't like it, Robin. I don't like it at
Floyd | all."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up potted meat food product" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP POTTED MEAT FOOD PRODUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | On the subject of canned food Casey writes, "I'm pretty sure the
Floyd | people who are supposed to be in charge of donating stuff to the Food
Floyd | Bank are really disorganized, because you always see spare cans of
Floyd | stuff lying around. Or maybe some of the cans were rejected by the
Floyd | Food Bank. I don't know how it works."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "our urinals at work have no divider walls either. :("
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   a can of tuna
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   a jam jar
Floyd |     some ectoplasm
Floyd |   an orange box
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up robin" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP ROBIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the name tag)
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "When the new pastor came, he insisted that everybody wear name tags
Floyd | all the time, but that didn't last long. Name tags are a pain."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up camera" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The church kitchen contains much the same kind of thing as any
Floyd | kitchen, only more so. Long countertops line the walls, with cupboards
Floyd | and drawers underneath them. A break in the counters allows you to
Floyd | leave the kitchen via the door to the west, and on the far side of the
Floyd | room a sink is set into the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CAMERA
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I'm
Floyd | really glad you're using a Polaroid to get proof of the ghost, because
Floyd | that's what Winona Ryder used in Beetlejuice to get proof of
Floyd | Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now that I think of it, in the movie, the ghosts didn't actually show
Floyd | up on the Polaroids. But that's probably not how it works in real
Floyd | life."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "For what it's worth, food banks will reject some foods, like half-eaten jars of peanut butter or pasta bags that are ripped open."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up cross" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small white cross)
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Man, when I was a little kid in Sunday School, and we had those
Floyd | little kid Bible lessons, I always used to stare at that little white
Floyd | cross, to pass the time or something. I'm pretty sure I was too smart
Floyd | for Sunday School. Sunday School is a weird thing to be too smart for,
Floyd | I guess.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Although I guess when the high schoolers broke off to be their own
Floyd | mature group, that was basically the same thing. Kind of. In that
Floyd | situation it was because we were too cool for the junior high kids.
Floyd | But that's still really weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What I mean is, it's really weird for people who identify as
Floyd | Christians to also identify as being too cool for something."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Expired food too, if they have the time to check."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up wooden cross" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP WOODEN CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "If
Floyd | you ask me I think that big gnarly cross in the black light room is in
Floyd | kind of poor taste, mostly because of the barbed wire crown on top. It
Floyd | doesn't belong in a church, it belongs in a grungy music video, with
Floyd | some rotting steak or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I dunno, I feel like the torture of Christ isn't exactly radical? But
Floyd | I guess Patrick the youth leader likes it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up large cross" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP LARGE CROSS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "A
Floyd | cross is not technically a crucifix unless there's a Jesus on it. We
Floyd | are not Catholics, so we have a plain old cross, and it suits us just
Floyd | fine."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zzo38 arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up notes" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP NOTES
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | know there's a lot of the church you haven't seen or that you don't
Floyd | remember, so I'm writing down everything I can think of. I feel like
Floyd | these notes will be an invaluable resource when I get older and feel
Floyd | the need to revisit the carefree days of my youth, so make sure you
Floyd | give them back to me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
zzo38 suddenly evaporates. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up candles" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CANDLES
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Churches are all about candles. I bet 30% of any given church's
Floyd | budget is probably spent on candles and candle paraphernalia. But can
Floyd | you imagine a church without candles? No, you can't."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up kitchen" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP KITCHEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "If
Floyd | you've seen Jurassic Park then the kitchen is really scary in
Floyd | the dark. If you haven't seen Jurassic Park then you should
Floyd | get around to that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up sink" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but it looks like Casey didn't have
Floyd | anything to say about the kitchen sink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "everything but."
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up matches" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP MATCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "matches" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hey yeah"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up match" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP MATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking up "match" in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You riffle through the notes, but you can't find anything that seems
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up light" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the light switch)
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "I
Floyd | don't have much to say about the lights. Sometimes there's a problem
Floyd | and you have to go mess with the fuse box. But in your case it doesn't
Floyd | matter, because you should be leaving the lights off anyway! You're
Floyd | hunting a ghost!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up sharon" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP SHARON
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting: "Why
Floyd | do people like Sharon want to become teachers? (By 'people like
Floyd | Sharon' I mean 'people who obviously hate everything about teaching,
Floyd | even and especially students'.) If you're already completely jaded and
Floyd | cynical after your first semester of student teaching, isn't that a
Floyd | sign that you should give up on K-12 education and possibly on life in
Floyd | general?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I wonder if there are other non-winning endings"
		Doug says, "finding more evidence but not finding Aiden"
		DavidW says, "oh, probably"
		Doug asks, "or finding Aiden but not the ectoplasm paint?"
		DavidW says, "Also, we had the option of joining the conspiracy."
		Doug says, "it's also not entirely clear what all we needed to photograph to win"
		Doug asks, "wait, we did?"
		Doug says, "Aiden asked but we said no. I don't think we had a player choice there"
		DavidW says, "at the very end. There was a yes/no."
		DavidW says, "And whoever was driving drove right through by pushing space, I think."

Doug  | Floyd | "No thanks," you say.

	
		DavidW says, "After that."
		Doug says, "Jacq posited a yes/no prompt, but that was just her"
		DavidW says, "I thought the game made the prompt."
		Doug | Jacqueline | WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A FRAUD? (Y/N)
		DavidW says, "oh, I thought the game did that."
		DavidW says, "It went by too fast."
		Doug says, "we did have to go into the nursery and WAKE SHARON. not sure what would happen if we tried other things."
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The church kitchen contains much the same kind of thing as any
Floyd | kitchen, only more so. Long countertops line the walls, with cupboards
Floyd | and drawers underneath them. A break in the counters allows you to
Floyd | leave the kitchen via the door to the west, and on the far side of the
Floyd | room a sink is set into the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   a can of tuna
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   a jam jar
Floyd |     some ectoplasm
Floyd |   an orange box
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up jam" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP JAM
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You can't find a note for any specific jar, but Casey did write down
Floyd | something related.
Floyd |
Floyd | "In like, I think freshman year, Patrick the youth leader had this
Floyd | great idea to try canning preserves, to raise money for some kind of
Floyd | thing. And he gave each of us a job: you get jars, you get
Floyd | strawberries, you get peaches, we'll all come together and can stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And, because we were freshmen and not yet completely jaded by the
Floyd | high school experience, we all brought the stuff we were supposed to.
Floyd | But on the day of the big event it turned out, in a revelation that
Floyd | completely shocked the socks off of Patrick the youth leader, that
Floyd | canning preserves is a pretty complicated process with steps beyond
Floyd | just mashing up fruit and putting it into jars. And if you mess it up
Floyd | then your jam will give people salmonella and they'll die.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So we just sat around and ate fruit, and now there are a bunch of
Floyd | glass jars hanging around the church for no good reason."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "heh"
		Doug says, "I'm going to try to get the crook and open the trapdoor"
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Fellowship Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | This room is a bit crowded for your tastes: between the many round
Floyd | tables, each surrounded by a complement of folding chairs, there isn't
Floyd | much space to get from one end of the room to the other. The main
Floyd | stairway is north, the kitchen is east, and the narthex is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n. n. n" 		

Floyd ]  Back Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N. N. N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south, or try the sliding door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stack of hymnals is crammed into one corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | You could hardly call this a room. It's just a long, musty, narrow
Floyd | space behind a wall. At one end, a flight of stairs runs up to the
Floyd | room behind the altar; at the other end a heavy door leads out to the
Floyd | south. In between them, a fuse box is mounted on the wall, its metal
Floyd | door hanging open to reveal a row of switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cheap-looking mirror, a black sphere and some black cloth are lying
Floyd | in a heap on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "poor inexperienced-with-real-life Patrick"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x fuse" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unlike some of the other switches, the "West Basement" switch actually
Floyd | has a legible label. It's also the only switch that's not turned on
Floyd | right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "turn on switch" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You flick the last switch into the ON position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the heavy door)
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here at a heavy door to the north. A huge mural of David
Floyd | fighting Goliath adorns the west wall, but it's marred by a streak of
Floyd | gray gunk clinging to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Echoing footsteps draw your attention to a figure walking down the
Floyd | south end of the hallway, but whoever it is goes into the Sunday
Floyd | School room before you can see their face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh, there is it again!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s. s. s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S. S. S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A huge rainbow arches across the wall in this part of the hallway.
Floyd | Underneath it, a door leads west, with an identical door opposite on
Floyd | the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The hallway continues to run north and south. The wall here is taken
Floyd | up by a mural of a beached whale and a man lying on the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The hallway runs north, past the plywood lighthouse, all the way up to
Floyd | the door to the tunnel. A doorway to the east leads into the Sunday
Floyd | School room, and on the wall opposite it is the mural of Jesus
Floyd | blessing the little children.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunday School Room
Floyd | This is a room designed for small people. Low benches are arranged
Floyd | like pews in two rows, facing toward a small table that serves as an
Floyd | altar. A poster explaining the Ten Commandments hangs on one wall, and
Floyd | doors lead north to the basement stairway, east to the youth room and
Floyd | west to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV trolley is standing in the middle of the room, looking lonely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "hm, gone"
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up tv trolley" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP TV TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Yeah, we have video games at church. I think the SNES belongs to
Floyd | Chad. Does Chad even come to church anymore? Well, he's gotta come
Floyd | back someday. To get his SNES."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up chad" 		

Floyd ]  Sunday School Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CHAD
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Chad's an all right guy. Or, he used to be. I haven't heard from him
Floyd | in a while."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The hallway runs north, past the plywood lighthouse, all the way up to
Floyd | the door to the tunnel. A doorway to the east leads into the Sunday
Floyd | School room, and on the wall opposite it is the mural of Jesus
Floyd | blessing the little children.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, I think the fleeing figure is just a message without any actual object to catch."
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The hallway continues to run north and south. The wall here is taken
Floyd | up by a mural of a beached whale and a man lying on the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x whale" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHALE
Floyd |
Floyd | The plump blue whale is flicking its tail in the air in a cheerful
Floyd | sort of fashion. It doesn't seem at all bothered by having beached
Floyd | itself and vomited up a human.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x jonah" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JONAH
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like Jonah hasn't recovered from his ordeal in the belly of
Floyd | the whale yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A huge rainbow arches across the wall in this part of the hallway.
Floyd | Underneath it, a door leads west, with an identical door opposite on
Floyd | the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage West
Floyd | You can see a manger (empty), a huge stack of plastic chairs, a tin of
Floyd | half-used crayons, a pile of tiny hempen robes, a shepherd's crook,
Floyd | several big cloth signs, a tricycle, an unopened packet of
Floyd | marshmallows, an exercise ball, some paper streamer chains, and a door
Floyd | leading out to the hall here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get crook" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x crayons" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRAYONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the crayons are half-used. Some of them are more like
Floyd | three-quarters used, or even four-fifths used. The rest are broken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up crayons" 		

Floyd ]  Storage West
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CRAYONS
Floyd |
Floyd | (in Casey's notes)
Floyd | You flick through the notes and read Casey's scrawly handwriting:
Floyd | "Before a certain unnamed individual left the church, we used to have
Floyd | art activities in Sunday School all the time. It was awesome. But
Floyd | things change, and people change, and on and on. I think there are
Floyd | some crayons left in the storage room."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A huge rainbow arches across the wall in this part of the hallway.
Floyd | Underneath it, a door leads west, with an identical door opposite on
Floyd | the east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n. n" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N. N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here at a heavy door to the north. A huge mural of David
Floyd | fighting Goliath adorns the west wall, but it's marred by a streak of
Floyd | gray gunk clinging to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | You could hardly call this a room. It's just a long, musty, narrow
Floyd | space behind a wall. At one end, a flight of stairs runs up to the
Floyd | room behind the altar; at the other end a heavy door leads out to the
Floyd | south. In between them, a fuse box is mounted on the wall, its metal
Floyd | door hanging open to reveal a row of switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cheap-looking mirror, a black sphere and some black cloth are lying
Floyd | in a heap on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up. s. s" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP. S. S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Room
Floyd | This is a far cry from the grandeur of the sanctuary. The walls are
Floyd | covered in some kind of dark wood panels, but they're shabby and
Floyd | windowless, and the floor is bare concrete. A huge wooden chest and a
Floyd | closet full of robes take up one wall. You can head back out to the
Floyd | altar to the south, or try the sliding door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stack of hymnals is crammed into one corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some more ectoplasm is smeared on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Altar
Floyd | A few steps up from the pews to the south are the preacher's pulpit,
Floyd | the altar, and the American and Christian flags. Behind them, to the
Floyd | north, is a tiny doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar are two candles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cross hangs high on the wall above the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony, but that hasn't stopped someone from putting a potted
Floyd | plant in the corner. If you can avoid tripping over the plant, an
Floyd | archway to the west leads back out into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. On the ceiling behind the
Floyd | pews, you can see the square outline of what must be a trapdoor of
Floyd | some kind, and a narrow staircase leads back down to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "reach cord with crook" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH CORD WITH CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing on tiptoe, you flourish the hooked end of the crook at the
Floyd | loop of cord, but you still can't quite reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a shepherd's crook
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   a can of tuna
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   a jam jar
Floyd |     some ectoplasm
Floyd |   an orange box
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat trots up the stairs and purrs at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "drp box" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRP BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "drop box" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the orange box carefully on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "flip box" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the stuff in the orange box and turn it upside down.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat springs onto the pile of bars and things and from there up
Floyd | onto the railing of the balcony but—probably wisely—immediately
Floyd | jumps
Floyd | back down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "huh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x railing" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAILING
Floyd |
Floyd | A low wall runs along the edge of the balcony, with a thick wooden
Floyd | railing set on top of it. It's hard to tell if the railing is just
Floyd | meant to be decorative, or if it was added as an afterthought to make
Floyd | the wall a bit higher.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat bounds downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "stand on box" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You step up onto the upside-down orange box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "reach cord with crook" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH CORD WITH CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch the loop of cord with the end of the crook and pull. The
Floyd | trapdoor opens and a small ladder slides down, offering access to the
Floyd | steeple above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Steeple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Steeple
Floyd | The inside of the church steeple is a cold concrete cube with
Floyd | cinderblock walls. There's one window, but it's been boarded up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump. There's a boy sitting on the floor, smirking at you. It's
Floyd | Aiden Kingsley.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost's glowing dress lies in a heap nearby. It doesn't look very
Floyd | ghostly now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden stands up. "Hey, hey, Robin! Are you enjoying your evening?" he
Floyd | asks, smiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not smiling. "So you're the ghost."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, yes. Well, no. I am not a dead person. Heh. But I portrayed the
Floyd | ghost you saw, yes."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does Orchid know?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does Orchid know. Does Orchid know? What a well-chosen detective
Floyd | question."
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden looks down the trapdoor behind you. "Do you think we could
Floyd | continue this conversation downstairs? It's really freaking cold up
Floyd | here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Steeple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Steeple
Floyd | The inside of the church steeple is a cold concrete cube with
Floyd | cinderblock walls. There's one window, but it's been boarded up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump. There's a boy sitting on the floor, smirking at you. It's
Floyd | Aiden Kingsley.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost's glowing dress lies in a heap nearby. It doesn't look very
Floyd | ghostly now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden stands up. "Hey, hey, Robin! Are you enjoying your evening?" he
Floyd | asks, smiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not smiling. "So you're the ghost."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, yes. Well, no. I am not a dead person. Heh. But I portrayed the
Floyd | ghost you saw, yes."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does Orchid know?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does Orchid know. Does Orchid know? What a well-chosen detective
Floyd | question."
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden looks down the trapdoor behind you. "Do you think we could
Floyd | continue this conversation downstairs? It's really freaking cold up
Floyd | here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. Behind the pews you can see
Floyd | the ladder up to the steeple, and a narrow staircase leads back down
Floyd | to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange box is sitting upside down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look back to make sure Aiden has followed you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes. Now I'll tell you the answer to your question. Of course Orchid
Floyd | knows. This was all Orchid's idea. She was very naughty. And I'm not
Floyd | even supposed to be here, so I should probably get going."
Floyd |
Floyd | He tries to slip past you, but you grab his arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden yelps like a dog. "What's your problem?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're not going anywhere. I've got a few more questions."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Then can you get your hands off me first? You're gonna break my arm."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure." You let go of his arm. "Let's get going." You know exactly
Floyd | where the two of you are going, but you should probably keep that a
Floyd | surprise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head up to the steeple and down to the the
Floyd | balcony stairwell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony, but that hasn't stopped someone from putting a potted
Floyd | plant in the corner. If you can avoid tripping over the plant, an
Floyd | archway to the west leads back out into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden mopes along after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, Orchid brought the idea to me. She said if she could write a
Floyd | story about a real ghost, then maybe people would actually read the
Floyd | newspaper. Heh. But I told her I'd help her."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "For the heck of it, primarily."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you could head west to the sanctuary and up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden follows you in.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Originally, she was just going to let me in the church during the
Floyd | sleepover, and we'd just spend the night taking a bunch of ghost
Floyd | pictures. However. Then we found out that you were going to be the
Floyd | other newspaper girl staying the night. And Orchid said you'd never go
Floyd | along with it. So we had to change the plan."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

	
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Jacqueline arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline wonders, after the second crash, whether or not the completists will still endeavor to complete.
		djfletch says, "I think Doug was trying the ending again but I'm not sure exactly what he was going to do."
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*** MUD CRASH ***


		
Jacqueline arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "Are we stable again? I was chatting to Doug via the google drawing."
		Jacqueline says, "Hard to say. But I am logging."
inky arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Doug arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		
Floyd says (to Doug), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." 		
DavidW says, "Floyd isn't running the game." 		Doug asks (of Jacqueline), "so the reboots didn't interrupt PerrySimm? or do you not need him for ClubFloyd transcripts?"
		DavidW says, "I think Jacq merely restarted and resummoned Perry."
		Jacqueline says, "It did affect him, but I brought him back up as soon as I got back in in case you guys wanted to continue."
Doug says (to Floyd), " load sleepmask robinandorchid" 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask robinandorchid" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Casey glances around the newspaper office. "Orchid is gone, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, she left. Why do you ask?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wanted to give you this while she wasn't around." He hands you a
Floyd | thick, well-leafed notebook. "It's just kind of a guide kind of thing,
Floyd | with some general information and directions, just to help you get
Floyd | around. Don't let Orchid see it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you sure I'll require so much background material? And why
Floyd | shouldn't Orchid see it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, Robin," Casey says, and he spins around a chair to sit on it
Floyd | backwards in what he surely thinks is a very casual and friendly pose,
Floyd | "Orchid is a church member, and you're not, and you missed the
Floyd | lock-in, so you don't have a lot of the context that Orchid has. I
Floyd | just wanted to put you on an even footing. And for your second
Floyd | question, I might have written some things in there that I wouldn't
Floyd | have said to Orchid's face."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, and slip the notebook into your backpack. "I'm sure you've
Floyd | adequately prepared me for my mission."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, I have. You're welcome. No, wait, I've got one more thing to
Floyd | say. Make sure you take lots of pictures, obviously. It's your job.
Floyd | That's one." He starts counting on his fingers. "Um, it's more fun if
Floyd | you run off by yourself, so make sure you get Sharon off your back.
Floyd | That's two. And keep an open mind. I mean, just because you don't
Floyd | believe in ghosts doesn't mean you're not gonna see one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, yeah. That's three things."

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | "So, yeah. That's three things."
Floyd | Robin & Orchid
Floyd | An exercise in photojournalism by Ryan Veeder & Emily Boegheim
Floyd | Release 3 / Serial number 131027 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | Sharon, in her wisdom, decided that everybody should sleep in this
Floyd | cramped corner of the church basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Battered toys spill out of the toybox and across the floor, piling up
Floyd | in a corner of the room. Cupboards are mounted high on the walls, out
Floyd | of reach of tiny fingers, and an enormous blue recliner sits
Floyd | underneath them. It's already dark outside, and the doors west to the
Floyd | basement stairway and south are dark as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sleeping bag is lying on a tidy patch of floor, ready for when
Floyd | you finish your investigation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid is lounging around, lecturing you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You'd better hold onto this," she says, handing you the camera,
Floyd | "you're the official photographer. Just don't forget, if you see
Floyd | something that might be evidence of a ghost, make sure you take a
Floyd | photo of it."
Floyd |
Floyd | You slip the camera strap around your neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Steeple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Steeple
Floyd | The inside of the church steeple is a cold concrete cube with
Floyd | cinderblock walls. There's one window, but it's been boarded up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump. There's a boy sitting on the floor, smirking at you. It's
Floyd | Aiden Kingsley.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost's glowing dress lies in a heap nearby. It doesn't look very
Floyd | ghostly now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden stands up. "Hey, hey, Robin! Are you enjoying your evening?" he
Floyd | asks, smiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not smiling. "So you're the ghost."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, yes. Well, no. I am not a dead person. Heh. But I portrayed the
Floyd | ghost you saw, yes."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does Orchid know?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does Orchid know. Does Orchid know? What a well-chosen detective
Floyd | question."
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden looks down the trapdoor behind you. "Do you think we could
Floyd | continue this conversation downstairs? It's really freaking cold up
Floyd | here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | Standing here, you have a good view of the altar and most of the
Floyd | sanctuary. A low wall with a railing along the top prevents accidents,
Floyd | though it probably also obscures the view for anyone sitting on the
Floyd | balcony pews. A projector is mounted at one end of the pews, pointing
Floyd | down towards the front of the sanctuary. Behind the pews you can see
Floyd | the ladder up to the steeple, and a narrow staircase leads back down
Floyd | to the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange box is sitting upside down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled heap of bars and cables is lying near the edge of the
Floyd | balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look back to make sure Aiden has followed you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes. Now I'll tell you the answer to your question. Of course Orchid
Floyd | knows. This was all Orchid's idea. She was very naughty. And I'm not
Floyd | even supposed to be here, so I should probably get going."
Floyd |
Floyd | He tries to slip past you, but you grab his arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden yelps like a dog. "What's your problem?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're not going anywhere. I've got a few more questions."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Then can you get your hands off me first? You're gonna break my arm."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure." You let go of his arm. "Let's get going." You know exactly
Floyd | where the two of you are going, but you should probably keep that a
Floyd | surprise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony Stairs
Floyd | There isn't really any room in here for anything except the stairs up
Floyd | to the balcony, but that hasn't stopped someone from putting a potted
Floyd | plant in the corner. If you can avoid tripping over the plant, an
Floyd | archway to the west leads back out into the sanctuary.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden mopes along after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, Orchid brought the idea to me. She said if she could write a
Floyd | story about a real ghost, then maybe people would actually read the
Floyd | newspaper. Heh. But I told her I'd help her."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "For the heck of it, primarily."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sanctuary
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sanctuary
Floyd | This room can't be as large as it seems. It certainly didn't look so
Floyd | huge from outside. It must be some kind of optical illusion, created
Floyd | by the angles of the vaulted ceiling or the long rows of pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the southern exit is a rolltop desk. Up at the north end of the
Floyd | room is the altar, and the east stairway must lead up to the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is dark outside, and the stained glass windows are dull and
Floyd | lifeless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden follows you in.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Originally, she was just going to let me in the church during the
Floyd | sleepover, and we'd just spend the night taking a bunch of ghost
Floyd | pictures. However. Then we found out that you were going to be the
Floyd | other newspaper girl staying the night. And Orchid said you'd never go
Floyd | along with it. So we had to change the plan."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narthex
Floyd | The main entryway to the church, this room has been set up to be as
Floyd | welcoming as possible. A rack of pamphlets sits in the center of a
Floyd | large table, flanked by pots of fake flowers. Lying open on a podium
Floyd | is a huge Bible. Pinned up on one wall is a board full of name tags.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the fellowship hall, and the large passage to the north
Floyd | obviously leads to the main sanctuary. The way out of the church is
Floyd | south of here, but that's none of your concern currently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden follows you in.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you enter the narthex, Orchid strolls in through the front door of
Floyd | the church. When she sees Aiden, her eyes go wide.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aiden! What are you doing here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey. Don't bother," Aiden snaps. "I've already told her everything.
Floyd | Or almost everything. Heh."
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid rushes up to Aiden with her fists clenched. "You're lying.
Floyd | There's no proof. All you can prove is that you broke into the church
Floyd | and tried to scare us."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, no," says Aiden. "I can prove some other things. I have the
Floyd | receipts. For the makeup and everything. Because you had to use a
Floyd | credit card, idiot."
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid goes quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, we can talk about this in the morning," Aiden says, and he
Floyd | makes for the southern exit—but you grab his arm, and he cries out
Floyd | softly. "Yeah. Your way is probably better."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "brief" 		

Floyd ]  Narthex
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BRIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Robin & Orchid is now in its "brief" printing mode, which gives long
Floyd | descriptions of places never before visited and short descriptions
Floyd | otherwise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e. e. n" 		

Floyd ]  Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E. E. N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fellowship Hall
Floyd | One corner is given over to a glass case containing a model church.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden and Orchid come in after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, where were we? Orchid didn't trust you to help her pull off this
Floyd | hoax. She said you're too much of a straight arrow. Those weren't her
Floyd | exact words. What were your exact words, Orchid?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid is looking down at her shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden shrugs. "She said something really nasty."
Floyd |
Floyd | No time to explore now. Sharon needs to know what's been going on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Floor Stairway
Floyd | Orchid and Aiden follow along.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But Orchid had this other great idea. She figured if we went a little
Floyd | further with the hoax, we could get you to believe the ghost was real.
Floyd | Heh."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wasn't trying to trick you!" Orchid pleads. "I just wanted it to be
Floyd | authentic. I wanted it to be a great story."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure, and then the great ghost story would be in the newspaper with
Floyd | the name of the most trustworthy reporter on staff on it, and Orchid's
Floyd | name too." Aiden chuckles. "But, looks like that didn't work out."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh. Easy to forget 'brief' exists sometimes,."
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Stairway
Floyd | Orchid and Aiden come down the stairs after you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden looks past you, into the nursery, and you can see something
Floyd | click in his brain.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Although, you know, we could still do it. You guys can write the
Floyd | story, I won't say anything, Orchid won't say anything, everyone will
Floyd | love it, you'll probably be co-editors-in-chief next year. Let's go
Floyd | back upstairs, we'll get some better pictures of the ghost."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No thanks," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | No time to explore now. Sharon needs to know what's been going on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "aiden, okay" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AIDEN, OKAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden looks around nervously. "Why don't we keep moving, huh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "orchid, go upstairs" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ORCHID, GO UPSTAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid declines to comment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "yeah, don't think we can do much but go into the nursery"
		Doug says, "hm, maybe we can just go to sleep though."
Doug says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | When you feel you've got all the evidence you need, your sleeping bag
Floyd | is waiting for you in the nursery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | Sharon's makeshift bed doesn't look comfortable, but apparently she's
Floyd | fast asleep anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You usher Aiden and Orchid in ahead of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too late for that now. You have to do something about Orchid and
Floyd | Aiden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "nope."
Doug says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No time to explore now. Sharon needs to know what's been going on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | Battered toys spill out of the toybox and across the floor, piling up
Floyd | in a corner of the room. Cupboards are mounted high on the walls, out
Floyd | of reach of tiny fingers, and an enormous blue recliner sits
Floyd | underneath them. It's already dark outside, and the doors west to the
Floyd | basement stairway and south to the youth room are dark as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sleeping bag is lying on a tidy patch of floor, ready for when
Floyd | you finish your investigation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden is here, rubbing his arm and pouting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchid is lounging around, yawning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sharon's makeshift bed doesn't look comfortable, but apparently she's
Floyd | fast asleep anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x aiden's arm" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AIDEN'S ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x toys" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOYS
Floyd |
Floyd | Toy cars, a lot of wooden blocks, a tea set, that kind of thing. It
Floyd | looks like someone tried to take a bite out of one of the blocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x blocks" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Toy cars, a lot of wooden blocks, a tea set, that kind of thing. It
Floyd | looks like someone tried to take a bite out of one of the blocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get block" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You gather up an armful of toys.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "give toys to aiden" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE TOYS TO AIDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Aiden looks around nervously. "Why don't we keep moving, huh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some toys
Floyd |   a can of tomato soup
Floyd |   a can of pears
Floyd |   a can of "Sugarman's Potted Meat Food Product"
Floyd |   a can of cherry pie filling
Floyd |   a can of chicken soup
Floyd |   a can of peaches
Floyd |   a shepherd's crook
Floyd |   a name tag (being worn)
Floyd |   a can of tuna
Floyd |   a can opener
Floyd |   a jam jar
Floyd |     some ectoplasm
Floyd |   a bird cage
Floyd |   a small white cross
Floyd |   a stack of photos
Floyd |   Casey's notes
Floyd |   a Polaroid camera (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play with toys" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLAY WITH TOYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x toys" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOYS
Floyd |
Floyd | Toy cars, a lot of wooden blocks, a tea set, that kind of thing. It
Floyd | looks like someone tried to take a bite out of one of the blocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "What did you play and how was it?"
		Doug says, "Robin & Orchid, and, pretty good!"
		Doug says, "lots and lots of detail"
		DavidW says, "We played Robin & Orchid, and it was very good -- except for the mud crashes which weren't it's fault."
		DavidW says, "er Its fault"
		Doug says, "oops, gotta go. thanks all!"
		Touchy says, "hm..."
		Doug says, "(will idle)"
		DavidW says, "bye Doug"
		Touchy says, "thanks"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I guess we're done now."
		DavidW says, "oh, we should try to use a public drawing tool more often. Don't know why I keep forgetting."
		Touchy asks, "Did you?"
		DavidW says, "Doug opened up a map he created here: [LINK]"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Belatedly, cool. Thanks."
		Jacqueline says, "I'll process the transcript RIGHT NOW so that I don't get behind."
		Touchy says, "Neat map..."
		Jacqueline says, "Given that that link may not remain in perpetuity, wonder if I should copy it to my server."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Great session today, guys. Thanks!"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Ollie Ollie Oxen Free by Carolyn VanEseltine
As played on ifMUD on December 1, 2013

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 Ollie Ollie Oxen Free written by Carolyn VanEseltine. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

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 hollers, "ClubFloyd is playing Ollie Ollie Oxen Free beginning... pretty much now, if you'd like to join us!" 		Jacqueline asks, "Okay, shall we?"
		diggle says, "we shall"
		Tigrita says, "indeed"
Nitku arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ollieollieoxenfree" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Is this your first time playing Ollie Ollie Oxen Free?  (y/n)
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please be advised that this interactive fiction includes depictions of
Floyd | violence.  As a movie or video game, it would probably be recommended
Floyd | for an audience of age 13 or older.
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you wish to continue?  (y/n) >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | Do you wish to continue?  (y/n) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ollie Ollie Oxen Free includes a cueing system to help
Floyd | players out with complex systems such as conversation.  (These cues
Floyd | are not hints; they are only guidance to make gameplay easier.
Floyd | Leaving them on is recommended.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to keep the help cues on?  (y/n) >

		
diggle asks, "do we have any driver?" 		Jacqueline says, "I can drive for now."
		DavidW says (to diggle), "Talk on channel, please."
		diggle asks, "kk, so we give you suggestions to what to do if we want?"
		diggle says (to dw), "nod I shall"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, given that these aren't hints... do we want the help cues, or not?"
		Tigrita asks, "What does driver mean?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing we don't need them, but maybe they're game-specific."
		Tigrita says, "i vote aye"
		DavidW says, "I'm a bit unsure how much I should hold back at first, since I played some of this. I didn't manage to solve much."
		Jacqueline says (to Tigrita), "They enter the commands on behalf of the group."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I think just only try stuff you don't know about."
		diggle says (to jack), "I would say keep the help queues open, but thats your choice"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "But it would be useful to have your opinion on whether or not we should leave the help cues on."
		DavidW asks, "I think leave them on. I think they can be turned off later?"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | Would you like to keep the help cues on?  (y/n) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The help cues will remain on.  You can turn them off at any time by
Floyd | typing CUES OFF.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | The staticky voice on the PA was wrong - you should have sheltered in
Floyd | place.  Moving your students wasn't easy, even before Jude yelled "Mr.
Floyd | Bunny!", dropped Samir's hand, and went scrambling back down the
Floyd | hallway.  You slipped up and swore, but no one heard it in the chaos.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overhead, the inbound planes were unleashing chaos of their own.
Floyd | There were seals against airbornes in most of the installation, but
Floyd | not in the school.  Emily was ahead of you, so the toxin hit her
Floyd | first.  She doubled over retching and then fell down.  You inhaled to
Floyd | call out to your students, but then the toxin was in your lungs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Burning in your lungs.  Throwing up as if you would never stop.
Floyd | Children screaming, scattering.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground shaking.  You wrenched your head up to see the wall
Floyd | collapse.  A wave of heat and light.  Wasn't the gas enough?  Why did
Floyd | they need incendiaries too?
Floyd |
Floyd | Adam must be up there somewhere, scrambling to respond.  As above, so
Floyd | below - unless he was puking his guts out too, unless he couldn't
Floyd | breathe either -
Floyd |
Floyd | It was a good time to pass out, so you did.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           1
Floyd | You open your eyes.  Everything aches, but the hallway eventually
Floyd | comes into focus.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ollie Ollie Oxen Free
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Carolyn VanEseltine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130929 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hall
Floyd | This was the approved route to shelter, before the bombs hit and the
Floyd | ceiling collapsed.  Now, shards of plastic and glass jut from the
Floyd | rubble, and more than one corpse lies buried beneath the weight of
Floyd | stone.  Heavy debris lies half-propped upon long pieces of rebar,
Floyd | creating a hazardous barrier that blocks the way north.  The way south
Floyd | remains open.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west, more debris blocks off the door to Avery Thomas's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The air raid sirens have stopped, but fire alarms still flash and
Floyd | shrill through the wreckage.  It's not much of an improvement.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have to find your students.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		diggle says, "woo inky's here"
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		Jacqueline says (to diggle), "Well, he logged on, he's not in here."
		DavidW says, "People may find it helpful to make a short list of the students' names as we learn them."
inky arrives, full of fun and funk. 		inky asks, "what which hunh?"
		Tigrita says, "we just started, we're playing Olly Olly Oxen Free"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Well, Avery Thomas sounds like a teacher, not a student, but okay."
		DavidW says, "yes, Avery is a teacher."
		Jacqueline says, "I will keep a teacher and a student list."
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to examine?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel, unsurprisingly, like a building fell on you, and you're sure
Floyd | that your appearance matches the feeling.  Constant tremors run
Floyd | through your hands, and it's an effort just to stay standing.  But
Floyd | there doesn't seem to be any blood, and that's something.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You can also think about many things, such as THINK ABOUT
Floyd | yourself.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing a striped red tie, a rumpled white shirt, some pair of
Floyd | black slacks, and a gold wedding band.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		diggle exclaims, "oh woo, brainpower!"
		Jacqueline says, "heh. Your use of 'woo' and an exclamation point is kind of jarring given the game's content."
		DavidW says, "I think that that 'THINK ABOUT' message is one of the cues that cues on does. It's not solving the puzzles for you. It just helps with syntax."
		Jacqueline says, "And it's kind of looking like we're male, which is also jarring (at least to me)."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about me" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel worse than you've ever felt, including the time when you were
Floyd | seventeen and three guys kicked the shit out of you just for existing.
Floyd | Maybe now hurts more because it's happening right now... but it's a
Floyd | bad sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tigrita exclaims, "woo, death and destruction!"
		DavidW says, "The PC is male, yes."
		Jacqueline says (to Tigrita), "That's the spirit, or something."
		diggle says, "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing a striped red tie, a rumpled white shirt, some pair of
Floyd | black slacks, and a gold wedding band.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tigrita says, "i think the wedding ring might be important"
		diggle says, "nods me too"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about ring" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to think about that right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tigrita says, "or give us some more about the character at least"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about wedding ring" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT WEDDING RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to think about that right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about spouse" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           7
Floyd | >

		diggle asks, "try band?"

Floyd | > THINK ABOUT SPOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to think about that right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about wife" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT WIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to think about that right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about avery" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT AVERY
Floyd |
Floyd | The kids love Avery Thomas, but he doesn't deserve it.  He hates
Floyd | teaching elementary, and he mutters in the teacher's lounge about how
Floyd | kids are only worthwhile once they grow up.  He probably daydreams
Floyd | about beaning a kid with a chunk of rock quartz someday.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Actually, could someone else drive for a few? Breakfast just arrived."
		Nitku says, "I like "some pair or black slacks""
		diggle asks, "can I?"
		Nitku says, "like he just realized he's wearing them and doesn't know where they came from"
		Jacqueline says (to diggle), "Go slowly, but sure."
		DavidW says (to diggle), "If you drive slow, yes."
		diggle says, "k"
		Jacqueline says (to diggle), "Main thing is, get most people to agree before you switch rooms."
diggle says (to Floyd), "x band" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAND
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a thin gold band, a little scratched, unobtrusive.  And very
Floyd | important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "think about band" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT BAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You wanted a custom ring, but Adam talked you out of it.  "We'll get
Floyd | something simple, classic," he said.  Unspoken: something it would be
Floyd | safer to wear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hall
Floyd | This was the approved route to shelter, before the bombs hit and the
Floyd | ceiling collapsed.  Now, shards of plastic and glass jut from the
Floyd | rubble, and more than one corpse lies buried beneath the weight of
Floyd | stone.  Heavy debris lies half-propped upon long pieces of rebar,
Floyd | creating a hazardous barrier that blocks the way north.  The way south
Floyd | remains open.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west, more debris blocks off the door to Avery Thomas's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | (If you SHOUT, someone might hear you.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, maybe we are female."
diggle says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Hello!  Can anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a crash from the direction of Mr. Thomas's classroom,
Floyd | followed by silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x debris" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DEBRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a closer look at the pile of debris, but what you see only
Floyd | makes your spirits sink.  The pile of debris blocking the door is
Floyd | unstable and heavy, definitely too dangerous for you to shift it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x corpse" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CORPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no room for doubt: the closest body is Emily Wagner.  Her
Floyd | torso is completely obscured, but you can see the patterned edge of
Floyd | her skirt, and you recognize the strappy sandals she was wearing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Game), "See, I used the ambiguous 'spouse' on purpose, you just didn't want to think about Adam that way."
diggle says (to Floyd), "search corpse" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CORPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Not necessarily."
diggle says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hall
Floyd | This was the approved route to shelter, before the bombs hit and the
Floyd | ceiling collapsed.  Now, shards of plastic and glass jut from the
Floyd | rubble, and more than one corpse lies buried beneath the weight of
Floyd | stone.  Heavy debris lies half-propped upon long pieces of rebar,
Floyd | creating a hazardous barrier that blocks the way north.  The way south
Floyd | remains open.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west, more debris blocks off the door to Avery Thomas's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "we're wearing a tie, for what that's worth"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "heternormativity off" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HETERNORMATIVITY OFF
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x shards" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the plastic shard or the glass shard?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "glass" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The glass shards look like they came from a door's broken windowpane.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need it, and you might hurt yourself trying to pull it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think the tie will be more important than the wedding band, but we'll see."
diggle says (to Floyd), "x plastic" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLASTIC
Floyd |
Floyd | The plastic shards look like they came from the shattered panel on a
Floyd | light fixture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need it, and you might hurt yourself trying to pull it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I mean, I wear a tie at work a feair amount, but there's also the possibility that we're gay."
		diggle asks, "not much here, any suggestions?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Is someone starting a map, per chance?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to door" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		diggle grins.
		diggle asks, "shall we go on to west?"
		djfletch says, "yes, if the debris is too dangerous to move then probably just try moving somewhere"
		DavidW says, "I'll draw a map. iirc, we're at the northeast corner of the geography."
		Jacqueline says (to diggle), "West works for me."
		diggle nods.
		diggle says, "kk, going"
diggle says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to stand up, but misjudge your own weakness and almost fall
Floyd | into the rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain still for a moment, breath burning in your throat, and wait
Floyd | for the strength to try again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You grit your teeth and get successfully to your feet.  You've never
Floyd | been so proud of just standing before... well, maybe after that fourth
Floyd | Jäger Bomb at Nellie's.  But it feels like college was about a hundred
Floyd | years ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pile of debris blocking the door is too dangerous to shift.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		diggle says, "hmm"
diggle says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hall
Floyd | This was the approved route to shelter, before the bombs hit and the
Floyd | ceiling collapsed.  Now, shards of plastic and glass jut from the
Floyd | rubble, and more than one corpse lies buried beneath the weight of
Floyd | stone.  Heavy debris lies half-propped upon long pieces of rebar,
Floyd | creating a hazardous barrier that blocks the way north.  The way south
Floyd | remains open.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west, more debris blocks off the door to Avery Thomas's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		diggle says, "can't shift debris, need gloves or something i'd imagine."
		inky says, "or explosives"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about school" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT SCHOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing the school in ruins makes you feel very fragile.  You didn't
Floyd | love the place - the architecture was weird, and the administration
Floyd | was frustrating, and the mural at the hallway junction was seriously
Floyd | ugly.  But now it's been destroyed, and perversely, you feel
Floyd | abandoned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Or another pair of hands."
		diggle says, "nod"
		diggle asks, "shall we go south then?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "think about emily" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT EMILY
Floyd |
Floyd | Emily Wagner was in your classroom when the warning siren went off.
Floyd | She was helping to get your kids out when the bombs hit.  She didn't
Floyd | approve of you, and you didn't approve of her methods all the time,
Floyd | and you bitched about her behind her back - but she was good with kids
Floyd | and she gave a damn.  You don't want her to be dead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "but yeah, TNT is traditional for removing rubble."
		Jacqueline asks, "Where did you see a reference to Emily?"
		Jacqueline says, "I missed it."
		diggle says, "in x corpse"
		DavidW says, "Emily's body is in the rubble."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah."
		djfletch says, "and mentioned in the intro I think"
diggle says (to Floyd), "think about me" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel worse than you've ever felt, including the time when you were
Floyd | seventeen and three guys kicked the shit out of you just for existing.
Floyd | Maybe now hurts more because it's happening right now... but it's a
Floyd | bad sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x debris" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DEBRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a closer look at the pile of debris, but what you see only
Floyd | makes your spirits sink.  The pile of debris blocking the door is
Floyd | unstable and heavy, definitely too dangerous for you to shift it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline adds 'Emily Wagner - D' to the list.
diggle says (to Floyd), "shift debris" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHIFT DEBRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | The pile of debris blocking the door is unstable and heavy, definitely
Floyd | too dangerous for you to shift it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "#pedant Probably not TNT, but something similar (and more stable)."
		diggle says, "hm nothing here, area's are blocked atm I suppose"
		DavidW says, "We can go south, it said."
		Jacqueline asks, "South?"
		diggle asks, "shall we go?"
		DavidW says, "I vote going one room south"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
diggle says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "I have to be away for a moment, but I'll come back soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir yells, "Go away, leave me alone!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about Samir" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | One day, he's helping Dylan cement his reign of terror, and the next,
Floyd | he's helping George build the ISS out of Tinkertoys.
Floyd |
Floyd | Left to his own devices, you think he might be a bit of a bookworm,
Floyd | but it's hard to tell.  Despite your best efforts, school is a poor
Floyd | place for self-discovery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		diggle exclaims, "woo woo, more death and distruction!"
diggle says (to Floyd), "x board" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | This bulletin board was once mounted on the north corner, but the
Floyd | explosions jarred it loose.  It's not much of a loss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "read board" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | This bulletin board was once mounted on the north corner, but the
Floyd | explosions jarred it loose.  It's not much of a loss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x murel" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MUREL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's one of those multiracial sunshine-and-handholding jobs that
Floyd | school administrators particularly love, even at a base school.  The
Floyd | colors are particularly toxic under the flickering fire alarm lights.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "get mural" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The cheerful mural is far too heavy to move in your weakened state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "get board" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The bulletin board is far too heavy to move in your weakened state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x alarms" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALARMS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're really not helping your headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under board" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		diggle asks, "suggestions?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn board" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "move it just in case"
		Jacqueline says, "Got some more backstory, finally getting a sense of where we are."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move board" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The bulletin board is far too heavy to move in your weakened state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "And my guess is that we're female now."
		DavidW says, "I would move south at this point."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I mean, now my guess is that we're female, and have always been."
		Allen asks, "really?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "who am I" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        41
Floyd | >

		
maga arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		

Floyd | > WHO AM I
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "but what about getting the crap kicked out of him by 3 guys?"
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | As always, I would like to thank my playtesters for their intensive
Floyd | support, including Danielle Church, Brie Frame, Jason Hoggatt, Emma
Floyd | Joyce, Colin Sandel, and one additional party who prefers to remain
Floyd | anonymous.
Floyd |
Floyd | Special thanks go to Wendy Misuinas for answering my questions about
Floyd | the military brat experience and for pointing me in the direction of
Floyd | additional research material.  Any errors here are assuredly mine
Floyd | rather than hers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's military."
		diggle says, "as far as i'm aware, someone had bombed this school. possibly a group of cult like indvisuals, or a corp war of some kind. The school knew of this beforehand, so they built shelters, ---but of course, some of the students couldn't reach them...."
		Allen says, "heh"

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ollie Ollie Oxen Free is an interactive fiction game by
Floyd | Carolyn VanEseltine.
Floyd |
Floyd | In this game, you take the role of a story's protagonist.  The
Floyd | computer provides the game world; it will inform you about what you
Floyd | can see, hear, smell, feel, and sense in any other ways.  You can
Floyd | respond to the game's environment by typing commands into the parser.
Floyd | For example, you can:
Floyd |
Floyd | - move around (WEST, GO DOOR, STAND ON TABLE, etc.)
Floyd | - investigate yourself (INVENTORY, EXAMINE ME, etc.)
Floyd | - investigate your environment (EXAMINE DEBRIS, LOOK ON DESK, LISTEN,
Floyd | SMELL, etc.)
Floyd | - interact with objects (GET PAPER CLIP, OPEN DRAWER, PUSH TABLE,
Floyd | etc.)
Floyd | - ask people to perform tasks for you (example: TYRONE, OPEN DOOR)
Floyd | - and perform important out-of-game functions (SAVE, UNDO, RESTORE,
Floyd | HELP, etc.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The OOxF command cueing system will attempt to provide timely,
Floyd | non-spoilery indicators about game syntax as you play.  Other commands
Floyd | that may be of use:
Floyd |
Floyd | ABOUT - Provides more information about the history and creation of
Floyd | the game.
Floyd | VERBS - Provides a list of verbs recognized by this game.
Floyd | HINT - If you're having trouble, type HINT to get a hint.
Floyd | WALKTHROUGH - In extremis, you can use WALKTHROUGH to get a solution
Floyd | for your specific situation.
Floyd |
Floyd | For more detailed guidance about how to play interactive fiction
Floyd | games, please consult the Brass Lantern Beginners' Resources,
Floyd | available at [LINK]
Floyd |
Floyd | If you have feedback, bug reports, or suggestions for improvement,
Floyd | please email Carolyn VanEseltine at carolyn@sibylmoon.com.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says, "oops" 		Jacqueline says, "Someone is whispering."
		says, "Please don't whisper to Floyd."
		Allen says, "I've forgotten the command to tell floyd to execute a command"
		Allen says, "I thought he would respond to me with a list of commands"
		diggle asks, "kk moving south ok?"
		Allen says, "what is it? for some reason I thought it was cf"
		DavidW says (to Allen), "Not while he's playing."
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "It's just F"
Allen says (to Floyd), "x board" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | This bulletin board was once mounted on the north corner, but the
Floyd | explosions jarred it loose.  It's not much of a loss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "f is ..Floyd, and wf is .Floyd"
		Allen says, "thx"
Doug has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "and wtf is What The Floyd"
		Jacqueline says, "You're welcome."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "yya"
		Jacqueline says, "er, yay"
		says (to DW), "Actually, that is also whisper to Floyd."
		diggle asks, "shall we move on then?"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's hit the cafeteria."
diggle says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to diggle), "yes, please. Let's go south."
diggle says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and probably
Floyd | locked, since lunch ended a good two hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x signs" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGNS
Floyd |
Floyd | The patriotic virtues extolled here include playing nicely with others
Floyd | and never running in the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "run" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUN
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to say which compass direction to go in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "run in hallway" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUN IN HALLWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and probably
Floyd | locked, since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x doors" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | These are tall double doors, metal, painted an odd shade of blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "open doors" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure enough, the doors are locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "if playing nicely with others and not running in the hallway are patriotic values, this can't be America"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x stickers" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STICKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		maga says, "Canada, perhaps"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		diggle snickers
		Jacqueline asks, "South?"
Lionheart arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		diggle says, "south."
		djfletch asks, "then who is attacking Canada with poison gas?"
diggle says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  To your surprise, it's partly
Floyd | open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The school kitchen door is unusually wide, perhaps because there's no
Floyd | alternate loading door for the kitchens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking down, you see a plastic tray wedging the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x tray" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | This is one of the orange plastic trays that the kids use to carry
Floyd | lunch to their tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to djf), "Alaska. They're finally trying to annex Canada."
		DavidW says, "Shame I didn't research Google Docs yet."
diggle says (to Floyd), "get tray" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not sure whether the kitchen door locks automatically.  It's
Floyd | probably better to leave it propped open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "For the mapping bit, you mean?"
		diggle asks, "soooouth?"
		Jacqueline says (to diggle), "Not yet"
		diggle says, "ur"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "yeah"
diggle says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x ligts" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x lights" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the fire alarm)
Floyd | They're really not helping your headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		diggle asks, "what shall we do then?"
		DavidW says, "I believe the door is east"
diggle says (to Floyd), "e" 		djfletch says, "yup, might as well go in"

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | You've never been in the school kitchen before.  The kitchen has no
Floyd | windows, and without the overhead lights, it's seriously dark here.
Floyd | Counters and shelves are barely discernable glints in the blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Why isn't there a fire alarm in the kitchen?  It would make sense -
Floyd | and it would mean you could see, no matter how poorly.  But there are
Floyd | only flickering reflections from the west doorway, almost worse than
Floyd | nothing in the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going north into the cafeteria, west into the
Floyd | hallway, or up down the big dark tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oops"
		Jacqueline says (to diggle), "This isn't an order so much as a request, but you repeatedly typing L rather than just scrolling up to reread is slowing me down."
		diggle says, "kk, sorry"
		Jacqueline says, "I keep reading, thinking it's new things, and it's making the screen scroll by very quickly."
		Jacqueline says (to diggle), "Thanks."
		DavidW says, "I meant to do the 'exits' in the previous room. Sorry."
diggle says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | The shelves are barely a glint of steel in the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Want to go back and do that?"
diggle says (to Floyd), "x counters" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COUNTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's barely a glint of steel in the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, I just hated that I spoiled something."
		diggle says, "we need a light of some sort I bedt"
		Jacqueline says (to diggle), "That'd be useful, yeah."
		DavidW says, "yes, I'm sure we need a lightsource."
		diggle asks, "kk, I think to the computer lab?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
diggle says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going north to the pile of debris, south toward
Floyd | the cafeteria, or west past the lockers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		diggle says, "oh can't go n"
diggle says (to Floyd), "x lockers" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOCKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We started one room north of here."
		Jacqueline asks, "Did we originally come from the west, or should we go that way?"
		Jacqueline says, "Timing."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, west then?"
		diggle nods
diggle says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "x lockers" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOCKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The lockers are narrow, brown, and about four feet tall.  Every
Floyd | student gets a locker on their first day, along with a lecture about
Floyd | how they are strictly forbidden to decorate the lockers or change
Floyd | their locker combinations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
diggle says (to Floyd), "open lockers" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN LOCKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You check one of the lockers, but, as you suspected, the locker is
Floyd | locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a combination lock that could be used to enter a combination,
Floyd | if you knew any of the locker combinations - which you don't right
Floyd | now.
Floyd | (Enter combinations on a combination lock with TURN DIAL LEFT

		
Floyd [number] or TURN DIAL RIGHT [number].) 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		diggle says, "uh-huh."
		Jacqueline files that idea away.
		diggle says, "sorry, can someone else drive? internet can go anytime"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x Americans" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AMERICANS
Floyd |
Floyd | The most prominent image is George Washington (complete with horse and
Floyd | saber).  His anachronistic companions include Thomas Jefferson,
Floyd | Abraham Lincoln, the Wright brothers (complete with plane), Charles
Floyd | Lindbergh, Buzz Aldrin, and John Glenn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sure. I will."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm done eating."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "washington" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WASHINGTON
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x washington" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WASHINGTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The most prominent image is George Washington (complete with horse and
Floyd | saber).  His anachronistic companions include Thomas Jefferson,
Floyd | Abraham Lincoln, the Wright brothers (complete with plane), Charles
Floyd | Lindbergh, Buzz Aldrin, and John Glenn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I probably shouldn't drive until we're caught up to how far I got."
		Jacqueline says, "So, we can smell something burning, and I think heading farther west might be dangerous, but I'd like to try it."
inky says (to Floyd), "x saber" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SABER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Also, I think without a combo for a locker, this is just a hallway."
		inky says, "good plan"
		diggle says, "thats why there is an undo command! :P"
		DavidW says, "I thik the burning is inside one of the lockers."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, huh."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess that's possible."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's classroom is - was - to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x posters" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The posters are from Emily Wagner's class.  At the top, each one bears
Floyd | the crooked heading, "When I Grow Up, I Will Be A...." followed by a
Floyd | crayon-and-marker drawing to represent the aspired profession.
Floyd | Unsurprisingly, there are a lot of airplanes and little stick figures
Floyd | with carefully drawn insignia, including an unlikely number of
Floyd | generals and chief master sergeants.  However, you also see a
Floyd | ballerina, a firefighter, a teacher (William Bradley is a notorious
Floyd | suckup), and a unicorn rancher.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		diggle exclaims, "when I grow up, I will be an IFMud player!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about william" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT WILLIAM
Floyd |
Floyd | William Bradley, notorious suckup.  Either he'll grow an opinion of
Floyd | his own someday, or he has a glowing future ahead as President of the
Floyd | United States.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "generals... is the nation at war?"
		Jacqueline gives diggle a gold star and a cookie.
		diggle grins
		DavidW says (to Allen), "Military brat school"
		Jacqueline asks, "Do we know Samir's last name?"
		Allen says, "oh ah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about samir" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | One day, he's helping Dylan cement his reign of terror, and the next,
Floyd | he's helping George build the ISS out of Tinkertoys.
Floyd |
Floyd | Left to his own devices, you think he might be a bit of a bookworm,
Floyd | but it's hard to tell.  Despite your best efforts, school is a poor
Floyd | place for self-discovery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Not yet."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about dylan" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT DYLAN
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be an easier world if the bullies all had names like Biff and
Floyd | Brick and Grunt.  Dylan Rierson is your least favorite kid in school
Floyd | right now, and you predict a round in juvie for him before he's
Floyd | sixteen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Can we go north?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about george" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | His mom was an astronaut candidate.  She died in a car crash, which is
Floyd | why George lives on base with his dad, but George either forgets that
Floyd | or won't admit it most of the time.  His art projects are littered
Floyd | with women with recognizable cornrows waving hello out of rocket ship
Floyd | windows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		diggle says, "sorry, gotta go, need to sleep"
		diggle says, "exam tomorrow"
		Jacqueline says, "See you."
		diggle waves goodbye
		DavidW says, "bye, diggle"
diggle goes home. 		DavidW says, "North is fine,"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Wagner's Room
Floyd | This classroom is reasonably undamaged, apart from a fallen ceiling
Floyd | tile.  The decorations are straight out of the 70's, all giant
Floyd | cardboard apples and smiling cartoon children, occupying not only the
Floyd | walls but the front of Ms. Wagner's desk.  The air smells of markers
Floyd | and chalk dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a closet door and an enormous blackboard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(who's driving now?)"
		Jacqueline says, "I am."
		Jacqueline says, "I agreed to it earlier when he asked to not drive anymore."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open closet" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CLOSET
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The lack of named exits is annoying."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going north into the supply closet or south to
Floyd | the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    75
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | This desk is smaller than most teacher desks at the school, but it's
Floyd | sturdy and well-made, which is more than can be said for a lot of the
Floyd | furnishings.  Also, it's possible to remove the desk from the room
Floyd | without disassembling it.
Floyd |
Floyd | On Ms. Wagner's desk are a decorated mug (in which are some pens and
Floyd | pencils) and a round blue tray (in which is a tangle of paper clips).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take paperclip" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PAPERCLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You fish a striped green paper clip out of the tangle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes, useful tool"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unlock closet with paperclip" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK CLOSET WITH PAPERCLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | (the striped green paper clip)
Floyd | There's no way you can pick a lock.  Your hands are trembling far too
Floyd | much.
Floyd |
Floyd | The striped green paper clip falls from your shaking hands to the
Floyd | floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "hmm, we must need to move this desk for some reason"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take paperclip" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PAPERCLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | (the striped green paper clip)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "but, uh, we have an inventory problem."
		Jacqueline says (to djf), "yeah"
		Jacqueline says (to dw), "yeah"
		DavidW says, "We can't hold onto anything for very long."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put paperclip in pocket" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PAPERCLIP IN POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (the striped green paper clip in the left pocket of your slacks)
Floyd | You put the striped green paper clip into the left pocket of your
Floyd | slacks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open desk" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x board" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The blackboard currently contains a list of countries in Western
Floyd | Europe, with extra notes about Luxembourg (capital - Luxembourg,
Floyd | largest city - Luxembourg, official languages - French, German, and
Floyd | Luxembourgish).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, maybe we have multiple pockets?"
		Jacqueline says, "Probably at least two."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "write on board" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE ON BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "draw on board" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRAW ON BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pockets" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POCKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pocket" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | These aren't very good pants - they're a little faded from repeated
Floyd | washing, and there's a hole that makes the right pocket unusable.  You
Floyd | still wear them because at least the hole isn't visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Make that one."
		DavidW says, "oh. yeah."
		DavidW says, "I always had holes in the right pocket. Keys ruin them."
		DavidW says, "I now use a keycase."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x mug" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MUG
Floyd |
Floyd | The red and blue lettering proclaims "#1 Teacher!"  It's full of pens
Floyd | and pencils.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'll bet she *wasn't* number one."
		Jacqueline says, "I'll bet we are."
		DavidW says, "or will be."
		Jacqueline says, "#tasteless Well, now that she is gone, we can usurp her spot."
		DavidW says, "A pen might be useful for writing a note, but I bet we can't write with our shaky hands."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, keep in our minds that there is a closet here, and go search Emily's corpse?"
		Jacqueline says, "(for a key)"
		DavidW says, "hm. Makes sense."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, which way to Emily, mapguy?"
		DavidW says, "Unless there's a staff room with her coat."
		DavidW says, "The body is s. e. e. n."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure, but I would think she'd have the key on here."
		Jacqueline says, "er, her"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hall
Floyd | This was the approved route to shelter, before the bombs hit and the
Floyd | ceiling collapsed.  Now, shards of plastic and glass jut from the
Floyd | rubble, and more than one corpse lies buried beneath the weight of
Floyd | stone.  Heavy debris lies half-propped upon long pieces of rebar,
Floyd | creating a hazardous barrier that blocks the way north.  The way south
Floyd | remains open.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west, more debris blocks off the door to Avery Thomas's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x emily" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EMILY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no room for doubt: the closest body is Emily Wagner.  Her
Floyd | torso is completely obscured, but you can see the patterned edge of
Floyd | her skirt, and you recognize the strappy sandals she was wearing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, hrm."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search emily" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           89
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH EMILY
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "she's not #1 any more"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search skirt" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           90
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SKIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x sandals" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           90
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SANDALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search rubble" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           91
Floyd | >

		inky says, "well, if our hands are shaking, surely one of the teachers has a flask in their desk to calm our nerves"

Floyd | > SEARCH RUBBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "or some xanax"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "oh, maybe"
		Jacqueline says, "At a military school, I rather doubt it."
		Jacqueline says, "But maybe that just shows what I know."
		DavidW says, "There might be a sickroom, though."
		Jacqueline says, "True."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, where should we explore next, David?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search rubble" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH RUBBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x bodies" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BODIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Is there anyone else there besides Emily?"
		DavidW says, "Either south or west of the Hallway where there's four directions."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bodies" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BODIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x corpses" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CORPSES
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no room for doubt: the closest body is Emily Wagner.  Her
Floyd | torso is completely obscured, but you can see the patterned edge of
Floyd | her skirt, and you recognize the strappy sandals she was wearing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Ah, thanks."
		DavidW says, "I guess there is more than one body, but only Emily is named."
		Jacqueline says, "Some more synonyms in this would be nice."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, S?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, s.w.w."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       95
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "now either west or south to new places"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's check out the bathrooms."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's hard to be sure in this light, but it looks like there's a wet
Floyd | spot on the carpet by the door to the girls' room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x happy hygience" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAPPY HYGIENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the Happy Hygiene
Floyd | sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x wet spot" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      98
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WET SPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | That spot is definitely wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x happy hygiene" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      99
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAPPY HYGIENE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's in the style of those old recruitment posters - "Harry the Happy
Floyd | Hand wants YOU to wash your hands!"  There are happy girls waving at
Floyd | Harry on the girls' room sign and happy boys waving at Harry on the
Floyd | boys' room sign, just to avoid any mixups.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "touch spot" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH SPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | That spot is definitely wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "smell spot" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      101
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL SPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's actually hard to inhale on purpose - memories of the toxic gas,
Floyd | probably.
Floyd |
Floyd | A burning, acrid smell overlays the usual odors of the school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      102
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Hey, can anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A student calls back from the girls' bathroom.  "Mr. Ginsberg! I can't
Floyd | get up!"  It's Keiko, and her voice sounds tight and strange.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also get a response from the boys' bathroom.  "Help me!" a boy
Floyd | calls, "That asshole Dustin wedged me in here!"  It sounds like Tyrone
Floyd | - he's supposed to be in Emily Wagner's class, not yours.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You can ask students to perform tasks with [student], [command].
Floyd | For example, KEIKO, LOOK will ask Keiko to tell you what she can see
Floyd | right now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, we are male."
		Jacqueline says, "Huh. I guess we are."
		inky says, "well, good thing we don't have to help Tyrone, since he's not in our class"
		Jacqueline says, "Makes sense. This is probably written for the (near? distant?) future, and we've already had one military-administered same sex wedding."
		DavidW says, "That got us three kids names, though"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about keiko" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      103
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT KEIKO
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is the oldest of your students.  She's been held back twice now,
Floyd | not because she's stupid, but because the school isn't prepared to
Floyd | handle a kid with dyslexia.  They're moving her up this year come hell
Floyd | or high water... or so you would have said, before the school was
Floyd | bombed.  Right now, you don't even know who's alive, let alone who's
Floyd | graduating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "One second, please."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay. Think about the others now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone isn't one of your students.  You know him because he's been
Floyd | giving Emily a headache and a half, not to mention the recess
Floyd | monitors.  He's bright enough to get pissed off and destructive in a
Floyd | classroom geared to the lowest common denominator, and he pounds back
Floyd | on the kids who try to pound him, which doesn't help anything much.
Floyd | He's pretty well-behaved in detention, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about dustin" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT DUSTIN
Floyd |
Floyd | If Dustin weren't so quick to help beat people up, he'd be the one
Floyd | getting beat up.  You try to keep this in mind, but you still don't
Floyd | feel much sympathy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "keiko, look" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "What can you see, Keiko?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko shouts back, "Can't you just come in here?  The door's open!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter girl's room" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER GIRL'S ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "west"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "I need to do something, but I'll be back as soon as I can."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come back soon!" Keiko calls.  Tyrone doesn't answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the girls' door)
Floyd | The door has a push panel, so you lean on the door, but nothing
Floyd | happens.  Briefly, you wonder if the door is blocked - but it's just a
Floyd | measure of your weakness.  The hinges yield a moment later, and the
Floyd | door opens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Girls' Bathroom
Floyd | You've never actually been in the girls' bathroom before, but it has
Floyd | the same ugly cream-and-black tile as the boys' room does, plus all
Floyd | the accoutrements you'd expect - sinks, a mirror, stalls, the works.
Floyd | Or so you surmise, because half the back wall collapsed in, and
Floyd | there's now water spraying across the room from a burst pipe and
Floyd | pooling on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is sitting on the bathroom floor.  Her hair and clothing are
Floyd | soaked from the spraying water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko looks up at you miserably.  "I got out from under the bricks,
Floyd | but I can't get up.  I tried, but my leg won't work.  It hurts so
Floyd | bad."  She points to her right leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say inarticulately, "Keiko.  It's going to be okay, I promise."
Floyd | But you don't know how, because you're pretty sure her leg is broken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x bricks" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | This morning, there was a solid, sturdy wall here, and now it's a
Floyd | shattered heap of masonry.  It hardly seems real.
Floyd |
Floyd | The girls' room door hisses closed on its hinge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That's a nice touch, that you tell nearby kids what you're doing, except we were coming to *see* Keiko, not leave her."
		inky says, "heh"
		inky says, "details details"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x leg" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Keiko's right leg or Keiko's left leg?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if we can turn off the water."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x right leg" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIGHT LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a nasty scrape partway down Keiko's right shin, and a gruesome
Floyd | bulge in the flesh beneath it.  You're not well versed in first aid,
Floyd | but you're pretty sure that it's broken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko breathes through her teeth for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "amputate right leg" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AMPUTATE RIGHT LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I figure we need to make a splint for Keiko, but I never found a suitable stick. I'm guessing our tie can be used to tie it to her leg."
		Jacqueline exclaims (at inky), "INKY!"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Hm, good point."
		inky says, "this is a survival situation! we might have to feed her leg to Tyrone"
		Jacqueline doesn't want to laugh, but does nevertheless.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to emily" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO EMILY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "e"
		DavidW says, "We haven't even seen the kitchen well yet."
		Jacqueline says, "er"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to keiko" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KEIKO
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to talk to Keiko about?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "leg" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Keiko's right leg or Keiko's left leg?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "right leg" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIGHT LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Keiko, what happened to your leg?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko says, "I tried to hide in here, like during a tornado drill, but
Floyd | the ceiling fell on me.  I got my leg out, but it really hurts and I
Floyd | think something's really wrong."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to keiko about break" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KEIKO ABOUT BREAK
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to keiko about amputation" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KEIKO ABOUT AMPUTATION
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to keiko about death" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KEIKO ABOUT DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to keiko about bomb" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KEIKO ABOUT BOMB
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm sure we can ask her about any of the students or teachers."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, the other worked, but I'm thinking a/t"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about teacher" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT TEACHER
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the half-buried corpse or the teacher desk?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Golly"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about desk" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the cheap wooden desk, the massive steel desk, the
Floyd | teacher desk, Ms. Wagner's desk, or the desk drawer?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh golly golly"
		Jacqueline says, "I am ready to leave Keiko and check out Tyrone."
		djfletch asks, "are we too weak to carry her?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get keiko" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET KEIKO
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Keiko's hand, squeeze it reassuringly, and then let go again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko breathes through her teeth for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing, but we can try."
		DavidW says, "I hate it when the disambiguation system gives away things we haven't seen yet."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drag keiko" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRAG KEIKO
Floyd |
Floyd | In the movies, people always pull the leg straight before splinting
Floyd | it.  In real life, you're not so sure about this at all.  You'll need
Floyd | something long and straight (a broom, maybe?), and something to fasten
Floyd | it in place.  You also need something to use for a crutch, because
Floyd | Keiko is the biggest of your students, and you're too weak to support
Floyd | her yourself.
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "AIE, no, not traction."
		DavidW says, "We're too weak to carry a paperclip, so yes. Far too weak."
		Jacqueline says, "So, there's probably a broom around here somewhere."
		Jacqueline says, "And yeah, we have a tie."
		Jacqueline says, "I say we go look for stuff. Don't worry, I'm sure we'll say something reassuring when we leave the room."
		DavidW says, "Keiko will probably have to do the actual tying."
		Allen says, "I feel uncomfortable being in the girls restroom. Let's leave"
		Jacqueline asks (of Allen), "Srsly?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the girls' door)
Floyd | With a massive effort of will, you pull open the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We did *not* say anything reassuring."
		Jacqueline says, "meh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the boys' door)
Floyd | You pull, but the door won't open.  Looking down, you see a small
Floyd | rubber wedge jammed under the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, well, well. What a little craphead."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      115
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The small rubber wedge is jammed tightly under the door, and your
Floyd | shaking fingers don't have the strength to pull it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hard thump from the boys' bathroom door, suggestive of
Floyd | someone kicking it from the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "And lay off kicking the door!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone says unrepentantly, "Yes, Mr. Ginsberg."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kick wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      116
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You think dark and terrible thoughts about the small rubber wedge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
		Allen asks, "what?"
		Jacqueline says, "That was not the response I was expecting."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      117
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Tyrone, can you please grab that wedge?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone calls, "How'm I supposed to get it from this side?  It's on
Floyd | your side of the door!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "I think we're thinking about waterboarding that little wedge."
		inky says, "maybe we should tell Tyrone to slide a poster under the door to knock out the wedge"
		DavidW says, "I think we might need someone else to pull the wedge for us,"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, look" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      118
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Tyrone, tell me what you can see around you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone yells back, "I see a wedge!  A wedge that won't let me get this
Floyd | damn door open!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      119
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Tyrone, can you push the wedge out from your side of the
Floyd | door?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone calls back, "I tried, but I can't get it to move!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Tyrone, inventory" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, INVENTORY
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Tyrone, what have you got with you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone calls, "I don't think I have anything."
Floyd |
Floyd | You call back, "Okay, that's fine.  Let me think for a minute."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tie tie to wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      121
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE TIE TO WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd give a lot for some rope right now.  But lacking any, you'll
Floyd | have to proceed without it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "remove tie" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      122
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE TIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You struggle with the knot, but your hands are shaking so much that
Floyd | you can't loosen it.  You give it up as a bad job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I say we abandon yet another child and go see what else is going on."
		DavidW says, "If we can't pull a wedge, we can't untie a tie."
		DavidW says, "I think Aristotle said that."
		DavidW says, "yeah, continue exploring."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, which way again, map guy?"
		DavidW asks, "unless -- can we slip the paperclip to him under the door and have him push the wedge with that?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm. Seems unlikely, but we could try it."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give paperclip to tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      123
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PAPERCLIP TO TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the striped green paper clip)
Floyd | You give the striped green paper clip to Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "A ruler would be better"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yes. Or one of those pencils."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push wedge with paperclip" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      124
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push wedge with paperclip" 		

Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH WEDGE WITH PAPERCLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone shouts, "I don't know how to do that, the wedge is bad for
Floyd | pushing!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      125
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH WEDGE WITH PAPERCLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone calls, "I don't know how to do that, the wedge is bad for
Floyd | pushing!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, give clip to me" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      126
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GIVE CLIP TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd | (If you type VERBS, you can get a list of all valid commands in
Floyd | this game, including notes about what instructions your students can
Floyd | follow.)
Floyd |
Floyd | ---------------------
Floyd | This message may have been triggered by following a disambiguated
Floyd | command to a student with a regular command - for example:
Floyd |
Floyd | >Tyrone, drink
Floyd | What do you want Tyrone to drink?
Floyd |
Floyd | >Tyrone, drink fountain
Floyd | Tyrone won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink
Floyd | your strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | If that looks like the behavior you just saw, please reenter your
Floyd | second command now, with apologies for the inconvenience.
Floyd | ---------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, give clip" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      127
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GIVE CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Tyrone)
Floyd | You shout, "Tyrone, please hand the paper clip to Tyrone."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone shouts back, "Mr. Ginsberg, who did you want me to give it to?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Sorry, must have been a bit rattled."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, give clip to ginsberg" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      128
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GIVE CLIP TO GINSBERG
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Tyrone to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There will be more paperclips"
		DavidW says, "Will there? I don't know if this situation was coded for."
		Jacqueline says, "I got the sense that there was more than one paperclip in Emily's room, but we could also just undo."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess I'll undo."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      127
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      126
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      127
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing a striped red tie, a rumpled white shirt, some pair of
Floyd | black slacks, and a gold wedding band.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      126
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      125
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      124
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      125
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing a striped red tie, a rumpled white shirt, some pair of
Floyd | black slacks, and a gold wedding band.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x paperclip" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      125
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAPERCLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      125
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      124
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      123
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      122
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x paperclip" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      123
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAPERCLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Okay. What now?"
inky says (to Floyd), "tyrone, look" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      124
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Is anything broken, or leaking, or on fire?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone calls back, "No, nothing like that.  Just the wedge." He sounds
Floyd | worried now.  "Is there, like, fire and stuff out there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "I'm going to get you out safe.  Hang on."  It seems better
Floyd | than answering his question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "n. w."
		Jacqueline says, "We ought to say 'safely.' It is an adverb."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              125
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              126
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the art classroom - your classroom -  hangs open on its
Floyd | twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says (to Jacq), "actually, safe is a flat adverb"
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "It's a joke."
		Jacqueline says, "It's a reference to a song."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              126
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going north into the art room, east along the
Floyd | hall, or west toward the gym.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ah!"
		inky says, "art teacher, hunh"
		Jacqueline says, "Although I am personally opposed to most flat adverbs, fwiw."
		Jacqueline says, "Not all, but most."
		Allen asks, "why do military students need art?"
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "They're not military students."
		Jacqueline says, "They are students who go to a school on a military base because their parents are in the military."
		Allen says, "oh"
		Allen says, "Ok, if there's a fire or something, we may need to run fastly past it"
		Jacqueline says, "Speaking of art, let's go that way..."
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "You mean quickly."
		DavidW) Allen asks, "so why do any students need art?"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             127
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom - the art room, mostly, but also where you had
Floyd | homeroom and study hall and sometimes detention.  A gaping hole in the
Floyd | wall provides unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room, where it
Floyd | looks like the sprinklers are going off.  Tissue paper trees line the
Floyd | intact east wall of this room, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude sits on the ground beside the rubble-strewn table, peering
Floyd | miserably into the darkness underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks up at you tearfully.  "I can't get him out, Mr. Ginsberg!
Floyd | He's stuck under the table!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hey Jude, don't go away, sing a sad song, and make it be-e-e-etter."
		Allen says (to DavidW), "eeep!"
		Jacqueline smiles. "We sure know how to cope with a grim game, don't we?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about jude" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             128
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT JUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | Like several of your other kids, Jude is "suddenly military", and she
Floyd | hasn't taken the change well.  Her mom has been at wits' end dealing
Floyd | with her, which is why she's allowed to keep her bunny in class for
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x jude" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             129
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | Misery crinkles Jude's face like an old woman's.  Her dark eyes have
Floyd | swollen from tears, and her nose is smeared with mucus.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is wearing a lime green shirt, a brilliantly colored My Little
Floyd | Pony backpack, and a pair of flower-embroidered overalls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "oh! This was Mr Bunny?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask jude about bunny" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             130
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK JUDE ABOUT BUNNY
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, tell me about your bunny?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude sniffs, "His name is Mr. Bunny!  He's very important, my dad gave
Floyd | him to me, and I really need him back!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "I assumed Mr Bunny was an imaginary friend"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bunny" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             131
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNNY
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude's favorite stuffed animal is awkwardly big, purple, furry, and
Floyd | rather in need of a wash.  He always reminds you of a prize from the
Floyd | fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             132
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude's Mr. Bunny is wedged far back under the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's easy enough to put two and two together - you told the students
Floyd | yesterday that there would be painting today, so she put Mr. Bunny
Floyd | somewhere safe.  And then the wall collapsed over the table, and now
Floyd | it'll be a serious problem getting him out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So it's Mr B that's stuck under the table, I take it."
		Jacqueline says, "Timing"
		DavidW says, "uh huh"
Allen says (to Floyd), "lift table" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             132
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIFT TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "jude, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             133
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, would you please hold hands with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude takes your hand.
Floyd | (To stop leading a student around, RELEASE that student.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I say we keep her with us and keep looking around"
		DavidW says, "It's a nice try but there's a problem with that."
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             133
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             134
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not a complicated project - cut out brown construction paper
Floyd | trees, draw bark on them in black marker, and then glue colorful
Floyd | tissue paper leaves on the branches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I never noticed her backpack before, though. I wonder what's in it."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about mccaskill" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             135
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT MCCASKILL
Floyd |
Floyd | Jenny McCaskill teaches English to kids being raised by TV.  It's a
Floyd | thankless job and it's probably killing her soul, but she dutifully
Floyd | hauls out the latest Macmillan recommendations every year.  She also
Floyd | performs a number of quasi-administrative tasks, such as collecting
Floyd | roll call sheets and handing out locker combinations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oho"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "What's the problem with us holding her hand? She's incapable of walking, or won't leave Mr. Bunny?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             136
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Jude, I need to see your backpack for a moment."
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the brilliantly colored My Little Pony backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The latter."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             137
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Jude, hold still so I can look at your backpack."
Floyd |
Floyd | The brilliantly colored My Little Pony backpack is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku has been discontinued. 		Jacqueline exclaims (at Jude), "Why do you not have a broom and the key to Mrs. Wagner's supply closet in your backpack?!"
		DavidW says, "'Cause she's not a bad student like _____."
		Jacqueline says, "Like Dustin. Got it."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             138
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Sometimes the default responses are just ... yeah."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look through hole" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm sure I don't."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "crawl through hole" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRAWL THROUGH HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm sure the gaping hole isn't why we're wearing a ring."
		Jacqueline asks, "hm?"
		DavidW says, "I'll explain later."
		DavidW says, "(it's tasteless)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going south to the hallway or west through the
Floyd | hole into Mrs. McCaskill's room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "try 'w'"
		Jacqueline says, "Grr. Okay."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                140
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "I'm going to need both of my hands for this," and drop
Floyd | Jude's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your trembling hands, you scramble successfully over the table
Floyd | and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. McCaskill's Room
Floyd | Half the ceiling has fallen, crushing the west side of the room
Floyd | beneath debris and blocking the door entirely.  The water sprinklers
Floyd | spew frantically, turning papers and decorations to mush, but it
Floyd | doesn't do much good - despite the acrid stench, whatever's burning
Floyd | isn't actually in this room.  Still, the water might be reducing the
Floyd | smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gaping hole in the east wall allows you back into your classroom, if
Floyd | you scramble over the rubble-strewn table in the way.  The north wall
Floyd | is in similarly poor state, and you might be able to go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A crumpled poster projects from the rubble, mostly sheltered from the
Floyd | sprinklers by a fallen corkboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water flows down the legs of the cheap wooden teacher's desk to the
Floyd | growing puddle on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                141
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It depicts all the past presidents of the United States.  So far, the
Floyd | presidents have avoided death by water, but the delay of sentence is
Floyd | only temporary.  Rutherford B. Hayes looks worriedly at the coursing
Floyd | droplets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                142
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | Jenny McCaskill's desk is a cheap wooden affair.  The locking metal
Floyd | drawer bolted onto the right side was clearly an afterthought, but
Floyd | it's all that saves her from having no drawers at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bunny" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                143
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNNY
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude's favorite stuffed animal is awkwardly big, purple, furry, and
Floyd | rather in need of a wash.  He always reminds you of a prize from the
Floyd | fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take bunny" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                144
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BUNNY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's too much debris in the way, and you can't fit your arm through
Floyd | the gap.  Mr. Bunny is still out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "again, a place where a ruler might help us push."
		DavidW says, "Or some tool"
		Jacqueline says, "For the record in the transcript, which I know Carolyn will read, the bit about Rutherford B. Hayes was a very nice touch."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's either locked, or jammed beyond your current strength to unjam.
Floyd | Locked seems more likely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing we can't pick this lock, either."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pick lock" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to pick the metal drawer with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "papercli" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAPERCLI
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I never thought to try"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pick lock with paperclip" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                146
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK LOCK WITH PAPERCLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the striped green paper clip)
Floyd | There's no way you can pick a lock.  Your hands are trembling far too
Floyd | much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put paperclip in pocket" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PAPERCLIP IN POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the striped green paper clip into the left pocket of your
Floyd | slacks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "scream" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "but the game recognizes the action, so someone else might be able to."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleportation would be fantastic right about now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Heh"
		DavidW says, "I don't think I tried going north from here."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, it's very unAmerican that we don't know how to pray. I know it's a school, but it's a military school."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                148
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean through the gap into the north room - Mr. DeWitt's room, you
Floyd | think, but the chokingly thick smoke makes it hard to tell.  The
Floyd | sprinklers aren't working in here, and there's even greater structural
Floyd | damage than you've already seen.  This isn't a viable exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | You retreat back to Mrs. McCaskill's room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about dewitt" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                149
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT DEWITT
Floyd |
Floyd | Paul "Do It" DeWitt teaches basic math at the elementary, and his wife
Floyd | Marianne teaches trig and calculus at the elementary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if she is Marianne "Do It" DeWitt."
		Jacqueline says, "So, so far I have:"
		Jacqueline | Teachers:
		Jacqueline | Avery Thomas
		Jacqueline | Emily Wagner - D
		Jacqueline | Jenny McCaskill
		Jacqueline | Marianne DeWitt
		Jacqueline | Paul "do it" DeWitt
		Jacqueline | Students:
		Jacqueline | Dunstin
		Jacqueline | Dylan Rierson
		Jacqueline | George
		Jacqueline | Jude
		Jacqueline | Keiko
		Jacqueline | Samir
		Jacqueline | Tyrone
		Jacqueline | William Bradley
		DavidW says, "and Mr Gingberg (us)"
		Jacqueline asks, "There was supposed to be a space in there between Teachers and Students, but... have I missed anyone?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh, true."
		DavidW says, "er Ginsberg"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about me" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel worse than you've ever felt, including the time when you were
Floyd | seventeen and three guys kicked the shit out of you just for existing.
Floyd | Maybe now hurts more because it's happening right now... but it's a
Floyd | bad sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "We don't have a first name yet, eh?"
		DavidW says, "er Ginsburg"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about adam" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT ADAM
Floyd |
Floyd | Thinking of your husband is both comforting and painful.  He must be
Floyd | up in the air right now, raining righteous fury over whichever bastard
Floyd | was in that plane.  He'll keep you safe, just like you'll keep your
Floyd | kids safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
ASchultz arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Jacqueline says, "I will assume, for now, that our first name is Allen."
		DavidW says, "Sounds good"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x corkboard" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CORKBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sprinklers have destroyed whatever was pinned to this corkboard,
Floyd | leaving disintegrating pages and illegible smears of ink behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x puddle" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PUDDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The puddle on the floor is growing by the minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move poster" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not worth it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think I'm done in here."
		Jacqueline asks, "What part of the map needs to be filled in?"
		DavidW says, "west end of hallway"
		DavidW says, "to the gym"
		djfletch says, "also I don't think we tried going north from the kitchen into the cafeteria"
		Jacqueline asks, "Could you drive us there?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your weakened muscles, you scramble successfully over the
Floyd | table and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude sits on the ground beside the rubble-strewn table, peering
Floyd | miserably into the darkness underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have no idea how the hallway is supposed to connect with DeWitt's room."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going south into the gym or east along the
Floyd | hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Thankfully, one of the double doors is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side.  Two have been separated
Floyd | from the pile and layered over the base of a pommel horse, and others
Floyd | are arranged around a balance beam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If we have to jump down from a height, the mats will help."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mats" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            159
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MATS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're standard exercise mats, designed to protect kids when they
Floyd | fall down in gym class.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x horse" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a standard pommel horse - two handles, two poles, and broad metal
Floyd | feet at the bottom to keep it from falling over when it's being used.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beam" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEAM
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a standard gymnastics balance beam, with a slightly roughened,
Floyd | non-slip surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bleachers" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            162
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLEACHERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Stacked up the way they are, the bleachers form a solid extension of
Floyd | the wall.  There aren't even any sizeable gaps between the bleachers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I assume the beam is far too big to be either splint or crutch?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x poles" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POLES
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a standard pommel horse - two handles, two poles, and broad metal
Floyd | feet at the bottom to keep it from falling over when it's being used.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I would think, yeah."
		DavidW asks, "oh, wait. The poles in the horse -- can we extract those?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull poles" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL POLES
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wouldn't think so, but we can try."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take poles" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            165
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get poles" 		

Floyd | > TAKE POLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Lifting the pommel horse would be far too taxing for you.  However,
Floyd | it's narrow enough to go through the doorway, so if you got at least
Floyd | two students together, they might be able to drag it out of the room.
Floyd |

		
Floyd (PUSH POMMEL HORSE [direction] to move the pommel horse 		

Floyd | around.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            166
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET POLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Lifting the pommel horse would be far too taxing for you.  However,
Floyd | it's narrow enough to go through the doorway, so if you got at least
Floyd | two students together, they might be able to drag it out of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "mount horse" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            166
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOUNT HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. With effort, the horse can be pushed. hm."
		DavidW says, "okay, I know what that's for, then."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, with the gym now revealed, does this complete what we presently know of the map?"
		DavidW says, "no, there's another room south"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's check it out."
		DavidW says, "also the rest of the kitchen"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          167
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boombox" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          168
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOMBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (the boombox)
Floyd | Straight out of the 80's - make that the 90's, since it has a CD
Floyd | player instead of a cassette tape.  There's a battery compartment on
Floyd | the back.
Floyd |
Floyd | The boombox is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "ah, batteries for the as-yet-unseen flashlight, maybe?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          169
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Hello!  Can anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A shaggy boy's head pops up at the window of the gym office door,
Floyd | "It's me, George!" he hollers through the door.  "I'm here!"  His
Floyd | voice is a little muffled, but still quite audible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Let's get you out of there, George."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, that's new. I never found George."
Allen says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          170
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about george" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          171
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | His mom was an astronaut candidate.  She died in a car crash, which is
Floyd | why George lives on base with his dad, but George either forgets that
Floyd | or won't admit it most of the time.  His art projects are littered
Floyd | with women with recognizable cornrows waving hello out of rocket ship
Floyd | windows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask george about door" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          172
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GEORGE ABOUT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the gym office door)
Floyd | You shout, "George, tell me about the door."
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "Um... I don't know what you mean...
Floyd | it's just a door."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right, he's already on our list."
		Allen says, "oh we tohought about him before"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, look" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          173
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Hey, George?  What can you see in there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George sounds puzzled.  "It's Mr. Lewis's office."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about lewis" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          174
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT LEWIS
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack Lewis is the gym coach.  He won't give you the time of day, but
Floyd | he cares about sportsmanship and he cares about his kids, and that's
Floyd | why you only ever call him Jackass Lewis in private with Adam.  (Well,
Floyd | that and a strong desire to keep your job.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
inky says (to Floyd), "george, unlock door" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          175
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, UNLOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the oversized T-shirt)
Floyd | George might have trouble fitting the oversized T-shirt into the lock
Floyd | on the gym office door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "what?"
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "george, i" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, I
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, do you have anything useful?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "I don't think I have anything."
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout back, "Okay, that's fine.  Let me think for a minute."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, take off shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          177
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, TAKE OFF SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | Some people are confused about the difference between gay people and
Floyd | pedophiles.  That confusion leads to good teachers being fired every
Floyd | day.  There must be a way to get your students out without feeding
Floyd | that fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "wow"
		Jacqueline says, "um, wow"
Allen says (to Floyd), "look in window" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          178
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          179
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a small window in the gym office door, through which you can
Floyd | see mostly George.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "George was curious. Very curious."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wave" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          180
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have George's attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wave, feeling foolish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break window" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You think dark and terrible thoughts about the gym office door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          182
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Stay calm, we're all getting out of here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says (to DavidW), "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "ah, c'mon, game. Breaking a window is a reasonable idea."
		Jacqueline says, "That bit about dark and terrible thoughts is just... yeah."
		inky says, "it's true "bi-curious george" probably exists"
Allen says (to Floyd), "george about office" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          182
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE ABOUT OFFICE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask george about office" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          183
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GEORGE ABOUT OFFICE
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, tell me about the door."
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "Um... I don't know what you mean...
Floyd | it's just a door."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, break window" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          184
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, BREAK WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no point in asking.  George isn't strong enough to break the
Floyd | gym office door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          185
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a small window in the gym office door, through which you can
Floyd | see mostly George.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "why was he locked in an office anyway?"
		djfletch says, "maybe it has another exit"
		DavidW says, "I have no idea"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "george, exits" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          185
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | [That command asks to do something outside of play, so it can only
Floyd | make sense from you to me. George cannot be asked to do this.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, i" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, I
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, what have you got with you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "I don't think I have anything."
Floyd |
Floyd | You call back, "Okay, that's fine.  Let me think for a minute."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "george, s" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          187
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, S
Floyd |
Floyd | Running the layout of the school through your head, you don't think
Floyd | George can go south from where he is.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him to go west to the gym lockers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "did we try giving him the paperclip?"
		inky says, "oh, hunh"
		DavidW says (to inky), "not yet"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "george, w" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          188
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, W
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, can you open the door?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts, "No, I need pants!   You have to bring me pants!"
Floyd | (You can get more information from students by asking them about
Floyd | things, such as ASK GEORGE ABOUT PANTS.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh my"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask george about pants" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          189
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GEORGE ABOUT PANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the pants)
Floyd | You call, "George, what happened to your pants?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "I had an accident!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "A pants-losing accident in the gym coach's office?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "remove pants" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          190
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE PANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | No.  When the rescuers come, you want to have pants on.  God only
Floyd | knows what they'd say if you didn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "No, a totally understandable accident, like letting go of your bladder when a bomb hits."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "asj george about lockers" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          190
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASJ GEORGE ABOUT LOCKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "'drop bladder'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask george about lockers" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          191
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GEORGE ABOUT LOCKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the gym locker)
Floyd | You shout, "Do you mean your gym locker or your regular locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "My regular locker!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask george about combination" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          192
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GEORGE ABOUT COMBINATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, what's your locker combination?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "I can't remember."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tell george I cannot help him, then." 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          192
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL GEORGE I CANNOT HELP HIM, THEN.
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose the combo is in McCaskill's desk drawer."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lockers" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOCKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Judging by the number of dents, it's common practice for students to
Floyd | come back in here and kick the crap out of the lockers after gym.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick lockers" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK LOCKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You think dark and terrible thoughts about the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open compartment" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN COMPARTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the battery compartment of the boombox, revealing some
Floyd | Duracell D-cell batteries.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, get all" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | black wire wastebasket: To avoid confusing George, ask about one thing
Floyd | at a time.
Floyd | lacrosse stick: To avoid confusing George, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | soggy pants: To avoid confusing George, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd | George: To avoid confusing George, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "nice!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put batteries in pocket" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BATTERIES IN POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The Duracell D-cell batteries doesn't fit in your pocket because the
Floyd | striped green paper clip is already in there.  (These pants never had
Floyd | much in the way of pockets.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the Duracell D-cell batteries)
Floyd |
Floyd | You pry the Duracell batteries out of the boombox.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the Duracell D-cell batteries into the left pocket of your
Floyd | slacks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "george, x pants" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, X PANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, tell me about the soggy pants."
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "They're pretty gross."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, get stick" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, would you please get that lacrosse stick?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "I can't reach it, the desk is in the
Floyd | way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "desk!"
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the massive steel desk)
Floyd | You shout, "George, tell me about the desk."
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "Um... I don't know what you mean...
Floyd | it's just a desk."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "ugh, the paperclip fills our pocket?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "move desk" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, move desk" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, MOVE DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the massive steel desk)
Floyd | You call, "George, I need you to push that desk."
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "I tried, but it won't move!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, x basket" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, X BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, tell me about the wastebasket."
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "Um... I don't know what you mean...
Floyd | it's just a wastebasket."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, look in wastebasket" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          203
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, look in basket" 		

Floyd | > GEORGE, LOOK IN WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, what do you see in the black wire wastebasket?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "I see some soggy pants in there."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          204
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, LOOK IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, what do you see in the black wire wastebasket?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "I see some soggy pants in there."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, look in desk" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          205
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, LOOK IN DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the massive steel desk)
Floyd | You call, "George, what do you see on the massive steel desk?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "I don't see anything special there."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, get basket" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, can you please grab that wastebasket?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, ""I can't, it won't move!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Carolyn has really tried some very ambitious stuff here."
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, open desk" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, OPEN DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the massive steel desk)
Floyd | You call, "George, can you open the drawer?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "It's open now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's not entirely ready yet, I don't think, but it's very impressive nonetheless."
		DavidW asks, "The lacrosse stick sounds like a possible crutch for Keiko, maybe?"
Tigrita mhm and as the years go by/mhm I'll facebook you and sigh/mhm this is goodnight and not goodbye 		Allen says, "hey"
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, look in drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, LOOK IN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, what do you see in the desk drawer?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "I see Mr. Lewis's keys in there."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "That's what I was thinking, yes."
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, get keys" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, would you please pick up Mr. Lewis's keys from that
Floyd | drawer?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "Okay...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, unlock door" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, UNLOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want George to unlock the gym office door with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "keys" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, can you unlock the door if you use Mr. Lewis's
Floyd | keys?"
Floyd |
Floyd | After a pause, George hollers through the door, "None of these keys
Floyd | fit the lock!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You call back, "Okay, thanks for trying."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "damnation! this has some intricate puzzles"
		Allen asks, "was this a comp game?"
		DavidW says, "yes. I didn't get very far."
		DavidW says, "The puzzles blocked me."
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, get on desk" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET ON DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the massive steel desk)
Floyd | You call, "George, can you get on top of the desk?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "Okay, I climbed up on the desk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "hmm, I was thinking he had locked himself in until he got some pants"
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, look at ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, LOOK AT CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | George won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd | (If you type VERBS, you can get a list of all valid commands in
Floyd | this game, including notes about what instructions your students can
Floyd | follow.)
Floyd |
Floyd | ---------------------
Floyd | This message may have been triggered by following a disambiguated
Floyd | command to a student with a regular command - for example:
Floyd |
Floyd | >George, drink
Floyd | What do you want George to drink?
Floyd |
Floyd | >George, drink fountain
Floyd | George won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink
Floyd | your strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | If that looks like the behavior you just saw, please reenter your
Floyd | second command now, with apologies for the inconvenience.
Floyd | ---------------------
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "now I'm not sure"
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, get stick" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "put keys under door" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, could you please take that lacrosse stick?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George lifts the lacrosse stick down from the wall.  "Got it!" he
Floyd | announces.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "All right, you can get down now."
Floyd |
Floyd | George slides down from the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KEYS UNDER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, take stick" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          214
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, TAKE STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, can you please grab that lacrosse stick?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "I already have the lacrosse stick!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, break door with stick" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          215
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, BREAK DOOR WITH STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | George won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want George to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, smash window" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          216
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, SMASH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no point in asking.  George isn't strong enough to break the
Floyd | gym office door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Seems odd that he'd be locked in, rather than us being locked out."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask george about accident" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          217
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GEORGE ABOUT ACCIDENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "What kind of accident?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "You know, an accident!  A pants
Floyd | accident!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess he peed himself."
		inky says, "ha ha"
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, open door" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          218
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, can you open the door?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts, "No, I need pants!   You have to bring me pants!"
Floyd | (You can get more information from students by asking them about
Floyd | things, such as ASK GEORGE ABOUT PANTS.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "pantsident"
		Jacqueline says, "It's actually not that funny. It makes total sense."
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, wear pants" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          219
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, WEAR PANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't quite picture how George would wear the soggy pants, and
Floyd | probably neither could he.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, ">tell george about naked bike day"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I think our PC already has enough worries about military perception of a gay teacher."
inky says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          220
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a small window in the gym office door, through which you can
Floyd | see mostly George.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "george, throw keys out window" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          221
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, THROW KEYS OUT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, can you throw Mr. Lewis's keys at the door?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "I hit the door, but nothing
Floyd | happened!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I dunno. Try getting a pencil from Emily's room, giving it to Tyrone, and asking Tyrone to push the wedge?"
		inky says, "bah"
Allen says (to Floyd), "open lockers" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          222
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN LOCKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Through willpower alone, you force your hand to stop shaking long
Floyd | enough that you can grasp the gym locker's handle.  You try to lift
Floyd | the handle - and the effort sends black spots dancing in front of your
Floyd | eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll need someone to help you with this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get keys" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          222
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "george, get keys" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          223
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, could you please pick up Mr. Lewis's keys?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "Got Mr. Lewis's keys, now what?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          224
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a small window in the gym office door, through which you can
Floyd | see mostly George.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          225
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "george, open window" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          226
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, can you open the door?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts, "No, I need pants!   You have to bring me pants!"
Floyd | (You can get more information from students by asking them about
Floyd | things, such as ASK GEORGE ABOUT PANTS.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "window is just a synonym for the door."
inky says (to Floyd), "george, break window" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          227
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, BREAK WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no point in asking.  George isn't strong enough to break the
Floyd | gym office door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "brb"
		DavidW says, "I think we're stuck here. I think we need to solve some other problem first. Although which other problem..."
		djfletch asks, "did we look in the equipment room yet?"
		inky says, "some kind of obtaining-pants problem"
		DavidW asks, "What equipment room?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          227
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going north into the gym or east into the
Floyd | coach's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "there's a locker but we can't lift it"
		djfletch says, "west from the gym"
		Allen says, "the handle"
		DavidW says, "no, we missed the equipment room entirely"
		DavidW says, "I didn't know it was there."
		djfletch says, "it may be full of equipment!"
		DavidW says, "maybe. Let's wait for Jacq first."
		DavidW says, "and gimme a chance to fill my mug"
		DavidW summons Jacqueline with stout and pizza.
		DavidW says, "hm. My summoning skills need more practice."
		Jacqueline exclaims (at DW), "Back!"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, was washing my hair."
		DavidW says, "I'm told we totally skipped a room west of the gym."
		DavidW asks, "Shall we give it a look?"
		Jacqueline says, "Like, actually washing my hair. I'm not just saying it as a reason not to play with you."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            228
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "I have to be away for a moment, but I'll be right back."
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door after you, "Come back with pants!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            229
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the equipment room door)
Floyd | You try to pull the equipment door open, and you can't do it.  You're
Floyd | running out of reserves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your entire body aches in time with the pulses of darkness swirling
Floyd | through your vision.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x equipment door" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            230
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EQUIPMENT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The equipment room door isn't labelled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well. That's annoying."
		Jacqueline asks, "Are we on a timer?"
		Allen says, "probably the keys from the desk"
		DavidW says, "It's not locked."
		DavidW says, "We're disabled from injuries."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I hope not."
		Allen says, "Stupid injuries."
		Allen says, "this is like Suspended with no robots"
		DavidW says, "uh, the kids are robot substitutes."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I think that's his point."
		DavidW says, "oh"
		DavidW asks, "Do we want to try the pencil idea?"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I'm feeling about as frustrated and helpless as when I first played Suspended, except not quite."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sure"
		djfletch says, "clubfloyd robots would be easier because they don't worry so much about pants"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              231
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black spots slowly fade from your vision, but the pain remains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              232
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              233
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to djf), "So true."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    234
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Wagner's Room
Floyd | This classroom is reasonably undamaged, apart from a fallen ceiling
Floyd | tile.  The decorations are straight out of the 70's, all giant
Floyd | cardboard apples and smiling cartoon children, occupying not only the
Floyd | walls but the front of Ms. Wagner's desk.  The air smells of markers
Floyd | and chalk dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a closet door and an enormous blackboard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pencil" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    235
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PENCIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to pick up the pens and pencils, but it seems to weigh a
Floyd | thousand pounds.  Your head swims with the effort and you have to give
Floyd | up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Whatever was in that gas really wrecked you.  You can't remember ever
Floyd | feeling this bad before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Also, in real life I would tell that kid to suck it up, wear the soggy pants and come out, because it's unsafe for him to remain in there."
		DavidW says, "we cannot take 'em. Also, doesn't seem to be separate items."
		Jacqueline says, "Damn."
Allen says (to Floyd), "x apples" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    236
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X APPLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the characters are from Family Circus, with a few highlights
Floyd | from Marmaduke and Little Orphan Annie.  It would be a surprise if any
Floyd | of these kids get a newspaper, and Little Orphan Annie was cancelled
Floyd | in 2010.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can we wear Jude's knapsack?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "x chalk" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    236
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHALK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the chalk tray or the white chalk?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x trasyu" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    236
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRASYU
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x tray" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    236
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the chalk tray or the round blue tray?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "blue tray" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLUE TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Small blue writing on the top says:
Floyd |
Floyd | Need A Penny
Floyd | Have A Penny
Floyd | Find A Penny
Floyd | Leave A Penny
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite this, the tray is filled with paper clips.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x chalk tray" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    238
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHALK TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | In the chalk tray are some white chalk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get chalk" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    239
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CHALK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the white chalk)
Floyd | You gather your energy and pick up the chalk.  You write, in large,
Floyd | shaky letters:
Floyd |
Floyd | IF YOU FIND THIS:
Floyd | Leave the school ASAP.
Floyd | I have located Jude, Keiko, George, Samir, and Tyrone
Floyd | and we are leaving as soon as we can.
Floyd |
Floyd | ~ Mr. Ginsberg
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment, you draw a rectangle around it and add, "DO NOT
Floyd | ERASE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Your entire arm aches as you drop the chalk back into its tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "wow nice"
		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
		Allen says, "there's some bits of sophisticated design here. Needs a lot of work though"
		inky says, "heh"
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, get all" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    240
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | black wire wastebasket: To avoid confusing George, ask about one thing
Floyd | at a time.
Floyd | soggy pants: To avoid confusing George, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd | George: To avoid confusing George, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "Yes."
		Allen says, "hey, some scoping problems"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, get all" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    241
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | framed photo: To avoid confusing Samir, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd | rock collection: To avoid confusing Samir, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | Samir: To avoid confusing Samir, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I suppose we might try talking to each student more extensively. We didn't talk to Samir at all."
		Jacqueline says, "True"
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get all" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    242
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone: You call, "Tyrone, would you please hold hands with Tyrone?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone shouts back, "That doesn't make any sense!  How can I hold
Floyd | hands with myself?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You call back, "Never mind, I got confused for a moment."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "what the?"
		Jacqueline says, "yay unexpected consequences"
		DavidW says, "You're cheating!"
		Allen says, "problems with scope"
		Allen says (to DavidW), "I discovered a lot of Infocom stuff by typing 'get all' in every room"
		djfletch says, "cool, we can arrange the children in a long line later"
		DavidW says, "I bet."
		djfletch says, "if we can get any of them to move"
		DavidW says, "(to Allen)"
		Allen says, "there were also infocom bugs with giving orders to things, like in zork 2 with the serpent in the tank"
		Allen says, "you could use it discover other stuff"
		Allen asks, "have we solved a single puzzle yet?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "emily, where is your key" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    242
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMILY, WHERE IS YOUR KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "adam, I love you" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    243
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ADAM, I LOVE YOU
Floyd |
Floyd | Adam won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Adam to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh wow."
Allen says (to Floyd), "adam, get all" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    244
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ADAM, GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | blue exercise mat: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | your former self: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | striped yellow paper clip: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one
Floyd | thing at a time.
Floyd | oversized paper clip: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at
Floyd | a time.
Floyd | silvery paper clip: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | striped red paper clip: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing
Floyd | at a time.
Floyd | striped orange paper clip: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one
Floyd | thing at a time.
Floyd | purple paper clip: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | industrial flashlight: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at
Floyd | a time.
Floyd | Mr. Bunny: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd | ratty towel: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd | scrap of paper: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | torn notebook cover: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | pleated skirt: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd | deodorant spray bottle: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing
Floyd | at a time.
Floyd | bobby pin: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd | broken ponytail holder: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing
Floyd | at a time.
Floyd | reeking air freshener: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at
Floyd | a time.
Floyd | broken shoelace: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | empty Cheetos bag: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | heap of blue exercise mats: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one
Floyd | thing at a time.
Floyd | distant black helicopter: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing
Floyd | at a time.
Floyd | rope ladder: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd | hazmat suited woman: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | Adam: To avoid confusing Adam, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "nooo"
		Allen says, "whoah"
		DavidW says, "He's in the out of game room, with EVERYTHING"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    244
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "woman, get woman" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    245
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WOMAN, GET WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "hazmat suited woman, would you please hold hands with
Floyd | hazmat suited woman?"
Floyd |
Floyd | hazmat suited woman calls back, "That doesn't make any sense!  How can
Floyd | I hold hands with myself?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You call back, "Never mind, I got confused for a moment."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh geez. Just stop that."
		Jacqueline says, "man"
		djfletch asks, "anyway. Did we ever try getting into the cafeteria through the kitchen?"
		DavidW says, "no. We did not."
		Allen says, "sorry"
		djfletch says, "I'll try it"
		DavidW says, "okay"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              246
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       247
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        248
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       249
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                250
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       251
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen has no windows, and without the overhead lights, it's
Floyd | seriously dark here.  Counters and shelves are barely discernable
Floyd | glints in the blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            252
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel your way carefully through the maze of counters until you
Floyd | reach the cafeteria door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Even pushing through the swinging door takes more effort than it
Floyd | should.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            253
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Hello!  Does anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "have we shouted in every room?"
		Allen says, "we need to shout everywhere"
		DavidW says, "no, not everywhere everywhere."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, not everywhere."
		Jacqueline says, "We didn't pick up on that right away."
Allen says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            253
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going south into the kitchen or west toward the
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x windows" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            254
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x tables" 		

Floyd | > X WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | The windows are huge, almost six feet square, and they're positioned
Floyd | so far up the wall that the bottom of the frame is roughly even with
Floyd | your chin.  You've heard Coach Lewis hypothesize that, since the kids
Floyd | aren't tall enough to see outside during lunch, it helps keep them
Floyd | focused on school during the day.  It's yet another reason why you've
Floyd | hypothesized that Coach Lewis is a jackass.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground slopes away on this side of the school, so the sidewalk is
Floyd | about fifteen feet below the window.  Looking outside, you see a
Floyd | relatively untouched expanse of grass and concrete, though dark smoke
Floyd | rises from the high school across the way.  Though contrails
Floyd | crisscross the sky, there is no one in sight, either on foot or
Floyd | overhead to the sidewalk below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            255
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria lunch tables are peculiar industrial affairs that have
Floyd | the seats and tables all connected together.  Unfolded, they stretch
Floyd | the entire length of the cafeteria; folded against the north wall, as
Floyd | they are now, they reach up to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Those windows are the closest thing I've seen to an exit."
Allen says (to Floyd), "move tables" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            256
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE TABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | The folded lunch tables are far too heavy to move in your weakened
Floyd | state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "also why I thought of the gym mat."
		Allen says, "I guess we need kids to move everything for us. We just need to get a single kid"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb tables" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB TABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not up for clambering around right now.  You might climb on
Floyd | something large and flat, like a desk, but some folded lunch tables?
Floyd | No.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can we bite the wedge to the boy's room?"
		djfletch says, "might work"
		DavidW asks, "Is there more to try here?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Bite it?"
		DavidW says, "Pulling it with our teeth, instead of shaky clumsy hands."
		djfletch says (to DavidW), "can't think of anything else to try just now"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Well, yeah, I know, but..."
		DavidW says, "I am open to other ideas."
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, yeah, try it, but that just seems a bit of a stretch."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean against the swinging door, which eventually yields.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen has no windows, and without the overhead lights, it's
Floyd | seriously dark here.  Counters and shelves are barely discernable
Floyd | glints in the blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       259
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Hello!  Can anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                260
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                261
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Hey, can anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Right now I have my own puzzle: finding what I want for lunch. (Yes, I know I just ate breakfast. Sigh.)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       262
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       263
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Is someone there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        264
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        265
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "This is Mr. Ginsberg!  If you can hear me, yell back!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       266
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       267
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Is anyone here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              268
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              269
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Hello!  Can anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      270
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a small rubber wedge jamming the boys' room door shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite wedge" 		Allen says, "two kids here"

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      270
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BITE WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      271
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Girls' Bathroom
Floyd | Rubble and debris fill the back half of the bathroom.  At least one
Floyd | pipe burst in the collapse, and water sprays steadily across the room
Floyd | to bounce off a stall door and pool on the ugly cream-and-black tiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is sitting on the bathroom floor.  Her hair and clothing are
Floyd | soaked from the spraying water, and her right leg is visibly broken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "keiko, i" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      272
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, I
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Keiko, do you have anything useful?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko goes through her pockets, but comes up empty-handed.  "Nothing,"
Floyd | she says, looking worried.
Floyd | You say, "Okay, thanks for checking."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about george" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      273
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Keiko, what do you think of George?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko says in a lowered tone, "Do you know his mom died?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause for a moment.  "Yeah, I knew.  I didn't know you knew."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko says, "He doesn't tell many people.  I bet he's pretty lonely."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about keiko" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      274
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT KEIKO
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Keiko, how are you doing?
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko says, "It really hurts.  I'm trying to be strong, Mr. Ginsberg"
Floyd | - she blinks for a moment - "but it really, really hurts."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "You're doing great, and you're being super strong.  We'll
Floyd | get you to a hospital as soon as we can, I promise."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about dylan" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      275
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT DYLAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a sensible question to ask Keiko about dylan.
Floyd | (You could try asking Keiko about Keiko's right leg, Keiko's left
Floyd | leg, or Ashley.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      276
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Keiko, what do you think of Ashley?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko says, "She's friendly, and she's good at being in charge and
Floyd | making people work together."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about adam" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      277
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT ADAM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a good question to ask Keiko about Adam.
Floyd | (You could try asking Keiko about Keiko's right leg, Keiko's left
Floyd | leg, or Ashley.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "who is ashley?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      278
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Keiko, what do you think of Tyrone?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko says, "He gets in a lot of fights, but it's mostly because he
Floyd | gets bored.  And then he riles people up."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have no idea who Ashley is."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about samir" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      279
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Keiko, what do you think of Samir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko says, "He thinks about big stuff.  Like clean water, and how to
Floyd | plant more trees.  But he doesn't think about small stuff... like how
Floyd | to make things better now."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Give him time."
Floyd |
Floyd | She shrugs a little and smiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about jude" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      280
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT JUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Keiko, what do you think of Jude?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko sings, "Hey Jude...."  She laughs a little at herself, and then
Floyd | says, "Jude's not bad.  She doesn't fit in yet, but she's working on
Floyd | it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "any chance we're allowed to ask things like "where is ashley?""
		Jacqueline says, "Try."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "keiko, where is ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      281
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, WHERE IS ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Keiko to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about lockers" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      281
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT LOCKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the narrow locker or the gym locker?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "again, scoping problems"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about narrow locker" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      282
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT NARROW LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a good question to ask Keiko about the narrow
Floyd | locker.
Floyd | (You could try asking Keiko about Keiko's right leg, Keiko's left
Floyd | leg, or Ashley.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell keiko about weddge" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      283
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL KEIKO ABOUT WEDDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Rescue your students now, enlighten them later.

		
Floyd (To converse with a student, use ASK [student] ABOUT 		

Floyd | [something].)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      283
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the industrial flashlight, the battery compartment
Floyd | on the industrial flashlight, or the Energizer D-cell batteries?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "industrial" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      284
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INDUSTRIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a good question to ask Keiko about the industrial
Floyd | flashlight.
Floyd | (You could try asking Keiko about Keiko's right leg, Keiko's left
Floyd | leg, or Ashley.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko breathes through her teeth for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about splint" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      285
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT SPLINT
Floyd |
Floyd | That isn't available.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keiko about crutch" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      286
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KEIKO ABOUT CRUTCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a sensible question to ask Keiko about crutch.
Floyd | (You could try asking Keiko about Keiko's right leg, Keiko's left
Floyd | leg, or Ashley.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "have we found a broom yet?"
		DavidW says, "no"
		djfletch says, "there was a lacrosse stick"
		DavidW says, "We know there's a lacrosse stick in the gym coach's office."
		Allen says, "oh yeah"
		Allen says, "and there's an Ashley, who may be important"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "keiko, sing" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      287
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Hey, Keiko, why don't you sing to keep your spirits up?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko says, "I only sing along with the radio, or when it's music
Floyd | class."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko breathes through her teeth for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "can we turn on the boombox?"
		DavidW says, "If we put the batteries back, I suppose so."
		Allen says, "oh, that might be a puzzle later on, to take her mind off stuff"
		Allen says, "but I doubt we can carry it here. We need <strike>robots</strike>tiny underage minons"
		Allen says, "er, minions"
		Allen asks, "have we shouted everywhere yet?"
		DavidW says, "I suspect we need either Tyrone or Jude first."
		DavidW says (to Allen), "No, not *everywhere*"
		djfletch says, "maybe try in the rooms next to locked places"
		djfletch says, "like the closet in Emily's room"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      288
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going east to the hallway alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      288
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going east to the hallway alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      289
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going east to the hallway alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      290
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "and the equipment room"

Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a small rubber wedge jamming the boys' room door shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Folks, I'm going to leave you all to it. Please carry on without me."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              291
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    292
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Wagner's Room
Floyd | This classroom is reasonably undamaged, apart from a fallen ceiling
Floyd | tile.  The decorations are straight out of the 70's, all giant
Floyd | cardboard apples and smiling cartoon children, occupying not only the
Floyd | walls but the front of Ms. Wagner's desk.  The air smells of markers
Floyd | and chalk dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a closet door and an enormous blackboard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    293
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Is anyone here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a girl's faint cry from the supply closet.  "Mr. Ginsberg!
Floyd | Is that you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You call back, "It's me!  Is that you, Ashley?  Are you okay?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She shouts something back, but you can't understand her response.  Her
Floyd | voice is really muffled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'll come back later for the transcript."
		Jacqueline says, "Good luck."
		DavidW says, "oh, here's Ashley"
		Jacqueline asks, "Do you all need the list of kids before I go?"
		Allen asks, "can we tell her to get all, or do you think that' cheating?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "think about ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    294
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Last year, Ashley's Cool Older Sister gave her a subscription to Teen
Floyd | Vogue, and Ashley's been in a hurry to grow up ever since.  She
Floyd | already knows that it's not cool to raise your hand in class or to sit
Floyd | with the younger girls at lunch.  Five years from now, she'll be
Floyd | holding hands with William Bradley, and she'll forget that she ever
Floyd | asked you how to become a painter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, I have a list"
		Allen says, "the list is on the board"
		DavidW says, "We need to update it"
Allen says (to Floyd), "get white chalk" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    295
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET WHITE CHALK
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to update your note on the blackboard.  Your arm
Floyd | aches all the way up to your shoulder as you drop the chalk back into
Floyd | its tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, I'm not sure the list includes Ashley. And my list included the names of teachers."
		Allen says, "ha ha, nice"
		Jacqueline says, "But it sounds like DW has it."
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, look" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    296
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "What do you see, Ashley?"
Floyd |
Floyd | From inside the supply closet, Ashley calls, "Mostly it's pretty dark.
Floyd | I can see a little bit from the light under the door, but I'm in the
Floyd | back and I can't see quite what's here.  There's, um, coat hooks, and
Floyd | shelves with paper and stuff, and a bunch of boxes.  Some of the
Floyd | shelves are too high for me to see what's on them.  There's a big
Floyd | heavy block thing that has my skirt and a yardstick here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask ashley about ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    297
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ASHLEY ABOUT ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Ashley, how are you doing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley shouts, "I don't want to be stuck in the dark any more.  It's
Floyd | scary in here."
Floyd |
Floyd | You promise, "I'll get you out of there.  Stay brave for me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ooh yardstick"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, i" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    298
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, I
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Ashley, what are you carrying?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley calls, "I don't think I have anything."
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout back, "Okay, that's fine.  Let me think for a minute."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, look in boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    299
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, LOOK IN BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Ashley, can you open the next box
Floyd | in there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley shouts, "It's all just teacher stuff!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Could you be more specific?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley calls back, "Uh... you know, stuff like the smiley face clocks
Floyd | for teaching time."
Floyd |
Floyd | You call back, "You're right, that sounds pretty useless right now.
Floyd | You can close that box up again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, take yardstick" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    300
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, TAKE YARDSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Ashley, would you please grab that
Floyd | yardstick?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley shouts back, "Okay...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, put yardstick under door" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    301
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, PUT YARDSTICK UNDER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, look at coat hanger" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, LOOK AT COAT HANGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, give yardstick to me" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    303
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, GIVE YARDSTICK TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, give yardstick" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    304
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, GIVE YARDSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Ashley)
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Ashley, please hand the yardstick
Floyd | to Ashley."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley calls back, "Mr. Ginsberg, who did you want me to give it to?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Sorry, must have been a bit
Floyd | rattled."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, stand on box" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    305
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, STAND ON BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, climb box" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    306
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, CLIMB BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Ashley, can you climb up on the
Floyd | boxes?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley shouts back, "I don't think I can climb on the boxes."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, look at shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    307
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, LOOK AT SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Ashley, tell me about the low
Floyd | shelves."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley calls, "I see some paper and a pair of kid scissors on there."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, push yardstick south" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    308
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, PUSH YARDSTICK SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be easier if Ashley just picked up the yardstick instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gap" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    308
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, get scissors" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    309
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, GET SCISSORS
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Ashley, can you please get that
Floyd | pair of scissors?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley shouts back, "Got it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, put yardstick in door" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    310
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, PUT YARDSTICK IN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It'll be hard for Ashley to put the yardstick into the closet door.
Floyd | Better to find a more appropriate container.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, put yardstick under door" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    311
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, PUT YARDSTICK UNDER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, cut paper" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    312
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, CUT PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Ashley, can you cut the paper?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley shouts, "Okay, I cut it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, put yardstick through door" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    313
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, PUT YARDSTICK THROUGH DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, open door with yardstick" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, OPEN DOOR WITH YARDSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | For safety, the closet door doesn't lock from the inside.  If Ashley
Floyd | can reach the door, she can open it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "hmm, maybe we should undo. I don't know if the paper was needed for something"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, unlock door" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, UNLOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want Ashley to unlock the closet door with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, open door" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    315
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ashley, s"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, s" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    316
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, S
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Ashley, can you open the door?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley calls back, "I can't reach the door!  The big heavy block thing
Floyd | has my skirt!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, cut skirt" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    317
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, CUT SKIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Ashley, I need you to cut through your skirt so that it
Floyd | won't be stuck under the block any more.  Be super careful, all
Floyd | right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the panic in Ashley's voice through the closet door.  "I
Floyd | can't do that, I'll get in trouble!  Clothes are expensive!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "stupid kids! where are their priorities"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, cut the damn skirt" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    318
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, CUT THE DAMN SKIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, cut skirt" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    319
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, CUT SKIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Go ahead and cut through your
Floyd | skirt, Ashley.  You won't get in any trouble, I promise."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley calls, "Okay... I cut through my skirt."  Unhappiness wobbles
Floyd | in her voice.
Floyd |
Floyd | You call back, "You did great, Ashley.  I'm really proud of you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "promise to buy ashley a new skirt" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    319
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PROMISE TO BUY ASHLEY A NEW SKIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, south" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    320
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You call through the closed door, "Ashley, can you open the door now?"
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click from the closet door.  The closet door swings open,
Floyd | and you see Ashley on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | gather around the yardstick and try to move it.  With many small-kid
Floyd | grunts of effort, they get the yardstick moving and successfully slide
Floyd | it out of the supply closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "what??"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    321
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, would you please hold hands with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley puts the pair of safety scissors on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley takes your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, take yardstick" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, TAKE YARDSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, could you please grab that yardstick?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley says, "I already have the yardstick!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and carrying a yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              324
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and carrying a yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             325
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and carrying a yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude sits on the ground beside the rubble-strewn table, peering
Floyd | miserably into the darkness underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "was that a bug? We need kids to help move the cinderblock?"
		Allen asks, "oh, maybe put cinderblock under the table?"
		DavidW says, "no, she didnt move it. She cut her skirt."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                326
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "I'm going to need both of my hands for this," and drop
Floyd | Ashley's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your trembling hands, you scramble successfully over the table
Floyd | and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. McCaskill's Room
Floyd | Half the ceiling has fallen, crushing the west side of the room
Floyd | beneath debris and blocking the door entirely.  The water sprinklers
Floyd | spew frantically, turning papers and decorations to mush, but
Floyd | whatever's burning isn't actually in this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gaping hole in the east wall allows you back into your classroom, if
Floyd | you scramble over the rubble-strewn table in the way.  The north wall
Floyd | is in similarly poor state, but the choking smoke on that side ensures
Floyd | it's not a viable exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | A crumpled poster projects from the rubble, mostly sheltered from the
Floyd | sprinklers by a fallen corkboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water flows down the legs of the cheap wooden teacher's desk to the
Floyd | growing puddle on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says (to DavidW), "read the last sentence of the desc"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, w" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, W
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Ashley, please come through the hole into Mrs. McCaskill's
Floyd | room."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley crawls over the rubble-strewn table and comes in through the
Floyd | gap in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "it printed something that didn't belong"
		DavidW says, "sorry, I want to try something"

Allen  | Floyd | gather around the yardstick and try to move it.  With many small-kid
Allen  | Floyd | grunts of effort, they get the yardstick moving and successfully slide
Allen  | Floyd | it out of the supply closet.

		DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, push bunny with yardstick" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                328
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, PUSH BUNNY WITH YARDSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, we need to get Jude's bunny out from under the
Floyd | table.  Can you push him through with the yardstick?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley probes under the table with the yardstick for a moment before
Floyd | gripping the yardstick in both hands and shoving.
Floyd | "I got it!" Ashley crows, pulling back the yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude shrieks joyously, "My bunny!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "nice!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                329
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ashley, get jude"

Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Is anyone there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude doesn't answer you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, get jude" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                330
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, GET JUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             331
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your weakened muscles, you scramble successfully over the
Floyd | table and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is sitting here and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, e" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             332
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, E
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Ashley, I want you to come into the art room."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley crawls over the rubble-strewn table and comes in through the
Floyd | gap in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say to Jude, "Now that Mr. Bunny is safe, let's get everyone else
Floyd | out safe, all right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Right!" Jude agrees, eyes shining.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Art Room                                             332
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "let's see if one of them can pull the stopper out"
		DavidW says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jude, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             333
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, would you please hold hands with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude takes your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             334
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, would you please hold hands with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley takes your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              335
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and carrying a yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and carrying a yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      337
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and carrying a yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a small rubber wedge jamming the boys' room door shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, get wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      338
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, GET WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, can you please get that wedge?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude lets go of your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude wiggles the wedge for a moment before getting it free.  "Got it!"
Floyd | she announces.
Floyd |
Floyd | The boys' door swings open, and you see Tyrone on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone barges out of the boys' bathroom.  "Phew, it's about time you
Floyd | got me out of there!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, pull wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      339
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, PULL WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, I want you to pull on that wedge."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley pulls on the small rubber wedge.  It's not very effective.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      340
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone realizes immediately that he's the focus of your attention and
Floyd | stares back challengingly.  He doesn't even come up to your armpit,
Floyd | but he hardly seems to notice.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is wearing a black canvas backpack, a Notre Dame jersey, and a
Floyd | pair of baggy jeans.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "open backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      340
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the black canvas backpack (Tyrone's) or the
Floyd | brilliantly colored My Little Pony backpack (Jude's)?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We should see what else, if anything, is in the boys' room."
Allen says (to Floyd), "black" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      341
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, I need to see your backpack for a moment."
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the black canvas backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "look in black backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      342
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN BLACK BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, hold still so I can look at your backpack."
Floyd |
Floyd | The black canvas backpack is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "I hope these aren't fiddly inventory puzzles. You can't hold anything. Kid can only hold one item and your hand, and you have to put things in the backpacks"
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Boys' Bathroom                                       343
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm thinking yardstick + tie = splint"

Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley stops. "Uh, you know that's the boys' bathroom, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "I know.  It's a special case."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley reluctantly follows you in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Boys' Bathroom
Floyd | The boys' bathroom looks fully intact - industrial sinks,
Floyd | beige-painted stalls, tiled flooring that isn't as clean as it should
Floyd | be.  The shrilling fire alarms are still audible through the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and carrying a yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x stalls" 		

Floyd ]  Boys' Bathroom                                       344
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a beige-painted bathroom stall.  There isn't even any graffiti.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x sinks" 		

Floyd ]  Boys' Bathroom                                       345
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The sinks are basic white basins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Boys' Bathroom                                       345
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going west to the hallway alcove.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no graffiti. That's unrealistic."
		Allen says, "military school"
		Allen says, "they know discipline"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Boys' Bathroom                                       346
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Hello!  Does anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude doesn't answer you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I know I said I quit, but I'm still watching... and as a (former) EMT (of over a decade), I wouldn't use a yard stick, but it will probably work fine."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      347
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and carrying a yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, carrying a small rubber wedge and Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "in your professional opinion would it be better to use a lacrosse stick?"
		Allen says, "we need rope"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      348
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Girls' Bathroom
Floyd | Rubble and debris fill the back half of the bathroom.  At least one
Floyd | pipe burst in the collapse, and water sprays steadily across the room
Floyd | to bounce off a stall door and pool on the ugly cream-and-black tiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and carrying a yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is sitting on the bathroom floor.  Her hair and clothing are
Floyd | soaked from the spraying water, and her right leg is visibly broken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley cries out, "Keiko, you got hurt!" and runs to her, almost
Floyd | slipping on the wet tile.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Careful!", because Ashley's still carrying the yardstick
Floyd | and you don't want her to clobber Keiko.
Floyd |
Floyd | Both girls look briefly at you with the hauteur of seventeen-year-old
Floyd | supermodels before returning to their reunion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Very much so, yes."
		Jacqueline says, "Although it might be too long, but that's better than being too flimsy."
Allen says (to Floyd), "use stick as splint" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      348
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE STICK AS SPLINT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "maybe it's one of those metal yardsticks"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, untie tie" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      349
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, UNTIE TIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, remove tie" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      350
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, REMOVE TIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Some people are confused about the difference between gay people and
Floyd | pedophiles.  That confusion leads to good teachers being fired every
Floyd | day.  There must be a way to get your students out without feeding
Floyd | that fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "grrr"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, take tie" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      351
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, TAKE TIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, would you please take that tie?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley says, "But I don't have the tie, Mr. Ginsberg.  You do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "give tie to ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      352
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give tie to ashley" 		

Floyd | > GIVE TIE TO ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the striped red tie off)
Floyd | You struggle with the knot, but your hands are shaking so much that
Floyd | you can't loosen it.  You give it up as a bad job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      353
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE TIE TO ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the striped red tie off)
Floyd | You struggle with the knot, but your hands are shaking so much that
Floyd | you can't loosen it.  You give it up as a bad job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "can we cut the tie with the scissors?"
		Allen says, "the scissors are in the closet, but good idea"
		DavidW says, "maybe we actually need rope."
		DavidW says, "I think the scissors were put down because they aren't needed anymore."
		Allen says, "no, I think it's because ashley can only carry one item"
		Allen says, "I think this is going to be an inventory movement puzzle"
		djfletch says, "when we get the soggy pants we can cut those up too!"
		Allen says, "she put them down when we took her hand"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, drop yardstick" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      354
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, DROP YARDSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, please put down the yardstick."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley puts the yardstick on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "brb"
		DavidW says, "Let's take at least one kid to the equipment door and gym lockers, so those can be opened."
		djfletch says, "good plan"
		DavidW says, "I suggest Tyrone. Let Ashley stay with Keiko"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      355
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of Ashley's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      356
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, carrying a small rubber wedge and Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "LOOK OUT BERLOW!"
		Allen says, "-r"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      357
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Tyrone's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              358
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "I need to do something, but I'll be back as soon as I can."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley calls back, "Okay, come back soon!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              359
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              360
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            361
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, open door" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            361
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the equipment room door or the double doors?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "equipment" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EQUIPMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the door?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone tries to open the equipment room door and then shakes his head.
Floyd | "I think it's locked," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "drat"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          363
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          364
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the gym locker, revealing a broken shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shoelace" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          365
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHOELACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the broken shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, take shoelace" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          366
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, TAKE SHOELACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, could you please get the shoelace from that locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone picks up the broken shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tyrone about shoelace" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          367
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK TYRONE ABOUT SHOELACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, tell me about the shoelace."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone says, "Um... I don't know what you mean... it's just a
Floyd | shoelace."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          368
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Hey, can anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "I'm still in here!  Do you have my
Floyd | pants?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have no idea why we want a shoelace."
		DavidW says, "shout in the gym"
		Allen asks, "maybe to tie the hardstick?"
		Allen says, "yard"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            369
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "I have to leave for a moment, but I'll be right back."
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door after you, "Come back with pants!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you and carrying a broken shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            370
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Hello!  Can anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, open door" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            370
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the equipment room door or the double doors?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "equipment" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            371
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EQUIPMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the door?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone tries to open the equipment room door and then shakes his head.
Floyd | "I think it's locked," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "he said it's locked already."
		djfletch asks, "can we get George to slide out the keys that he had?"
		Allen says, "oh I was away for a sec"
		DavidW says, "I want to try Tyrone with McCaskill's desk drawer next."
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get pad" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            372
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET PAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Tyrone to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            373
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you and carrying a broken shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get mats" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            374
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET MATS
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you please grab one of those mats?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone tugs a blue exercise mat free from the pile.  "I don't think I
Floyd | can pick it up... but maybe I can drag it around?" he suggests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, I don't want him overloaded."
		DavidW says, "It's far too soon for the mats."
		Allen says, "he's got a backpack"
		DavidW says, "Tell him to drop it."
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, drop mat" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            375
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, DROP MAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, please put down the mat."
Floyd |
Floyd | But you're not holding the blue exercise mat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone says, "But I'm not holding the mat!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I need him to clamber over a table."
		Allen says, "go on"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            376
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing a striped red tie, a rumpled white shirt, some pair of
Floyd | black slacks, and a gold wedding band.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in pocket" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            377
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | In the left pocket of your slacks are some Duracell D-cell batteries
Floyd | and a striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              378
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you and carrying a broken shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              379
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you and carrying a broken shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             380
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you and carrying a broken shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, w" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             381
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, W
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, I need you to go through the hole into Mrs.
Floyd | McCaskill's room."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone climbs carefully over the rubble-strewn table and out through
Floyd | the gap in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                382
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "I'm going to need both of my hands for this," and drop
Floyd | Tyrone's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your trembling hands, you scramble successfully over the table
Floyd | and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. McCaskill's Room
Floyd | Half the ceiling has fallen, crushing the west side of the room
Floyd | beneath debris and blocking the door entirely.  The water sprinklers
Floyd | spew frantically, turning papers and decorations to mush, but
Floyd | whatever's burning isn't actually in this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gaping hole in the east wall allows you back into your classroom, if
Floyd | you scramble over the rubble-strewn table in the way.  The north wall
Floyd | is in similarly poor state, but the choking smoke on that side ensures
Floyd | it's not a viable exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, carrying a broken shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | A crumpled poster projects from the rubble, mostly sheltered from the
Floyd | sprinklers by a fallen corkboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water flows down the legs of the cheap wooden teacher's desk to the
Floyd | growing puddle on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give paperclip to tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                383
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PAPERCLIP TO TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the striped green paper clip)
Floyd | You give the striped green paper clip to Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, pick lock with clip" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                384
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PICK LOCK WITH CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not going to have Tyrone break into Jenny's desk without good
Floyd | reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "for the love of pete. We know Jenny has locker combos."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tyrone about jenny" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                385
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK TYRONE ABOUT JENNY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a sensible question to ask Tyrone about jenny.
Floyd | (You could try asking Tyrone about Ashley, Keiko, or Samir.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, open drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                386
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the drawer?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone tries to open the metal drawer and then shakes his head.  "I
Floyd | think it's locked," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, unlock drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                386
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, UNLOCK DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want Tyrone to unlock the metal drawer with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, unlock drawer with clip" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                387
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, UNLOCK DRAWER WITH CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Tyrone to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tyrone about narrow locker" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                388
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK TYRONE ABOUT NARROW LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a good question to ask Tyrone about the narrow
Floyd | locker.
Floyd | (You could try asking Tyrone about Ashley, Keiko, or Samir.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tyrone about george" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                389
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK TYRONE ABOUT GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, what do you think of George?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone answers, "He's a good kid, but he's young.  You gotta watch out
Floyd | for him, keep an eye on him."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I need a bathroom break."
		inky says, "look out for the lady with the broken leg"
Allen says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                390
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. McCaskill's Room
Floyd | Half the ceiling has fallen, crushing the west side of the room
Floyd | beneath debris and blocking the door entirely.  The water sprinklers
Floyd | spew frantically, turning papers and decorations to mush, but
Floyd | whatever's burning isn't actually in this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gaping hole in the east wall allows you back into your classroom, if
Floyd | you scramble over the rubble-strewn table in the way.  The north wall
Floyd | is in similarly poor state, but the choking smoke on that side ensures
Floyd | it's not a viable exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, carrying a striped green paper clip and a broken
Floyd | shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | A crumpled poster projects from the rubble, mostly sheltered from the
Floyd | sprinklers by a fallen corkboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water flows down the legs of the cheap wooden teacher's desk to the
Floyd | growing puddle on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "No lady, but stranger guy with boombox in the kitchen."
		DavidW says, "and I'm a bit mentally exhausted right now."
		DavidW says, "I guess we need to ask everyone about the drawer, combo, or locker, in the hopes someone knows that the locker combo is in the drawer (assuming I'm right)."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tyrone about drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                390
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK TYRONE ABOUT DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the metal drawer or the desk drawer?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "yeah, maybe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x metal drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                391
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X METAL DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | Since Jenny McCaskill's classroom is inconveniently far from the
Floyd | supply closet, she stores anything potentially sensitive in this
Floyd | drawer, such as attendance rolls, locker combinations, and upcoming
Floyd | tests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tyrone about metal drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                392
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK TYRONE ABOUT METAL DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, tell me about the drawer."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone says, "Um... I don't know what you mean... it's just a drawer."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh hell, we already know this."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, pick metal drawer with clip" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                393
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PICK METAL DRAWER WITH CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not going to have Tyrone break into Jenny's desk without good
Floyd | reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "could Tyrone break in anywhere else? The equipment room lock?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tyrone about locker combinations" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                394
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK TYRONE ABOUT LOCKER COMBINATIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a sensible question to ask Tyrone about locker
Floyd | combinations.
Floyd | (You could try asking Tyrone about Ashley, Keiko, or Samir.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tyrone about locker combination" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                395
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK TYRONE ABOUT LOCKER COMBINATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a sensible question to ask Tyrone about locker
Floyd | combination.
Floyd | (You could try asking Tyrone about Ashley, Keiko, or Samir.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know"
		DavidW says, "I really do need a rest."
		DavidW says, "I need at least 15 minutes."
		djfletch says, "I'm happy to take a break just now"
		DavidW says, "I'm upright again but i'm feeling also as clumsy as our PC."
		DavidW says, "er almost"
		djfletch says, "well, let's try some more and see how we get on"
		DavidW asks, "Can we find out more about Samir's situation?"
		djfletch asks, "where was Samir? or don't we know?"
		DavidW says, "Samir was in Avery Thomas's room, blocked by rubble. He's near a rock collection and a photo,."
		DavidW says, "that's up in the north hall where we started."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                396
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Is someone there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oh ok, I didn't have it labelled"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, n" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                397
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, N
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking around, you don't think Tyrone can go north from where he is.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him to go east into the art room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                398
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Between the smoke and the structural damage, it's too dangerous to go
Floyd | into Mr. DeWitt's room.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going east into the art room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "oh we're playing again"
		Allen asks, "have we dealt with samir yet?"
		DavidW says, "not at all. I'm suggesting that now"
		djfletch says, "ok, let's go there"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, e" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                399
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, E
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, please go into the art room."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone climbs carefully over the rubble-strewn table and out through
Floyd | the gap in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             400
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your weakened muscles, you scramble successfully over the
Floyd | table and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, carrying a striped green paper clip and a broken
Floyd | shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             401
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone doesn't have a free hand, since he is carrying the striped
Floyd | green paper clip and the broken shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, put clip in backpack" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUT CLIP IN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you put your paper clip into your backpack?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone puts the striped green paper clip into the black canvas
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Art Room                                             403
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone realizes immediately that he's the focus of your attention and
Floyd | stares back challengingly.  He doesn't even come up to your armpit,
Floyd | but he hardly seems to notice.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is wearing a black canvas backpack, a Notre Dame jersey, and a
Floyd | pair of baggy jeans.
Floyd | Tyrone is carrying a broken shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, put shoelace and clip in backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             404
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUT SHOELACE AND CLIP IN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | broken shoelace: To avoid confusing Tyrone, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | striped green paper clip: To avoid confusing Tyrone, ask about one
Floyd | thing at a time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "fine, you do it"
Allen says (to Floyd), "put shoelace in backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             405
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SHOELACE IN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, let me take a look at the shoelace."
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the broken shoelace)
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hands are shaking badly enough that you're afraid of dropping the
Floyd | broken shoelace, but you could ask Tyrone to get it for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, put shoelace in backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             406
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUT SHOELACE IN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you put your shoelace into your backpack?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone puts the broken shoelace into the black canvas backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             407
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, would you please hold hands with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone takes your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             408
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              409
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              410
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       411
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           413
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hall
Floyd | This was the approved route to shelter, before the bombs hit and the
Floyd | ceiling collapsed.  Now, shards of plastic and glass jut from the
Floyd | rubble, and more than one corpse lies buried beneath the weight of
Floyd | stone.  Heavy debris lies half-propped upon long pieces of rebar,
Floyd | creating a hazardous barrier that blocks the way north.  The way south
Floyd | remains open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west, more debris blocks off the door to Avery Thomas's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen screams, "Eeeagh!" at the top of his lungs. 		Allen says, "ha ha"
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           414
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "This is Mr. Ginsberg!  If you can hear me, yell back!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir shouts, "Go away!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, l" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           415
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, L
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "What's around you right now, Samir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere behind the door, Samir screams, "I'm not listening!  I
Floyd | can't hear you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, open door" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           416
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dangerous.  You'll have to get him out another way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tyrone about samir" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           417
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK TYRONE ABOUT SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, what do you think of Samir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone answers, "He's got some friends that he only thinks are his
Floyd | friends.  It'll get him in trouble someday."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, talk to samir" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           418
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, TALK TO SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Tyrone to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           419
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, I need you to shout now, a really big shout.
Floyd | Ready?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone gives a big, wordless whoop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, ask samir to look" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           420
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, ASK SAMIR TO LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Tyrone to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask samir about door" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           421
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SAMIR ABOUT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the lab door)
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, tell me about the door."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir hollers from somewhere behind the door, "Leave me alone!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask samir what's wrong" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           421
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SAMIR WHAT'S WRONG
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "ask samir about samir" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           422
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SAMIR ABOUT SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, how are you doing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir says, "Kind of tired, and my head hurts a bit."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask samir about rock collection" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           423
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SAMIR ABOUT ROCK COLLECTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, tell me about the collection."
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere behind the door, Samir screams, "Leave me alone!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, i" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           424
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, I
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, do you have anything useful?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir hollers from somewhere behind the door, "I'm not listening!  I
Floyd | can't hear you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "can one of the other kids help?"
		DavidW asks, "how?"
		DavidW says, "I can't get Tyrone to talk to him."
		Allen says, "I don't know. I think all the puzzles deal with getting the kids to do stuff for you"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, move rubble" 		djfletch says, "we could just ask them all about him in case we get better information"

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           425
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, MOVE RUBBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The pile of debris blocking the door is unstable and heavy, definitely
Floyd | too dangerous for Tyrone to shift it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, you need to shove that debris."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone heaves at the pile of debris before giving up, disappointed.
Floyd | "I can't, it won't move!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, reassure samir" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           426
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, REASSURE SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Tyrone to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, help samir" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           427
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, HELP SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Tyrone to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, shout at samir" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           428
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, SHOUT AT SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Tyrone)
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           429
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The kids call Avery's room the Geo Lab because of his rock collection.
Floyd | Past the debris, the door looks intact, but you can't see much through
Floyd | the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           429
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going south along the hall or west into Avery's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, w" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           430
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, W
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, I need you to go into Avery's classroom."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone says, "No, I can't!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "let's just grab jude and ashley"
		djfletch says, "maybe we collect more kids and make them all shift debris at the same time"
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, stay" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           431
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, STAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Tyrone to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "drop hand" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           432
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | (of Tyrone)
Floyd | You let go of Tyrone's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s.w.w.s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      436
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.W.W.S
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "I need to do something, but I'll come back soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir yells, "Go away, leave me alone!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, carrying a small rubber wedge and Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We can check, I suppose if Tyrone can climb the cafeteria tables, or the bleachers, or smell what's burning at the locker."
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      437
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Girls' Bathroom
Floyd | Rubble and debris fill the back half of the bathroom.  At least one
Floyd | pipe burst in the collapse, and water sprays steadily across the room
Floyd | to bounce off a stall door and pool on the ugly cream-and-black tiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley fiddles unhappily with the damaged hem of her skirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is sitting on the bathroom floor.  Her hair and clothing are
Floyd | soaked from the spraying water, and her right leg is visibly broken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a yardstick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      438
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Ashley's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "except you're doing something else, I see."
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, follow ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      439
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, FOLLOW ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Jude to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      440
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Jude to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So you're abandoning Keiko?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      441
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Girls' Bathroom
Floyd | Rubble and debris fill the back half of the bathroom.  At least one
Floyd | pipe burst in the collapse, and water sprays steadily across the room
Floyd | to bounce off a stall door and pool on the ugly cream-and-black tiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is sitting on the bathroom floor.  Her hair and clothing are
Floyd | soaked from the spraying water, and her right leg is visibly broken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a yardstick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "where is jude?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      442
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, carrying a small rubber wedge and Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              443
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    444
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Wagner's Room
Floyd | This classroom is reasonably undamaged, apart from a fallen ceiling
Floyd | tile.  The decorations are straight out of the 70's, all giant
Floyd | cardboard apples and smiling cartoon children, occupying not only the
Floyd | walls but the front of Ms. Wagner's desk.  The air smells of markers
Floyd | and chalk dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a closet door, a pair of safety scissors, and an
Floyd | enormous blackboard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I left her at the fountain."
Allen says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              445
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      446
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, carrying a small rubber wedge and Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, follow ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      447
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, FOLLOW ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, would you please hold hands with Ashley?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley protests, "I'm out of hands!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      448
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, would you please hold hands with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | yourself protests, "I'm out of hands!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, i" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      449
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, I
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, what are you carrying?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude goes through her pockets.  "I've got small rubber wedge and Mr.
Floyd | Bunny," she reports.
Floyd | You say, "Okay, thanks for checking."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, drop wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      450
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, DROP WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Jude, please put down the wedge."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude puts the small rubber wedge on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      451
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, would you please hold hands with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude takes your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You need to ask her to drop the wedge or put the wedge in her backpack."
Allen says (to Floyd), "n.e.e.n" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           455
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N.E.E.N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hall
Floyd | This was the approved route to shelter, before the bombs hit and the
Floyd | ceiling collapsed.  Now, shards of plastic and glass jut from the
Floyd | rubble, and more than one corpse lies buried beneath the weight of
Floyd | stone.  Heavy debris lies half-propped upon long pieces of rebar,
Floyd | creating a hazardous barrier that blocks the way north.  The way south
Floyd | remains open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west, more debris blocks off the door to Avery Thomas's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "kids, move debris" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           455
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KIDS, MOVE DEBRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What are you trying to do?"
		DavidW says, "That won't work."
		Allen says, "I just want them all together"
		Allen says, "in case a puzzle involves a kid that's not present"
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, talk to samir" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           456
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, TALK TO SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Jude to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           457
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Jude, I need you to shout now, a really big shout.  Ready?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude gives a big, wordless whoop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen screams, "Eeeagh!" at the top of his lungs. 		DavidW says, "I think we have to get to Samir from some other direction entirely."
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           458
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Hello!  Can anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir shouts, "Go away!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, shout at samir" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           458
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, SHOUT AT SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want Jude to shout that to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, shout to samir" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           459
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, SHOUT TO SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Jude to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           460
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, I need you to shout now, a really big shout.
Floyd | Ready?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley gives a big, wordless whoop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "that sounds possible from what it said"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, hello" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, I need you to shout now, a really big shout.
Floyd | Ready?"
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere behind the door, Samir hollers, "I'm not listening!  I
Floyd | can't hear you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, hello" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           462
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Jude, I need you to shout now, a really big shout.  Ready?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude gives a big, wordless whoop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, tell samir to look" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           463
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, TELL SAMIR TO LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Jude to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "was there anything particular described on the east side of Emily Wagner's room?"
		Allen says, "there's a blackboard but I'm not sure what side"
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, look at door" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           464
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, LOOK AT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Jude, tell me about the door."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude says, "Um... I don't know what you mean... it's just a door."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, look at samir" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           465
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, LOOK AT SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Jude to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I was thinking from above, actually."
		djfletch says, "oh ok"
		Allen says, "go see"
		Allen says, "my idea turned out pointless"
		DavidW says, "The kitchen has a hole in the ceiling, but we don't have a flashlight yet."
		Allen asks, "maybe we can move the hobby horse there from the gym?"
		DavidW says, "yes, that was my thought -- once we have a flashlight"
		Allen says, "or the mats"
Allen screams, "Eeeagh!" at the top of his lungs. 		DavidW says, "I think the mat goes through the window of the cafeteria"
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           466
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "This is Mr. Ginsberg!  Is someone there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir yells from somewhere behind the door, "Go away!  I'm not afraid
Floyd | of you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           467
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, I need you to shout to Samir for me, because Samir
Floyd | is scared and you're his friend.  Can you do that for me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley says, "Uh... okay, I can do that."  She blushes and then takes
Floyd | a deep breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley shouts at the door, "Samir, it's Ashley, stop being scared!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir screams, "Ash, is that you?  Watch out for the ghost!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "hey, that's different."
		djfletch says, "ooh"
		DavidW says, "so it is"
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           468
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Jude, I need you to shout to Samir for me, because Samir is
Floyd | scared and you're his friend.  Can you do that for me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude says, "But we're not friends."
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a breath and say, "After this, we're all friends, okay, Jude?
Floyd | Just shout to him for me."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude shouts at the door, "Samir, it's Jude, stop being scared!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir yells, "Jude, is that you?  Watch out for the ghost!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           469
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, I need you to shout to Samir for me, because Samir
Floyd | is scared and you're his friend.  Can you do that for me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone says, "You do look kind of gross right now."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ha.  Just help me out, okay?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone shouts at the door, "Samir, it's Tyrone, stop being scared!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir hollers, "Tyrone, is that you?  Watch out for the ghost!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think Samir thinks *we* are a ghost."
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, samir, look" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           470
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, SAMIR, LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Jude to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ok that was too much to hope for"
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           471
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod to Tyrone and tell him, "Go ahead and shout to him again."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone shouts at the door, "Don't be a moron, it's just Mr. Ginsberg!
Floyd | He's trying to get us out of here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment, Samir calls, "Oh.  I thought...." His tone is
Floyd | distinctly sheepish.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone shouts, "Well, you don't think so good, so stop thinking and
Floyd | listen to the man!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "I think that'll do.  Thank you, Tyrone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "DA MAN"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, look" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           472
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, what can you see?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir hollers, "The wall's sort of caving in on one side, around where
Floyd | the door is, and there's all wood and metal sticking out.  I can see
Floyd | one of the cabinets kind of hanging off the wall.  Apart from that,
Floyd | there's an old blackboard at the front, and the teacher desk, and the
Floyd | counter that runs all the way around the back, and all of Mr. Thomas's
Floyd | rocks on the shelves.  Also, there's a whole bunch of volcano mobiles
Floyd | hanging from the ceiling vent."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           472
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, x desk" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           473
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, tell me about the desk."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir yells, "It's just Mr. Thomas's desk.  He keeps it really clean,
Floyd | there isn't even a calendar."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, x vent" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           474
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, X VENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, tell me about the vent."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir hollers, "It's a really big vent!  There's sort of a grill thing
Floyd | covering it.  Like a car grill, not a cooking grill."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, open vent" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           475
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, OPEN VENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, can you open the vent?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir yells, "I can't reach the vent, it's too far up!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, stand on desk" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           476
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, STAND ON DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Samir to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, get on desk" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           477
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, GET ON DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, can you get up on the desk?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir hollers, "Okay, I'm up on the desk now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "samir, x counter"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, open vent" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           478
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, OPEN VENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, can you open the vent?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir yells, "I tried, but I can't reach it from here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "All right, is there anything you can climb on that's closer
Floyd | to the vent?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir hollers, "Maybe the counter?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "go ahead"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, x counter" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           479
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, X COUNTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, tell me about the counter."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir yells, "It's big and wide.  We sit back there sometimes when
Floyd | we're taking tests, so people can't see each other's papers."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, get on counter" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           480
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, GET ON COUNTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, can you get on top of the counter?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir hollers, "Okay, I climbed up on the counter!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, open vent" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           481
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, OPEN VENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, can you open the vent?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir yells, "I got the vent open, but all the volcanoes just fell on
Floyd | me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout back, "Don't worry about it, they're not important right
Floyd | now."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, u" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           482
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, U
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, I want you to go up into the ventilation duct."
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounding tinny and far away, Samir hollers, "Okay, I'm going now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           483
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounding tinny and far away, Samir yells, "I'm here, I can hear you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, l" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           484
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, L
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, what do you see?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounding tinny and far away, Samir hollers, "It's really narrow up
Floyd | here, and it's dark, and dusty.  I don't like it.  There's the vent to
Floyd | the Geo Lab under me, and then there's a tunnel in front of me and a
Floyd | tunnel to the left."
Floyd |
Floyd | You translate that mentally as west and south.  You shout back,
Floyd | "Okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "save it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  North Hall                                           484
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "west is the art room, south is the hall"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, w" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           485
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, W
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, please go down the duct in front."
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounding tinny and far away, Samir yells, "Okay, I'm going now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, l" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           486
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, L
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, what are you seeing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no response.  Samir must be too far away to hear you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "man, this is awkward"
Allen asks, "s,w,w,n?" 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s.w.w.n" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    490
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.W.W.N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Wagner's Room
Floyd | This classroom is reasonably undamaged, apart from a fallen ceiling
Floyd | tile.  The decorations are straight out of the 70's, all giant
Floyd | cardboard apples and smiling cartoon children, occupying not only the
Floyd | walls but the front of Ms. Wagner's desk.  The air smells of markers
Floyd | and chalk dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a closet door, a pair of safety scissors, and an
Floyd | enormous blackboard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "look at ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    491
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks like one of the tiles was jarred loose from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley asks, "Mr. Ginsberg, can I draw on the chalkboard?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Go ahead.  Just don't erase my note."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley wanders over to the blackboard, picks up a piece of chalk, and
Floyd | scratches away at the board for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | Satisfied with her drawing, Ashley puts the chalk back in the tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen screams, "Eeeagh!" at the top of his lungs. 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    492
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, can you hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounding tinny and far away, Samir hollers, "I'm here, I can hear
Floyd | you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, l" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    493
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, L
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, tell me what you're seeing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere above the ceiling tiles, Samir yells, "It's even darker
Floyd | in here and it smells and I really don't like it.  There aren't any
Floyd | turns or anything - I can only go forward, where it's getting darker,
Floyd | or back toward the light."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, open tile" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    494
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, OPEN TILE
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Samir to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "open tile" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    495
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TILE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x tile" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    496
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TILE
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks like one of the tiles was jarred loose from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, w" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    497
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, W
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, I need you to go down the duct where it gets
Floyd | darker."
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere above the ceiling tiles, Samir hollers, "Okay, I'm
Floyd | going now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley picks up a piece of chalk and adds a few more details to one of
Floyd | the drawings on the board.
Floyd |
Floyd | Satisfied with the result, Ashley puts the chalk back in the tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x board" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    498
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The blackboard currently contains a list of countries in Western
Floyd | Europe, with extra notes about Luxembourg (capital - Luxembourg,
Floyd | largest city - Luxembourg, official languages - French, German, and
Floyd | Luxembourgish).
Floyd |
Floyd | Off to the side, the blackboard contains your note:
Floyd |
Floyd | IF YOU FIND THIS:                   DO NOT ERASE!
Floyd | Leave the school ASAP.
Floyd | I have located Jude, Keiko, George, Samir, Tyrone, and Ashley
Floyd | and we are leaving as soon as we can.
Floyd |
Floyd | ~Mr. Ginsberg
Floyd |
Floyd | Additionally, the blackboard contains a chalk drawing of a somewhat
Floyd | cross-eyed tabby cat with a dead mouse in its mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "This is risky. Samir has no light."
Allen says (to Floyd), "s.w.n" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             501
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.W.N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, l" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             502
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, L
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, what do you see?"
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere above the ceiling tiles, Samir yells, "I can hardly see
Floyd | anything, and the air smells really awful, like something burning in
Floyd | the oven.  There aren't any turns again - it just goes forward and
Floyd | back."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "look at ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             503
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | It's very strange seeing the wreckage of the ceiling and walls.  The
Floyd | school used to be divided into boxes, each hall and room discrete, but
Floyd | now those boxes have crunched like eggshell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, w" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             504
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, W
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, please go forward down the duct."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear Samir start to answer, but he starts coughing almost
Floyd | immediately, and you can't make out what he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen screams, "Eeeagh!" at the top of his lungs. 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             505
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, are you there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                506
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "I'm going to need both of my hands for this," and drop
Floyd | Ashley and Jude's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your trembling hands, you scramble successfully over the table
Floyd | and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. McCaskill's Room
Floyd | Half the ceiling has fallen, crushing the west side of the room
Floyd | beneath debris and blocking the door entirely.  The water sprinklers
Floyd | spew frantically, turning papers and decorations to mush, but
Floyd | whatever's burning isn't actually in this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gaping hole in the east wall allows you back into your classroom, if
Floyd | you scramble over the rubble-strewn table in the way.  The north wall
Floyd | is in similarly poor state, but the choking smoke on that side ensures
Floyd | it's not a viable exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | A crumpled poster projects from the rubble, mostly sheltered from the
Floyd | sprinklers by a fallen corkboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water flows down the legs of the cheap wooden teacher's desk to the
Floyd | growing puddle on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen screams, "Eeeagh!" at the top of his lungs. 		Allen says, "crap!"
		Allen says, "I keep doing that"
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                507
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, can you hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude doesn't answer you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, are you all right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere in the ceiling tiles, you can hear Samir coughing.
Floyd | There is a muted bang, maybe the sound of him hitting something - you
Floyd | can't be sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "look at ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                508
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | It's very strange seeing the wreckage of the ceiling and walls.  The
Floyd | school used to be divided into boxes, each hall and room discrete, but
Floyd | now those boxes have crunched like eggshell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's confusing."
		DavidW says, "Samir may be choking too much."
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, e" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                509
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, E
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, go back the way you came.  This isn't a safe way to
Floyd | go, I'm sorry."
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere above the ceiling tiles, you hear a metallic banging
Floyd | that recedes to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             510
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your weakened muscles, you scramble successfully over the
Floyd | table and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley fiddles unhappily with the damaged hem of her skirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone e" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             510
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE E
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, e" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             511
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, E
Floyd |
Floyd | Running the layout of the school through your head, you don't think
Floyd | Tyrone can go east from where he is.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him to go south along the hall or west into Avery's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s.e.n.tyrone, e" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    515
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.E.N.TYRONE, E
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "I have to be away for a moment, but I'll be right back."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir hollers, "Okay...."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Wagner's Room
Floyd | This classroom is reasonably undamaged, apart from a fallen ceiling
Floyd | tile.  The decorations are straight out of the 70's, all giant
Floyd | cardboard apples and smiling cartoon children, occupying not only the
Floyd | walls but the front of Ms. Wagner's desk.  The air smells of markers
Floyd | and chalk dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a closet door, a pair of safety scissors, and an enormous
Floyd | blackboard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Running the layout of the school through your head, you don't think
Floyd | Tyrone can go east from where he is.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him to go south along the hall or west into Avery's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "You mean Samir?"
		Allen says, "yeah, I'm confused"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, e" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    516
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, E
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, are you all right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir yells, "Yeah, I think so...." His voice sounds a little weak,
Floyd | but it might just be the ceiling in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, I want you to go down the duct toward the Geo Lab."
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no response.  Samir must be too far away to hear you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s.e.e.n.samir, s" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           521
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.E.E.N.SAMIR, S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hall
Floyd | This was the approved route to shelter, before the bombs hit and the
Floyd | ceiling collapsed.  Now, shards of plastic and glass jut from the
Floyd | rubble, and more than one corpse lies buried beneath the weight of
Floyd | stone.  Heavy debris lies half-propped upon long pieces of rebar,
Floyd | creating a hazardous barrier that blocks the way north.  The way south
Floyd | remains open.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west, more debris blocks off the door to Avery Thomas's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Based on what Samir's told you so far, you don't think Samir can go
Floyd | south from where he is.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him to go east down the duct toward the Geo Lab or west
Floyd | forward down the duct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen screams, "Eeeagh!" at the top of his lungs. 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           522
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, are you up there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "let's restore it"
		Allen says, "I need him back at that damn junction"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  North Hall                                           484
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, l" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           485
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, L
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, tell me what you see?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounding tinny and far away, Samir yells, "It's really narrow up here,
Floyd | and it's dark, and dusty.  There's the vent to the Geo Lab under me,
Floyd | and then there's a tunnel in front of me and a tunnel to the left."
Floyd |
Floyd | You translate that mentally as west and south.  You shout back, "Got
Floyd | it, thanks."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "thanks!"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, s" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           486
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, S
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, I need you to go along the left duct."
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounding tinny and far away, Samir hollers, "Okay, I'm going now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s." 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        487
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        488
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, are you up there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       489
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       490
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, are you there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounding tinny and far away, Samir yells, "I'm here, I can hear you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, l" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       491
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, L
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, what are you seeing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere above the ceiling tiles, Samir hollers, "The tunnel
Floyd | turns here - "  You hear a metallic banging, and then Samir resumes,
Floyd | "There's no way to keep going the way I was going.  There's light back
Floyd | the way I came, from the Geo Lab, and then the tunnel turns off to the
Floyd | left."
Floyd |
Floyd | You translate that mentally as north and east.  You shout back, "Don't
Floyd | worry, I'll get you out real soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       492
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, E
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, please go down the duct to the left."
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere above the ceiling tiles, Samir yells, "Okay, I'm going
Floyd | now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        493
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, l" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        494
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, L
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "What do you see, Samir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere above the ceiling tiles, Samir hollers, "The tunnel
Floyd | bends off to the right, and it gets really dark past the bend.  I can
Floyd | see a little bit from the light coming in from the left, but only a
Floyd | little bit."
Floyd |
Floyd | You translate that mentally as a bend from west to south.  You shout
Floyd | back, "I'll stay with you until you're out."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, s" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        495
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, S
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, I want you to go down the duct to the right."
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere above the ceiling tiles, Samir yells, "Okay, I'm going
Floyd | now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       496
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, l" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       497
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, L
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, tell me what you can see around you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere above the ceiling tiles, Samir hollers, "It's another
Floyd | zigzag - the tunnel goes off to the left or back the way I came.  It
Floyd | looks like there's light again to the left.  The tunnel's bigger up to
Floyd | the left, and there isn't anywhere else  I can go."
Floyd |
Floyd | You translate that mentally as a bend from north to east.  You shout
Floyd | back, "Okay, just a minute."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, e" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       498
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, E
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, I need you to go up the tunnel with more light."
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere above the ceiling tiles, Samir yells, "Okay, I'm going
Floyd | now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       499
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x doors" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       500
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | These are tall double doors, metal, painted an odd shade of blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "how do we get east?"
		DavidW says, "s. e. n."
Allen says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                501
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       502
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude says, "It's too dark in there!"  She lets go of your hand instead
Floyd | of following you into the kitchen.
Floyd | Ashley protests, "Hey, there's no light in there!"  She lets go of
Floyd | your hand instead of following you into the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen has no windows, and without the overhead lights, it's
Floyd | seriously dark here.  Counters and shelves are barely discernable
Floyd | glints in the blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "oh, flashlight puzzle"
Allen says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            503
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel your way carefully through the maze of counters until you
Floyd | reach the cafeteria door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You push painfully through the swinging door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            504
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, can you hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounding tinny and far away, Samir hollers, "I'm here, I can hear
Floyd | you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, l" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            505
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, L
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "What's around you right now, Samir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere above the ceiling tiles, Samir yells, "The tunnel is
Floyd | bigger here, and there's a grate in the wall with light coming
Floyd | through.  I think it's daylight - if I get up close, it smells like
Floyd | being outside, except that everything in here smells like grease too.
Floyd | It's all kind of sticky.  There's the grate with the light ahead of
Floyd | me, and a big dark tunnel to the right, and the smaller tunnel back
Floyd | behind me."
Floyd |
Floyd | You translate that mentally as ducts to the south, east, and west,
Floyd | with the east exit leading outside.  You shout back, "Okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "junction... with exit. wanna save?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            505
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            506
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, S
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, please go down the big dark tunnel."
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere above the ceiling tiles, Samir hollers, "Okay, I'm
Floyd | going now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       507
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Even pushing through the swinging door takes more effort than it
Floyd | should.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen has no windows, and without the overhead lights, it's
Floyd | seriously dark here.  Counters and shelves are barely discernable
Floyd | glints in the blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, l" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       508
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, L
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "What are you seeing, Samir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Through a vent in the ceiling, Samir yells, "It's really dark, but I
Floyd | can see a little bit from the light behind me.  There's another grate
Floyd | in front of me - in the floor this time, not in the wall.  It's big
Floyd | and flat, as big as the whole tunnel, and I can't see anything past
Floyd | it.  It's even stickier here than it was before, and it smells even
Floyd | more like grease."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, open grate" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       509
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, OPEN GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Samir to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x grate" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       510
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the ceiling grate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, x grate" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       511
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, X GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Samir to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, look at grate" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       512
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, LOOK AT GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Samir to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, look" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       513
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, what do you see?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Through a vent in the ceiling, Samir hollers, "It's really dark, but I
Floyd | can see a little bit from the light behind me.  There's another grate
Floyd | in front of me - in the floor this time, not in the wall.  It's big
Floyd | and flat, as big as the whole tunnel, and I can't see anything past
Floyd | it.  It's even stickier here than it was before, and it smells even
Floyd | more like grease."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, x vent" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       514
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, X VENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Samir to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, open vent" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       515
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, OPEN VENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Samir to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, d" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       516
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, D
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, I need you to drop down through the grate.  Hang
Floyd | onto the edge, then stretch yourself out as much as you can, so it
Floyd | won't be a long fall."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir asks nervously, "Will you catch me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no way you could support his weight - it's all too easy to see
Floyd | yourself stumbling and falling into the stove, crashing your head or
Floyd | his against an unyielding metal surface.  You say, "I can't.  I'm
Floyd | sorry.  But I know you can do this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir says, "I'm not so sure...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You're gonna kill him. We need light and the gym stuff."
		Allen asks, "is there where we need the excersie horse?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, d" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       517
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, D
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Time to come down now, Samir.  Just lower yourself through
Floyd | the grate, stretch yourself out long, and let go.  I know you can do
Floyd | it."
Floyd |
Floyd | With a squeal of unoiled hinges, a ventilation grate in the ceiling
Floyd | opens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir lowers himself out of the grate in the ceiling.  He hangs for a
Floyd | moment by his fingertips, then drops to the ground and rolls when he
Floyd | hits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Great job!  I knew you could do it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir says, "They taught us how to fall in gym class", as he gets to
Floyd | his feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "I bet Coach Lewis never thought something like this would
Floyd | happen," and you share a smile in the darkness.  "Come on," you say,
Floyd | "let's get out of here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. But I bet the horse is how to get back up there."
		DavidW says, "but congrats"
		Allen says, "ok, kid obtained."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       517
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "where's the flashlight?"
		DavidW says, "No idea."
		Allen asks, "oh. Was that one of the things mentioned in the "adam, get all"?"
		DavidW says, "Hopefully it's not in the room Samir left."
		Allen says, "oh"
		Allen says, "or pants"
		DavidW says, "The flashlight was mentioned in the 'Adam, get all' yes, but it's kinda obvious there has to be one."
		Allen says, "what do do now? There's the equipment room, the dude that needs pants, and the splinting"
		DavidW says, "right"
		djfletch says, "we can check if Tyrone can pick the equipment room lock"
		DavidW says, "The vent might also be the way into the math class, somehow."
		DavidW says, "I think the keys are in the office, George said."
		djfletch says, "Tyrone could pick the office lock and then we can just drag George out without pants"
		DavidW says, "I doubt that would work, but go try if you like."
		djfletch says, "yeah I'm not very optimistic but I'll have a go"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                518
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley fiddles unhappily with the damaged hem of her skirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Leaving Samir in the dark, are we?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       519
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen has no windows, and without the overhead lights, it's
Floyd | seriously dark here.  Counters and shelves are barely discernable
Floyd | glints in the blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get samir" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       520
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Samir's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                521
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley fiddles unhappily with the damaged hem of her skirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get ashley" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                522
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Ashley's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get jude" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                523
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET JUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Jude's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ashley, get samir" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                524
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, GET SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, would you please hold hands with Samir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley takes Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You only have two hands, y'know."
		djfletch says, "ok ok"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                525
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get ashley" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                526
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already holding Ashley's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       527
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Why you need all of them, I don't know."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        528
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       529
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              530
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              531
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              532
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            533
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          534
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          535
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the gym office door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "george, x keys" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          536
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, X KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, tell me about Mr. Lewis's keys."
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "That's a whole lot of keys."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "george, get keys" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          537
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, would you please pick up Mr. Lewis's keys?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "I already have Mr. Lewis's keys!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, count keys" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          538
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, COUNT KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | George won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want George to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "george, give me keys" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          539
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GIVE ME KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | George won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want George to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          540
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "where did we leave Tyrone?"
		Allen says, "we lost a tyrone"
		djfletch asks, "outside Avery's office?"
		DavidW says, "I don't remember where you left him."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            541
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps he's there."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              542
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "back when we got samir"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              543
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              544
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       545
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        546
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           547
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hall
Floyd | This was the approved route to shelter, before the bombs hit and the
Floyd | ceiling collapsed.  Now, shards of plastic and glass jut from the
Floyd | rubble, and more than one corpse lies buried beneath the weight of
Floyd | stone.  Heavy debris lies half-propped upon long pieces of rebar,
Floyd | creating a hazardous barrier that blocks the way north.  The way south
Floyd | remains open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west, more debris blocks off the door to Avery Thomas's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I can't believe you're dragging the lot of them like this."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "samir, get tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           548
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, GET TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, would you please hold hands with Tyrone?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir takes Tyrone's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "I can't believe they won't just walk along"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        549
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd | Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       550
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd | Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              551
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd | Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              552
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd | Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              553
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd | Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            554
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Ashley.
Floyd | Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, pick lock" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            554
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PICK LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want Tyrone to pick the equipment room door with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "clip" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            555
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you unlock the door if you use the paper clip?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Tyrone first taking the striped green paper clip)
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, would you please take the paper clip from that
Floyd | backpack?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone picks up the striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone says, "You think I know how to do something like that?  I'm not
Floyd | a thief, you leave me alone!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "oh hmm... maybe someone is a thief"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, pick lock with clip" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            556
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PICK LOCK WITH CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you unlock the door if you use the paper clip?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Samir first taking the striped green paper clip)
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you please grab that paper clip?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir reaches for the striped green paper clip, but Tyrone holds it
Floyd | out of his reach.
Floyd | Samir says, "Tyrone won't give me the paper clip!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ok, I'm going to smack some kid now"
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, give clip to samir" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            557
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GIVE CLIP TO SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, please pass the paper clip to Samir."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone thrusts the striped green paper clip at Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir lets go of Ashley's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir takes the striped green paper clip from Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Thank you, Tyrone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, unlock door with clip" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            557
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, UNLOCK DOOR WITH CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the equipment room door or the double doors?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "equipment door" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            558
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EQUIPMENT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you unlock the door if you use the paper clip?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir asks quietly, "Am I going to get in trouble?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "No trouble.  I just need to get into the equipment room
Floyd | door.  It will help me get everyone out safely."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir bends over the equipment room door and starts fiddling in the
Floyd | lock with the striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir looks up and shakes his head.  "It's too hard, I can't make it
Floyd | work."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "jude, unlock equipment door with clip"
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, unlock equipment door with clip" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            559
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, UNLOCK EQUIPMENT DOOR WITH CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, can you unlock the door if you use the paper clip?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Jude first taking the striped green paper clip)
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, would you please take that paper clip?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude reaches for the striped green paper clip, but Samir holds it out
Floyd | of her reach.
Floyd | Jude says, "Samir won't give me the paper clip!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "..."
		Allen says, "samir, give clip to jude"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, give clip to jude" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, GIVE CLIP TO JUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, please give the paper clip to Jude."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir holds the striped green paper clip out for Jude.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude says, "He doesn't fit, see?"
Floyd | By way of demonstration, Jude attempts to stuff Mr. Bunny into her
Floyd | brilliantly colored My Little Pony backpack.  She's right; the bunny
Floyd | doesn't fit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude says, "I can't take that, my hands are full.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe Samir can pick the metal drawer instead of Tyrone."
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, unlock equipment door with clip" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            561
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, UNLOCK EQUIPMENT DOOR WITH CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, can you unlock the door if you use the paper clip?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Ashley first taking the striped green paper clip)
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, can you please grab that paper clip?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley reaches for the striped green paper clip, but Samir holds it
Floyd | out of her reach.
Floyd | Ashley says, "Samir won't give me the paper clip!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, give clip to ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            562
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, GIVE CLIP TO ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, please pass the paper clip to Ashley."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir holds the striped green paper clip out to Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley takes the striped green paper clip from Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Thank you, Samir."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, unlock equipment door with clip" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            563
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, UNLOCK EQUIPMENT DOOR WITH CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, can you unlock the door if you use the paper clip?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley says, "I don't know how to do anything like that Mr. Ginsberg."
Floyd | Ashley gives you a worried look.  "Honest I don't."
Floyd | Jude snickers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, drop hand" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            563
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I really think the key is in the office and picking *this* lock is out of the question."

Floyd | > JUDE, DROP HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want Jude to drop hand of?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ok, probably"
		DavidW says, "Take Samir and the clip to McCaskill's"
		DavidW says, "And just Samir, please."
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            564
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Jude to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            565
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, would you please hold hands with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir protests, "yourself doesn't have any free hands!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            565
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "drop hand" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            565
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want to drop hand of?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            566
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not holding Tyrone's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "this has some serious interface problems"
Allen says (to Floyd), "drop ashley's hand" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            566
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ASHLEY'S HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the striped green paper clip (Ashley's), the Dora
Floyd | the Explorer shirt (Ashley's), or the damaged polka-dot skirt
Floyd | (Ashley's)?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "drop hand" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            566
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want to drop hand of?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            567
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of Ashley's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            568
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Tyrone's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "n.e.n" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             571
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N.E.N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | Tyrone is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | Tyrone is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | Tyrone is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We know Tyrone can't do this. I wanted SAMIR"
		Allen says, "oh. I'm getting confused"
		DavidW says, "And only Samir"
Allen says (to Floyd), "x clip" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             571
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s.w.s.get clip" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            575
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.W.S.GET CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | Tyrone is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | Tyrone is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Jude's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | Tyrone is holding Samir's hand, so he follows Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, carrying a striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hands are shaking badly enough that you're afraid of dropping the
Floyd | striped green paper clip, but you could ask one of the students to get
Floyd | it for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, get clip" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            576
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, GET CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, would you please get that paper clip?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir reaches for the striped green paper clip, but Ashley holds it
Floyd | out of his reach.
Floyd | Samir says, "Ashley won't give me the paper clip!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You won't have any hands free for the clip"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, give clip to do samir" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            577
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, GIVE CLIP TO DO SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, give clip to samir" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            578
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, GIVE CLIP TO SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, please give the paper clip to Samir."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley holds the striped green paper clip out for Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir takes the striped green paper clip from Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Thank you, Ashley."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "drop hand of tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            579
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP HAND OF TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of Tyrone's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "drop hand of jude" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            580
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP HAND OF JUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of Jude's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get samir" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            581
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir doesn't have a free hand, since he is carrying a striped green
Floyd | paper clip and holding hands with Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, drop hand of tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            582
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, DROP HAND OF TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, let go of Tyrone."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir lets go of Tyrone's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get samir" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            583
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Samir's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "n.e.n." 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             586
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N.E.N.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a striped green
Floyd | paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a striped green
Floyd | paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a striped green
Floyd | paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, w" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             587
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, W
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, I need you to go through the hole into Mrs.
Floyd | McCaskill's room."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir climbs carefully over the rubble-strewn table and out through
Floyd | the gap in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                588
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "I'm going to need both of my hands for this," and drop
Floyd | Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your trembling hands, you scramble successfully over the table
Floyd | and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. McCaskill's Room
Floyd | Half the ceiling has fallen, crushing the west side of the room
Floyd | beneath debris and blocking the door entirely.  The water sprinklers
Floyd | spew frantically, turning papers and decorations to mush, but
Floyd | whatever's burning isn't actually in this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gaping hole in the east wall allows you back into your classroom, if
Floyd | you scramble over the rubble-strewn table in the way.  The north wall
Floyd | is in similarly poor state, but the choking smoke on that side ensures
Floyd | it's not a viable exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, carrying a striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | A crumpled poster projects from the rubble, mostly sheltered from the
Floyd | sprinklers by a fallen corkboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water flows down the legs of the cheap wooden teacher's desk to the
Floyd | growing puddle on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, unlock drawer with clip" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                589
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, UNLOCK DRAWER WITH CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not going to have Samir break into Jenny's desk without good
Floyd | reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "sigh"
		DavidW says, "drat."
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, e" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                590
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, E
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, please go into the art room."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir climbs carefully over the rubble-strewn table and out through
Floyd | the gap in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                591
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Samir to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get samir" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                592
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir isn't here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             593
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your weakened muscles, you scramble successfully over the
Floyd | table and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, carrying a striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "you need to go east"
Allen says (to Floyd), "get samir" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             594
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Samir's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s.w.s." 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            597
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.W.S.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a striped green
Floyd | paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a striped green
Floyd | paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a striped green
Floyd | paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley fiddles unhappily with the damaged hem of her skirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "I'm out of ideas"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps find out exactly which locker we need to open."
		DavidW says, "I think it's a knowledge thing."
		Allen asks, "oh, maybe the kids will open different lockers?"
		DavidW says, "No, that's not what I mean."
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, put clip in backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            597
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PUT CLIP IN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the black canvas backpack (Tyrone's) or the
Floyd | brilliantly colored My Little Pony backpack (Jude's)?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "black" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            598
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you put your paper clip into the backpack?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir puts the striped green paper clip into the black canvas
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I mean the coding probably needs us, the PC, to actually look at a specific locker so we have a prereq condition satisfied."
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, follow samir" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            599
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, FOLLOW SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, would you please hold hands with Samir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone takes Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, follow samir" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            600
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, FOLLOW SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, would you please hold hands with Samir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley protests, "Samir doesn't have any free hands!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x samir" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            601
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | He's heavily smudged with dust and grime, but generally looks unhurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is wearing a bulging blue knapsack, a purple polo shirt, and a
Floyd | pair of black shorts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, follow tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            602
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, FOLLOW TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, would you please hold hands with Tyrone?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone mutters, "Don't want to hold hands with a girl."  You give him
Floyd | a Teacher Look, expecting that sterner measures will be required, but
Floyd | he quiets down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley takes Tyrone's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wish you'd stop fiddling with the kids' hands."
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, follow ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            603
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, FOLLOW ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, would you please hold hands with Ashley?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude takes Ashley's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "it's a chain!"
Allen says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          604
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
Floyd | Tyrone is holding Ashley's hand, so she follows Tyrone.
Floyd | Ashley is holding Jude's hand, so she follows Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with Ashley and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with Ashley and Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "jude, open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          605
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          606
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          607
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          608
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          609
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing a bobby pin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "These aren't the lockers I meant."
		inky says, "hunh"
		inky says, "maybe we've been trying to pick locks with the wrong thing all along"
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get pin" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          610
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET PIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, could you please pick up the bobby pin from that
Floyd | locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone lets go of Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone picks up the bobby pin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think the bobby pin is an alternate."
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, put pin in black backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          611
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUT PIN IN BLACK BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you put your bobby pin into your backpack?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone puts the bobby pin into the black canvas backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          612
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          613
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing a deodorant spray bottle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, put bottle in black packpack" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          614
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUT BOTTLE IN BLACK PACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Tyrone to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is so garage of FTF."
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          615
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, would you please get the deodorant from that
Floyd | locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone picks up the deodorant spray bottle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          616
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          617
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          618
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          619
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing a broken ponytail holder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ha ha"
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get holder" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          620
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET HOLDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, could you please grab the ponytail holder from that
Floyd | locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone lets go of Ashley's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone picks up the broken ponytail holder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          621
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          622
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          623
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          624
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          625
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you open the locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the gym locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone opens the next gym locker, revealing nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          626
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone realizes immediately that he's the focus of your attention and
Floyd | stares back challengingly.  He doesn't even come up to your armpit,
Floyd | but he hardly seems to notice.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is wearing a black canvas backpack, a Notre Dame jersey, and a
Floyd | pair of baggy jeans.
Floyd | Tyrone is carrying a broken ponytail holder and a deodorant spray
Floyd | bottle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "you're not even gonna look at the holder?"
		inky says, "these lockers suck man"
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, x holder" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          627
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, X HOLDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, tell me about the ponytail holder."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone says, "Um... I don't know what you mean... it's just a ponytail
Floyd | holder."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x holder" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          628
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You examine the broken ponytail holder in Tyrone's hand.  You see
Floyd | nothing special about the broken ponytail holder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, give jeans to george" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          629
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GIVE JEANS TO GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, please show the jeans to George."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone crowds up to the small window.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone holds the pair of baggy jeans up to the window for George's
Floyd | inspection.  "Look, it's a jeans!"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "I don't need that, I need pants!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude grins, Ashley titters, Tyrone frowns, and Samir snorts, and
Floyd | George looks even more unhappy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone says, "Like you were never six," and gives Jude and Ashley a
Floyd | withering look.
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | You give Jude and Ashley a stern look, and they subside hurriedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Cute reaction sentence."
		Allen says, "it's going to be hell moving this kids around. Jude always goes last, cause she has only one hand"
		DavidW says, "I didn't want to move them en masse until the end when we have a clear exit."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about class" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          630
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT CLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The Geo Lab is Avery Thomas's classroom.  He keeps a collection of
Floyd | rocks in there that would do a museum proud, if it were a small museum
Floyd | that didn't focus much on earth science.  They're not rare, but they
Floyd | are shiny.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about children" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          631
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT CHILDREN
Floyd |
Floyd | Every teacher has specific classes they teach, but every teacher gets
Floyd | a homeroom class too.  This year, you pulled the short straw, and you
Floyd | have a small class of mostly problem cases.  Some of your students
Floyd | were with Emily - but Jude, Ashley, and Samir definitely scattered,
Floyd | and you think George and Keiko were with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask george about locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          632
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GEORGE ABOUT LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the gym locker)
Floyd | You shout, "Do you keep pants or shorts or something in your gym
Floyd | locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "No, the gym lockers don't lock!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He has a point, but you could wish he didn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Was wondering if we were missing anyone."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, dropping in from time to time, vaguely following... is this one big puzzle where you have to connect all the little children together like barrel-of-monkeys monkeys and lead them out of the school?"
		DavidW says, "It's the other lockers, yknow"
Allen asks, "tyrone about locker" 		Allen asks, "what other lockers?"
		Jacqueline says, "Because that is the picture I can't get out of my mind."
		DavidW says, "In the HALLWAY"
		Allen asks, "oh... er... take over?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oops, I walked in during a moment of tension."
		Jacqueline says, "I'll go away again."
		DavidW says, "Where there's a burning smell. I've been wanting to go to the other lockers for ever."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          632
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          633
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing a striped red tie, a rumpled white shirt, some pair of
Floyd | black slacks, and a gold wedding band.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says (to Jacqueline), "yeah, you basically chain them together"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x my left hand" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          633
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MY LEFT HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the left pocket of
Floyd | your slacks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "we already tried taking off our own pants, right?"
		Allen says (to Jacqueline), "the kids are horrible"
		DavidW asks, "hm. No way to tell which kids we're cobbled to?"
		Allen says, "yeah, the game called us a pedo"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            634
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "damn it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop samir" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            635
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              636
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              637
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              638
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says (to DavidW), "yes, I think you have to LOOK to find out who you are holding"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       639
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lockers" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       640
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOCKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The lockers are narrow, brown, and about four feet tall.  Every
Floyd | student gets a locker on their first day, along with a lecture about
Floyd | how they are strictly forbidden to decorate the lockers or change
Floyd | their locker combinations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "this game needed some good playtesters"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search lockers" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       641
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH LOCKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You check one of the lockers, but, as you suspected, the locker is
Floyd | locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a combination lock that could be used to enter a combination,
Floyd | if you knew any of the locker combinations - which you don't right
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x george's locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       641
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GEORGE'S LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "did we ask the kids about the combination?"
		DavidW says, "no, not all of them. It's didn't seem to be a topic."
		Allen asks, "oh, george said he forgot, right?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       642
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You check one of the lockers, but, as you suspected, the locker is
Floyd | locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a combination lock that could be used to enter a combination,
Floyd | if you knew any of the locker combinations - which you don't right
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Allen  | Floyd | George shouts through the door, "I can't remember."

		DavidW says (to Floyd), "x narrow locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       643
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NARROW LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lockers are narrow, brown, and about four feet tall.  Every
Floyd | student gets a locker on their first day, along with a lecture about
Floyd | how they are strictly forbidden to decorate the lockers or change
Floyd | their locker combinations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "but maybe another kid knows"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              644
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              645
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "or, we could ask george about the narrow locker. He thought we meant gym lockers"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              646
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              647
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going south into the gym or east along the
Floyd | hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            648
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take samir" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            649
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Samir's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          650
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with Ashley and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, carrying a broken ponytail holder and a deodorant
Floyd | spray bottle.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop samir" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          651
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask george about narrow locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          652
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GEORGE ABOUT NARROW LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, where is your normal locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "It's on the hallway just past the
Floyd | bathrooms.  It's number A35."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think that's the bit we missed"
		Allen says, "that's just the num"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask george about combination" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          653
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GEORGE ABOUT COMBINATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, this is a really bad time to forget your locker
Floyd | combination.  Can you think really hard?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "I'm thinking really hard, I can't
Floyd | think of it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir tries not to smile, Jude snickers, Ashley grins, and Tyrone
Floyd | sighs a little, and George looks even more ashamed
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But it's a factoid."
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          654
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, I'm going to ask you one more time.  What's your
Floyd | locker combination?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "I think it might be... 20 36 22?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Thanks, I'll give it a try."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I told you, the game thinks we didn't know enough.,"
		Allen says, "there we go"
		Allen says, "there are too many puzzles here where you ask the kid something and you have to ask them more than once"
		DavidW says, "that's good. It's probably wrong and we probably have to try it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            655
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              656
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              657
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              658
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       659
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       660
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lockers are narrow, brown, and about four feet tall.  Every
Floyd | student gets a locker on their first day, along with a lecture about
Floyd | how they are strictly forbidden to decorate the lockers or change
Floyd | their locker combinations.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's locker A35, George's locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock locker a35" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       660
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK LOCKER A35
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to unlock George's locker with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open locker a35" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       661
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER A35
Floyd |
Floyd | You check one of the lockers, but, as you suspected, the locker is
Floyd | locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a combination lock that could be used to enter a combination,
Floyd | if you knew any of the locker combinations - which you don't right
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "sigh, it actually makes you try it"
		DavidW says, "I've long forgotten the original instructions here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial to 20" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       661
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "turn lock to 20" 		

Floyd | > TURN DIAL TO 20
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that number.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       661
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN LOCK TO 20
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that number.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "crap"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x lock" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       662
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the combination lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "crap"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial left to 20" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       663
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN DIAL LEFT TO 20
Floyd |
Floyd | These lockers have combinations that start to the right.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial right to 20" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       664
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN DIAL RIGHT TO 20
Floyd |
Floyd | You concentrate to still your shaking hand, and reach for the locker
Floyd | dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the dial right to 20.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial left to 36" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       665
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN DIAL LEFT TO 36
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the dial left to 36.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial right to 22" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       666
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN DIAL RIGHT TO 22
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the dial right to 22.  That makes three numbers - 20 R, 36 L,
Floyd | 22 R - but the lock doesn't open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You spin the lock to clear the old combination off.
Floyd | That's exactly what George told you, but it didn't open the locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "holy crap, you were right"
		DavidW says, "okay -- NOW we can probably pick the damn drawer lock"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		Allen says, "ask him again"

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              667
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              668
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              669
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              670
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going south into the gym or east along the
Floyd | hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            671
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          672
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with Ashley and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, carrying a broken ponytail holder and a deodorant
Floyd | spray bottle.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask george about combination" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          673
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GEORGE ABOUT COMBINATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, that wasn't your locker combination."
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "I guess that was from last year....
Floyd | "
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "George, I need you to think really hard about your locker
Floyd | combination."
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "I can't remember, I'm sorry!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir snorts, Jude giggles, Ashley titters, and Tyrone scowls, and
Floyd | George looks even more unhappy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "I'm right here, Jude and Ashley."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          674
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, I need you to think really hard about your
Floyd | combination."
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "I can't remember, I'm sorry!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir sneezes, Jude snickers, Ashley giggles, and Tyrone frowns, and
Floyd | George looks even more miserable.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Enough, Jude and Ashley."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "where's the pin or clip?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          675
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "George, I need you to think really hard about your
Floyd | combination."
Floyd |
Floyd | George shouts through the door, "I can't remember, I'm sorry!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir coughs, Jude titters, Ashley snickers, and Tyrone scowls, and
Floyd | George looks even more embarrassed
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask jude about combination" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          676
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK JUDE ABOUT COMBINATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a good question to ask Jude about the combination
Floyd | lock.
Floyd | (You could try asking Jude about Mr. Bunny, Ashley, or
Floyd | Keiko.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I want to now take Tyrone or Samir with the clip or pin"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clip" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          677
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You examine the striped green paper clip inside Tyrone's black canvas
Floyd | backpack.  You see nothing special about the striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          678
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone doesn't have a free hand, since he is carrying the broken
Floyd | ponytail holder and the deodorant spray bottle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "man"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, drop holder" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          679
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, DROP HOLDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, put down the ponytail holder."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone puts the broken ponytail holder on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, drop bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          680
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, DROP BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, please put down the deodorant."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone puts the deodorant spray bottle on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          681
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Tyrone's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            682
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              683
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              684
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             685
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                686
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "I'm going to need both of my hands for this," and drop
Floyd | Tyrone's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your trembling hands, you scramble successfully over the table
Floyd | and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. McCaskill's Room
Floyd | Half the ceiling has fallen, crushing the west side of the room
Floyd | beneath debris and blocking the door entirely.  The water sprinklers
Floyd | spew frantically, turning papers and decorations to mush, but
Floyd | whatever's burning isn't actually in this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gaping hole in the east wall allows you back into your classroom, if
Floyd | you scramble over the rubble-strewn table in the way.  The north wall
Floyd | is in similarly poor state, but the choking smoke on that side ensures
Floyd | it's not a viable exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | A crumpled poster projects from the rubble, mostly sheltered from the
Floyd | sprinklers by a fallen corkboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water flows down the legs of the cheap wooden teacher's desk to the
Floyd | growing puddle on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, w" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                687
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, W
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Tyrone, I want you to come through the hole into Mrs.
Floyd | McCaskill's room."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone crawls over the rubble-strewn table and comes in through the
Floyd | gap in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, take clip" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                688
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, TAKE CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you please pick up the paper clip from that
Floyd | backpack?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone picks up the striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, pick metal drawer with clip" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                689
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PICK METAL DRAWER WITH CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You wouldn't break into Jenny's desk without good reason... but
Floyd | getting George out of Mr. Lewis's office seems like a good reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you unlock the drawer if you use the paper
Floyd | clip?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone says, "You think I know how to do something like that?  I'm not
Floyd | a thief, you leave me alone!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "oh huh"
		DavidW says, "so maybe it's Samir we need"
		Allen asks, "they actually have to have knowledeg?"
		Allen asks, "of george?"
		DavidW says, "George can't do this."
		DavidW says, "Think about it."

Allen  says, "I mean: Floyd | getting George out of Mr. Lewis's office seems like a good reason."

	
		DavidW says, "We do have a good reason now, though"
		Allen says, "that implies that maybe Samir, once he knows George is trapped, might think that's a good reason"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, e" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                690
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, E
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, I need you to go into the art room."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone climbs carefully over the rubble-strewn table and out through
Floyd | the gap in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             691
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your weakened muscles, you scramble successfully over the
Floyd | table and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, carrying a striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, give clip to me" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             692
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GIVE CLIP TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, please pass me that paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone offers you the striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | You accept the striped green paper clip.  "Thank you, Tyrone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put clip in pocket" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             693
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CLIP IN POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The striped green paper clip doesn't fit in your pocket because the
Floyd | Duracell D-cell batteries is already in there.  (These pants never had
Floyd | much in the way of pockets.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the striped green paper clip into the left pocket of your
Floyd | slacks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             694
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Tyrone's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              695
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              696
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            697
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          698
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with Ashley and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a deodorant spray bottle and a broken ponytail holder
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          699
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of Tyrone's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take samir" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          700
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Samir's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            701
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              702
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              703
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             704
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                705
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "I'm going to need both of my hands for this," and drop
Floyd | Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your trembling hands, you scramble successfully over the table
Floyd | and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. McCaskill's Room
Floyd | Half the ceiling has fallen, crushing the west side of the room
Floyd | beneath debris and blocking the door entirely.  The water sprinklers
Floyd | spew frantically, turning papers and decorations to mush, but
Floyd | whatever's burning isn't actually in this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gaping hole in the east wall allows you back into your classroom, if
Floyd | you scramble over the rubble-strewn table in the way.  The north wall
Floyd | is in similarly poor state, but the choking smoke on that side ensures
Floyd | it's not a viable exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | A crumpled poster projects from the rubble, mostly sheltered from the
Floyd | sprinklers by a fallen corkboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water flows down the legs of the cheap wooden teacher's desk to the
Floyd | growing puddle on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, w" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                706
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, W
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Samir, I want you to come through the hole into Mrs.
Floyd | McCaskill's room."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir crawls over the rubble-strewn table and comes in through the gap
Floyd | in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give clip to samir" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                707
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE CLIP TO SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the striped green paper clip)
Floyd | You give the striped green paper clip to Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, pick metal drawer with clip" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                708
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PICK METAL DRAWER WITH CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You set about corrupting America's youth, or, at least, Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you unlock the drawer if you use the paper clip?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir takes a moment to straighten out the striped green paper clip.
Floyd | Samir bends over the metal drawer with the straightened striped green
Floyd | paper clip.  In a moment, you hear a click, and Samir straightens up
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "the big moment!"
		Allen says, "yay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                708
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                709
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | Black spots pass before your eyes, and you have to steady yourself for
Floyd | a moment on the desk.  But the drawer opens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look indrawer" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                709
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK INDRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                710
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | In the metal drawer is a slim red notebook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read notebook" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                711
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ NOTEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | This slim red notebook contains all the school locker combinations.
Floyd | The plastic cover is protecting it somewhat from the sprinklers, but
Floyd | that won't survive forever.
Floyd | White-Out lettering on the cover reads, "Locker Combinations - Mrs.
Floyd | McCaskill - Do Not Touch".  The notebook is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                712
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The notebook's plastic cover provides some protection from the
Floyd | sprinklers, but if you open it in here, the ink will run immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "good lord"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, take notebook" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                713
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, TAKE NOTEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, would you please grab the notebook from that drawer?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir picks up the slim red notebook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, e" 		

Floyd ]  Mrs. McCaskill's Room                                714
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, E
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, I need you to go into the art room."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir climbs carefully over the rubble-strewn table and out through
Floyd | the gap in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             715
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your weakened muscles, you scramble successfully over the
Floyd | table and through the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, carrying a slim red notebook and a straightened striped
Floyd | green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, open notebook" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             716
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, OPEN NOTEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you open the notebook?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir opens the slim red notebook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read notebook" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             717
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ NOTEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You examine the slim red notebook in Samir's hand.  This slim red
Floyd | notebook contains all the school locker combinations.  You search
Floyd | through the pages until you locate George's locker combination, which
Floyd | is 40 R, 52 L, 56 R this year.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, drop notebook" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             718
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, DROP NOTEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, please put down the notebook."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir puts the slim red notebook on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take samir" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             719
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Samir's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              720
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a straightened
Floyd | striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              721
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a straightened
Floyd | striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       722
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a straightened
Floyd | striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        723
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a straightened
Floyd | striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       724
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a straightened
Floyd | striped green paper clip.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial right to 40" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       725
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN DIAL RIGHT TO 40
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the dial right to 40.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial left to 52" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       726
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN DIAL LEFT TO 52
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the dial left to 52.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial right to 56" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       727
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN DIAL RIGHT TO 56
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the dial right to 56, and George's locker pops open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "it turns out the teacher actually wrote the codes in cipher"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       728
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in it" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       729
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | In George's locker is a pair of ragged jeans.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, drop clip" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       730
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, DROP CLIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, please put down the paper clip."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir puts the straightened striped green paper clip on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, take ragged jeans" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       731
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, TAKE RAGGED JEANS
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you please take the pair of ragged jeans from
Floyd | George's locker?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir picks up the pair of ragged jeans.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "why does George keep extra pants in his locker, and nothing else?"
		DavidW says, "because, game universe"
		inky says, "ha ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take samir" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       732
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already holding Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              733
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a pair of ragged
Floyd | jeans.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              734
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a pair of ragged
Floyd | jeans.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              735
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a pair of ragged
Floyd | jeans.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            736
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a pair of ragged
Floyd | jeans.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          737
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you and carrying a pair of ragged
Floyd | jeans.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with Ashley and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a deodorant spray bottle and a broken ponytail holder
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, give pants to george" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          738
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, GIVE PANTS TO GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the pair of ragged jeans to George)
Floyd | You say, "Samir, please show the pair of ragged jeans to George."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir crowds up to the small window.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir holds the pair of ragged jeans up to the window for George's
Floyd | inspection.  "Look, it's a pair of ragged jeans!"
Floyd |
Floyd | With a click, the gym office door opens just far enough for George to
Floyd | stick his hand out and grab the pants away from Samir.  Before you can
Floyd | intervene, George slams the door shut again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          739
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, open door" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          740
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd | > GEORGE, OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "George, can you open the door?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George hollers through the door, "No, leave me alone!  I'm changing!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door opens again, and George comes out wearing the
Floyd | ragged jeans under his oversized T-shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          740
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x george" 		djfletch says, "hurrah"

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          741
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | He needs a bath, a hug, and a haircut, but first he needs to get out
Floyd | of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is wearing a pair of ragged jeans and an oversized T-shirt.
Floyd | George is carrying Mr. Lewis's gym keys and a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "let's go in and get his soggy jeans. Might need them for something"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop samir" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          742
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, drop stick" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          743
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, DROP STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "George, put down the lacrosse stick."
Floyd |
Floyd | George puts the lacrosse stick on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "for instance, if the terrorists used chlorine gas, urine on cloth makes a decent gas mask"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take george" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          744
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take George's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            745
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.  The
Floyd | double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying Mr. Lewis's gym
Floyd | keys.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, unlock equipment door with keys" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            746
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, UNLOCK EQUIPMENT DOOR WITH KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "George, can you unlock the door if you use Mr. Lewis's
Floyd | keys?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George sorts through the keys and finds the correct one on the fourth
Floyd | try.  You hear a click as he unlocks the equipment room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, drop keys" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            747
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, DROP KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "George, put down Mr. Lewis's keys."
Floyd |
Floyd | George puts Mr. Lewis's gym keys on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, open door" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            747
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the equipment room door or the double doors?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "equipment" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            748
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EQUIPMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "George, can you open the door?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George opens the equipment room door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Equipment Room                                       749
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Equipment Room
Floyd | A single incandescent bulb swings overhead from a short chain.  Its
Floyd | harsh light showcases half-empty racks, bins, and boxes of gym
Floyd | equipment, most badly in need of repair.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a wobbly table (on which is a roll of black cloth
Floyd | tape) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "aha"
Allen says (to Floyd), "george, get all" 		

Floyd ]  Equipment Room                                       750
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | wobbly table: To avoid confusing George, ask about one thing at a
Floyd | time.
Floyd | Duracell D-cell batteries: To avoid confusing George, ask about one
Floyd | thing at a time.
Floyd | roll of black cloth tape: To avoid confusing George, ask about one
Floyd | thing at a time.
Floyd | George: To avoid confusing George, ask about one thing at a time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "don't do get all, please."
		Allen says, "ok"
		DavidW says, "This game reacts badly with that command."
		Allen says, "I'm getting a bit impatient, and I thought it might give a hint about anything in here"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, get tape" 		

Floyd ]  Equipment Room                                       751
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "George, could you please pick up that roll of tape?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George picks up the roll of black cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "hmm, no flashlights?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            752
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | open door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.
Floyd | The double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Mr. Lewis's gym keys, a blue exercise mat, and a
Floyd | pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "tape, yardstick, lacrosse... is that all we need to splint her?"
		Allen says, "maybe not even a yard stick"
		DavidW says, "I think so. No flashlight seen yet."
		DavidW asks, "Do you want to check the equipment room better?"
		djfletch says, "might be worth searching the junk"
		Allen says, "there are the bins and the wobbly table"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Equipment Room                                       753
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Equipment Room
Floyd | A single incandescent bulb swings overhead from a short chain.  Its
Floyd | harsh light showcases half-empty racks, bins, and boxes of gym
Floyd | equipment, most badly in need of repair.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a wobbly table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Equipment Room                                       753
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going east into the gym.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "have there been any other locked doors we chaven'topened yet?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x racks" 		

Floyd ]  Equipment Room                                       753
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RACKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bins" 		

Floyd ]  Equipment Room                                       753
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BINS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Equipment Room                                       753
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Equipment Room                                       754
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a cheap table made from two metal rectangles and a white plastic
Floyd | surface between them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "don't think so. There's the room that's on fire."
		Allen says, "I gotta feed cats, be back in moment. Carry on"
Touchy arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Touchy asks, "long game?"
		djfletch asks, "have there been any container-like things for collecting water and throwing it on a fire?"
		DavidW says, "Not that I remember. Trays, but probably crap for water."
		djfletch says, "anyway, have a go at the splinting I suppose"
		DavidW says, "I hate thinking how to get the stick, tape, and at least one student to Kaiko."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            755
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | open door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.
Floyd | The double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Mr. Lewis's gym keys, a blue exercise mat, and a
Floyd | pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          756
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with Ashley and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lacrosse stick, a deodorant spray bottle, and a
Floyd | broken ponytail holder here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, take stick" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          757
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, TAKE STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, can you please take that lacrosse stick?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley picks up the lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          758
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley doesn't have a free hand, since she is carrying a lacrosse
Floyd | stick and holding hands with Jude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "it might be easiest to do more than one trip"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, drop jude" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          759
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, DROP JUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, let go of Jude."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley lets go of Jude's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            760
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | open door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.
Floyd | The double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Mr. Lewis's gym keys, a blue exercise mat, and a
Floyd | pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          761
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a deodorant spray bottle and a broken ponytail holder
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          762
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Ashley's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            763
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | open door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.
Floyd | The double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and holding a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Mr. Lewis's gym keys, a blue exercise mat, and a
Floyd | pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              764
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and holding a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              765
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and holding a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              766
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and holding a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      767
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and holding a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a small rubber wedge here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      768
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | George hangs back until you say, "It's okay, George."
Floyd |
Floyd | George reluctantly follows you in.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Girls' Bathroom
Floyd | Rubble and debris fill the back half of the bathroom.  At least one
Floyd | pipe burst in the collapse, and water sprays steadily across the room
Floyd | to bounce off a stall door and pool on the ugly cream-and-black tiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you and holding a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is sitting on the bathroom floor.  Her hair and clothing are
Floyd | soaked from the spraying water, and her right leg is visibly broken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a yardstick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | George says, "I'm not supposed to be in the girls' bathroom."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Doesn't matter right now.  Keiko needs help."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop ashley." 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      769
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ASHLEY.
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of Ashley's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop george" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      770
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of George's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley asks Keiko, "Can I do something to help?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko shakes her head.  "Just don't go away."
Floyd | Ashley sits down next to Keiko.  "I'll stay here until Mr. Ginsberg
Floyd | needs me again," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, take tape" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      771
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, TAKE TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, could you please grab that roll of tape?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley reaches for the roll of black cloth tape, but George holds it
Floyd | out of her reach.
Floyd | Ashley says, "George won't give me the roll of tape!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko breathes through her teeth for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, give tape to ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      772
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GIVE TAPE TO ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "George, please pass the roll of tape to Ashley."
Floyd |
Floyd | George pushes the roll of black cloth tape at Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley takes the roll of black cloth tape from George.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Thank you, George."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko breathes through her teeth for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, give stick to keiko" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      773
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, GIVE STICK TO KEIKO
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, please hand the lacrosse stick to Keiko."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley offers the lacrosse stick to Keiko.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko takes the lacrosse stick from Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Thank you, Ashley."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, take yardstick" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      774
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, TAKE YARDSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, can you please take that yardstick?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley picks up the yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x right leg" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      775
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIGHT LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko's leg is visibly broken.  There's an ugly scrape mark above the
Floyd | break, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, tape yardstick to right leg" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      776
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, TAPE YARDSTICK TO RIGHT LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley says, "No, I can't!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, make splint" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      777
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, MAKE SPLINT
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "ashley, don't be so squeamish" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      778
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, DON'T BE SO SQUEAMISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, put yardstick on right leg" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      779
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, PUT YARDSTICK ON RIGHT LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | Balancing something on Keiko's right leg is probably difficult.
Floyd | Better to have Ashley leave it on the floor, if it needs to be left
Floyd | behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ashley, put splint on right leg" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      780
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, PUT SPLINT ON RIGHT LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "ashley, put tape on right leg" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      781
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, PUT TAPE ON RIGHT LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | Balancing something on Keiko's right leg is probably difficult.
Floyd | Better to have Ashley leave it on the floor, if it needs to be left
Floyd | behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "ashley, put tape on yardstick" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      782
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, PUT TAPE ON YARDSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Balancing something on the yardstick is probably difficult.  Better to
Floyd | have Ashley leave it on the floor, if it needs to be left behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "make splint" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      782
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE SPLINT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tie yardstick to right leg" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      783
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE YARDSTICK TO RIGHT LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | (When you're ready to splint Keiko's leg, just SPLINT KEIKO.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tape yardstick to right leg" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      784
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAPE YARDSTICK TO RIGHT LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | (When you're ready to splint Keiko's leg, just SPLINT KEIKO.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says (to djfletch), "whew"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "splint keiko" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      785
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPLINT KEIKO
Floyd |
Floyd | The yardstick is too long and unwieldy.  You'll have to break it in
Floyd | half.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, that's so not good in a splint."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break yardstick" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      786
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK YARDSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have the strength to break the yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "unless we break it in half"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, break yardstick" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      787
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, BREAK YARDSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, can you break the yardstick?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley gives the yardstick a dubious look.  "Can't you ask one of the
Floyd | boys?" she asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | George volunteers, "I could do it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, give yardstick to george" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      788
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, GIVE YARDSTICK TO GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, please pass the yardstick to George."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley holds the yardstick out to George.
Floyd |
Floyd | George pulls the yardstick away from Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Gently, George!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "breaking yardsticks is so last year"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, break yardstick" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      789
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, BREAK YARDSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "George, can you break the yardstick?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George considers his options for a moment before leaning the yardstick
Floyd | up against a wall.  One powerful stomp downward breaks the yardstick
Floyd | neatly in two, with surprisingly few splinters sticking out.
Floyd |
Floyd | George studies the yardstick for a moment and breaks off a few last
Floyd | splinters before showing it off to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Nicely done," and George grins with pride.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko breathes through her teeth for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "splint keiko" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      790
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPLINT KEIKO
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to rip off a length of the black cloth tape and discover that
Floyd | you don't have enough strength to tear it.  Before the spraying water
Floyd | can ruin the adhesive, you hurriedly wind it back onto its spool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, rip tape" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      791
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, RIP TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "ashley, splint keiko" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      792
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, SPLINT KEIKO
Floyd |
Floyd | No.  Ashley is just a kid - they all are.  You can't put this
Floyd | responsibility on them.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're going to have to splint Keiko's leg yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, tear tape" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      793
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, TEAR TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Bad plan.  If breaking the roll of black cloth tape would help save
Floyd | your students, that would be one thing - but encouraging vandalism
Floyd | just sets a bad precedent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "there are scissors, somewhere"
		inky says, "oh c'mon"
		inky says, "weren't there -- yeah"
		DavidW says, "oh, do we need the scissors"
		djfletch asks, "closet in Wagner's room?"
		DavidW says, "they're in the art room"
		Allen says, "e and north twice"
		DavidW says, "oh ,Wagner's, yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, drop yardstick" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      794
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, DROP YARDSTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "George, please put down the yardstick."
Floyd |
Floyd | George puts the broken yardstick on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take george" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      795
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take George's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      796
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a small rubber wedge here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              797
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    798
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Wagner's Room
Floyd | This classroom is reasonably undamaged, apart from a fallen ceiling
Floyd | tile.  The decorations are straight out of the 70's, all giant
Floyd | cardboard apples and smiling cartoon children, occupying not only the
Floyd | walls but the front of Ms. Wagner's desk.  The air smells of markers
Floyd | and chalk dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a closet door, a pair of safety scissors, and an
Floyd | enormous blackboard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, take scissors" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    799
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, TAKE SCISSORS
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "George, would you please pick up that pair of scissors?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George picks up the pair of safety scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd | George asks, "Mr. Ginsberg, can I draw on the chalkboard?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Go ahead.  Just don't erase my note."
Floyd |
Floyd | George wanders over to the blackboard, picks up a piece of chalk, and
Floyd | scratches away at the board for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | Satisfied with his drawing, George puts the chalk back in the tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              800
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a pair of safety
Floyd | scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      801
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a pair of safety
Floyd | scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a small rubber wedge here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      802
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Girls' Bathroom
Floyd | Rubble and debris fill the back half of the bathroom.  At least one
Floyd | pipe burst in the collapse, and water sprays steadily across the room
Floyd | to bounce off a stall door and pool on the ugly cream-and-black tiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and carrying a pair of safety
Floyd | scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is sitting here and carrying a roll of black cloth tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is sitting here and holding a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a broken yardstick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, give scissors to ashley" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      803
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GIVE SCISSORS TO ASHLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "George, please give the pair of scissors to Ashley."
Floyd |
Floyd | George thrusts the pair of safety scissors at Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley takes the pair of safety scissors from George.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Thank you, George."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, cut tape" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      804
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, CUT TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, can you cut the roll of tape?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley says, "Are you sure about that, Mr. Ginsberg?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "No, I didn't mean it.  Sorry, I don't know what I was
Floyd | thinking."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, cut tape with scissors" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      805
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, CUT TAPE WITH SCISSORS
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Ashley to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "NOW what?"
		djfletch says, "maybe they are light enough to do it ourselves"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, give scissors to george" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop george" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      806
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, GIVE SCISSORS TO GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, please hand the pair of scissors to George."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley offers the pair of safety scissors to George.
Floyd |
Floyd | George grabs the pair of safety scissors away from Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Gently, George!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      807
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of George's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "or would SPLINT do it for us now?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, cut tape with scissors" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      808
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, CUT TAPE WITH SCISSORS
Floyd |
Floyd | George won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want George to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, give scissors to me" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      809
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GIVE SCISSORS TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "George, please pass me that pair of scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd | George offers you the pair of safety scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You accept the pair of safety scissors.  "Thank you, George."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut tape with scissors" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      809
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT TAPE WITH SCISSORS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to cut the roll of black cloth
Floyd | tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut tape" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      810
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, I need to see the roll of tape for a moment."
Floyd |
Floyd | (When you're ready to splint Keiko's leg, just SPLINT KEIKO.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The pair of safety scissors falls from your shaking hands to the
Floyd | floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, drop tape" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      811
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, DROP TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, put down the roll of tape."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley puts the roll of black cloth tape on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape and scissors" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      812
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TAPE AND SCISSORS
Floyd |
Floyd | roll of black cloth tape: You're weak and trembling from the toxic
Floyd | gas, and you're not actually sure you can pick up the roll of black
Floyd | cloth tape.  Maybe you could ask one of the students to get it for
Floyd | you.
Floyd | (Example: George, TAKE roll of black cloth tape.)
Floyd | pair of safety scissors: Your hands are shaking badly enough that
Floyd | you're afraid of dropping the pair of safety scissors, but you could
Floyd | ask one of the students to get it for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "splint keiko" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      813
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPLINT KEIKO
Floyd |
Floyd | You looked at the yardstick, the scissors, and the black cloth tape -
Floyd | all carried here by a student, because you didn't have the strength to
Floyd | carry them yourself.  And you looked at your hands, which wouldn't
Floyd | stop shaking.  And then you looked at Keiko, and you picked up the
Floyd | yardstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | When Keiko screamed, George whimpered and wrapped his arms around
Floyd | himself as if he could hug the sound away, and Ashley went pale and
Floyd | ran out of the room,
Floyd | Afterward, you might say you prayed.  Or only that you thought of
Floyd | Adam.  Or only that you had to keep going.  But when you were done at
Floyd | last, sitting back on your heels in the spraying water and misery, you
Floyd | heard Keiko whisper, "Thank you."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko levers herself up with the lacrosse stick.  Her balance clearly
Floyd | isn't great, but between her splinted leg and the lacrosse stick, she
Floyd | should be able to get around for the time being.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "thannk goodness"
		djfletch says, "woo"
		DavidW says, "whew"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      813
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, I need a mental break. Someone else, find the flashlight."
		djfletch says, "hmm"
		DavidW says, "I suggest asking all the kids; one of them might have one in their locker."
		DavidW says, "Also, visit the gym office in person."
		djfletch says, "yeah, let's look there"
Touchy disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		inky says, "man"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      814
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Girls' Bathroom
Floyd | Rubble and debris fill the back half of the bathroom.  At least one
Floyd | pipe burst in the collapse, and water sprays steadily across the room
Floyd | to bounce off a stall door and pool on the ugly cream-and-black tiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is here, leaning heavily on a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pair of safety scissors here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get george" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      815
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take George's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "why are george's pants too big?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get keiko" 		

Floyd ]  Girls' Bathroom                                      816
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET KEIKO
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach for Keiko's free hand, but she says, "No, I need my hand for
Floyd | balance.  I'll just follow you."
Floyd | (If you don't want Keiko to follow you, try KEIKO, SIT.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "he was keeping them in his locker until he grew into them"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      817
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You get to your feet with the help of a nearby wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is sitting here fiddling with the damaged hem of her skirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a small rubber wedge here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko hobbles into the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "let's not have Keiko hobble everywhere. And where did Ashley run off to?"
		djfletch says, "here apparently"
		Allen says, "I want to make her suffer for the trouble she's caused us"
		Allen says, "let's jog up and down the hall a bit"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "keiko, sit" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      818
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Keiko, please have a seat."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko sits down carefully, keeping her weight entirely off her bad
Floyd | leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley approaches Keiko with her eyes averted.  "Kiki, I'm sorry I ran
Floyd | away.  I didn't mean to, I was scared, I'm sorry."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko says, "If I could've run away, I would have run too.  It's all
Floyd | right - we're good."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko reaches up to Ashley, and they exchange a hug.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "keiko, good dog. Speak. Speak, keiko, speak!" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      819
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, GOOD DOG. SPEAK. SPEAK, KEIKO, SPEAK!
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Keiko to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              820
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              821
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              822
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            823
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | open door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.
Floyd | The double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Mr. Lewis's gym keys, a blue exercise mat, and a
Floyd | pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          824
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a deodorant spray bottle and a broken ponytail holder
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coach's Office                                       825
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coach's Office
Floyd | Mr. Lewis's office is sparsely furnished in cement and metal.  There's
Floyd | a massive steel desk against the left wall and a row of coat hooks on
Floyd | the other side.  The one framed poster shows two basketball players
Floyd | colliding in an explosion of sweat.  Everything reeks of old body
Floyd | odor, and, of course, George.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black wire wastebasket beside the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x wastebasket" 		

Floyd ]  Coach's Office                                       826
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a basic black wire wastebasket.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the black wire wastebasket are some pair of soggy pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Coach's Office                                       827
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the massive steel desk)
Floyd | It's quite a cut above Jenny McCaskill's, but you can also see why she
Floyd | wouldn't want this steel behemoth.  You could probably hide under this
Floyd | successfully during DEFCON 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | The desk drawer is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under desk" 		

Floyd ]  Coach's Office                                       828
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the massive steel desk)
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Coach's Office                                       829
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | The desk drawer is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x hooks" 		

Floyd ]  Coach's Office                                       830
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the coat hooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x soggy" 		

Floyd ]  Coach's Office                                       831
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SOGGY
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the pair of soggy pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear pants" 		

Floyd ]  Coach's Office                                       832
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR PANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the pair of black slacks)
Floyd | You're already wearing those!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Coach's Office                                       833
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the basketball players is white, and one is black, but you
Floyd | don't know much about basketball and you can't recognize either one.
Floyd | Their faces are contorted with effort as one lunges for the ball and
Floyd | the other struggles to keep it away.  The lettering underneath reads,
Floyd | "You better SWEAT!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "george, get soggy pants" 		

Floyd ]  Coach's Office                                       834
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET SOGGY PANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "George, could you please grab the pants from that
Floyd | wastebasket?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George says, "No, I don't need those pants now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "george, get wastebasket" 		

Floyd ]  Coach's Office                                       835
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "George, can you please take that wastebasket?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George heaves at the black wire wastebasket before giving up,
Floyd | disappointed.  "I can't, it's too heavy for me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Coach's Office                                       836
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Coach's Office
Floyd | Mr. Lewis's office is sparsely furnished in cement and metal.  There's
Floyd | a massive steel desk against the left wall and a row of coat hooks on
Floyd | the other side.  The one framed poster shows two basketball players
Floyd | colliding in an explosion of sweat.  Everything reeks of old body
Floyd | odor, and, of course, George.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black wire wastebasket beside the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm sorry, but I bet the soggy pants are staying right where they are"
		djfletch says, "I was starting to think the idea of using them as a mask might work"
		djfletch says, "for the smoky room"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          837
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a deodorant spray bottle and a broken ponytail holder
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask samir about flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          837
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SAMIR ABOUT FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the industrial flashlight, the battery compartment
Floyd | on the industrial flashlight, or the Energizer D-cell batteries?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "industrial flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          838
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INDUSTRIAL FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a good question to ask Samir about the industrial
Floyd | flashlight.
Floyd | (You could try asking Samir about Ashley, Keiko, or Jude.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "we shouldn't really know about it anyway"
		DavidW says, "hm, so what then? We can't deal with the mat or horse without the flashlight, I think."
		djfletch says, "maybe some of the kids would be ok in the dark room"
		Allen says, "they won't follow"
		DavidW says, "Maybe Keiko, the oldest, would, but not the others."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look at ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          838
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "there are the locked cafeteria doors"
		Allen says, "maybe the keys will unlock them"
		Allen says, "and the dark room can be bypassed"
		djfletch says, "could be"
		DavidW says, "Pointless. We can enter the cafeteria from the other side and the doors are blocked by stacked tables."
		djfletch says, "oh yes, the tables"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask samir about locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          839
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SAMIR ABOUT LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the gym locker)
Floyd | You say, "Samir, tell me about the locker."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir says, "It's a gym locker, we put our other clothes in them
Floyd | during gym class."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask samir about combination" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          840
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SAMIR ABOUT COMBINATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a good question to ask Samir about the combination
Floyd | lock.
Floyd | (You could try asking Samir about Ashley, Keiko, or Jude.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask samir about narrow locker" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          841
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SAMIR ABOUT NARROW LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of a good question to ask Samir about George's locker.
Floyd | (You could try asking Samir about Ashley, Keiko, or Jude.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We could ask Samir to climb the bleachers or the stacked tables, I suppose. And maybe Samir isn't afraid of the dark."
		djfletch says, "let's take all the kids there and see what happens with them"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          842
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a deodorant spray bottle and a broken ponytail holder
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "george, get samir" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          843
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "George, would you please hold hands with Samir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George takes Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't wanna do wagon train but feel free."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "samir, get tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          844
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, GET TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, would you please hold hands with Tyrone?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir takes Tyrone's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get jude" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          845
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET JUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, would you please hold hands with Jude?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone takes Jude's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Room                                          846
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Room
Floyd | Heavy wooden benches separate long rows of battered green gym lockers.
Floyd | Everything smells like old socks in here.  The coach's office is over
Floyd | to the east, and the gym is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you and Samir.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gym office door is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with Samir and Jude.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old boombox sits quietly on one of the wooden benches.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a deodorant spray bottle and a broken ponytail holder
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            847
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | George is holding Samir's hand, so he follows George.
Floyd | Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
Floyd | Tyrone is holding Jude's hand, so she follows Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | open door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.
Floyd | The double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with Tyrone and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone and George.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Mr. Lewis's gym keys, a blue exercise mat, and a
Floyd | pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              848
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | George is holding Samir's hand, so he follows George.
Floyd | Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
Floyd | Tyrone is holding Jude's hand, so she follows Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with Tyrone and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone and George.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm waitaminute"
		DavidW asks, "The loose tile in one of the rooms -- can the horse reach to there?"
		DavidW says, "I forget if it was the Art Room or Wagner's."
		DavidW says, "In the ceiling."
		djfletch says, "good idea"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            849
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding George's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | George is holding Samir's hand, so he follows George.
Floyd | Samir is holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows Samir.
Floyd | Tyrone is holding Jude's hand, so she follows Tyrone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | open door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.
Floyd | The double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with Tyrone and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with Tyrone and George.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Mr. Lewis's gym keys, a blue exercise mat, and a
Floyd | pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Get two of the boys to push the horse."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            850
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE N
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse into the hallway?
Floyd | Jude, Samir, and George, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone lets go of Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone lets go of Jude's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir lets go of George's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | George lets go of your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, Jude, Samir, and George gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it into the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              851
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              852
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE E
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse along the hall?
Floyd | George, Samir, and Jude, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, George, Samir, and Jude gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it along the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              853
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              854
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE N
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse into the art room?
Floyd | Jude, Samir, and George, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, Jude, Samir, and George gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it into the art room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             855
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Art Room
Floyd | This was your classroom.  A gaping hole in the wall provides
Floyd | unexpected access to Mrs. McCaskill's room.  Tissue paper trees line
Floyd | the intact east wall, striving to brighten the desolation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a long table shoved up against the west wall.  Now, that
Floyd | table supports half the rubble from the collapsed wall and partially
Floyd | blocks your access to the gaping hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse and a slim red notebook (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             856
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | It's very strange seeing the wreckage of the ceiling and walls.  The
Floyd | school used to be divided into boxes, each hall and room discrete, but
Floyd | now those boxes have crunched like eggshell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse s" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             857
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE S
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse to the hallway?
Floyd | George, Samir, and Jude, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, George, Samir, and Jude gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, the other ceiling, then"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse e" 		

Floyd ]  Art Room                                             858
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE E
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse along the hall?
Floyd | Jude, Samir, and George, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, Jude, Samir, and George gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it along the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              859
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              860
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              861
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE N
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse into the classroom?
Floyd | George, Samir, and Jude, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, George, Samir, and Jude gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it into the classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    862
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Wagner's Room
Floyd | This classroom is reasonably undamaged, apart from a fallen ceiling
Floyd | tile.  The decorations are straight out of the 70's, all giant
Floyd | cardboard apples and smiling cartoon children, occupying not only the
Floyd | walls but the front of Ms. Wagner's desk.  The air smells of markers
Floyd | and chalk dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a closet door, a pommel horse, and an enormous
Floyd | blackboard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    863
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks like one of the tiles was jarred loose from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    864
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not going to climb on top of the pommel horse unless it's
Floyd | absolutely necessary.  Your weakened muscles ache at the idea alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    865
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you climb up on the pommel horse?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone pulls himself up onto the pommel horse and then stands up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We never walked into the closet here, btw."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get tile" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    866
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET TILE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, would you please grab that tile?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone sizes up the fallen ceiling tile and then shakes his head.  "I
Floyd | don't think I can move that."
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, you probably didn't need the fallen ceiling tile anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | George picks up a piece of chalk and adds a few more details to one of
Floyd | the drawings on the board.
Floyd |
Floyd | Satisfied with the result, George puts the chalk back in the tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "it's where ashley was"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        867
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Supply Closet
Floyd | This is the only supply closet on the hall, but at least it's large.
Floyd | Boxes line the right wall beneath a row of empty coat hooks.  On the
Floyd | left wall, files and stacks of paper cover the lower shelves, and a
Floyd | few odds and ends have been tucked away on the highest shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a closet door and a cinder block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        868
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the cardboard boxes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's still a room we haven't seen with our own eyes til now."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        869
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | You check inside one of the boxes and discover a pile of translucent
Floyd | plastic file folders in various neon hues.  That box doesn't look
Floyd | useful, so you close it up again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x highest shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        869
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HIGHEST SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        870
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Supply Closet
Floyd | This is the only supply closet on the hall, but at least it's large.
Floyd | Boxes line the right wall beneath a row of empty coat hooks.  On the
Floyd | left wall, files and stacks of paper cover the lower shelves, and a
Floyd | few odds and ends have been tucked away on the highest shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a closet door and a cinder block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x files" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        871
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FILES
Floyd |
Floyd | Stacks of fresh photocopies waiting for distribution to students and
Floyd | stacks of finished homework waiting for retrieval by teachers.  Some
Floyd | of them have been converted into paper snowflakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "climb on block" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        872
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ON BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not up for clambering around right now.  You might climb on
Floyd | something large and flat, like a desk, but a cinder block?  No.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x odds and end" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        872
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ODDS AND END
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x odds and ends" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        872
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ODDS AND ENDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        872
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the low shelves or the high shelf?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "high" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        873
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIGH
Floyd |
Floyd | You check the highest shelf and spot an industrial flashlight among
Floyd | the useless odds and ends.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "AHA"
		Allen says, "oh!"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        874
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the industrial flashlight)
Floyd | You try - you close your shaking hand around the flashlight's handle
Floyd | and lift.  It's like trying to lift a semi truck with one hand.  Dark
Floyd | spots flash instantly through your vision, and you wonder briefly if
Floyd | you're going to pass out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flashlight falls from your fingers and thumps back into place on
Floyd | the shelf.  You managed to move it perhaps an inch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x low shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        875
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOW SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the low shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Borrow Keiko's stick."
		Allen says, "we need a kid"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    876
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Wagner's Room
Floyd | This classroom is reasonably undamaged, apart from a fallen ceiling
Floyd | tile.  The decorations are straight out of the 70's, all giant
Floyd | cardboard apples and smiling cartoon children, occupying not only the
Floyd | walls but the front of Ms. Wagner's desk.  The air smells of markers
Floyd | and chalk dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a closet door, a pommel horse (on which is Tyrone),
Floyd | and an enormous blackboard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | George picks up a piece of chalk and adds a few more details to one of
Floyd | the drawings on the board.
Floyd |
Floyd | Satisfied with the result, George puts the chalk back in the tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x board" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    877
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The blackboard currently contains a list of countries in Western
Floyd | Europe, with extra notes about Luxembourg (capital - Luxembourg,
Floyd | largest city - Luxembourg, official languages - French, German, and
Floyd | Luxembourgish).
Floyd |
Floyd | Off to the side, the blackboard contains your note:
Floyd |
Floyd | IF YOU FIND THIS:                   DO NOT ERASE!
Floyd | Leave the school ASAP.
Floyd | I have located Jude, Keiko, George, Samir, Tyrone, and Ashley
Floyd | and we are leaving as soon as we can.
Floyd |
Floyd | ~Mr. Ginsberg
Floyd |
Floyd | Additionally, the blackboard contains a chalk drawing of a smiling
Floyd | woman riding in a rocket ship toward an impressively cratered moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get off" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    878
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET OFF
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone isn't currently inside anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, n" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    879
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, N
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, please go into the supply closet."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone jumps down from the pommel horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "TMI"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        880
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Supply Closet
Floyd | This is the only supply closet on the hall, but at least it's large.
Floyd | Boxes line the right wall beneath a row of empty coat hooks.  On the
Floyd | left wall, files and stacks of paper cover the lower shelves, and a
Floyd | few odds and ends have been tucked away on the highest shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a closet door and a cinder block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        881
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the industrial flashlight)
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you please pick up that flashlight?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands on tiptoe and tries, but the industrial flashlight is
Floyd | out of reach on the high shelf.  "I could climb up on the low shelves,
Floyd | if you want?" he suggests cautiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get on low shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        882
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET ON LOW SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you climb up on the low shelves?  I want you to
Floyd | get down the flashlight."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone climbs up the low shelves and cranes to see the high shelf.  He
Floyd | spots the flashlight immediately, stretches out as far as he can, and
Floyd | grabs it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone jumps back down from the shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        882
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay. Now get the batteries in there."
		djfletch asks, "any idea where they are?"
		Allen says, "I was about to give up but now we're making progress"
		Allen says, "your pocket"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        883
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing a striped red tie, a rumpled white shirt, some pair of
Floyd | black slacks, and a gold wedding band.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x pocket" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        884
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | These aren't very good pants - they're a little faded from repeated
Floyd | washing, and there's a hole that makes the right pocket unusable.  You
Floyd | still wear them because at least the hole isn't visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get batteries" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        885
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BATTERIES
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "They're in our pocket"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put batteries in flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        885
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BATTERIES IN FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the industrial flashlight (Tyrone's) or the battery
Floyd | compartment on the industrial flashlight (Tyrone's)?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "compartment" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        886
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMPARTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | There isn't enough room because the battery compartment on the
Floyd | industrial flashlight already contains the Energizer D-cell batteries.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Duracell D-cell batteries falls from your shaking hands to the
Floyd | floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "you need to open the battery compartment first."
		Allen says, "is this in inform? It needs some serious work with priorities"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn on flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        887
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the industrial flashlight)
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, hold the flashlight over here for a moment."
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the flashlight on, but nothing happens.  The batteries must
Floyd | be dead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get energizer" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        887
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ENERGIZER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        888
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the battery compartment on the industrial flashlight)
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, let me take a look at the flashlight battery
Floyd | compartment."
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the battery compartment on the industrial flashlight,
Floyd | revealing some Energizer D-cell batteries.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get energizer" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        889
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ENERGIZER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hands are shaking badly enough that you're afraid of dropping the
Floyd | Energizer D-cell batteries, but you could ask Tyrone to get it for
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "; flash light compartment being a higher scope priority than flashlight when batteries are used, etc"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get energizer" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        890
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET ENERGIZER
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, would you please pick up the Energizer batteries
Floyd | from that flashlight battery compartment?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone pries the Energizer batteries out of the flashlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put duracell in compartment" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        891
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT DURACELL IN COMPARTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the Duracell D-cell batteries)
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hands are shaking badly enough that you're afraid of dropping the
Floyd | Duracell D-cell batteries, but you could ask Tyrone to get it for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, drop energizer" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        892
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, DROP ENERGIZER
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, please put down the Energizer batteries."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone puts the Energizer D-cell batteries on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, put duracell in compartment" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        893
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUT DURACELL IN COMPARTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you put the Duracell batteries into your
Floyd | flashlight battery compartment?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone picks up the Duracell D-cell batteries.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone checks the polarities and then fits the batteries into the
Floyd | battery compartment on the industrial flashlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone closes the battery compartment on the industrial flashlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flashlight beam blinks on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "close flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        894
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the industrial flashlight)
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, I need to see the flashlight battery compartment for
Floyd | a moment."
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Supply Closet                                        895
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Tyrone's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    896
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Wagner's Room
Floyd | This classroom is reasonably undamaged, apart from a fallen ceiling
Floyd | tile.  The decorations are straight out of the 70's, all giant
Floyd | cardboard apples and smiling cartoon children, occupying not only the
Floyd | walls but the front of Ms. Wagner's desk.  The air smells of markers
Floyd | and chalk dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you and carrying an industrial
Floyd | flashlight.  Light spears out from the flashlight in his hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a closet door, a pommel horse, and an enormous
Floyd | blackboard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "not turning the flashlight off?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn off flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    897
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the industrial flashlight)
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, hold the flashlight over here for a moment."
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the flashlight off.  The beam of comforting yellow light
Floyd | vanishes immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "let's push that sucker to the kitchen"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse s" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    898
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE S
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse to the hallway?  Jude,
Floyd | Samir, and George, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone lets go of your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone puts the industrial flashlight on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, Jude, Samir, and George gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Allen asks, "though, what will we do about the cripple?"
		Draconis asks, "Which game are you playing?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              899
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "uh, you want the flashlight in a backpack, yo"
		Allen says, "olly olly oxen free"
		djfletch says, "grr"
		DavidW says, "FLASHLIGHT LEFT"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              900
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, N
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, I want you to go into the classroom."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    901
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ms. Wagner's Room
Floyd | This classroom is reasonably undamaged, apart from a fallen ceiling
Floyd | tile.  The decorations are straight out of the 70's, all giant
Floyd | cardboard apples and smiling cartoon children, occupying not only the
Floyd | walls but the front of Ms. Wagner's desk.  The air smells of markers
Floyd | and chalk dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lightless industrial flashlight is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a closet door and an enormous blackboard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put flashlight in backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    902
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FLASHLIGHT IN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the industrial flashlight in the black canvas backpack)
Floyd | (first taking the industrial flashlight)
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't.  It's an ordinary flashlight, but you're too sick and weak
Floyd | to move it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, put flashlight in backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    903
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUT FLASHLIGHT IN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the industrial flashlight in the black canvas backpack)
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you put the flashlight into your backpack?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone picks up the industrial flashlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone puts the industrial flashlight into the bulging black canvas
Floyd | backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, s" 		

Floyd ]  Ms. Wagner's Room                                    904
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, S
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, please go to the hallway."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              905
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              906
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE E
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse past the lockers?
Floyd | George, Samir, and Jude, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, George, Samir, and Jude gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it past the lockers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       907
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the lockers is standing open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse and a straightened striped green paper
Floyd | clip here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       908
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE E
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse along the hall?  Jude,
Floyd | Samir, and George, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, Jude, Samir, and George gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it along the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        909
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse s" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        910
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE S
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse toward the cafeteria?
Floyd | George, Samir, and Jude, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, George, Samir, and Jude gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it toward the cafeteria.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       911
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       912
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE S
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse toward the school
Floyd | kitchen?  Jude, Samir, and George, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, Jude, Samir, and George gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it toward the school kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                913
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                914
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the industrial flashlight)
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, could you please take the flashlight from that
Floyd | backpack?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone picks up the industrial flashlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "samir, push horse e" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                915
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PUSH HORSE E
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the pommel horse into the kitchen?
Floyd | George, Jude, and Tyrone, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | George says, "Can we turn the lights on first?"
Floyd | Tyrone says, "We need some light first!"
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir and Jude gather around the pommel horse and try to move it.
Floyd | With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel horse moving
Floyd | and successfully slide it into the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude comes into the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn on flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                916
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the industrial flashlight)
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, let me take a look at the flashlight."
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the flashlight on.  It immediately produces a steady beam
Floyd | of comforting yellow light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "samir, push horse e" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                917
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PUSH HORSE E
Floyd |
Floyd | Running the layout of the school through your head, you don't think
Floyd | Samir can push the pommel horse east from where he is.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him to push it north into the cafeteria, west into the
Floyd | hallway, or up down the big dark tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                918
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, carrying an industrial flashlight.  Light spears out
Floyd | from the flashlight in his hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "samir already pushed it in"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       919
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen has no windows, and without the overhead lights, it's
Floyd | seriously dark here.  Counters and shelves are barely discernable
Floyd | glints in the blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "uh huh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                920
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, carrying an industrial flashlight.  Light spears out
Floyd | from the flashlight in his hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We know Samir can handle the dark."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                921
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Tyrone's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       922
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone hesitantly follows the flashlight beam into the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | It's very dark in here, since the overhead lights are out.  The
Floyd | flashlight beam paints its wavering yellow eye across a landscape of
Floyd | sterile steel.  It's not much light, but it reduces the maze of
Floyd | counters to comprehensible rows, and it's enough to illuminate the
Floyd | swinging door leading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you and carrying an industrial
Floyd | flashlight.  Light spears out from the flashlight in his hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "can we see anything new?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x counters" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       923
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COUNTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The flashlight's wavering eye reflects back from the polished steel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "samir, push horse n" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       924
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PUSH HORSE N
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the pommel horse into the cafeteria?
Floyd | Tyrone, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone lets go of your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone puts the industrial flashlight on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir and Tyrone gather around the pommel horse and try to move it.
Floyd | After straining for a few seconds, they give up.  "It's too heavy!"
Floyd | Samir says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "nothing new but the ceiling and north door, which weren't visible before."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                925
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get jude" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                926
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET JUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Jude's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get george" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                927
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take George's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       928
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude hangs back warily before spotting the flashlight inside.
Floyd | George hangs back warily before spotting the flashlight inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | It's very dark in here, since the overhead lights are out.  The
Floyd | flashlight beam paints its wavering yellow eye across a landscape of
Floyd | sterile steel.  It's not much light, but it reduces the maze of
Floyd | counters to comprehensible rows, and it's enough to illuminate the
Floyd | swinging door leading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | George is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, holding hands with you and clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial flashlight sits on the ground, emitting a yellow beam of
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse n" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       929
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE N
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse into the cafeteria?
Floyd | George, Jude, and Samir, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | George lets go of your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude lets go of your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, George, Jude, and Samir gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it into the cafeteria.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we want Samir to explore the west end of the vent *with* a lit flashlight."
		djfletch says, "hmm, yes."
		Allen says, "wait, there are windows north"
		Allen says, "maybe we can do something with them now that we have a horse"
		DavidW says, "yes, we'll want to open those windows and push a gym mat through them."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            930
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean against the swinging door, which eventually yields.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "also, we know that the vent exits ABOVE that window."
Allen says (to Floyd), "x windows" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            931
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | The windows are huge, almost six feet square, and they're positioned
Floyd | so far up the wall that the bottom of the frame is roughly even with
Floyd | your chin.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground slopes away on this side of the school, so the sidewalk is
Floyd | about fifteen feet below the window.  Looking outside, you see a
Floyd | relatively untouched expanse of grass and concrete, though dark smoke
Floyd | rises from the high school across the way.  Though contrails
Floyd | crisscross the sky, there is no one in sight, either on foot or
Floyd | overhead to the sidewalk below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, open window" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            932
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The windows aren't constructed so that they can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I wonder if we all go out through the vent"
		Allen says, "oh crud"
		Allen says, "samir, break window"
		inky asks, "fifteen feet is too far to fall -- oh, I guess this is where the mats come in?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, break window" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            933
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, BREAK WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Breaking the window by hand is dangerous, and it might not even be
Floyd | possible.  Samir will need something appropriately heavy even to try.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "samir SMASH"
		Allen says, "it said the bottom ... hey"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            934
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you get up on the pommel horse?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone pulls himself up onto the pommel horse and then stands up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, look through window" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            935
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you check on those windows and tell me what's
Floyd | there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone gives you a confused look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tyrone, x window" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            936
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, tell me about the windows."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone says, "They're the cafeteria windows.  They're really big, and
Floyd | pretty high up."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "we need something heavy"
Allen says (to Floyd), "x backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            936
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the black canvas backpack (Tyrone's) or the
Floyd | brilliantly colored My Little Pony backpack (Jude's)?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "but can do the first thing first with the west vent?"
		djfletch asks, "rock collection?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "black pbackpack" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            936
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLACK PBACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "black backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            936
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLACK BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x black backpack" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            937
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLACK BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You examine Tyrone's backpack.  It's a basic black canvas backpack,
Floyd | with all the normal zippers and accoutrements.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the black canvas backpack are a bobby pin and a broken shoelace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "do we move the horse back south to get into the vent?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "x samir" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            938
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | He's heavily smudged with dust and grime, but generally looks unhurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is wearing a bulging blue knapsack, a purple polo shirt, and a
Floyd | pair of black shorts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "x knapsack" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            939
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNAPSACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You examine Samir's knapsack.  Samir's blue knapsack is generally
Floyd | sun-faded, but there's a brighter patch on the back.  There's a
Floyd | suspicious bulge weighing down the bottom of the knapsack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Suspicious."
Allen says (to Floyd), "open knapsack" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            940
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN KNAPSACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, I need to see your knapsack for a moment."
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the bulging blue knapsack, revealing a large geode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "it's a gun"
		Allen says, "no, oh."
		DavidW says, "It's a window breaker."
Allen says (to Floyd), "x geode" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            941
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GEODE
Floyd |
Floyd | You examine the large geode inside Samir's bulging blue knapsack.
Floyd | It's a cut geode half - boring grey on the outside, but a glittering
Floyd | mass of dense blue crystal on the inside.  This particular geode is
Floyd | almost as large as a softball.  It has almost no hollow space left,
Floyd | and no sharp points on the inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, break window with geode" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            942
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, BREAK WINDOW WITH GEODE
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Samir to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "but was he looting or salvaging?"
inky says (to Floyd), "samir, throw geode at window" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            943
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, throw geode at window" 		

Floyd | > SAMIR, THROW GEODE AT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you throw that geode through that window?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Samir first taking the large geode)
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you please grab the geode from that knapsack?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir picks up the large geode.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir measures the distance for a moment, hefts the geode in both
Floyd | hands, and then pitches it at the center window.
Floyd | The geode sails through the elderly windowpane with a magnificent
Floyd | crash, leaving an empty window frame edged with jagged shards behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            944
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, THROW GEODE AT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Samir to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oops, sorry"
		Allen says, "ooo! jagged shards!"
		inky says, "maybe this is where the wet pants come in"
		Allen says, "samir, enter window"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, enter window" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            945
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, ENTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | (the empty window frame)
Floyd | The bottom of the window frame is almost two feet above Samir's head.
Floyd | He'll need to get up on the pommel horse first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            946
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you get on top of the pommel horse?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir pulls himself up onto the pommel horse and then stands up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, enter window" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            947
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, ENTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | (the empty window frame)
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you go through the empty window frame?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir goes through the empty window frame.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            948
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | edged with jagged glass shards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse (on which is Tyrone) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Getting the mat up and out the window is gonna be awk-ward."
		inky asks, "wait, what? he just escaped?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            949
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Hello!  Does anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, look" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            950
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, tell me what you see?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir yells, "It's the sidewalk outside school.  You can see the
Floyd | recess grounds over there through the fence.  There's a rock here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hunh"
		inky says, "you might need to undo anyway if he is the one to lift the mat"
		DavidW says, "oh good, Samir isn't dead. But now HE CAN'T DO WHAT I WANTED"
		Allen says, "sorry!"
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, enter window" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            951
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, ENTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Samir to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, d" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            952
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, D
Floyd |
Floyd | Running the layout of the school through your head, you don't think
Floyd | Samir can go down from where he is.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him to go north along the sidewalk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "want to restore it, or have him go north"
		DavidW says, "I don't know when you last saved."
		Allen says, "you saved it when we got to the kitchen"
		DavidW says, "yes, restore to there is fine"
		Allen says, "or maybe the supply closet"
		inky says, "just undo"
inky says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            952
Floyd | >
Floyd | > /UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            952
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            951
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            950
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            949
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            950
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | edged with jagged glass shards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse (on which is Tyrone) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "we're good"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            949
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            948
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            949
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | edged with jagged glass shards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse (on which is Tyrone) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "hmm, not far enough still?"
		Allen says, "947"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            948
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            947
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            948
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | edged with jagged glass shards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse (on which is Tyrone) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x samir" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            949
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir isn't here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "und" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            949
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UND
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            949
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            948
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            947
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            946
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x samir" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            947
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | He's heavily smudged with dust and grime, but generally looks unhurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is wearing a blue knapsack, a purple polo shirt, and a pair of
Floyd | black shorts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		Allen says, "ok save"

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            947
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "want to let him escape and see what happens?"
		DavidW says, "not really, no"
		DavidW says, "but experiment. I need to use the bathroom again"
		inky says, "actually it's not a crazy idea if this was a real situation"
		inky says, "send one student for help, everyone hangs out at the school"
inky says (to Floyd), "samir, enter window" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            948
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, ENTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | (the empty window frame)
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you go through the empty window frame?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir goes through the empty window frame.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            949
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going south into the kitchen, east out the
Floyd | broken window, or west toward the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "samir, n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            950
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, N
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, I need you to go along the sidewalk."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir yells, "Okay, I'm going now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "samir, look" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            951
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "What do you see, Samir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no response.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "uh oh, monsters got 'im"
		Allen asks, "should we go s,w,n,n and see if he responds?"
		inky says, "go for it"
Allen says (to Floyd), "s.w.n.n" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        955
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.W.N.N
Floyd |
Floyd | You push painfully through the swinging door.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | It's very dark in here, since the overhead lights are out.  The
Floyd | flashlight beam paints its wavering yellow eye across a landscape of
Floyd | sterile steel.  It's not much light, but it reduces the maze of
Floyd | counters to comprehensible rows, and it's enough to illuminate the
Floyd | swinging door leading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial flashlight sits on the ground, emitting a yellow beam of
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        956
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Is anyone here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           957
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hall
Floyd | This was the approved route to shelter, before the bombs hit and the
Floyd | ceiling collapsed.  Now, shards of plastic and glass jut from the
Floyd | rubble, and more than one corpse lies buried beneath the weight of
Floyd | stone.  Heavy debris lies half-propped upon long pieces of rebar,
Floyd | creating a hazardous barrier that blocks the way north.  The way south
Floyd | remains open.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west, more debris blocks off the door to Avery Thomas's
Floyd | classroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  North Hall                                           958
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Is someone there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s.s." 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       960
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.S.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen screams, "Eeeagh!" at the top of his lungs. 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       961
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Hello!  Can anyone hear me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude doesn't answer you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s.e.n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            964
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.E.N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | It's very dark in here, since the overhead lights are out.  The
Floyd | flashlight beam paints its wavering yellow eye across a landscape of
Floyd | sterile steel.  It's not much light, but it reduces the maze of
Floyd | counters to comprehensible rows, and it's enough to illuminate the
Floyd | swinging door leading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial flashlight sits on the ground, emitting a yellow beam of
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Even pushing through the swinging door takes more effort than it
Floyd | should.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | edged with jagged glass shards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse (on which is Tyrone) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, enter window" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            965
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, ENTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | (the empty window frame)
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you go through the empty window frame?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone goes through the empty window frame.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, shout" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            966
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Tyrone, I need you to shout now, a really big shout.
Floyd | Ready?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone gives a big, wordless whoop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "enter window" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             967
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | (the empty window frame)
Floyd |
Floyd | Sidewalk
Floyd | Black smoke rises over the school, shattered glass litters the ground,
Floyd | and the daylight never looked so good.  Since the fence stops you from
Floyd | going south, the only way to go is north along the sidewalk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a large geode here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            966
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "oh!"
		inky says, "hunh, weird"
		Allen says, "I didn't even think to try"
		inky asks, "it did say there was a big drop, right?"
		Allen says, "I assumed we were still week"
		Allen says, "weak"
		djfletch asks, "is this just a bug?"
		DavidW says, "back"
		inky says, "I can't tell"
inky says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            967
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The empty window frame provides access to the outside, but it's edged
Floyd | with jagged shards of glass.  If you try to pull yourself up by the
Floyd | frame, you'll slice your hands to ribbons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "... yeah, I guess so"
		inky asks, "did you guys look under the board that had fallen over?"
		DavidW says, "Remember, Keiko can't jump this way."
		djfletch says (to inky), "we couldn't turn it, but I don't think we tried getting a kid to do it"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            968
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the pommel horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to inky), "We tried, but the game didn't seem to understand the action, as far as I could tell."
		djfletch says, "it lets us climb it here"
inky says (to Floyd), "keiko, jump" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            969
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ask a girl with a broken leg to jump up and down?  That's an awful
Floyd | idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "keiko, jump out window" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            970
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, JUMP OUT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Keiko to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "keiko, enter window" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            971
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, ENTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Keiko to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "keiko, enter window frame" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            972
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, ENTER WINDOW FRAME
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Keiko to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "she's not here"
		inky says, "oh ok"
inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            947
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            948
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | edged with jagged glass shards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse (on which are Samir and Tyrone) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "samir, break shards" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            949
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, BREAK SHARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't ask Samir to break out the shards of glass because he isn't
Floyd | carrying anything appropriate to protect his hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "maybe pants will help"
		DavidW says, "anyway, when you're finished experimenting, I'd like to have Samir explore the west vent with the flashlight."
		djfletch says, "yeah, try that"
		Allen says, "go on, david"
		Allen says, "I'm getting in the mood for supper, don't want to play much longer"
		DavidW says, "all, drop flashlight"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "all, drop flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            949
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ALL, DROP FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "flashlight is on the floor of kitchen"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            950
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, S
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, I need you to go into the kitchen."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir jumps down from the pommel horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       951
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You push painfully through the swinging door.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | It's very dark in here, since the overhead lights are out.  The
Floyd | flashlight beam paints its wavering yellow eye across a landscape of
Floyd | sterile steel.  It's not much light, but it reduces the maze of
Floyd | counters to comprehensible rows, and it's enough to illuminate the
Floyd | swinging door leading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial flashlight sits on the ground, emitting a yellow beam of
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "might need to push the horse back to climb to the vent"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, n" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       952
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, N
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, I want you to go into the cafeteria."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sorry, I thought you left the horse in the other room where it'd be useful."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            953
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean against the swinging door, which eventually yields.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | edged with jagged glass shards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse (on which is Tyrone) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, push horse s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            954
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PUSH HORSE S
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the pommel horse into the kitchen?  Jude
Floyd | and George, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | George says, "Get off the pommel horse, Tyrone!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You must supply a noun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude says, "We can't push the pommel horse, Tyrone won't get off it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, down" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            955
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You must supply a noun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "tyrone, stand" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fyrone, get off horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            956
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, please stand up."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone gets to his feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            956
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FYRONE, GET OFF HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            957
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE S
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse into the kitchen?
Floyd | Samir, Jude, and George, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | George says, "Get off the pommel horse, Tyrone!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You must supply a noun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone says, "We can't push the pommel horse, Tyrone won't get off
Floyd | it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "in inform, stand is a verb that always gets you out of things"
		Allen says, "except here"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get off horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            958
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET OFF HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Okay, Tyrone, you can climb off the pommel horse now.  Be
Floyd | careful getting down."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone gets off the pommel horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, push horse s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            959
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, PUSH HORSE S
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you push the pommel horse into the kitchen?
Floyd | Samir, Jude, and George, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone, Samir, Jude, and George gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it into the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       960
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Even pushing through the swinging door takes more effort than it
Floyd | should.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | It's very dark in here, since the overhead lights are out.  The
Floyd | flashlight beam paints its wavering yellow eye across a landscape of
Floyd | sterile steel.  It's not much light, but it reduces the maze of
Floyd | counters to comprehensible rows, and it's enough to illuminate the
Floyd | swinging door leading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial flashlight sits on the ground, emitting a yellow beam of
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jude, n" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       961
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, N
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Jude, I need you to go into the cafeteria."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, n" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       962
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, N
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, please go into the cafeteria."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, n" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       963
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, N
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "George, I need you to go into the cafeteria."
Floyd |
Floyd | George goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       964
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | It's very dark in here, since the overhead lights are out.  The
Floyd | flashlight beam paints its wavering yellow eye across a landscape of
Floyd | sterile steel.  It's not much light, but it reduces the maze of
Floyd | counters to comprehensible rows, and it's enough to illuminate the
Floyd | swinging door leading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial flashlight sits on the ground, emitting a yellow beam of
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, take flashlight" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       965
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, TAKE FLASHLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the industrial flashlight)
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, could you please get that flashlight?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir picks up the industrial flashlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       966
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you get up on the pommel horse?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir pulls himself up onto the pommel horse and then stands up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, u" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       967
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, U
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling of the kitchen is quite high.  Samir wouldn't be able to
Floyd | reach the grate even from a counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oh well"
		DavidW says, "then, I don't understand what the horse is for exactly."
		djfletch says, "unless we can pile a desk on top of the horse"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, jump" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       968
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Okay, Samir, being on the pommel horse isn't helping.  You
Floyd | can get down now."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir gets off the pommel horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, push horse n" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       969
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PUSH HORSE N
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the pommel horse into the cafeteria?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir puts the industrial flashlight on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir heaves at the pommel horse, but to no avail.  "It's too heavy, I
Floyd | need help!" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "or maybe we were doing the right thing before and the horse is just to get out of the windows"
		DavidW asks, "hm. Is the horse a way to get the mat up to the window?"
		Allen says, "maybe the enter window is a bug"
		Allen says, "but you're still supposed to go out it"
		djfletch says, "yeah, not really sure."
		Allen says, "that not having protection for breaking shards"
		inky says, "the message for jump implied a puzzle thing"
		Allen says, "implies you can break shards"
		inky asks, "have we seen any gloves or anything?"
		DavidW says, "should we push the horse north? (I have seen no gloves("
		djfletch says, "we could try fetching the mat and seeing what we can do with it"
		djfletch says, "might make things clearer"
		DavidW says, "We did see a rope ladder by accident via a get all."
		DavidW says, "so, Samir and Tyrone? I doubt we need everyone for the mat."
		Allen says, "yeah. Also a black helicopter"
		DavidW says, "oh, the ladder might be from there, yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take samir" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       970
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SAMIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Samir's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            971
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean against the swinging door, which eventually yields.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | edged with jagged glass shards.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tyrone" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            972
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TYRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take Tyrone's hand.  "Stay with me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       973
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You push painfully through the swinging door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | Tyrone hangs back warily before spotting the flashlight inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | It's very dark in here, since the overhead lights are out.  The
Floyd | flashlight beam paints its wavering yellow eye across a landscape of
Floyd | sterile steel.  It's not much light, but it reduces the maze of
Floyd | counters to comprehensible rows, and it's enough to illuminate the
Floyd | swinging door leading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial flashlight sits on the ground, emitting a yellow beam of
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                974
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       975
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        976
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       977
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the lockers is standing open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a straightened striped green paper clip here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              978
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              979
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              980
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            981
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Samir's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Tyrone's hand, so he follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gymnasium
Floyd | The elderly gymnasium looks relatively unscathed.  Since this room
Floyd | doubles as an auditorium, stacked bleachers line the north wall.  The
Floyd | open door to the equipment room is west, and the locker room is south.
Floyd | The double doors leading back to the hallway are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue exercise mats are piled to one side, arranged around a balance
Floyd | beam, and scattered over the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Mr. Lewis's gym keys and a blue exercise mat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop samir. drop tyrone. samir, take mat" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            984
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP SAMIR. DROP TYRONE. SAMIR, TAKE MAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of Samir's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of Tyrone's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's unlikely that Samir can pick up the blue exercise mat, but
Floyd | dragging it around might be possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, drag mat n" 		

Floyd ]  Gymnasium                                            985
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, DRAG MAT N
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the mat into the hallway?  Tyrone, he'll
Floyd | need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir and Tyrone gather around the blue exercise mat and try to move
Floyd | it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the blue exercise
Floyd | mat moving and successfully slide it into the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              986
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The air reeks of smoke and chemicals.  To the south, two large double
Floyd | doors lead into the gymnasium.  Mrs. McCaskill's classroom used to be
Floyd | accessible to the north, but there's no going that way now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, drag mat e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              987
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, DRAG MAT E
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the mat along the hall?  Tyrone, he'll
Floyd | need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir and Tyrone gather around the blue exercise mat and try to move
Floyd | it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the blue exercise
Floyd | mat moving and successfully slide it along the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              988
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | The wall buckled a bit here, but didn't collapse entirely - unlike to
Floyd | the west, where outright wreckage is visible by the gym entrance.
Floyd | Colorful leaf rubbings and magazine mosaics hang drunkenly off their
Floyd | moorings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to your classroom hangs open on its twisted doorframe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, drag mat e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              989
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, DRAG MAT E
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the mat along the hall?  Tyrone, he'll
Floyd | need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir and Tyrone gather around the blue exercise mat and try to move
Floyd | it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the blue exercise
Floyd | mat moving and successfully slide it along the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              990
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, drag mat e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              991
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, DRAG MAT E
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the mat past the lockers?  Tyrone, he'll
Floyd | need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir and Tyrone gather around the blue exercise mat and try to move
Floyd | it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the blue exercise
Floyd | mat moving and successfully slide it past the lockers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, drag mat e" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              992
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, DRAG MAT E
Floyd |
Floyd | You call, "Samir, can you push the mat along the hall?  Tyrone, he'll
Floyd | need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir and Tyrone gather around the blue exercise mat and try to move
Floyd | it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the blue exercise
Floyd | mat moving and successfully slide it along the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       993
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the lockers is standing open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a straightened striped green paper clip here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        994
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, drag mat s" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        995
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, DRAG MAT S
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the mat toward the cafeteria?  Tyrone,
Floyd | he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir and Tyrone gather around the blue exercise mat and try to move
Floyd | it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the blue exercise
Floyd | mat moving and successfully slide it toward the cafeteria.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       996
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, drag mat s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       997
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, DRAG MAT S
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the mat toward the school kitchen?
Floyd | Tyrone, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir and Tyrone gather around the blue exercise mat and try to move
Floyd | it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the blue exercise
Floyd | mat moving and successfully slide it toward the school kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                998
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, drag mat e" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                999
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, DRAG MAT E
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the mat into the kitchen?  Tyrone, he'll
Floyd | need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir and Tyrone gather around the blue exercise mat and try to move
Floyd | it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the blue exercise
Floyd | mat moving and successfully slide it into the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       1000
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | It's very dark in here, since the overhead lights are out.  The
Floyd | flashlight beam paints its wavering yellow eye across a landscape of
Floyd | sterile steel.  It's not much light, but it reduces the maze of
Floyd | counters to comprehensible rows, and it's enough to illuminate the
Floyd | swinging door leading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial flashlight sits on the ground, emitting a yellow beam of
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, drag mat n" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       1001
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, DRAG MAT N
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the mat into the cafeteria?  Tyrone,
Floyd | he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir and Tyrone gather around the blue exercise mat and try to move
Floyd | it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the blue exercise
Floyd | mat moving and successfully slide it into the cafeteria.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1002
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Even pushing through the swinging door takes more effort than it
Floyd | should.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | edged with jagged glass shards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, push mat e" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1003
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PUSH MAT E
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you heave that mat out the broken window?"
Floyd | Samir says, "I can't get it up high enough!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "right"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1003
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, s." 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1004
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, S.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, please go into the kitchen."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1004
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE S
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jude, s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1005
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, S
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Jude, I want you to go into the kitchen."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tyrone, s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1006
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, S
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Tyrone, I need you to go into the kitchen."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1007
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, S
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "George, I want you to go into the kitchen."
Floyd |
Floyd | George goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       1008
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You push painfully through the swinging door.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | It's very dark in here, since the overhead lights are out.  The
Floyd | flashlight beam paints its wavering yellow eye across a landscape of
Floyd | sterile steel.  It's not much light, but it reduces the maze of
Floyd | counters to comprehensible rows, and it's enough to illuminate the
Floyd | swinging door leading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial flashlight sits on the ground, emitting a yellow beam of
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, push horse n" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       1009
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PUSH HORSE N
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you push the pommel horse into the cafeteria?
Floyd | George, Tyrone, and Jude, he'll need your help for this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude looks at Mr. Bunny, looks at the floor, and then hugs him even
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude tucks Mr. Bunny under her arm for safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir, George, Tyrone, and Jude gather around the pommel horse and try
Floyd | to move it.  With many small-kid grunts of effort, they get the pommel
Floyd | horse moving and successfully slide it into the cafeteria.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1010
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Even pushing through the swinging door takes more effort than it
Floyd | should.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | edged with jagged glass shards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse and a blue exercise mat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, put mat on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1011
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PUT MAT ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, you can put the mat on the pommel horse."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir says, "But I don't have the mat."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, take mat" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1012
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, TAKE MAT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's unlikely that Samir can pick up the blue exercise mat, but
Floyd | dragging it around might be possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, push mat e" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1013
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PUSH MAT E
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you heave that mat out the broken window?"
Floyd | With a grunt of effort, Samir hauls the blue exercise mat up onto the
Floyd | pommel horse and then onto the edge of the empty window frame,
Floyd | breaking off some of the jagged shards along the way.  In a series of
Floyd | determined heaves, he shoves it bit by bit out the window, until
Floyd | gravity takes over.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exercise mat smacks down on the sidewalk outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1013
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "yay"
		DavidW says, "yay indeed"
		DavidW says, "let's get ashley and keiko here next."
		Allen asks, "is keiko still sitting?"
		DavidW says, "I really don't know if this is enough to save keiko."
		DavidW says, "We left them at the fountain."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       1014
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean against the swinging door, which eventually yields.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | It's very dark in here, since the overhead lights are out.  The
Floyd | flashlight beam paints its wavering yellow eye across a landscape of
Floyd | sterile steel.  It's not much light, but it reduces the maze of
Floyd | counters to comprehensible rows, and it's enough to illuminate the
Floyd | swinging door leading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial flashlight sits on the ground, emitting a yellow beam of
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                1015
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       1016
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        1017
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       1018
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the lockers is standing open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a straightened striped green paper clip here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "everyone together can surely throw her through a window, no problem"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              1019
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      1020
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is sitting here and holding a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is sitting here fiddling with the damaged hem of her skirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a small rubber wedge here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "keiko, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      1021
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Keiko, would you please hold hands with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko takes your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      1022
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, would you please hold hands with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley takes your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              1023
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Because Keiko is sitting down, she doesn't follow you.
Floyd | Because Ashley is sitting down, she doesn't follow you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      1024
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is sitting here and holding a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is sitting here fiddling with the damaged hem of her skirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a small rubber wedge here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "keiko, stand" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      1025
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Keiko, please get up."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko gets up carefully, using the lacrosse stick to maintain her
Floyd | balance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, stand" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      1026
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, please stand up."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley gets to her feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              1027
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko hobbles into the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      1028
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Alcove
Floyd | The failing fluorescent lights illuminate a kid-height drinking
Floyd | fountain in the south wall.  The boys' bathroom is to the east and the
Floyd | girls' bathroom is to the west, both marked with Happy Hygiene signs
Floyd | reminding everyone about handwashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley fiddles unhappily with the damaged hem of her skirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wet spot growing on the carpet near the door to the girls'
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a small rubber wedge here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko hobbles into the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "keiko, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      1029
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Keiko, would you please hold hands with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko takes your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ashley, follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Alcove                                      1030
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, would you please hold hands with me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley takes your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              1031
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Keiko's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Emily's former classroom is to the north, marked with a construction
Floyd | paper sign reading "Ms. Wagner's room - Come In!"  To the south,
Floyd | there's an alcove that splits off toward the bathrooms.  The hallway
Floyd | continues to the east and west, decorated with inexpertly drawn
Floyd | posters about When I Grow Up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is here, holding hands with you and leaning heavily on a
Floyd | lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Locker Hallway                                       1032
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Keiko's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Locker Hallway
Floyd | The locker-lined hallway stretches from east to west.  Pictures of
Floyd | famous Americans gaze starchily down from above the dull brown
Floyd | lockers, almost successfully concealing the old water damage on the
Floyd | walls.  You can smell something burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is here, holding hands with you and leaning heavily on a
Floyd | lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the lockers is standing open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a straightened striped green paper clip here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hall Junction                                        1033
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Keiko's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall Junction
Floyd | Fire alarm lights strobe across a painfully cheerful mural on the east
Floyd | wall, positioned exactly opposite the west-facing hallway.  The
Floyd | classrooms and the gymnasium are off to the west, the science and
Floyd | computer labs are north, and the cafeteria is off to the south, but
Floyd | you can see from here that no part of the building went unravaged.  At
Floyd | least it looks like most of the kids made it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is here, holding hands with you and leaning heavily on a
Floyd | lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bulletin board lying face-down on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria Hall                                       1034
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Keiko's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | This part of the hall has been plastered with signs in unsubtle red,
Floyd | white, and blue, occasionally accented with yellow smiley-face
Floyd | stickers.  The overhead lights are flickering weakly here, and the
Floyd | power probably won't last long.  The hall continues south toward the
Floyd | school kitchen and north toward the classrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is here, holding hands with you and leaning heavily on a
Floyd | lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the east, but they're closed and locked,
Floyd | since lunch ended hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  End of Cafeteria Hall                                1035
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Keiko's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Cafeteria Hall
Floyd | With the overhead fluorescents out, it's particularly dim at this end
Floyd | of the hallway, but the flashing fire alarms illuminate the door
Floyd | labelled "KITCHEN STAFF - NO STUDENTS".  The door is partly open,
Floyd | wedged in place with a serving tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is here, holding hands with you and leaning heavily on a
Floyd | lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire alarms flash and shrill monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  School Kitchen                                       1036
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Keiko's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | Ashley hangs back warily before spotting the flashlight inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | School Kitchen
Floyd | It's very dark in here, since the overhead lights are out.  The
Floyd | flashlight beam paints its wavering yellow eye across a landscape of
Floyd | sterile steel.  It's not much light, but it reduces the maze of
Floyd | counters to comprehensible rows, and it's enough to illuminate the
Floyd | swinging door leading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflected fire alarm light flickers in the doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is here, holding hands with you and leaning heavily on a
Floyd | lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because you know exactly where to look, you can see the ventilation
Floyd | grate against the darkened ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial flashlight sits on the ground, emitting a yellow beam of
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1037
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You push painfully through the swinging door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are holding Keiko's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd | You are holding Ashley's hand, so she follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is here, holding hands with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is here, holding hands with you and leaning heavily on a
Floyd | lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | edged with jagged glass shards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1037
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "keiko, east" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1038
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | Those jagged shards have to be broken out of the window frame before
Floyd | anyone can get out safely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "keiko, break shards with stick" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1039
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, BREAK SHARDS WITH STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko won't understand those instructions.  You need to rethink your
Floyd | strategy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Reminder: If you just saw a "What do you want Keiko to _____?"
Floyd | message, please reenter your second command now.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "keiko, break shards" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1040
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, BREAK SHARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | That splint won't hold forever, and it's best if she doesn't move
Floyd | around too much.  You should probably ask someone else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "keiko, sit" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1041
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Keiko, please take a seat."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko sits down carefully, keeping her weight entirely off her bad
Floyd | leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "keiko, give stick to george" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1042
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, GIVE STICK TO GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Keiko, please pass the lacrosse stick to George."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko holds the lacrosse stick out for George.
Floyd |
Floyd | George pulls the lacrosse stick away from Keiko.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Gently, George!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, break shards" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1043
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, BREAK SHARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "George, can you break the glass out of the windowframe?  Use
Floyd | the lacrosse stick to protect your hands."
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands on his tiptoes and reaches up with the lacrosse stick.
Floyd | He successfully knocks out a few of the lower pieces of glass, but
Floyd | most of the glass is beyond his reach, and eventually he gives up.
Floyd | "It's too high up for me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "george, give stick to me"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, give stick to me" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1044
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GIVE STICK TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're so torn up that you'd probably drop the lacrosse stick.  Better
Floyd | to let George keep it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1045
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "George, can you climb up on the pommel horse?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George pulls himself up onto the pommel horse and then stands up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, break shards" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1046
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, BREAK SHARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "George, can you break the glass out of the windowframe?  Use
Floyd | the lacrosse stick to protect your hands."
Floyd |
Floyd | George uses the lacrosse stick to carefully break out the remaining
Floyd | shards of glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | The empty frame is as safe now as it's going to get.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | hazmat suited woman is still trapped.  If you send George out the
Floyd | window now, you may find out later that you needed his help to save
Floyd | hazmat suited woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | Send George out the window anyway?  Once he goes, there's no way for
Floyd | him to come back. (y/n) >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1047
Floyd | him to come back. (y/n) >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Probably a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "what??"
		djfletch says, "what indeed"
		DavidW says, "I guess we missed someone."
		DavidW says, "Probably in the math classroom."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, get off horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1048
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET OFF HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Okay, George, go ahead and get down from the pommel horse."
Floyd |
Floyd | George gets off the pommel horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george, give stick to keiko" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1049
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GIVE STICK TO KEIKO
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "George, please give the lacrosse stick to Keiko."
Floyd |
Floyd | George shoves the lacrosse stick at Keiko.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko takes the lacrosse stick from George.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Thank you, George."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I was going to say there was a Dylan mentioned at some point. That's not a woman though."
		djfletch says, "also a Dustin"
		inky says, "man"
		inky says, "I wonder if there is some whole plot about rescuers etc that we missed"
		DavidW says, "yes, well, somehow only our own class is around and all other teachers and students are absent."
		Allen says, "there was that corpse"
		djfletch says, "when we had Samir in the vent that could have been a plot branch, to send him outside at that point"
		DavidW says, "well, I really wish we can get that west vent explored properly."
		djfletch says, "I agree the smoky classroom seems most likely place"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, climb tables" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1050
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, CLIMB TABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you climb up on the tables?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir says, "I don't think I can climb on the tables."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samir, push tables south" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1051
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, PUSH TABLES SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The folded lunch tables are huge and heavy.  You're not sure how to
Floyd | move them around, and if they fall over, someone could be seriously
Floyd | hurt.  Best to leave them alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "there was a desk hinted as being pushable"
		djfletch says, "but maybe it's just an alternative to the horse"
		DavidW asks, "oh? Which desk?"
		djfletch says, "I think Wagner's"
		djfletch says, "one desk said it was smaller and would fit out of the door, or something"
		DavidW says, "The wobbly table is probably pushable too."
		djfletch says, "I wonder if we make a set of stairs from different heights of things, for Keiko to walk up"
		Allen says, "that sounds overly complicated"
		DavidW says, "hm, one game did do something like that recently, though."
		DavidW says, "I really wish I had a plate of sandwiches."
		DavidW says, "I haven't eaten much at all today."
		DavidW says, "I'll scarf down this canful of bean salad."
		djfletch says, "at the moment I would vote to see what happens if we just send out as many kids as we can"
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
inky says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1051
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "keiko, jump" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1052
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottom of the window frame is almost two feet above Keiko's head.
Floyd | She'll need to get up on the pommel horse first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "george, jump" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1053
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottom of the window frame is almost two feet above George's head.
Floyd | He'll need to get up on the pommel horse first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "keiko, get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1054
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Keiko, can you get on top of the pommel horse?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko lets go of your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko pulls herself up onto the pommel horse and then stands up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hazmat suited woman groans in despair."
inky says (to Floyd), "keiko, jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley is still trapped.  If you send Keiko out the window now, you
Floyd | may find out later that you needed her help to save Ashley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Send Keiko out the window anyway?  Once she goes, there's no way for
Floyd | her to come back. (y/n) >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | her to come back. (y/n) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Keiko, I don't have any other way to get you out of the
Floyd | building.  You could come with us now, or I could try to send back
Floyd | help for you."
Floyd | Keiko says, "Do you think it's a good idea?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Answer Keiko: (y/n) >

		djfletch says, "hey, keiko can climb"
		djfletch says, "didn't expect that"
inky says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1055
Floyd | Answer Keiko: (y/n) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | After a long moment, you say, "Yes, I do.  The building's on fire, and
Floyd | I don't know what's happening to the base.  Worse things could happen
Floyd | in here.  We should all stick together."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko says, "Then I'll do it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko stares out the window for a moment, considering her options.
Floyd | Finally, she perches on the edge of the window and then throws herself
Floyd | sideways toward the mats on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko hits with her good foot, then collapses sideways onto her good
Floyd | knee and her arm.  Her wrenching scream of pain is hard to hear, but
Floyd | she doesn't seem any worse off than she was.  At least, she drags
Floyd | herself off the mat under her own power.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "ashley, jump" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1056
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottom of the window frame is almost two feet above Ashley's head.
Floyd | She'll need to get up on the pommel horse first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "ashley, get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1057
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Ashley, can you climb up on the pommel horse?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley lets go of your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley pulls herself up onto the pommel horse and then stands up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "ashley, jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASHLEY, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | yourself is still trapped.  If you send Ashley out the window now, you
Floyd | may find out later that you needed her help to save yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Send Ashley out the window anyway?  Once she goes, there's no way for
Floyd | her to come back. (y/n) >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1058
Floyd | her to come back. (y/n) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Ashley, it's time for you to go out the window.  Just land
Floyd | on the mats, it'll be easy."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley stands on the edge of the window frame, wavers for a moment,
Floyd | and then jumps down to the exercise mat below.  She hits awkwardly,
Floyd | falls down, and then gets to her feet with no harm done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "samir, get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1059
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Samir, can you get up on the pommel horse?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir pulls himself up onto the pommel horse and then stands up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "samir, jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMIR, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | yourself is still trapped.  If you send Samir out the window now, you
Floyd | may find out later that you needed his help to save yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Send Samir out the window anyway?  Once he goes, there's no way for
Floyd | him to come back. (y/n) >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1060
Floyd | him to come back. (y/n) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Samir, go on out the window.  I know you can do this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir says, "Just like gym class."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "That's right."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir starts to grip the window frame, and you have to stop him.  "You
Floyd | could cut your hands open - the glass isn't totally gone.  Just jump."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir gulps, wipes his hands off on his pants, and then jumps out the
Floyd | window.  He hits feet-first, falls down, and then gets up again with a
Floyd | joyous yell of, "I did it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "You sure did!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1061
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1062
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the pommel horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Once you go out the window, there's no way you can get back.  Are you
Floyd | sure you're ready? (y/n) >

		Allen asks, "what about jude and tyrone?"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1063
Floyd | sure you're ready? (y/n) >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You retreat from the empty window frame.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1064
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can try going south into the kitchen, east out the
Floyd | broken window, or west toward the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1065
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already on your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ONLY THE FAST SURVIVE"
inky says (to Floyd), "get down" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1066
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the pommel horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cafeteria
Floyd | This is one of the few modern-day cafeterias that doesn't sport a set
Floyd | of vending machines in addition to standard cafeteria fare.  Pale
Floyd | sunlight streams down through the high bank of huge windows, shining
Floyd | carelessly over the faded tile and the ceiling-high folded lunch
Floyd | tables alike.  The kitchen door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cafeteria doors are to the west, but they're completely blocked
Floyd | off behind the folded lunch tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the windows has been shattered, leaving an empty window frame
Floyd | behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pommel horse here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "jude, get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1067
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, can you climb up on the pommel horse?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude pulls herself up onto the pommel horse and then stands up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "jude, jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUDE, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | yourself is still trapped.  If you send Jude out the window now, you
Floyd | may find out later that you needed her help to save yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Send Jude out the window anyway?  Once she goes, there's no way for
Floyd | her to come back. (y/n) >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1068
Floyd | her to come back. (y/n) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Jude, you and Mr. Bunny go out the window now, okay?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude says, "Just like diving class!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You hastily say, "But don't land on your head."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude gives you her best my-teacher's-an-idiot look, and then she jumps
Floyd | out the window with her arms around Mr. Bunny.  She hits the mat
Floyd | feet-first and doesn't even fall down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You applaud at the window, and Jude beams up at you before getting out
Floyd | of the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "tyrone, get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1069
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, can you get up on the pommel horse?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone pulls himself up onto the pommel horse and then stands up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "tyrone, jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYRONE, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Adam is still trapped.  If you send Tyrone out the window now, you may
Floyd | find out later that you needed his help to save Adam.
Floyd |
Floyd | Send Tyrone out the window anyway?  Once he goes, there's no way for
Floyd | him to come back. (y/n) >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1070
Floyd | him to come back. (y/n) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Tyrone, you can go out the window now, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone brags, "No problem!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone jumps out the window like a kid who jumps out of cafeteria
Floyd | windows all day.  He hits the mat, rolls, and pops back up like a
Floyd | jack-in-the-box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "Adam??"
inky says (to Floyd), "george, get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1071
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "George, can you get on top of the pommel horse?"
Floyd |
Floyd | George pulls himself up onto the pommel horse and then stands up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "george, jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GEORGE, JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | your former self is still trapped.  If you send George out the window
Floyd | now, you may find out later that you needed his help to save your
Floyd | former self.
Floyd |
Floyd | Send George out the window anyway?  Once he goes, there's no way for
Floyd | him to come back. (y/n) >

		DavidW says, "Adam is our husband."
inky says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1072
Floyd | him to come back. (y/n) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "George, let's get you out of here.  Jump out the window, and
Floyd | aim for those mats."
Floyd |
Floyd | George jumps out the window feet-first and strikes with an audible
Floyd | "oof!"  He gets up and moves quickly out of the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "ok, these messages are just getting wackier"
inky says (to Floyd), "get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Cafeteria                                            1073
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the pommel horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Once you go out the window, there's no way you can get back.  Are you
Floyd | sure you're ready? (y/n) >

		Allen says, "at least he didn't rip his pants"
inky says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1074
Floyd | sure you're ready? (y/n) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Here goes....
Floyd |
Floyd | The fall wouldn't even faze you, if not for your physical condition.
Floyd | When your feet hit, your knees immediately buckle and you bellyflop
Floyd | onto the mat.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's not really an impact at all - just a full-body throb of pain,
Floyd | enough to turn the world gray and red for a long, lingering moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sidewalk
Floyd | Black smoke rises over the school, shattered glass litters the ground,
Floyd | and the daylight never looked so good.  Since the fence stops you from
Floyd | going south, the only way to go is north along the sidewalk.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley fiddles unhappily with the damaged hem of her skirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is sitting here and holding a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a blue exercise mat and a large geode here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1075
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You get to your feet with the help of a nearby wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sidewalk
Floyd | You round the bend and stop.  It looks like part of the school's
Floyd | second floor actually collapsed off the building and over the
Floyd | sidewalk.  It's not very high - you can see the driveway past it, and
Floyd | the soccer fields beyond that - but you can't get the students past
Floyd | safely.
Floyd |
Floyd | George comes into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone comes into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude comes into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir comes into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mr. Ginsberg!" she cries, hurrying forward for a hug.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko gets up carefully, using the lacrosse stick to maintain her
Floyd | balance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko hobbles into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the distant sound of a chopper just before you see the tiny
Floyd | black shape hovering over the soccer fields.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oh NOW they can follow us by themselves"
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1076
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Sidewalk
Floyd | It looks like part of the school's second floor actually collapsed off
Floyd | the building and over the sidewalk.  It's not very high - you can see
Floyd | the driveway past it, and the soccer fields beyond that - but you
Floyd | can't get the students past safely.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a tiny black helicopter hovers above the soccer
Floyd | fields.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keiko is here, leaning heavily on a lacrosse stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley fiddles unhappily with the damaged hem of her skirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samir is standing nearby with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jude is here, clinging to Mr. Bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tyrone stands with his arms folded across his pint-sized chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | George stands looking miserable with his hands in the pockets of his
Floyd | too-big pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see tiny figures descending from the helicopter onto the soccer
Floyd | fields.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley says, "Are you okay, Mr. Ginsberg?  You don't look so good."
Floyd |
Floyd | With an effort, you quell the shaking in your hands.  "Everything's
Floyd | going to be all right," you tell her.  "Let's just work on getting out
Floyd | of here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hope we don't need any of the stuff we left behind."
Allen says (to Floyd), "wave" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1077
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have Keiko's attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wave, feeling foolish.
Floyd |
Floyd | At a distance, the tiny figures wander about on the soccer fields.
Floyd |
Floyd | (To lead a student from room to room, HOLD HANDS WITH that
Floyd | student.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ok..."
inky says (to Floyd), "x sidewalk" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1077
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIDEWALK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x rubble" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1078
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RUBBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This morning, there was a solid, sturdy wall here, and now it's a
Floyd | shattered heap of masonry.  It hardly seems real.
Floyd |
Floyd | At a distance, the tiny figures mill about on the soccer fields.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "shout?"
inky says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1079
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to shout, but suddenly you can only wheeze.  The world wavers;
Floyd | you're at the end of your strength.
Floyd |
Floyd | At a distance, the tiny figures walk around on the soccer fields.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "keiko, shout" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1080
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEIKO, SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Keiko, I need you to shout as big as you can.  And Ashley.
Floyd | And all the rest of you, too - scream and shout and yell, let's make
Floyd | some noise!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The students start yelling as loudly as they possibly can, shrieking
Floyd | at volumes and pitches that only elementary school kids can manage.
Floyd | You're impressed - it's as good as a gym whistle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tiny figures on the soccer field react to the noise.  You see one
Floyd | of them signalling to the chopper and then pointing in your direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1081
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chopper rises from the soccer field and approaches the school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "then the chopper crashes! everyone dies!"
inky says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1082
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chopper grows larger every minute.  By now, you can clearly see
Floyd | the US Air Force insignia on the side, and George claps his hands
Floyd | ecstatically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "wave at chopper" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1082
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE AT CHOPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1083
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chopper stops a safe distance overhead.  Its whirling blades drown
Floyd | out almost every sound, yet you can still hear the kids around you
Floyd | cheering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "our sweetie will be piloting it, I bet."
inky says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1084
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder descends from the chopper, carrying a broad figure in a
Floyd | brilliant green hazmat suit.  The figure touches down and pulls off
Floyd | her hood immediately to reveal a friendly smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazmat suited woman says, "Hi, kids.  You're safe now.  We'll
Floyd | bring an evac team and get you out right away."  Sighting the blue
Floyd | exercise mats in the background, she asks, "Did you have to jump out
Floyd | that window?  Good thinking, laying down a mat."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		Allen says, "we rescued hazmat woman!"
		inky says, "hooray!"
		inky says, "and our former self"
inky says (to Floyd), "ask woman about adam" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1085
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT ADAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazmat suited woman doesn't seem to notice you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ashley says, "It was Mr. Ginsberg's idea!" and Ashley chimes in,
Floyd | "Yeah, he was fantastic!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hazmat suited woman asks, "Where is Mr. Ginsberg now?  Is he still
Floyd | in the building?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "uh oh"
		inky says, "perhaps we were impaled on the glass and this was all a hallucination"
		DavidW asks, "uh... did we die in the jump?"
		Allen says, "hmm, she can't see us? TAKE OFF OUR PANTS NOW"
inky says (to Floyd), "remove pants" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1086
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE PANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the pair of black slacks)
Floyd | No.  Jude can see you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The kids look at each other in bewilderment.  "No, he's right back
Floyd | there," Samir says as he points back at you.  Then Samir looks back at
Floyd | you and frowns.  "He was here a moment ago...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1087
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to shout, but suddenly you can only wheeze.  The world wavers;
Floyd | you're at the end of your strength.
Floyd |
Floyd | Awareness swells over you in the moment before a warm, familiar voice
Floyd | says quietly, "Hey.  Good job."
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn to see Adam standing nearby.  You burst out, "Thank God, you
Floyd | made it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | But Adam's already shaking his head.  "No," he says.  "You already
Floyd | knew that."
Floyd |
Floyd | Adam holds out his hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x adam" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1088
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ADAM
Floyd |
Floyd | He doesn't look hurt, which is a deep relief.
Floyd |
Floyd | Adam says, "Hey, Mark.  It's time to go."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "hold hand" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1088
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOLD HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want to hold hand of?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "adam" 		

Floyd ]  Sidewalk                                             1088
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ADAM
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "They're going to be all right, aren't they?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Adam looks over at the hazmat suited woman and the kids.  "Looks like
Floyd | it, doesn't it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "All right," and you take his hand.  In the moment when you
Floyd | do, everything stops hurting.
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "So... is there going to be a tunnel of white light, or
Floyd | something cliched like that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Adam laughs.  "I don't know!  Let's find out."
Floyd |
Floyd | The wreckage across the sidewalk is too dangerous for your students,
Floyd | but danger doesn't matter any more.  Hand in hand, you and Adam walk
Floyd | along the sidewalk, climbing over small debris or veering into the
Floyd | grass as the whim strikes you.  Everything gets paler as you walk, and
Floyd | whiter, and brighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take one look back at the paramedics sliding a stretcher under
Floyd | Keiko, and then the world dissolves entirely.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "it's adam and eve, not adam and mark"
		inky says, "hee hee"
		djfletch says, "hurrah!"
		DavidW asks, "Is that the first time we learn our first name?"
		djfletch says, "yes I think so"
		Allen says, "what if we use the bug to get out with no other children..."
		DavidW says, "I wasn't expecting it to end quite like that."
		Allen asks, "so samir was right?"
		Allen asks, "we were a ghost?"
		inky says, "I think we must have keeled over when we jumped"
		DavidW says, "I don't think so. I think we weren't a ghost until we jumped and landed."
		inky says, "and I guess the students just yelled on their own"
		djfletch says, "I think we told them to shout with our last breath"
		Allen says, "no, hazmat woman didn't see us"
		djfletch says, "hmm true"
		DavidW says, "I think they heard us because they're kids. By common lore, kids can see things that adults don't,"
		Allen says, "how did this place in the comp? It'd be hard to finish it in the timespan"
		DavidW says, "3rd, I think."
		Allen says, "it could be an alright general game, with a lot of tweaking"
		Allen says, "like kids automatically putting stuff in their backpack"
		djfletch says, "yeah, it was a bit brutal with the amount of fiddliness"
		DavidW says, "I'm just glad we were successful in the end. That was a lot of work."
		Allen says, "yes."
		Allen says, "the pants was the worst"
		Allen says, "I don't know how you made the conceptual link to think samir could open the lock with a paperclip"
		Allen says, "I would have given up at that point"
		djfletch says, "I'm still wondering what happened down the vent that looked like going to the outside"
		djfletch says, "maybe it was just a dead end with no actual way out"
		DavidW says, "I dunno. I just thought paperclip --> lockpicking tool."
		Allen says, "oh yeah"
		Allen asks, "could that be an alternative puzzle?"
		Allen says, "or maybe it takes there's too big a drop"
		Allen says, "we could go back if you want."
		Allen says, "save cf4 is where it is."
		DavidW says, "I dunno. It's possible they simply wanted the vent to appear to have a vent-like purpose and not just an IF corridor."
		Allen says, "yeah"
		Allen says, "could be"
		Allen says, "I'd probably make it where the kids automatically follow you once you rescue them"
		Allen says, "so the game might get some more focus on the team-building exercise for the kids"
		DavidW says, "I don't know how we'd get the flashlight up to the Samir in the vent if he can't return to it. Unless George or someone else threw the flashlight to him."
		Allen says, "ok, 6:30. I should get up, take a bath, do something with the day"
		djfletch says, "thinking about it, if we were a ghost all along it makes sense that we could only pick up really tiny stuff"
		DavidW says, "yes, it would."
		Allen says, "yeah, a paperclip, for just a second, was about the extent"
		DavidW says, "no, the splint was the most intensive action."
		Allen says, "oh"
		Allen says, "ok, that was a nice way to spend a sunday, since we skipped viols today"
		djfletch says, "yup, good fun."
		djfletch says, "I'm off to bed now"
		DavidW asks, "Did we see the 'former self' object?"
		inky says, "no"
		inky says, "(well, I didn't)"
		DavidW says, "hm."
		inky says, "but it would make sense if there's an easter egg where you can find your own dead body"
		DavidW says, "yeah"
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "thanks for playing everyone!"
		



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NightFloyd Transcript:
Headless, Hapless by Geoff Moore
Hill of Souls by Angela Shah
The Horrible Pyramid by Ryan Veeder
As played on ifMUD on December 5, 2013

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 takes on significantly larger works of interactive fiction, knowing going in that each one will take multiple sessions (but not always, as you'll see in this transcript). 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 Headless, Hapless written by Geoff Moore, Hill of Souls written by Angela Shah, and The Horrible Pyramid written by Ryan Veeder. Headless, Hapless, Hill of Souls, and The Horrible Pyramid were all released as part of the 2013 EctoComp. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: Headless, Hapless, The Horrible Pyramid, and Hill of Souls.

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:

Headless, Hapless by Geoff Moore
Hill of Souls by Angela Shah
The Horrible Pyramid by Ryan Veeder
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
#ClubFloyd Discussion
		

		genericgeekgirl asks, "What are we playing?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know. I suppose there's still Ectocomp games."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Sure. Uh, let me see how far y'all got last time."
inky arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ecto13headless" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It's happened again. You've had a great night riding around, freaking
Floyd | everyone out with your whole headless horseman thing, and you're about
Floyd | to set off for home when you realise you've lost your head. Well, it
Floyd | can't have gotten far...
Floyd |
Floyd | Headless, Hapless
Floyd | a terrible tale by Geoff Moore
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Desolate Moorland
Floyd | Black clouds roll across the night sky, picked out by a fringe of
Floyd | silver moonlight. Castle Bloodmoor perches on the north hill like a
Floyd | great wounded bird, crumbling towers providing tattered wings. The
Floyd | forgotten forest fringes the moor to the west, and the lake of
Floyd | bottomless despair spreads itself to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your horse stands nearby, her ears twitching as thunder rolls in the
Floyd | distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Doesn't look like you played this one yet."
		DavidW says, "This is new to me, yes."
		DavidW says, "I wonder how we see without a head."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x horse" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Pale looks a little spooked, but that's understandable - you are,
Floyd | after all, a most frightening spectre. She keeps trying to shake off
Floyd | her saddlebag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x saddlebag" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SADDLEBAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, your head could be in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/4
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | As a ghost you can't usually open things, but this is an enchanted
Floyd | saddlebag so you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the saddlebag, revealing a vaguely head-shaped radish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x radish" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RADISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the vaguely head-shaped radish, besides
Floyd | the fact it is vaguely head-shaped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Like all ghosts, you're kind of blue and see-through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So, we're looking for a kind of blue and see-through head?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on horse" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ON HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride horse" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIDE HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "wear radish" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/8
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR RADISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the vaguely head-shaped radish)
Floyd | Taking things that aren't your head is pretty much impossible. Your
Floyd | hands just go right through them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, not a ghost radish."
		DavidW says, "But I'm sure its shape is important, just the same."
		DavidW says, "I vote west for the forest."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x forest" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x castle" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Yep, it looks like a bird alright. Well, more like a castle, really,
Floyd | but also a bit like a bird.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This may be the game of things-that-look-like-other-things."
		DavidW asks, "Any objections to going west?"
		DavidW asks, "ggg? inky?"
		DavidW says, "I'm going to assume everyone is off in their kitchens making delicious sandwiches but are having trouble finding the olives or something."
		inky says, "whoops, sorry"
		inky says, "I was spreading mustard"
		inky says, "ok not really"
		inky says, "but let's go west anyway"
		DavidW says, "thanks"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Forgotten Forest                                     0/10
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forgotten Forest
Floyd | The wind howls in the trees, and the trees, being enchanted, howl too,
Floyd | making the forgotten forest a very noisy and unpleasant place for any
Floyd | mortal. Luckily you are a ghost, so it doesn't bother you too much.
Floyd | Paths snake south and west between the trees, and desolate moorland
Floyd | lies to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Forgotten Forest                                     0/11
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Carnival of Utter Horror                             0/12
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Carnival of Utter Horror
Floyd | The middle of a forgotten forest is a strange place for a carnival,
Floyd | though by all accounts this one is so utterly horrifying that it's
Floyd | probably for the best if it's tucked out of the way. The entrance is
Floyd | to the northwest, though since you haven't been haunting in there
Floyd | today there's not much point going in. Paths lead into the trees to
Floyd | the southeast and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sad clown you haunted earlier sits between a mailbox and a large
Floyd | sign that reads "Carnival Closed for Maintenance."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x clown" 		

Floyd ]  Carnival of Utter Horror                             0/13
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | She's probably pretty cute under all that make-up. You can't tell if
Floyd | she's actually sad or if it's just painted on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mailbox" 		

Floyd ]  Carnival of Utter Horror                             0/14
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAILBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the mailbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Carnival of Utter Horror                             0/15
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't open the mailbox on account of your non-corporeal state.
Floyd | However you can stick your face through it to view the contents, which
Floyd | turn out to consist of a single leaflet advertising replica monster
Floyd | heads for sale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "our face?"
		DavidW asks, "I thought we were headless?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read leaflet" 		

Floyd ]  Carnival of Utter Horror                             0/16
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ LEAFLET
Floyd |
Floyd | They're pricey, and not very convincing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to clown" 		

Floyd ]  Carnival of Utter Horror                             0/17
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO CLOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You would try to make conversation, but it always just comes out all
Floyd | moany and waily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Carnival of Utter Horror                             0/18
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Like all ghosts, you're kind of blue and see-through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. Southeast, then?"
		inky says, "hmm"
		inky asks, "I think we have a ghost face maybe?"
		DavidW says, "Hard to tell without a ghost mirror."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch head" 		

Floyd ]  Carnival of Utter Horror                             0/18
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "scare clown" 		

Floyd ]  Carnival of Utter Horror                             0/19
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCARE CLOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You're done haunting for the day. Now you just want to find your head
Floyd | and head -snrk- for home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, nice catch of the verb, though"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask clown about head" 		

Floyd ]  Carnival of Utter Horror                             0/19
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CLOWN ABOUT HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | To talk to someone, just type TALK TO X.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose we could've tried talking to our horse. Or maybe the trees."
inky says (to Floyd), "talk to me" 		

Floyd ]  Carnival of Utter Horror                             0/20
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You would try to make conversation, but it always just comes out all
Floyd | moany and waily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "se, please, when you're ready"
inky says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Carnival of Utter Horror                             0/21
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Carnival of Utter Horror
Floyd | The middle of a forgotten forest is a strange place for a carnival,
Floyd | though by all accounts this one is so utterly horrifying that it's
Floyd | probably for the best if it's tucked out of the way. The entrance is
Floyd | to the northwest, though since you haven't been haunting in there
Floyd | today there's not much point going in. Paths lead into the trees to
Floyd | the southeast and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sad clown you haunted earlier sits between a mailbox and a large
Floyd | sign that reads "Carnival Closed for Maintenance."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             0/22
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Clearing
Floyd | Here the trees thin, providing... Well, you know what a clearing is.
Floyd | Paths wind north and northwest from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hollow tree stump stands in the centre of the clearing, providing a
Floyd | hiding place for heads, perhaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look in stump" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             0/23
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN STUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | In the hollow tree stump is an adventurer's head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x had" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             0/23
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x head" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             0/24
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a head, for sure. Unfortunately it isn't yours, but that of a
Floyd | foolhardy adventurer who wandered into the wrong magic wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get head" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             0/25
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taking things that aren't your head is pretty much impossible. Your
Floyd | hands just go right through them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Trying to get a head, eh?"
		inky says, "I feel like we should be able to pick up different heads and get special powers from them"
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forgotten Forest                                     0/26
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forgotten Forest
Floyd | The wind howls in the trees, and the trees, being enchanted, howl too,
Floyd | making the forgotten forest a very noisy and unpleasant place for any
Floyd | mortal. Luckily you are a ghost, so it doesn't bother you too much.
Floyd | Paths snake south and west between the trees, and desolate moorland
Floyd | lies to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm ait"
		DavidW asks, "hm. Perhaps we can possess someone?"
		inky asks, "is that really the whole game?"
inky says (to Floyd), "possess trees" 		

Floyd ]  Forgotten Forest                                     0/26
Floyd |
Floyd | > POSSESS TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, there's still east and north of the horse to look at."
		inky says, "oh ok"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/27
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Desolate Moorland
Floyd | Black clouds roll across the night sky, picked out by a fringe of
Floyd | silver moonlight. Castle Bloodmoor perches on the north hill like a
Floyd | great wounded bird, crumbling towers providing tattered wings. The
Floyd/b> | forgotten forest fringes the moor to the west, and the lake of
Floyd | bottomless despair spreads itself to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your horse stands nearby, her ears twitching as thunder rolls in the
Floyd | distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "talk to horse" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/28
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You would try to make conversation, but it always just comes out all
Floyd | moany and waily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "scare horse" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/29
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCARE HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You're done haunting for the day. Now you just want to find your head
Floyd | and head -snrk- for home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/30
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)
Floyd | You stand, or sort of hover a bit, at the western shore of the lake of
Floyd | bottomless despair. Man-eating scarefish dart beneath the surface.
Floyd | It's a bit chilly. If you were a mortal you'd be throwing yourself in
Floyd | to drown or be eaten right about now, but as a ghost you're pretty
Floyd | much impervious to that sort of thing. Half-trodden paths follow the
Floyd | lake's edge north and southeast, and the moor rises to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite the gloom you can make out a plethora of disembodied heads
Floyd | bobbing on the lake's surface. Scarefish don't eat heads.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "drat. No horse chat."
		inky says, "welcome back to horse chat with your host, mr ed"
inky says (to Floyd), "x heads" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/31
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEADS
Floyd |
Floyd | Nope, none of them are yours.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x scarefish" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/32
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCAREFISH
Floyd |
Floyd | They look scary, probably. But not to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "scare scarefish" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/33
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCARE SCAREFISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You're done haunting for the day. Now you just want to find your head
Floyd | and head -snrk- for home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can we go east over the lake?"
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/34
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your inherit resistance to killer fish, you'd rather not get
Floyd | your ectoplasm wet. It goes all icky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/34
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite your inherit resistance to killer fish, you'd rather not get
Floyd | your ectoplasm wet. It goes all icky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/35
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You float a bit in that direction, then back again. It's not that you
Floyd | can't go that way; you can go pretty much anywhere, being a ghost. But
Floyd | there wouldn't be much point, because your head won't be over there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (South Side)              0/36
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake of Bottomless Despair (South Side)
Floyd | From the south side the lake looks more despairing than ever; all
Floyd | murky and just generally foreboding, really. The lakeside path leads
Floyd | northwest (to the west side) and continues to the east, but you
Floyd | haven't been that way today so there'd be no point going any further.
Floyd | Where's that damn head?
Floyd |
Floyd | A grazing deer you had fun haunting earlier watches you forgivingly
Floyd | with its big brown eyes. A bucket, just about big enough for your
Floyd | head, sits on the ground nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look in bucket" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (South Side)              0/37
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN BUCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | In the bucket is a cabbage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x cabbage" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (South Side)              0/38
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABBAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks sort of like a head - that clumpy bit is the nose, and those
Floyd | denty bits are the eyes... Really, though, it just looks like a
Floyd | cabbage, which is precisely what it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x deer" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (South Side)              0/39
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEER
Floyd |
Floyd | This deer looks like it knows something, but knowing deer it's
Floyd | probably just something deer-related.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to deer" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (South Side)              0/40
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO DEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You would try to make conversation, but it always just comes out all
Floyd | moany and waily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter deer" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (South Side)              0/41
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER DEER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "deer, eat cabbage" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (South Side)              0/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > DEER, EAT CABBAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (The deer first taking the cabbage)
Floyd | To talk to someone, just type TALK TO X.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I guess this is a dead end for now. North of the westside, then?"
		inky says, "I guess"
inky says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/43
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)
Floyd | You stand, or sort of hover a bit, at the western shore of the lake of
Floyd | bottomless despair. Man-eating scarefish dart beneath the surface.
Floyd | It's a bit chilly. If you were a mortal you'd be throwing yourself in
Floyd | to drown or be eaten right about now, but as a ghost you're pretty
Floyd | much impervious to that sort of thing. Half-trodden paths follow the
Floyd | lake's edge north and southeast, and the moor rises to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite the gloom you can make out a plethora of disembodied heads
Floyd | bobbing on the lake's surface. Scarefish don't eat heads.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (North Side)              0/44
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake of Bottomless Despair (North Side)
Floyd | From here the lake looks a little more cheerful; it's a shame that no
Floyd | mortal has ever come this far without casting their life into the
Floyd | waters. Not that you care much, being a terrifying spectre.
Floyd |
Floyd | A  ramshackle woodcutter's cabin stands to the north, and the lakeside
Floyd | path curves south and east, though you haven't been further east today
Floyd | so there's not much point in going that way for head-finding purposes.
Floyd | Castle Bloodmoor scowls down at you from its rocky perch to the west,
Floyd | which looks fairly climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (North Side)              0/45
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | While you often enjoy haunting the woodcutter's family, you haven't
Floyd | been in there today, so there's no point looking for your head in
Floyd | there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x lake" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (North Side)              0/46
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not really bottomless, of course. That's impossible. But it's
Floyd | apparently fairly deep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cabin" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (North Side)              0/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the woodcutter's cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (North Side)              0/48
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You float a bit in that direction, then back again. It's not that you
Floyd | can't go that way; you can go pretty much anywhere, being a ghost. But
Floyd | there wouldn't be much point, because your head won't be over there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (North Side)              0/49
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You float a bit in that direction, then back again. It's not that you
Floyd | can't go that way; you can go pretty much anywhere, being a ghost. But
Floyd | there wouldn't be much point, because your head won't be over there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. west?"
		inky says, "I guess"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Grounds                                       0/50
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The climb would be quite a struggle for a mortal with one free arm,
Floyd | but as a ghost you just sort of float up it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Grounds
Floyd | During the day there's all kinds of people milling about here ripe for
Floyd | the haunting, but now the castle grounds are deserted besides a
Floyd | ragged-looking raven perched on a statue. A heavy oak door to the
Floyd | north is closed and heavily locked, not that that's a problem for a
Floyd | ghost such as yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Grounds                                       0/51
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | She's missing a head, just like you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x raven" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Grounds                                       0/52
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RAVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The raven seems unperturbed by your presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "scare raven" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Grounds                                       0/53
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCARE RAVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You're done haunting for the day. Now you just want to find your head
Floyd | and head -snrk- for home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "talk to raven" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Grounds                                       0/54
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO RAVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You would try to make conversation, but it always just comes out all
Floyd | moany and waily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nevermore" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Grounds                                       0/54
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEVERMORE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Grounds                                       0/55
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the heavy oak door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "north, I suppose. Odd how there's so little we can do."
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Bloodmoor                                     0/56
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Bloodmoor
Floyd | Castle Bloodmoor is a vast complex, with buttresses and banquet halls,
Floyd | towers and turrets, and all manner of thoroughly implemented
Floyd | castle-type rooms. Luckily for you you've only been down to the
Floyd | dungeon today, so there's no need to go exploring elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "yeah"
inky says (to Floyd), "x tower" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Bloodmoor                                     0/56
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/57
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd | The dungeon smells like peasants, even though there are currently no
Floyd | peasants here. The walls are dank with... well, you're not sure what
Floyd | they're dank with, but it's probably mostly water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Poltergeist Paul slouches in a corner, trying to look like he's
Floyd | actually leaning against the wall even though he clearly isn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, look who's back," he smirks as you enter. You hate this guy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x poltergeist" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/58
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POLTERGEIST
Floyd |
Floyd | You've known Paul since, like, forever. He thinks he's way scarier
Floyd | than you because he can move stuff around a bit and write on walls.
Floyd | What a loser. Still, you come down here to talk sometimes since you
Floyd | seem to have trouble conversing with the living.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/59
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the dank walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "talk to paul" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/60
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO PAUL
Floyd |
Floyd | You tell Paul about your missing head, and he laughs at you like a big
Floyd | jerk. "Classic Headless Ed, always losing his head," he chortles.
Floyd | You've never met a ghost that laughs this much before. "Well, I know
Floyd | where it is," he says. "Talk to me again if you want a hint, stupid."
Floyd |
Floyd | What does he think this is, some kind of game? Also, your head clearly
Floyd | isn't down here, so he must be messing with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we've been everywhere we can. Feel free to talk to him again."
inky says (to Floyd), "talk to paul" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/61
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO PAUL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come crawling to Paul for a hint, eh?" smirks the jumped-up
Floyd | poltergeist. "Well, okay. Remember last time you lost your head?" You
Floyd | nod, even though you don't really remember. Your memory isn't great.
Floyd | "Well, it's in the same place." He laughs ghoulishly. "You still don't
Floyd | have a clue, do you? Well, come and talk to me again if you need more
Floyd | help."
Floyd |
Floyd | Dammit. You're determined not to talk to this guy again, ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "talk to paul" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/62
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO PAUL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Need another hint, huh?" snickers Paul. "Well, you've probably been
Floyd | all over the place looking for your head, right? Looking around,
Floyd | looking in things. Think about it. If you ask for another hint, I'm
Floyd | just going to tell you, and then you'll owe me one. Heh."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x neck" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NECK
Floyd |
Floyd | Even with a head you couldn't see yor neck. But no, your head isn't
Floyd | there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "feel head" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > FEEL HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hand" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, your left hand or your right hand?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "is there a mirror in the game?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/64
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEFT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about your left hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x right hand" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RIGHT HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about your right hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put hand on neck" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT HAND ON NECK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, your left hand or your right hand?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put left hand on neck" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/66
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT LEFT HAND ON NECK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking your left hand)
Floyd |
Floyd | Taking things that aren't your head is pretty much impossible. Your
Floyd | hands just go right through them.
Floyd | You need to be holding your left hand before you can put it on top of
Floyd | something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search me" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/67
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pants" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/67
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leg" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/67
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x legs" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/67
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shoulder" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/67
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/68
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chest" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/68
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "did we try look in lake, see if it reflects?"
		DavidW says, "no, I don't think so"
		DavidW says, "go try"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x butt" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/68
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUTT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Bloodmoor                                     0/69
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Bloodmoor
Floyd | Castle Bloodmoor is a vast complex, with buttresses and banquet halls,
Floyd | towers and turrets, and all manner of thoroughly implemented
Floyd | castle-type rooms. Luckily for you you've only been down to the
Floyd | dungeon today, so there's no need to go exploring elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Grounds                                       0/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Grounds
Floyd | During the day there's all kinds of people milling about here ripe for
Floyd | the haunting, but now the castle grounds are deserted besides a
Floyd | ragged-looking raven perched on a statue. A heavy oak door to the
Floyd | north is closed and heavily locked, not that that's a problem for a
Floyd | ghost such as yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/71
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Desolate Moorland
Floyd | Black clouds roll across the night sky, picked out by a fringe of
Floyd | silver moonlight. Castle Bloodmoor perches on the north hill like a
Floyd | great wounded bird, crumbling towers providing tattered wings. The
Floyd | forgotten forest fringes the moor to the west, and the lake of
Floyd | bottomless despair spreads itself to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your horse stands nearby, her ears twitching as thunder rolls in the
Floyd | distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/72
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)
Floyd | You stand, or sort of hover a bit, at the western shore of the lake of
Floyd | bottomless despair. Man-eating scarefish dart beneath the surface.
Floyd | It's a bit chilly. If you were a mortal you'd be throwing yourself in
Floyd | to drown or be eaten right about now, but as a ghost you're pretty
Floyd | much impervious to that sort of thing. Half-trodden paths follow the
Floyd | lake's edge north and southeast, and the moor rises to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite the gloom you can make out a plethora of disembodied heads
Floyd | bobbing on the lake's surface. Scarefish don't eat heads.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look in lake" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/73
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/73
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Like all ghosts, you're kind of blue and see-through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "well fah"
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/75
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Desolate Moorland
Floyd | Black clouds roll across the night sky, picked out by a fringe of
Floyd | silver moonlight. Castle Bloodmoor perches on the north hill like a
Floyd | great wounded bird, crumbling towers providing tattered wings. The
Floyd | forgotten forest fringes the moor to the west, and the lake of
Floyd | bottomless despair spreads itself to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your horse stands nearby, her ears twitching as thunder rolls in the
Floyd | distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Grounds                                       0/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Grounds
Floyd | During the day there's all kinds of people milling about here ripe for
Floyd | the haunting, but now the castle grounds are deserted besides a
Floyd | ragged-looking raven perched on a statue. A heavy oak door to the
Floyd | north is closed and heavily locked, not that that's a problem for a
Floyd | ghost such as yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x reflection" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Grounds                                       0/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > X REFLECTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Desolate Moorland
Floyd | Black clouds roll across the night sky, picked out by a fringe of
Floyd | silver moonlight. Castle Bloodmoor perches on the north hill like a
Floyd | great wounded bird, crumbling towers providing tattered wings. The
Floyd | forgotten forest fringes the moor to the west, and the lake of
Floyd | bottomless despair spreads itself to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your horse stands nearby, her ears twitching as thunder rolls in the
Floyd | distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/78
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)
Floyd | You stand, or sort of hover a bit, at the western shore of the lake of
Floyd | bottomless despair. Man-eating scarefish dart beneath the surface.
Floyd | It's a bit chilly. If you were a mortal you'd be throwing yourself in
Floyd | to drown or be eaten right about now, but as a ghost you're pretty
Floyd | much impervious to that sort of thing. Half-trodden paths follow the
Floyd | lake's edge north and southeast, and the moor rises to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite the gloom you can make out a plethora of disembodied heads
Floyd | bobbing on the lake's surface. Scarefish don't eat heads.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x reflection" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/78
Floyd |
Floyd | > X REFLECTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/79
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/80
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sky" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/80
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SKY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "moan" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/80
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call head on cell" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/80
Floyd |
Floyd | > CALL HEAD ON CELL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go home" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/80
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO HOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/81
Floyd |
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | What a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "despair" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/81
Floyd |
Floyd | > DESPAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/81
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to fish" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/82
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You would try to make conversation, but it always just comes out all
Floyd | moany and waily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "well I dunno"
		inky says, "just go talk to the guy? I'm not sure if there is a better solution"
		DavidW says, "yeah, I'm 'stumped' too."
inky says (to Floyd), "touch nose" 		

Floyd ]  Lake of Bottomless Despair (West Side)               0/82
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH NOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/83
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Desolate Moorland
Floyd | Black clouds roll across the night sky, picked out by a fringe of
Floyd | silver moonlight. Castle Bloodmoor perches on the north hill like a
Floyd | great wounded bird, crumbling towers providing tattered wings. The
Floyd | forgotten forest fringes the moor to the west, and the lake of
Floyd | bottomless despair spreads itself to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your horse stands nearby, her ears twitching as thunder rolls in the
Floyd | distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Grounds                                       0/84
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Grounds
Floyd | During the day there's all kinds of people milling about here ripe for
Floyd | the haunting, but now the castle grounds are deserted besides a
Floyd | ragged-looking raven perched on a statue. A heavy oak door to the
Floyd | north is closed and heavily locked, not that that's a problem for a
Floyd | ghost such as yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/85
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Desolate Moorland
Floyd | Black clouds roll across the night sky, picked out by a fringe of
Floyd | silver moonlight. Castle Bloodmoor perches on the north hill like a
Floyd | great wounded bird, crumbling towers providing tattered wings. The
Floyd | forgotten forest fringes the moor to the west, and the lake of
Floyd | bottomless despair spreads itself to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your horse stands nearby, her ears twitching as thunder rolls in the
Floyd | distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x horse" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/86
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Pale looks a little spooked, but that's understandable - you are,
Floyd | after all, a most frightening spectre. She keeps trying to shake off
Floyd | her saddlebag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x saddlebag" 		

Floyd ]  Desolate Moorland                                    0/87
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SADDLEBAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not sure why you even need a saddlebag. Though it might make
Floyd | sense to keep your head in there, if you ever find it again.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the saddlebag is a vaguely head-shaped radish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Grounds                                       0/88
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Grounds
Floyd | During the day there's all kinds of people milling about here ripe for
Floyd | the haunting, but now the castle grounds are deserted besides a
Floyd | ragged-looking raven perched on a statue. A heavy oak door to the
Floyd | north is closed and heavily locked, not that that's a problem for a
Floyd | ghost such as yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Bloodmoor                                     0/89
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Bloodmoor
Floyd | Castle Bloodmoor is a vast complex, with buttresses and banquet halls,
Floyd | towers and turrets, and all manner of thoroughly implemented
Floyd | castle-type rooms. Luckily for you you've only been down to the
Floyd | dungeon today, so there's no need to go exploring elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/90
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd | The dungeon smells like peasants, even though there are currently no
Floyd | peasants here. The walls are dank with... well, you're not sure what
Floyd | they're dank with, but it's probably mostly water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Poltergeist Paul slouches in a corner, trying to look like he's
Floyd | actually leaning against the wall even though he clearly isn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "talk to paul" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/91
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO PAUL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Give up?" laughs Paul. "It's under your arm, you damned fool! See for
Floyd | yourself."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/92
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look under arm" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/92
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, your left arm or your right arm?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x left" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              0/92
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEFT
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, your left hand or your left arm?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look under left arm" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              1/92
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER LEFT ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey! Your head was right there under your arm all along! Now that you
Floyd | think about it, that's where it was last time too.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks for playing! This game was made and tested (thanks to Mike
Floyd | Hemsley and MTW, who were each allocated three minutes for
Floyd | playtesting) in three hours for the halloween speed-IF competition
Floyd | Ectocomp 2013. In my defence, three hours isn't very long to make and
Floyd | test a game. Please direct any feedback, transcripts etc. to
Floyd | geoff.moore@mail.com, and happy Halloween!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 1 out of a possible 1, in 92 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		inky says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "geez"
		diggle asks, "nightfloyd?"
diggle arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		DavidW says (to diggle), "yes"
		diggle says, "uh-huh. am at school atm so can't play"
		DavidW says (to diggle), "well, we just played Headless, Hapless -- which is one of the recent Ectocomp games."
diggle says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon                                              1/92
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
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 | >

		
diggle goes home. 		DavidW says, "quit and go to the next game, I think."
		DavidW says, "(also, I like thinking that diggle logged onto the mud from a school's automatic teller machine."
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?" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "list ecto" 		
Floyd says (to DavidW), "Floyd can't find any such games." 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ecto13hillofsouls" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hill of Souls
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Angela Shah
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131026 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |  On the night when the veil between the worlds was thin,
Floyd |  she went up to the hill.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under swirling mist, lamplight glowing on the
Floyd | stones.
Floyd |   A cobweb touched her shoulder.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       The world below faded away.
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under leaden fog, dim lamplight flickering on
Floyd | the moss.
Floyd |   An owl called in the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under swirling mist, lamplight flickering on the
Floyd | leaves.
Floyd |   The smell of disturbed earth drifted over the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		DavidW says, "The player stared at the screen, laden with fallen dust. The smell of forgotten coffee lingered in the air."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under leaden mist, amber lamplight flickering on
Floyd | the grass.
Floyd |   A twig snapped in the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		DavidW asks, "hold on. Is that a prompt we're supposed to type at? Or are we just in an endless loop of madlibs?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under drifting haze, lamplight flickering on the
Floyd | branches.
Floyd |   A wisp of fog brushed her neck.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under leaden mist, lamplight glowing on the
Floyd | ground.
Floyd |   Wings fluttered, unseen.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       The way grew darker among the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under rising haze, amber lamplight glowing on
Floyd | the stones.
Floyd |   The smell of dead leaves rose from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       She held a pale candle and a silvery scrap.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x candle" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under rising haze, dim lamplight flickering on
Floyd | the moss.
Floyd |   Leaves rustled in the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       A pale candle, unlit, flickered with veins of magic.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scrap" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under leaden mist, lamplight flickering on the
Floyd | leaves.
Floyd |   The smell of disturbed earth drifted over the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       A wisp of enchanted cloth glimmered in the amber lamplight.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under rising mist, dim lamplight glowing on the
Floyd | grass.
Floyd |   A cobweb touched her hair.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       The way grew darker among the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under swirling mist, amber lamplight flickering
Floyd | on the branches.
Floyd |   An owl called in the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Twin trees in the center towered over the broken stones and
Floyd | shadowed ground.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hill" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under leaden mist, dim lamplight glowing on the
Floyd | ground.
Floyd |   A wisp of fog brushed her face.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       She saw no such thing there.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stones" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under rising mist, lamplight glowing on the
Floyd | stones.
Floyd |   Leaves rustled in the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       A low stone altar hid under the twin trees, mossy and crumbling.
Floyd |
Floyd |       Carvings writhed in the lamplight.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carvings" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under leaden mist, lamplight flickering on the
Floyd | moss.
Floyd |   A cobweb touched her neck.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       Ancient lines, indistinct and eerie, crawled over the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd |       A thumb-size hole lay in the center.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put candle in hole" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       She set the candle into the altar.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       Wind howled up the hill, and the lamp went out.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       A blue flame came to life on the stone.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under rising mist, icy candlelight glowing on
Floyd | the the twin trees.
Floyd |   A wisp of fog brushed her hand.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flame" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under drifting mist, blue candlelight glowing on
Floyd | the the altar.
Floyd |   The wind moaned, unseen.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       A pale candle, unlit, flickered with veins of magic.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x altar" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under rising mist, spectral candlelight glowing
Floyd | on the the twin trees.
Floyd |   A cobweb touched her hair.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       A low stone altar hid under the twin trees, mossy and crumbling.
Floyd |
Floyd |       Carvings writhed in the blue candlelight.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read carvings" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under swirling mist, icy candlelight glowing on
Floyd | the the altar.
Floyd |   A twig snapped in the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       Ancient lines, indistinct and eerie, crawled over the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd |       The pale candle burned in the center.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cloth on altar" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under leaden haze, spectral candlelight glowing
Floyd | on the the twin trees.
Floyd |   A leaf brushed her neck.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       She put the silvery scrap on the altar.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scrap" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under leaden mist, icy candlelight glowing on
Floyd | the the altar.
Floyd |   Leaves rustled in the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       A wisp of enchanted cloth glimmered in the spectral candlelight.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under leaden mist, blue candlelight glowing on
Floyd | the the twin trees.
Floyd |   The smell of dead leaves rose from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take scrap" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark forest lay under drifting fog, candlelight flickering on
Floyd | the the altar.
Floyd |   A wisp of fog touched her face.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn it" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | She touched the silver scrap to the pale candle. It blazed up,
Floyd | flaming into ash.
Floyd |
Floyd |       The candle winked and burned out of existence.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The darkness rising between the tall trees rippled with shreds
Floyd | of blue flame.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The veil between worlds burned through rising fog and
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |   A twig snapped in the shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x veil" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The veil between worlds burned through drifting mist and
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |   The smell of dead leaves rose across the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The ripple in the air hung between the twin trees, blazing in
Floyd | shreds of blue fire.
Floyd |
Floyd |       The veil burned out.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A rift in the earth lay open in swirling haze, steps leading down
Floyd | into darkness. 
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter veil" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A rift in the earth lay open in swirling fog, steps leading down
Floyd | into darkness. 
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       She saw no such thing there.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A rift in the earth lay open in rising haze, steps leading down
Floyd | into darkness. 
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       Movement in the darkness.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       A spirit rose to the lowest step, eyes glittering in dark mist.
Floyd |
Floyd |       It held out its hand, a red point of light hanging in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push hand" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The spirit's eyes burned grey in mist, its hand raised over a ruby
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       She saw no such thing there.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to spirit" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The spirit's eyes burned grey in mist, its hand raised over a ruby
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       She paused, unsure.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x light" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The spirit's eyes burned grey in mist, its hand raised over a ruby
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       A carved ruby glowing from within, older than the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > 

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ruby" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The spirit's eyes remained on her, burning brighter as it faded
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |       The amulet was hers.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** She had won. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "my"
		DavidW says, "I suspect that would've looked much nicer on a normal terp."
		inky says, "hunh"
		DavidW asks, "one more?"
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?" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ecto13horriblepyramid" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Horrible Pyramid
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Ryan Veeder
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131029 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This area seems intended as an architectural focal point of the tomb,
Floyd | and you stand on the line of symmetry that indicates the position of
Floyd | the burial chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of the pharaoh. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The north wall is decorated with a huge engraving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Professor Anne Chambers, archaeologist and Egyptologist of no
Floyd | small repute. Though your experience in this arena is extensive, you
Floyd | are forced to admit that you have never encountered a pyramid as
Floyd | unusual as this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       3
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x engraving" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ENGRAVING
Floyd |
Floyd | The engraving depicts the pharaoh-magician Apepsikret, wearing the
Floyd | crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, carrying the crook and flail that are
Floyd | the symbols of his office. The wands in his other hands (and the fact
Floyd | that he has two extra arms) probably serve as indications of his
Floyd | supposed magical power.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing next to the pharaoh is his queen, who prior to uncovering
Floyd | this tomb you did not know existed�and whose name you have not yet
Floyd | been able to discover. She, too, is wearing a crown, along with a
Floyd | golden necklace and a pair of golden bracelets, reminders of her
Floyd | husband's immense wealth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "west?"
		DavidW says, "well, I'll just continue. If I'm going too fast, someone let me know."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             5
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pharaoh's Statue Chamber
Floyd | This room is given over to a large statue of this tomb's tenant, the
Floyd | pharaoh-magician Apepsikret.
Floyd |
Floyd | East: Graven Chamber. West: Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue is holding a crook and a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Apepsekrit here looks like a well-proportioned and handsome
Floyd | individual, but of course any depiction of a pharaoh will portray its
Floyd | subject in a flattering light.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the statue of the pharaoh are a crook and a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crook" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | The shepherd's crook is a long staff with a hook at one end.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flail" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The flail is a symbol of the pharaoh's power over crops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to statue" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          9
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | This vestibule connects the exterior of the pyramid to the burial
Floyd | complex inside. Air currents carry in a faint smell of the outdoors..
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Shrine. East: a statue of the pharaoh.South: Outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of miniature silver legs is lying on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x legs" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          10
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEGS
Floyd |
Floyd | These silver legs, apparently part of a larger figurine, have a long
Floyd | circular hole along the longitudinal axis.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "On the guess that we're gonna play build-a-mannequin, I think we should acquire those silver legs."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take legs" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          11
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
DavidW arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               12
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shrine
Floyd | This room appears to be a shrine of some kind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Wheel Chamber. Southeast: Graven Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long metal spindle is set into a pedestal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x spindle" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               13
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPINDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the spindle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pedestal" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               14
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEDESTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the pedestal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put legs on spindle" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               15
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT LEGS ON SPINDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The legs slide smoothly down the spindle and lock into place at its
Floyd | base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take spindle" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               16
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SPINDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The spindle is built into the top of the pedestal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pedestal" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               17
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEDESTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the pedestal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               18
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Shrine
Floyd | This room appears to be a shrine of some kind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Wheel Chamber. Southeast: Graven Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long metal spindle is set into a pedestal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the spindle is a pair of miniature silver legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        19
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheel Chamber
Floyd | This room is unremarkable but for the presence of a large wooden wheel
Floyd | mounted in one wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Southeast: Canopic Chamber. Southwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stone slab blocks the way to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A miniature silver torso is lying on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x torso" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        20
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TORSO
Floyd |
Floyd | This silver torso, apparently part of a larger figurine, has a long
Floyd | circular hole along its longitudinal axis.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        21
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        22
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Though obviously constructed millenia ago, this wheel apparently can
Floyd | still be turned and actuate the connected mechanisms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x slab" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        23
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SLAB
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the sliding stone slab door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        24
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the wheel, and the stone door to the northeast begins to rise
Floyd | from the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you stop turning the wheel, the door begins sliding back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               25
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shrine
Floyd | This room appears to be a shrine of some kind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Wheel Chamber. Southeast: Graven Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long metal spindle is set into a pedestal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the spindle is a pair of miniature silver legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put torso on spindle" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               26
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT TORSO ON SPINDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the silver torso down around the spindle, and it fits snugly
Floyd | on top of the silver legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       27
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This area seems intended as an architectural focal point of the tomb,
Floyd | and you stand on the line of symmetry that indicates the position of
Floyd | the burial chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of the pharaoh. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The north wall is decorated with a huge engraving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               28
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Queen's Statue Chamber
Floyd | This room is dominated by a statue of Apepsikret's mysterious consort.
Floyd |
Floyd | North: Canopic Chamber. West: Graven Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The queen's statue is wearing a golden necklace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x queen" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               28
Floyd |
Floyd | > X QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               28
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x queen's statue" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               28
Floyd |
Floyd | > X QUEEN'S STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x necklace" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               29
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NECKLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | It would probably be very uncomfortable to wear such a heavy piece of
Floyd | jewelry�but you can't stop thinking about how that weight would feel
Floyd | around your neck and shoulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I was wondering where her bracelets were."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Canopic Chamber                                      30
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Canopic Chamber
Floyd | Based on your knowledge of ancient Egyptian tombs, you are led to
Floyd | believe that this room originally contained the canopic jars that
Floyd | housed Apepsikret's internal organs, but judging from the rubble on
Floyd | the floor, the jars and their contents are long gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northwest: Wheel Chamber. South: Queen's Statue Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Graven Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A miniature silver crocodile head is lying on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x head" 		

Floyd ]  Canopic Chamber                                      31
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a circular depression in the base of this silver crocodilian's
Floyd | jaw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take head" 		

Floyd ]  Canopic Chamber                                      32
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       33
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This area seems intended as an architectural focal point of the tomb,
Floyd | and you stand on the line of symmetry that indicates the position of
Floyd | the burial chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of the pharaoh. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The north wall is decorated with a huge engraving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               34
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shrine
Floyd | This room appears to be a shrine of some kind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Wheel Chamber. Southeast: Graven Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long metal spindle is set into a pedestal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the spindle are a miniature silver torso and a pair of miniature
Floyd | silver legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put head on spindle" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               35
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT HEAD ON SPINDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The sinister crocodile head clicks into place above the silver torso,
Floyd | completing the figure of Sobek, the crocodile-headed god of the
Floyd | ancient Egyptians. Something underneath the spindle creaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hidden chamber opens in the pedestal, revealing a golden crown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crown" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               36
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | This golden crown, very similar to that worn by Apepsikret's queen as
Floyd | depicted in that engraving, looks like it would be quite heavy to wear
Floyd | on one's head�and yet...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm."
		DavidW says, "This is a weird guess, but I'm wondering if .. well, maybe I shouldn't say."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take crown" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               37
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          38
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | This vestibule connects the exterior of the pyramid to the burial
Floyd | complex inside. Air currents carry in a faint smell of the outdoors..
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Shrine. East: a statue of the pharaoh.South: Outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          38
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Your research finished, you take your leave of this tomb and return to
Floyd | your University. You have escaped The Horrible Pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** But at what cost? ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          38
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear crown" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          39
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR CROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You don the golden crown, and feel a slight shiver.
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | You could leave the pyramid from here, although that seems hasty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Shrine. East: a statue of the pharaoh.South: Outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             40
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pharaoh's Statue Chamber
Floyd | Here is a massive statue of that Apepsi guy.
Floyd |
Floyd | East: Graven Chamber. West: Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue is holding a crook and a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh 'Apepsi guy'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       41
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | The weird itchy vibe in this tomb seems to be strongest here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of the pharaoh. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engraving on the north wall seems odd for some reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x engraving" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ENGRAVING
Floyd |
Floyd | The man is Apepsikret, and the woman is his wife. She's wearing a
Floyd | crown and a necklace and a pair of bracelets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bracelets" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRACELETS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               43
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Queen's Statue Chamber
Floyd | The statue in this room is a statue of Apepsikret's wife. A lucky
Floyd | woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | North: Canopic Chamber. West: Graven Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The queen's statue is wearing a golden necklace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take necklace" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               44
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NECKLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | The necklace is up around the neck of the statue, and impossible for
Floyd | you to reach without some kind of hooked implement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, the crook for a crook"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       45
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | The weird itchy vibe in this tomb seems to be strongest here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of the pharaoh. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engraving on the north wall seems odd for some reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             46
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pharaoh's Statue Chamber
Floyd | Here is a massive statue of that Apepsi guy.
Floyd |
Floyd | East: Graven Chamber. West: Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue is holding a crook and a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take crook" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             47
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       48
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | The weird itchy vibe in this tomb seems to be strongest here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of the pharaoh. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engraving on the north wall seems odd for some reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               49
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Queen's Statue Chamber
Floyd | The statue in this room is a statue of Apepsikret's wife. A lucky
Floyd | woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | North: Canopic Chamber. West: Graven Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The queen's statue is wearing a golden necklace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take necklace with crook" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               49
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NECKLACE WITH CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take the golden necklace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take necklace" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               50
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NECKLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get the hook of the crook around the necklace, and are able to
Floyd | pull it down and into your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear necklace" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               51
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR NECKLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don the golden necklace, and shudder for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Queen's Statue Chamber
Floyd | Apepsikret's gorgeous queen stands here in statue form, and you nearly
Floyd | rival each other in beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | North: Canopic Chamber. West: Graven Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x queen" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               51
Floyd |
Floyd | > X QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               51
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       52
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This is that room where you started.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of Apepsikret. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The north wall is rippling and undulating and whispering and wobbling
Floyd | impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       53
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NORTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | In the dazzling image floating around the north wall the
Floyd | god-king-wizard Apepsikret stands in stately splendor with his
Floyd | gorgeous wife, who is wearing the gorgeous crown and the gorgeous
Floyd | necklace and the gorgeous pair of bracelets that her gorgeous husband
Floyd | had fashioned especially for her, and whose name is probably Anne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "heh. That is what I expected. But where are those bracelets?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push wall" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       54
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             55
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pharaoh's Statue Chamber
Floyd | A huge statue of Apepsikret is here and it looks pretty buff.
Floyd |
Floyd | East: Graven Chamber. West: Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue is holding a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss statue" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             55
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flail" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             56
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FLAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          57
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | This is the room through which you and Apepsikret entered this
Floyd | gorgeous tomb.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Shrine. East: a statue of Apepsikret.South: Outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               58
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shrine
Floyd | You find yourself in a shrine most likely.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Wheel Chamber. Southeast: Graven Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long metal spindle is set into a pedestal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the spindle are a miniature silver crocodile head, a miniature
Floyd | silver torso and a pair of miniature silver legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sobek" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               59
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SOBEK
Floyd |
Floyd | This is either the crocodile head of Sobek, the crocodile-head god of
Floyd | crocodiles, or it's just the head of a regular man-eating crocodile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        60
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheel Chamber
Floyd | For reasons you can definitely guess and in fact have already guessed,
Floyd | a wooden wheel is stuck in the walls and in fact is definitely stuck
Floyd | in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Southeast: Canopic Chamber. Southwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stone slab blocks the way to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        61
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the wheel, and the stone door to the northeast begins to rise
Floyd | from the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you stop turning the wheel, the door begins sliding back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "block door with flail" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        61
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOCK DOOR WITH FLAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        62
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's not enough space underneath the door for you to get through
Floyd | and be sure you'll get out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone door continues to slide down toward the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put crook under door" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        62
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CROOK UNDER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put crook in wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        63
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CROOK IN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone door continues to slide down toward the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        64
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone door falls to the ground with a thump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Not sure of what verb to use there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Canopic Chamber                                      65
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Canopic Chamber
Floyd | This is the room where they keep all the precious rubble that tends to
Floyd | accumulate in ancient tombs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northwest: Wheel Chamber. South: Queen's Statue Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Graven Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rubble" 		

Floyd ]  Canopic Chamber                                      66
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUBBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This rubble is of no interest to you specifically, although a boring
Floyd | archaeologist would probably be really excited about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search rubble" 		

Floyd ]  Canopic Chamber                                      67
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH RUBBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bracelets" 		

Floyd ]  Canopic Chamber                                      67
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRACELETS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        68
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheel Chamber
Floyd | For reasons you can definitely guess and in fact have already guessed,
Floyd | a wooden wheel is stuck in the walls and in fact is definitely stuck
Floyd | in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Southeast: Canopic Chamber. Southwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stone slab blocks the way to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        69
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the wheel, and the stone door to the northeast begins to rise
Floyd | from the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you stop turning the wheel, the door begins sliding back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put flail under door" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        69
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FLAIL UNDER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put crook under door" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        69
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CROOK UNDER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        70
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's not enough space underneath the door for you to get through
Floyd | and be sure you'll get out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone door continues to slide down toward the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        71
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's not enough space underneath the door for you to get through
Floyd | and be sure you'll get out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone door continues to slide down toward the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        72
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's not enough space underneath the door for you to get through
Floyd | and be sure you'll get out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone door falls to the ground with a thump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        73
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The wheel turns, just like the sun turns in the sky, just like the
Floyd | earth turns below the sun, just like your body turns into a disgusting
Floyd | mummy and then you steadfastly refuse to rot in the incredible dryness
Floyd | of The Horrible Pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        74
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Your name is Anne and you are supposed to be here in The Horrible
Floyd | Pyramid, which is perfect because you are in The Horrible Pyramid
Floyd | right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        75
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a flail
Floyd |   a golden necklace (being worn)
Floyd |   a crook
Floyd |   a golden crown (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave flail" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        76
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE FLAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You look ridiculous waving the flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               77
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shrine
Floyd | You find yourself in a shrine most likely.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Wheel Chamber. Southeast: Graven Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long metal spindle is set into a pedestal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the spindle are a miniature silver crocodile head, a miniature
Floyd | silver torso and a pair of miniature silver legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               77
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push pedestal ne" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               78
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH PEDESTAL NE
Floyd |
Floyd | The pedestal cannot be pushed from place to place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       79
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This is that room where you started.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of Apepsikret. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The north wall is rippling and undulating and whispering and wobbling
Floyd | impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to north wall" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       80
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN TO NORTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             81
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pharaoh's Statue Chamber
Floyd | A huge statue of Apepsikret is here and it looks pretty buff.
Floyd |
Floyd | East: Graven Chamber. West: Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue is holding nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put flail on statue" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             82
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FLAIL ON STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the flail on the statue of the pharaoh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put crook on statue" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             83
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CROOK ON STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the crook on the statue of the pharaoh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put crown on statue" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             84
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CROWN ON STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking it off)
Floyd | You can't take the golden crown off because then you would not feel as
Floyd | good or as happy or as appropriate or as powerful as you feel right
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push statue e" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             85
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH STATUE E
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue of the pharaoh cannot be pushed from place to place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             86
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You are completely mesmerized by the majesty and abdominal muscles of
Floyd | god-wizard-king Apepsekrit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the statue of the pharaoh are a crook and a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jam" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             86
Floyd |
Floyd | > JAM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "block" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             86
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW has disconnected. 		
DavidW has connected. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             87
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Pharaoh's Statue Chamber
Floyd | A huge statue of Apepsikret is here and it looks pretty buff.
Floyd |
Floyd | East: Graven Chamber. West: Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue is holding a crook and a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          88
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | This is the room through which you and Apepsikret entered this
Floyd | gorgeous tomb.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Shrine. East: a statue of Apepsikret.South: Outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          89
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't leave now! So rude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               90
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shrine
Floyd | You find yourself in a shrine most likely.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Wheel Chamber. Southeast: Graven Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long metal spindle is set into a pedestal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the spindle are a miniature silver crocodile head, a miniature
Floyd | silver torso and a pair of miniature silver legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take head" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               91
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The miniature silver crocodile head is stuck on the spindle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn head" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               92
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn pedestal" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               93
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN PEDESTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       94
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This is that room where you started.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of Apepsikret. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The north wall is rippling and undulating and whispering and wobbling
Floyd | impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read north wall" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       95
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NORTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | In the dazzling image floating around the north wall the
Floyd | god-king-wizard Apepsikret stands in stately splendor with his
Floyd | gorgeous wife, who is wearing the gorgeous crown and the gorgeous
Floyd | necklace and the gorgeous pair of bracelets that her gorgeous husband
Floyd | had fashioned especially for her, and whose name is probably Anne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to north wall" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       95
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO NORTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       96
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             97
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pharaoh's Statue Chamber
Floyd | A huge statue of Apepsikret is here and it looks pretty buff.
Floyd |
Floyd | East: Graven Chamber. West: Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue is holding a crook and a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x apepsikret" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             97
Floyd |
Floyd | > X APEPSIKRET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             98
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You are completely mesmerized by the majesty and abdominal muscles of
Floyd | god-wizard-king Apepsekrit.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the statue of the pharaoh are a crook and a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flail" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             99
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The significance of the flail is as useless to you as it is
Floyd | unimportant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crook" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             100
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a stick with a hook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take crook" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             101
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       102
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This is that room where you started.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of Apepsikret. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The north wall is rippling and undulating and whispering and wobbling
Floyd | impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Canopic Chamber                                      103
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Canopic Chamber
Floyd | This is the room where they keep all the precious rubble that tends to
Floyd | accumulate in ancient tombs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northwest: Wheel Chamber. South: Queen's Statue Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Graven Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               104
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Queen's Statue Chamber
Floyd | Apepsikret's gorgeous queen stands here in statue form, and you nearly
Floyd | rival each other in beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | North: Canopic Chamber. West: Graven Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bracelets" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               104
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BRACELETS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               105
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Canopic Chamber                                      106
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Canopic Chamber
Floyd | This is the room where they keep all the precious rubble that tends to
Floyd | accumulate in ancient tombs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northwest: Wheel Chamber. South: Queen's Statue Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Graven Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        107
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheel Chamber
Floyd | For reasons you can definitely guess and in fact have already guessed,
Floyd | a wooden wheel is stuck in the walls and in fact is definitely stuck
Floyd | in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Southeast: Canopic Chamber. Southwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stone slab blocks the way to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        108
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the wheel, and the stone door to the northeast begins to rise
Floyd | from the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you stop turning the wheel, the door begins sliding back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        109
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone door continues to slide down toward the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        110
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the wheel, and the stone door continues to rise.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you stop turning the wheel, the door begins sliding back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hook wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        111
Floyd |
Floyd | > HOOK WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone door continues to slide down toward the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "can you go north through the wobbly wall?"
		DavidW says, "dunno"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               112
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shrine
Floyd | You find yourself in a shrine most likely.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Wheel Chamber. Southeast: Graven Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long metal spindle is set into a pedestal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the spindle are a miniature silver crocodile head, a miniature
Floyd | silver torso and a pair of miniature silver legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       113
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This is that room where you started.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of Apepsikret. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The north wall is rippling and undulating and whispering and wobbling
Floyd | impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       114
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You very nearly almost can walk through the wall, which would be
Floyd | ideal, because this wall seems like it shouldn't be there, and ideally
Floyd | you assume that being on the other side of this wall is preferable to
Floyd | being on this side of this wall, but you still are not prepared for
Floyd | what is on the other side of this increasingly insubstantial wall that
Floyd | you keep going on about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "uh what"
		DavidW says, "good thinking, but I guess it's the other order."
		DavidW says, "Perhaps the bracelets are on the other side of the slab, and the true exit is through this wobbly wall."
		DavidW says, "let me put the crook back, just in case"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             115
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pharaoh's Statue Chamber
Floyd | A huge statue of Apepsikret is here and it looks pretty buff.
Floyd |
Floyd | East: Graven Chamber. West: Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue is holding a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put crook on statue" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             116
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CROOK ON STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the crook on the statue of the pharaoh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       117
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This is that room where you started.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of Apepsikret. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The north wall is rippling and undulating and whispering and wobbling
Floyd | impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       118
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You very nearly almost can walk through the wall, which would be
Floyd | ideal, because this wall seems like it shouldn't be there, and ideally
Floyd | you assume that being on the other side of this wall is preferable to
Floyd | being on this side of this wall, but you still are not prepared for
Floyd | what is on the other side of this increasingly insubstantial wall that
Floyd | you keep going on about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch north wall" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       119
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH NORTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask wall about bracelets" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       119
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WALL ABOUT BRACELETS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               120
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shrine
Floyd | You find yourself in a shrine most likely.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Wheel Chamber. Southeast: Graven Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long metal spindle is set into a pedestal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the spindle are a miniature silver crocodile head, a miniature
Floyd | silver torso and a pair of miniature silver legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        121
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheel Chamber
Floyd | For reasons you can definitely guess and in fact have already guessed,
Floyd | a wooden wheel is stuck in the walls and in fact is definitely stuck
Floyd | in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Southeast: Canopic Chamber. Southwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stone slab blocks the way to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		inky says, "version"
		inky says, "er"
inky says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        121
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | The Horrible Pyramid
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Ryan Veeder
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131029 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //51B53CCE-6164-4549-B90B-74043C3387F7//
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (6b) / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh, Ryan Veeder"
		inky says, "that dude is everywhere these days"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        122
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the wheel, and the stone door to the northeast begins to rise
Floyd | from the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you stop turning the wheel, the door begins sliding back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hold door" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        123
Floyd |
Floyd | > HOLD DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone door continues to slide down toward the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        124
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The block of stone is too heavy for you to move it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone door continues to slide down toward the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick door" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        124
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        125
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone door falls to the ground with a thump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky asks, "can you brace the wheel or the door with the crook?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "brace" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        125
Floyd |
Floyd | > BRACE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If so, I'm not guessing the right verb."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               126
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shrine
Floyd | You find yourself in a shrine most likely.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Wheel Chamber. Southeast: Graven Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long metal spindle is set into a pedestal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the spindle are a miniature silver crocodile head, a miniature
Floyd | silver torso and a pair of miniature silver legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       127
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This is that room where you started.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of Apepsikret. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The north wall is rippling and undulating and whispering and wobbling
Floyd | impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             128
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pharaoh's Statue Chamber
Floyd | A huge statue of Apepsikret is here and it looks pretty buff.
Floyd |
Floyd | East: Graven Chamber. West: Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue is holding a crook and a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take crook" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             129
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       130
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This is that room where you started.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | statue of Apepsikret. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The north wall is rippling and undulating and whispering and wobbling
Floyd | impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Canopic Chamber                                      131
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Canopic Chamber
Floyd | This is the room where they keep all the precious rubble that tends to
Floyd | accumulate in ancient tombs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northwest: Wheel Chamber. South: Queen's Statue Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Graven Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        132
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheel Chamber
Floyd | For reasons you can definitely guess and in fact have already guessed,
Floyd | a wooden wheel is stuck in the walls and in fact is definitely stuck
Floyd | in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Southeast: Canopic Chamber. Southwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stone slab blocks the way to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "feel free to try"
inky says (to Floyd), "put crook on wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        133
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CROOK ON WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the wheel would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "turn wheel with crook" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        133
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL WITH CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to turn the wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put crook under slab" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        133
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CROOK UNDER SLAB
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "put crook in slab" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        134
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CROOK IN SLAB
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        135
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the wheel, and the stone door to the northeast begins to rise
Floyd | from the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you stop turning the wheel, the door begins sliding back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        136
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the sliding stone slab door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone door continues to slide down toward the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        137
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the wheel, and the stone door continues to rise.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you stop turning the wheel, the door begins sliding back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        138
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | As you continue turning the wheel, the stone door rises further, now
Floyd | high enough for you to walk comfortably underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you stop turning the wheel, the door begins sliding back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "insert crook" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        138
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSERT CROOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        139
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You continue turning the wheel, and the stone door continues to rise,
Floyd | but then something cracks�the wheel no longer gives any resistance,
Floyd | and the door stops moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "is that good or bad? I guess it's good?"
		DavidW asks, "huh. It's good. I don't know what you did differently. Two turns close together?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel                                               140
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | There is a sharp turn in the tunnel but that is completely natural�if
Floyd | slightly unnatural and profoundly worrying.
Floyd |
Floyd | South: A dead end. Southwest: Wheel Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a space open beneath the stone slab to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "yeah I guess"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End                                             141
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead End
Floyd | There's a skeleton lying on the floor, which seems natural given that
Floyd | all flesh will eventually disintegrate and leave increasingly brittle
Floyd | bones bones behind to be chewed on by hyenas.
Floyd |
Floyd | North: That insane bend in the tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skeleton" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End                                             142
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SKELETON
Floyd |
Floyd | Its eye sockets are open wide even in death, as if to say, "This is
Floyd | definitely the perfect place to die and rot away until my eyes are
Floyd | eaten by bugs and leave behind only the empty eye sockets that I am
Floyd | talking out of right now," even in death.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is wearing a pair of golden bracelets that definitely do not belong
Floyd | to it and are definitely useless to it now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "our bracelets!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bracelets" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End                                             143
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BRACELETS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear bracelets" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End                                             144
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR BRACELETS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don the pair of golden bracelets, and everything starts making a
Floyd | lot more sense. A lot more sense. Yes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead End
Floyd | You look around the dead end and are shocked to see a skellington! Its
Floyd | awful hideousness is beyond that of any skellington you have ever seen
Floyd | or have definitely never seen before.
Floyd |
Floyd | North: The rest of the tunnel that you are currently at the end of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think a tour around the pyramid is in order, to see the new descriptions."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel                                               145
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | The tunnel twists with unholy purposefulness, leaving you confused and
Floyd | angry and dazzled in its wake.
Floyd |
Floyd | South: A dead end. Southwest: Wheel Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a space open beneath the stone slab to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        146
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheel Chamber
Floyd | Here in this room is where the wooden wheel that leads to adventure
Floyd | and death can be found, but it is of no importance to an immortal
Floyd | bride of Magic Incarnate such as yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Southeast: Canopic Chamber. Southwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a space open beneath the stone slab to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky asks, "does all the jewelry provide new descriptions?"
		inky says, "because that is impressive"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crown" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        147
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | It is perfect for you to be wearing this crown, and you are perfect
Floyd | because you are wearing it, and god-king-wizard Apepsikret is pleased.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bracelets" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        148
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRACELETS
Floyd |
Floyd | These are the bracelets that only Apepsikret's beautiful queen should
Floyd | wear, and is currently wearing right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x necklace" 		

Floyd ]  Wheel Chamber                                        149
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NECKLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Apepsikret is pleased that you have donned his necklace, the symbol of
Floyd | your eternal marriage to his mummified, magical majesty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Canopic Chamber                                      150
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Canopic Chamber
Floyd | This room is useless and you have better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northwest: Wheel Chamber. South: Queen's Statue Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Graven Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Queen's Statue Chamber                               151
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Queen's Statue Chamber
Floyd | Apepsikret built this breathtaking statue of you because he loves you
Floyd | and he wants you to look at how breathtaking you are. What a sweet
Floyd | mummy he is.
Floyd |
Floyd | North: Canopic Chamber. West: Graven Chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       152
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This is it. This is the point where time intersects with space and
Floyd | then time puts on all of space's clothes and time starts to believe
Floyd | that time is space and now space has been completely subsumed by time
Floyd | and vice versa and everything is just fantastic. Apepsikret is just
Floyd | ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | lovely statue of lovely Apepsikret. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no north wall. The burial chamber is north. There never was a
Floyd | north wall. Why would there be a north wall? How stupidly hilarious.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             153
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pharaoh's Statue Chamber
Floyd | Here is that rock-solid statue of that rock-solid man-god-king-wizard
Floyd | Apepsikret, with abs like diamonds that you could cut diamonds on
Floyd | if he deigned to permit diamonds to be cut upon it all glory
Floyd | to Apepsikret.
Floyd |
Floyd | East: Graven Chamber. West: Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue is holding a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That's some chest he's rockin'."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Pharaoh's Statue Chamber                             154
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely what your husband Apepsekrit looked like in life,
Floyd | and definitely continues to look like now, only more embalmed and
Floyd | deader.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the statue of the pharaoh is a flail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Antechamber                                          155
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | There is no way out, which is perfect, this is the best place to be,
Floyd | here in a stone tomb with Apepsikret, the perfect man and also perfect
Floyd | god-king.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Shrine. East: a lovely statue of lovely Apepsikret.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Shrine                                               156
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shrine
Floyd | Here is Apepsikret's completely horrifying and hypnotic shrine to
Floyd | Sobek, the monster god of monster crocodiles, who eats ibises whole,
Floyd | who grins toothily upon those whom he favors upon, whose head is like
Floyd | unto that of a crocodile.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Wheel Chamber. Southeast: Graven Chamber. Southwest:
Floyd | Antechamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long metal spindle is set into a pedestal here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the spindle are a miniature silver crocodile head, a miniature
Floyd | silver torso and a pair of miniature silver legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       157
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Graven Chamber
Floyd | This is it. This is the point where time intersects with space and
Floyd | then time puts on all of space's clothes and time starts to believe
Floyd | that time is space and now space has been completely subsumed by time
Floyd | and vice versa and everything is just fantastic. Apepsikret is just
Floyd | ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast: Canopic Chamber. East: a statue of the queen. West: a
Floyd | lovely statue of lovely Apepsikret. Northwest: Shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no north wall. The burial chamber is north. There never was a
Floyd | north wall. Why would there be a north wall? How stupidly hilarious.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf14" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Graven Chamber                                       157
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Burial Chamber                                       157
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Burial Chamber
Floyd | The sarcophagus is open, and your god-king-groom-wizard-master is
Floyd | within. His eye sockets glint like empty wells as you approach, and he
Floyd | smiles with his tiny chipped stumps of teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are so glad you've found him, and I am thrilled, I am beyond
Floyd | thrilled, I weep nonexistent eternal tears of invisible joy to know
Floyd | that you have finally found me, the omnipotent and undying Pharaoh
Floyd | Apepsikret, and you are weeping as well, because now you and I will be
Floyd | dead together forever as mummy husband and mummy wife, here in the
Floyd | depths of the Horrible Pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That was creepy and sweet at the same time."
		inky says, "yeep"
		DavidW says, "I think that's enough for one night."
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?" 		DavidW says, "Thanks inky and ggg and Jacqueline."
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "Interestingly, the map of Horrible Pyramid is triangular."
		DavidW says, "It was an interesting set tonight. More into atmosphere and mechanics than story or puzzles."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life by Truthcraze
As played on ifMUD on December 15, 2013

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 Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life written by Truthcraze. Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life was released as part of the 2013 IF Competition, in which it took fifth place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

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 hollers, "In five minutes, CF will play Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life by Truthcraze! See you soon in the Toyshop!" 		
djfletch arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
dddddd arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		* Jacqueline has added dddddd to the channel.
olethros arrives, full of fun and funk. 		olethros says, "and what best to do on the way home than cfing"
dddddd says, "Thank you Jacqueline. This is my first time here, so I'll just look how this goes"" 		Jacqueline says, "Hello, dddddd. Welcome to the ifMUD and to ClubFloyd."
		dddddd says, "Hello"
		Jacqueline says, "Hooray."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, the reason we need to speak on channel during the game is to keep our final transcript clean. Have you seen any of the transcripts?"
dddddd says, "no, Jacqueline. I'll search for one..." 		Jacqueline says (to dddddd), "No worries. I'll post a link."
		Jacqueline says, "So, I know it's hard at first, but it's really key to keep it on the channel from here on out, which is easy now that you've set the channel."
		Jacqueline says, "Now all you have to do is put a ; before what you want to say."
		Jacqueline says, "The main reason I wanted to know if you've seen a transcript is because you need to know that we're recording our session and that it will be posted online."
		dddddd says, "That's fine. Thanks."
		Jacqueline says, "So, keep that in mind as we play. (Though you seem very polite and I will be surprised if you start, say, talking smack about the author.)"
		Jacqueline says, "So, let's see."
		Jacqueline asks, "Have any of you played this? Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life by Truthcraze?"
		Jacqueline has not.
		dddddd says, "Not me."
		djfletch says, "Hello. I haven't played this one yet either."
		maga says, "I have"
		maga says, "but I'm going to be sitting back, as usual"
		Jacqueline says (to maga), "You've played everything ever, I think."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, so we have at least three, maybe four with olethros. Cool."
		maga says, "recent comp games, sure"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask bonaventure" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere in the deep, dark swamps of the Everglades, far beyond the
Floyd | reach of civilized men in their London cut double-breasted suits and
Floyd | their bowler hats, strides a man;  TEX BONAVENTURE, professional
Floyd | treasure hunter, semi-professional card sharp, and a rank amateur at
Floyd | judging when to stride and when to row a boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are rumors as to what he's after.  Some say diamonds.  Some say
Floyd | gold.  Others, with a knowing twinkle in their eye, beckon the curious
Floyd | close and whisper a single word - "youth".
Floyd |
Floyd | Struggling to slighly higher ground, what you really want at this
Floyd | moment is a dry pair of socks, and to go back in time about three days
Floyd | and smack yourself about the head for not buying a canoe when you
Floyd | could.  That is, until you part some vines, and there it stands before
Floyd | you, what the natives call Cukovcatv Em Oheskatv Vhesaketv:
Floyd |
Floyd | The Temple of the Water of Life.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple
Floyd | Trying to shake the mud from your boots, but only splattering it
Floyd | around a little, you eventually give up and look around.  Atop a small
Floyd | hillock in the middle of the Everglades sits a foreboding stone
Floyd | temple.  Its entrance, a wide arch of stone, lies to the east, up the
Floyd | hill.  To the west lies the swamp from which you came.  The swamp also
Floyd | lies to the north.  And the south.  Probably to the east, as well,
Floyd | behind the temple, but you can't see that from here.  It's a safe bet,
Floyd | though.  99% of the Everglades is swamp.  And 1% is, apparently,
Floyd | hidden temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge green fierce snake bars the way to the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oh no, a monster already"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a whip and a gun. You are wearing the battered fedora
Floyd | and an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Tex Bonaventure, card carrying treasure hunter, card playing hustler,
Floyd | been called a card by a few ladies... or was that a "cad"?  You have
Floyd | to admit, you're beginning to feel your years a little bit.  What you
Floyd | would kindly describe as "grizzled", the less-kindly (such as some of
Floyd | those ladies) would describe as... well, they would say "grizzled",
Floyd | too but they wouldn't say it with respect.  A bit of disdain and
Floyd | clenched teeth, perhaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perpetually "one last score" away from retirement.  But this might be
Floyd | the last, for real.  The rumor has it, treasure for the rest of your
Floyd | life is in the top of the Temple... and that life can be very long
Floyd | indeed.  Very very long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "What I love already is how original this piece is. Battered fedora and an old leather jacket with a whip and a gun? Somebody should make a movie like that."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "snake, hello" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SNAKE, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | [Use TALK TO to interact with characters.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You hiss a bit at the snake.  The snake hisses back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "whip snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the snake.  You whip it good.  The snake
Floyd | becomes even more agitated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "snrk again"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the snake.  You whip it good.  The snake
Floyd | becomes even more agitated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "shoot snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    5/8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the gun)
Floyd | You take steady aim, walking close to the snake.  You only have one
Floyd | bullet, and you don't want to miss.  Unfortunately, the snake also
Floyd | takes steady aim, and strikes your calf just as you fire.  You end up
Floyd | putting a hole in the snake, but it put two into you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the red hot pain of the venom injected into your calf, and
Floyd | the icy grip of death approaching as the poison starts traveling
Floyd | through your body.  Your only hope is antivenom - which you don't have
Floyd | with you.  And somehow you don't think you'll survive the three day
Floyd | hike to civilization.
Floyd |
Floyd | So your REAL only hope is that the rumors are true.  That at the
Floyd | pinnacle of the temple there flows the Water of Life.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 1 - "I hate snakes, Jock!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wait, only one bullet and no canoe? We suck at adventuring."
olethros says, "supermarket!" 		
olethros says it takes the safety of donkeys "very seriously" 		djfletch says, "hopefully we can find an ammo shop later"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, isn't it 'Jacques,' not 'Jock?'"
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh, no. It *is* Jock."
		Jacqueline says, "Huh."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    5/9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple
Floyd | Atop a small hillock in the middle of the Everglades sits a foreboding
Floyd | stone temple.  Its entrance, a wide arch of stone, lies to the east,
Floyd | up the hill.  To the west lies the swamp.  The swamp also lies to the
Floyd | north.  And the south.  Probably to the east, as well, behind the
Floyd | temple, but you can't see that from here.  It's a safe bet, though.
Floyd | 99% of the Everglades is swamp.  And 1% is, apparently, hidden
Floyd | temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | The remains of a snake, sans head, lie in front of the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x remains" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X REMAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, it used to be a snake.  Now it's kind of a... fleshy rope?
Floyd | Terribly thick belt?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get remains" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    6/11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET REMAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly pick up the snake, by the tail.  Not that you're scared
Floyd | of snakes.  Who would be scared of snakes?  ...bats, on the other
Floyd | hand... ick.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 2 - "Surely this will be useful?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, our score went up, even though we were bit, so I'm guessing we run with that."
		djfletch says, "yeah, I'm assuming that meant it was the right thing to do"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x fedora" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    6/12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FEDORA
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, you know exactly what this hat looks like.  After all, it is
Floyd | YOUR hat, right?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, I guess I will map"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    6/13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The coat has served you well.  Perhaps that's why you wear it, even in
Floyd | the sweltering jungle heat.  It's currently zipped up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "cool"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    6/14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open an old leather jacket, revealing a bundle of maps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x maps" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    6/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAPS
Floyd |
Floyd | They got you this far.  Unfortunately, all the maps end at the
Floyd | entrance of the temple - none describe the inside at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "ok, should we go east?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x swamp" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    6/16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't relish the thought of the three day hike out of the swamp.
Floyd | But the riches available in the temple will paradoxically lighten your
Floyd | load - or at least happy thoughts of spending them will.  Plus... if
Floyd | the rumors are true... perhaps your arthritis will be a thing of the
Floyd | past, soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You limp through the archway, into the dark temple interior...
Floyd |
Floyd | Taking your first breath of cool, moist air inside the temple, you
Floyd | look around in wonder...

		
djfletch pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life
Floyd | A Tex(t) Adventure by Truthcraze
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131007 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)

		
djfletch pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/17
Floyd | 6/12N)## The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | The first thing you notice in the Temple is the sound of water,
Floyd | dripping and running and burbling.  The sound seems to come from all
Floyd | around you, all directions.  Combined with the relative coolness and
Floyd | darkness of the temple (cool and dark compared to the Everglade swamp
Floyd | outside), you feel like sleeping.  But sleep, with your injuries,
Floyd | means death.  Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of
Floyd | the Temple, which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in
Floyd | the stone walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In
Floyd | the middle of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone
Floyd | that may enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 4 - "Late title card!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking at the statue, it is absorbed as a gestalt.  Aspects are not
Floyd | seen in order, but all at once.  It is only when you look away, you
Floyd | can think logically about it.  You remember a man made of pure white
Floyd | alabaster at the center, arms flung outward, touching both north and
Floyd | south walls with his hands.  His head, you recall, was thrown back -
Floyd | but whether in agony or ecstasy you can't tell.  Around the man water,
Floyd | frozen water, raised in a spout.  That can't be right.  Some stone,
Floyd | translucent blue, the likes of which you've never seen in all your
Floyd | years of treasure hunting.  The statue is twenty feet tall, at the
Floyd | minimum, and somehow occupies most of the room, yet is hard to look
Floyd | directly at... perhaps you could look at pieces of it at a time, if
Floyd | you're careful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x arms" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARMS
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue's arms touch the north and south walls of the entrance
Floyd | hall, and seem poised to either crash together and crush whatever is
Floyd | in their path, or perhaps they are pushing against the walls, keeping
Floyd | them upright.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x head" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue's head is thrown back, and not easily visible from the
Floyd | floor of the entrance hall.  Which is odd, because in your opinion,
Floyd | (and you have many opinions about strange, cultish temples, having
Floyd | been in a few), the point of a statue is to convey the desired emotion
Floyd | in the viewer.  And that is difficult to do, if you can't see the
Floyd | face.  It makes you uneasy.  Very uneasy, the more you look at it.
Floyd | Which, you belatedly realize, may be the point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | The sound of water is all around, but there is none in evidence in
Floyd | this room.  Except for the huge statue, but that's more a
Floyd | representation of water, really.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no real good way to get a grip on the statue.  Although, in
Floyd | your attempts, you do notice a small hole in the base of the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There seems to be a small hole at the base of the statue - about the
Floyd | size of your arm, it extends deep into the mesmerizing blue stone -
Floyd | you can't see the bottom of it, but there appears to be something
Floyd | stuck in it.  Perhaps you should reach in and get it out.  Nothing bad
Floyd | will happen.  The more you look at the stone, the deeper you peer into
Floyd | the hole, the more you just want to put your arm into it.  Perhaps
Floyd | now.  Certainly now.  "Let's PUT MY ARM INTO THE HOLE!" cries a voice
Floyd | in your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "haha"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf19" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/23
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I've forgotten how you reset the save counter"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf20" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/23
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oops. I meant..."
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		Jacqueline says, "The commands are "clear save" and"
		Jacqueline says, ""press save""
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/23
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar arrives, full of fun and funk. 		djfletch says, "thanks"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put arm in hole" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ARM IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach into the hole, obeying your mental compulsion.  Almost
Floyd | immediately, a band of metal blades constricts around your arm,
Floyd | severing it from your shoulder.  You are able to stagger two steps
Floyd | away before you collapse to the ground in shock, and bleed out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOUR CHARM IS LIKE THOSE BLADES - DISARMING ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 7 out of a possible 142, in 23 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, I a, slow at mapping it would appear, but I'll speed up as we go."
		djfletch says, "no problem"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/23
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in hole" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You peer deep into the hole.  It looks like the item is... woven,
Floyd | somehow.  Perhaps it's... a rope necklace?  Perhaps you should reach
Floyd | in and get it out.  Nothing bad will happen.  The more you look at the
Floyd | stone, the deeper you peer into the hole, the more you just want to
Floyd | put your arm into it.  Perhaps now.  Certainly now.  "Let's PUT MY ARM
Floyd | INTO THE HOLE!" cries a voice in your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put whip in hole" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WHIP IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to risk losing that down the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put snake in hole" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SNAKE IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide not to risk losing that down the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "hmm, let's leave this for now"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking at the statue, it is absorbed as a gestalt.  Aspects are not
Floyd | seen in order, but all at once.  It is only when you look away, you
Floyd | can think logically about it.  You remember a man made of pure white
Floyd | alabaster at the center, arms flung outward, touching both north and
Floyd | south walls with his hands.  His head, you recall, was thrown back -
Floyd | but whether in agony or ecstasy you can't tell.  Around the man water,
Floyd | frozen water, raised in a spout.  That can't be right.  Some stone,
Floyd | translucent blue, the likes of which you've never seen in all your
Floyd | years of treasure hunting.  The statue is twenty feet tall, at the
Floyd | minimum, and somehow occupies most of the room, yet is hard to look
Floyd | directly at... perhaps you could look at pieces of it at a time, if
Floyd | you're careful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x spout" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | The blue stone that makes up the statue's depiction of water is
Floyd | mesmerizing.  You've never seen anything like it.  If only you could
Floyd | cut just a few slabs of it - a few hundred carats of it, enough to
Floyd | bring to a jeweler - that would be enough to finance the rest of your
Floyd | life, you're sure.  Hah.  Of course, if you can't find the Water of
Floyd | Life, the rest of your life won't be very long, or hard to finance,
Floyd | you're sure.  The more you stare at the blue sparkling stone, though,
Floyd | the more you want to stare at it.  There's only one flaw, one tiny
Floyd | hole in the stone, at the very base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x hand" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAND
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue's arms touch the north and south walls of the entrance
Floyd | hall, and seem poised to either crash together and crush whatever is
Floyd | in their path, or perhaps they are pushing against the walls, keeping
Floyd | them upright.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "whip statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the statue.  That'll show it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There seems to be a small hole at the base of the statue - about the
Floyd | size of your arm, it extends deep into the mesmerizing blue stone -
Floyd | you can't see the bottom of it, but there appears to be something
Floyd | stuck in it.  Perhaps you should reach in and get it out.  Nothing bad
Floyd | will happen.  The more you look at the stone, the deeper you peer into
Floyd | the hole, the more you just want to put your arm into it.  Perhaps
Floyd | now.  Certainly now.  "Let's PUT MY ARM INTO THE HOLE!" cries a voice
Floyd | in your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, that was the hole. Got it."
		djfletch says, "I don't know what else to try with it until we get better items."
		Jacqueline says, "So, let's just explore for now. Pick a direction: n, s, or e."
		djfletch says, "ok"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        7/32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit
Floyd | Wind whistles through this room, threatening to knock you off balance,
Floyd | and off your precarious perch on a small ledge of stone.  And that
Floyd | would be bad.  Very bad.  Because (and here you risk a quick glance
Floyd | down) the pit you are skirting appears to be bottomless.  And not one
Floyd | of those "bottomless" pits where it's all build-up and hyperbole, and
Floyd | the bottom is QUITE visible a mere half-mile down, thank you very
Floyd | much.  No, this is a PROPER bottomless pit.  You fancy you can hear
Floyd | something, very faint, very soft, in the wind whistling out of the
Floyd | pit.  To the south is the entrance hall of the temple, and much
Floyd | solider ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims (at dddddd), "We're essentially letting djf drive, but if you have a suggestion for something we should try, please tell us!"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        7/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | No.  It couldn't have been.  Or... was it indeed a voice comparing
Floyd | sizes of knives?
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the ledge catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        7/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see "it" (the flaw in the statue) at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Aw."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x something" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        7/34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SOMETHING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see anything that would be causing the faint sound.  They
Floyd | must be very far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the ledge catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x ledge" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        7/35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The ledge of stone juts out a little, a few feet maybe, above the pit.
Floyd | To the south of the ledge is the entrance hall of the temple.  On one
Floyd | side of the ledge there are faint scrape marks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x marks" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        7/36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears as if people - or animals - cling to the edge of the ledge
Floyd | at this point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I guess we're not just letting djf drive. heh."
		Jacqueline says (to dddddd), "If you want to enter commands, you preface your command with the letter f and a space. Like: >f look"
		Jacqueline says, "(the f is for Floyd)"
inky arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline says, "Please ask before you switch rooms."
		Jacqueline says, "And if you want to save, you just say (without the f) >press save"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        7/36
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        7/36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You succumb to the temptation, and leap into the bottomless pit.  The
Floyd | fall doesn't kill you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Although, you didn't bring any food or water with
Floyd | you, did you? ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 7 out of a possible 142, in 36 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "We've been going three days and have no food or water, and now no bullets?"
		dddddd says, "OK, I'm slow on reading. My suggestion with the statue: The head is maybe looking up..."
		Jacqueline says (to dddddd), "Hm, yeah."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        7/36
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit
Floyd | Wind whistles through this room, threatening to knock you off balance,
Floyd | and off your precarious perch on a small ledge of stone.  And that
Floyd | would be bad.  Very bad.  Because the pit you are skirting appears to
Floyd | be bottomless.  And not one of those "bottomless" pits where it's all
Floyd | build-up and hyperbole, and the bottom is QUITE visible a mere
Floyd | half-mile down, thank you very much.  No, this is a PROPER bottomless
Floyd | pit.  You fancy you can hear something, very faint, very soft, in the
Floyd | wind whistling out of the pit.  To the south is the entrance hall of
Floyd | the temple, and much solider ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look up" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hrm."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x head" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/39
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "crapcrapcrap"

Floyd | > X HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue's head is thrown back, and not easily visible from the
Floyd | floor of the entrance hall.  Which is odd, because in your opinion,
Floyd | (and you have many opinions about strange, cultish temples, having
Floyd | been in a few), the point of a statue is to convey the desired emotion
Floyd | in the viewer.  And that is difficult to do, if you can't see the
Floyd | face.  It makes you uneasy.  Very uneasy, the more you look at it.
Floyd | Which, you belatedly realize, may be the point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Is there any way to recap the toyshop?"
Touchy arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		maga says, "@recap #toyshop should do it"
		Jacqueline says (to touchy), "@recap #toyshop"
FloatingInfo arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		djfletch asks, "what did it say when I tried climbing it?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb statue" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "climb statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no real good way to get a grip on the statue.  Although, in
Floyd | your attempts, you do notice a small hole in the base of the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no real good way to get a grip on the statue.  Although, in
Floyd | your attempts, you do notice a small hole in the base of the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry."
		djfletch says, "oh well"
		Jacqueline asks, "Can we peek in these other two rooms, please?"
		djfletch says, "yup sure"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 7/42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike
Floyd | You find yourself at the entrance to a twisty maze of passages.  They
Floyd | all look alike, from here.  The entrance itself is different than the
Floyd | entry hall of the temple - the floor is slightly softer than the rock
Floyd | in the entry hall, and the walls, more hand-hewn, with rounder edges.
Floyd | I mean, the whole temple is hand-hewn, to be certain, as the ancients
Floyd | who built it didn't have access to power tools, certainly.  The exit
Floyd | lies to the west, a circular passageway ringed with white rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ugh"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing (praying) it's actually not that."
		djfletch says, "still, maybe we should check the south room first"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         7/43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | With a shimmer of relief that starts at the base of your spine and
Floyd | works its way up to your scalp, you leave the maze and re-enter the
Floyd | temple entryway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bare Room with Lots of Flat Objects                  7/44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk through the south passageway, and immediately several spiked
Floyd | metal poles slam to the ground behind you, trapping you in the room
Floyd | you just entered.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bare Room with Lots of Flat Objects
Floyd | Oh.  It's going to be one of THOSE temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the temple
Floyd | - and it is completely barred by spiked metal poles.  And, peering up,
Floyd | there is, of course, the spiked ceiling which doesn't APPEAR to be
Floyd | descending... at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Had we not already figured out it was going to be one of *those* temples?"
		Jacqueline says, "For what it's worth, though, since I keep making snarky comments, I am actually rather enjoying the writing."
inky says (to Floyd), "x poles" 		

Floyd ]  Bare Room with Lots of Flat Objects                  7/45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POLES
Floyd |
Floyd | The poles block the north passageway out of the room.  Which happens
Floyd | to be the only passageway out of the room.  There are small gaps in
Floyd | between each of the poles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x gaps" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/46quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAPS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are much too small to squeeze through.  Even if you were greased.
Floyd | You would have to be an inch thick.  AND greased.  Through the gap you
Floyd | spy a small glimmer of light sparkling on the wall on the other side
Floyd | of the poles.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a tortured screech of metal gears grinding, the ceiling quivers,
Floyd | shakes free a small spray of dust, then begins descending.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oops"
		inky asks, "also, wait, what is that weird garbled string?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sparkle" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/47quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPARKLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Aha!  There, on the far side of the poles, is a small switch - but it
Floyd | seems to be too far away to reach, unaided.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "whip sparkle" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/48quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP SPARKLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to whip the switch, but fail to flip it.  It seems your whip
Floyd | is too flexible to move the switch - you're going to need something
Floyd | harder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.  Those spikes look... sharp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/49quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying the corpse of a snake, a whip and a gun. You are
Floyd | wearing the battered fedora and an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit of dust falls, as the ceiling nears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/50quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling appears very large, very heavy, very flat (except for the
Floyd | spikes), and very much headed down toward you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.  The spikes draw your attention, to
Floyd | a point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get spike" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/51quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SPIKE
Floyd |
Floyd | They're hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the room to try to spy anything that might help your
Floyd | escape... hmmm...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get pole" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/52quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET POLE
Floyd |
Floyd | They're hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "throw gun at switch" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/53quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW GUN AT SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Futile.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surely something here must be useful... it would be cruel to design an
Floyd | evil temple with an UNESCAPABLE death trap!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x things" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/54quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Just... you know, things.  That are flatter than things normally are.
Floyd | Like... you're pretty sure that torches have more than two dimensions.
Floyd | And skulls should be able to hold brains.  And arm bones should -
Floyd | well, that bone is mainly okay.  Looks like you would be safe, if you
Floyd | were less than one inch tall.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you, almost within reach.  The spikes
Floyd | protruding downwards are certainly within reach.  Something glints on
Floyd | one of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "get bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/55quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab the arm bone from amongst the pile of flattened rubble.  This
Floyd | might be useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "push switch with bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/56quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH WITH BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oh boo"
inky says (to Floyd), "flip switch with bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/57quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP SWITCH WITH BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You struggle to squeeze the bone through the gap - but it just won't
Floyd | slide through.  This bone needs lubrication - and quickly!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "I am not going to lick this bone"
		inky says, "at least, not in this kind of game"
		djfletch asks, "the snake remains? as in snake oil?"
		Gerynar asks, "or the grease from the wall?"
		Jacqueline says, "That is crazy, but sure."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put grease on bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/58quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GREASE ON BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You rub the bone along the greasy wall, coating it nicely.  Better
Floyd | hold on tight, it's slippery now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "flip switch with bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t12/59uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP SWITCH WITH BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You use the arm bone to flip the switch.  The poles blocking the
Floyd | doorway retract - and more importantly, so does the ceiling, quickly
Floyd | winching back into its original position.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 5 - "What POSSIBLE use is one of these
Floyd | rooms in a non-abandoned, fully functioning temple?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "oops wait"
		inky says, "there was a glint on one of the ceiling spikes"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x spikes" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t12/60uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPIKES
Floyd |
Floyd | The spikes are metal, and about a foot long, and are mercifully not
Floyd | moving closer to you at the moment.  Dangling from one of the spikes
Floyd | is a metal gauntlet, spiked through the wrist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ooh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get gauntlet" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t12/61uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET GAUNTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You are unable to reach the gauntlet, as it is too high above your
Floyd | head.  Which is partly fortunate.  You wouldn't want that spiked
Floyd | ceiling getting much closer, would you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "sweet"
		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		Jacqueline says, "well, no worries."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t12/60uishy-Makin
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the
Floyd | temple, mercifully free of impediment.  And, peering up, there is, of
Floyd | course, the spiked ceiling which doesn't APPEAR to be descending... at
Floyd | the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t12/59uishy-Makin
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the
Floyd | temple, mercifully free of impediment.  And, peering up, there is, of
Floyd | course, the spiked ceiling which doesn't APPEAR to be descending... at
Floyd | the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t7/58quishy-Makin
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the temple
Floyd | - and it is completely barred by spiked metal poles.  And, peering up,
Floyd | there is, of course, the spiked ceiling inching its way toward your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take gauntlet" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t8/59quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GAUNTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and are just able to grab the gauntlet from the spikes.
Floyd | Well done.  Now to keep from being impaled or crushed.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 7 - "Power glove!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "clip switch with bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t8/59quishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIP SWITCH WITH BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "flip switch with bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t13/60uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP SWITCH WITH BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You use the arm bone to flip the switch.  The poles blocking the
Floyd | doorway retract - and more importantly, so does the ceiling, quickly
Floyd | winching back into its original position.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 5 - "What POSSIBLE use is one of these
Floyd | rooms in a non-abandoned, fully functioning temple?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t13/60uishy-Makin
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x gauntlet" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t13/61uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAUNTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | The gauntlet is made of hardened metal, and long enough to envelop
Floyd | your arm up to your shoulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "go team"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear it" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t13/62uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the metal gauntlet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, I'm assuming we were not supposed to explore the swamp in any direction, which leaves us a bottomless pit and a maze."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "oho!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "To the arm hole!"
		djfletch says, "ok"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         13/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         13/64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There seems to be a small hole at the base of the statue - about the
Floyd | size of your arm, it extends deep into the mesmerizing blue stone -
Floyd | you can't see the bottom of it, but there appears to be something
Floyd | stuck in it.  Perhaps you should reach in and get it out.  Nothing bad
Floyd | will happen.  The more you look at the stone, the deeper you peer into
Floyd | the hole, the more you just want to put your arm into it.  Perhaps
Floyd | now.  Certainly now.  "Let's PUT MY ARM INTO THE HOLE!" cries a voice
Floyd | in your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put arm in hole" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         18/65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ARM IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (a greasy bone in the flaw in the statue)
Floyd | Taking a deep breath, you thrust your hand, encased in the gauntlet,
Floyd | deep into the hole at the base of the statue.  Almost immediately you
Floyd | hear the shriek of metal on metal, and feel blades bouncing off the
Floyd | gauntlet as the machinery in the hole tries to sever your arm.  But
Floyd | you are able to grab the treasure at the bottom of the hole and
Floyd | extract it before the blades can penetrate your armor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, what do you know, the thing at the bottom of the hole was a ball
Floyd | of twine.  Valuable!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 8 - "A 1/200,000th scale model of the
Floyd | World's Largest Ball of Twine!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x twine" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         18/66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TWINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The spool of twine has quite a lot of twine in it.  Twine is super
Floyd | useful.  It can be... tied to stuff?  Or... wrapped around packages?
Floyd | Everybody LOVES twine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "Twine for a maze."
		inky says, "oh, I was thinking the pit, but yeah, I guess you're right"
		Touchy says, "Alright, done reading."
		inky asks, "also, is this a Twine IF joke?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm, possibly the pit. But it's bottomless."
Touchy says, "Only, 50 minutes late. ...yay.." 		Jacqueline says (to inky), "I hope so."
		Touchy says, "Only, 50 minutes late. ...yay.."
Touchy gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. 		
Touchy arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		djfletch asks, "what to tie it to? the statue?"
		Jacqueline says, "That was my first thought."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tie twine to statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         18/67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE TWINE TO STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You slip a loop of twine around an outcropping on the statue and cinch
Floyd | it tight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Touchy says, "sweet"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 18/68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You let the twine unroll behind you as you venture east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike
Floyd | You find yourself at the entrance to a twisty maze of passages.  They
Floyd | all look alike, from here.  The entrance itself is different than the
Floyd | entry hall of the temple - the floor is slightly softer than the rock
Floyd | in the entry hall, and the walls, more hand-hewn, with rounder edges.
Floyd | The exit lies to the west, a circular passageway ringed with white
Floyd | rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "okay then, into the maze"
Binder arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Binder says, "I dreamed that this was called ClubFreud, what do you think that means."
		Jacqueline says, "I am... not going to map this, I think."
		Jacqueline asks, "Or should I?"
		djfletch says, "dunno"
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "yay"
		inky says, "well, try not doing so"
		inky says, ">X CIGAR "It's just a cigar.""
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Also, it probably means your mother didn't love you."
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "yay"
		Binder exclaims (at Jacqueline), "She's still alive so there's still time for me to earn it!"
		djfletch asks, "we can market it as group therapy?"
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "God bless us, everyone."
		djfletch says, "anyway I'm going to pick a random direction"
		Binder exclaims (at inky), "ha ha!"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/69Secreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Letting the twine unroll behind you, you move deeper into the maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting
Floyd | Stomach Acid
Floyd | Well, isn't this peachy.  You had a feeling that nothing good would
Floyd | come from wandering into any twisty maze of passages.  The twisty maze
Floyd | of passages has widened here, in a large, kidney bean shaped chamber.
Floyd | Various valves line the walls, and the floor is coated in a thick
Floyd | layer of mucus.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metal pirate hook is jabbed into the side of the stomach, sticking
Floyd | there.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 9 - "Jason would be proud.  (It's Jason,
Floyd | right?  Jason sounds right.  Well, you're an adventurer, not a
Floyd | professor of history.  Or literature.  Or historical literature.
Floyd | (It's not Jason))"
Floyd | Acid begins to flow through the valves on the walls in a heavy stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder settles down to semi-participate.
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get hook" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On24/70Secreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You yank the hook out of the wall, and a loud groan of pain echoes
Floyd | through the air.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 10 - "Really internal medicine."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		Touchy asks (of the), "hell?"
		Binder says, "Nice achievos"
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
inky says (to Floyd), "get mucus" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On24/71Secreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET MUCUS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x mucus" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On24/72Secreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MUCUS
Floyd |
Floyd | It makes it slightly difficult to walk in here.  It's so deep, you
Floyd | have no idea what it might hide.
Floyd |
Floyd | The acid begins to eat through your clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "look in mucus" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On24/73Secreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN MUCUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "search mucus" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x valves" 		Binder says, "we sure are"

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On24/74Secreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH MUCUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | This acid is beginning to make your eyes burn and your throat tingle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On24/75Secreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VALVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Fist sized muscular holes through which a steady stream of acid is
Floyd | flushing into this chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is reminding me now of that horribly fun and hokey movie that maga and I saw this year where you are a little boy who shrinks himself and goes inside Grandpa to cure his kidney stones."
		Binder asks (of Jacqueline), "Eraserhead?"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I think we should leave."
		maga says, "ach, um"
		maga says, "Body Troopers"
		Binder says, "That is NOT what I would think a movie of that title was about."
		Jacqueline asks, "Was that really what it was called?"
		maga says, "orginally Jakten på nyresteinen"
		djfletch asks, "are we trying to get back or go somewhere else in the maze?"
		maga says, "Netflix promoted it as Chasing the Kidneystone"
		Binder says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "I like that title better."
		inky says, "I guess we can just leave"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, worth seeing. Once."
		inky says, "it feels like there is more to do here"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On24/76Secreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting
Floyd | Stomach Acid
Floyd | The twisty maze of passages has widened here, in a large, kidney bean
Floyd | shaped chamber.  Various valves line the walls, and the floor is
Floyd | coated in a thick layer of mucus.  Acid is pooling around you and
Floyd | starting to dissolve parts of your anatomy that you had grown fond of.
Floyd |
Floyd | There goes the outer layers of your skin - you didn't need those,
Floyd | anyway.  Free chemical peel (is the optimistic way of looking at
Floyd | this)!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "but I don't think we know what it is"
		Jacqueline says, "I have a feeling we keep going, and it's mapping dynamically."
		Touchy asks, "Yeah, but we might need some sort of gear. And why did nobody axe the people on the ledge earlier?"
		maga says, "I think the Danish original translates literally to Chasing the Kidneystone"
		Jacqueline says, "Just a feeling, though."
		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "I didn't think there were people still there."
		Touchy says, "oh"
		Jacqueline says, "I thought that was just where they hung on before they fell."
		djfletch says, "ok, let's see if we get somewhere different by moving again"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         24/77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the twine, and are able to backtrack your route, leading
Floyd | you to...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "looks like not"
		Touchy says, "Well, at least we can get back."
		dddddd says, "cool"
		djfletch asks, "so can we hook this hook on the ledge?"
		Jacqueline says, "You... went a different way, right."
		inky says, "oh hmm"
		Jacqueline asks, "Like, we had gone E, N, N, and ended up where we started?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think the maze is just a puzzle."
		djfletch says, "yes, went north to the stomach then north again and it just brought us back"
		Jacqueline says, "Have the twine, you make it, don't have the twine you get lost."
		inky says, "I wonder if the trick is you always end up in the acid chamber, but if you don't have the twine, you get stuck in the maze"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, hook for the pit is what we want to try next?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         24/77
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "tie hook to twine" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         24/78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE HOOK TO TWINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "tie twine to hook" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         24/79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE TWINE TO HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear hook" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         24/80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "how does a pirate wear it then eh?"
		djfletch says, "maybe we need to cut our arm off first"
		Binder says, "Right, Hand of Vecna time."
		Touchy says, "Well, back to the statue."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You start to go, but decide to untie the twine before you leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit
Floyd | Wind whistles through this room, threatening to knock you off balance,
Floyd | and off your precarious perch on a small ledge of stone.  And that
Floyd | would be bad.  Very bad.  Because the pit you are skirting appears to
Floyd | be bottomless.  And not one of those "bottomless" pits where it's all
Floyd | build-up and hyperbole, and the bottom is QUITE visible a mere
Floyd | half-mile down, thank you very much.  No, this is a PROPER bottomless
Floyd | pit.  You fancy you can hear something, very faint, very soft, in the
Floyd | wind whistling out of the pit.  To the south is the entrance hall of
Floyd | the temple, and much solider ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		dddddd says, "f x hook"
		dddddd says, "ups"
dddddd says (to Floyd), "x hook" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | The metal hook is meant to be a crude replacement for a hand.  It is
Floyd | deeply corroded from the stomach acids of the maze beast, but it
Floyd | survived longer than the rest of the pirate did.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the ledge catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tie twine to hook" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE TWINE TO HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay, just checking, since it was still tied to the statue last time."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x marks" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears as if people - or animals - cling to the edge of the ledge
Floyd | at this point.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the ledge catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x ledge" 		Touchy says, "It auto-untied."

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The ledge of stone juts out a little, a few feet maybe, above the pit.
Floyd | To the south of the ledge is the entrance hall of the temple.  On one
Floyd | side of the ledge there are faint scrape marks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "hmm"
		inky asks, "did you try looking under the ledge?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "hang hook on ledge" 		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x marks" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HANG HOOK ON LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears as if people - or animals - cling to the edge of the ledge
Floyd | at this point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "Right, but we couldn't have tied it to the hook if it were still on the statue, probably."
		Binder says, "All ropes have only one tying end."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under ledge" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "hang on ledge" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HANG ON LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Well, if the other end of it is a ball, yes."
Binder says (to Floyd), "hook ledge" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOOK LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x edge" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The ledge of stone juts out a little, a few feet maybe, above the pit.
Floyd | To the south of the ledge is the entrance hall of the temple.  On one
Floyd | side of the ledge there are faint scrape marks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, moving on."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put hook on ledge" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HOOK ON LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the ledge would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "climb down" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/89
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You must name something more substantial.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the ledge catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x marks" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/90
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears as if people - or animals - cling to the edge of the ledge
Floyd | at this point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cling to ledge" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/91
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You peek down, towards the bottom-less area of the pit.  Probably not
Floyd | a good idea?
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the ledge catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLING TO LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You scoot to the edge of the ledge, swing your legs over it, and start
Floyd | clinging on for dear life.  Looking around, you spy some handholds
Floyd | that were previously invisible from your elevated point of view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Nice."
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Binder says, "Well clung."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to go down, anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** It's a terribly long way down. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 24 out of a possible 142, in 92 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "oop"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/92
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit
Floyd | Wind whistles through this room, threatening to knock you off balance,
Floyd | and off your very precarious position clinging to the edge of the
Floyd | ledge.  And that would be bad.  Very bad.  Because the pit you are
Floyd | skirting appears to be bottomless.  And not one of those "bottomless"
Floyd | pits where it's all build-up and hyperbole, and the bottom is QUITE
Floyd | visible a mere half-mile down, thank you very much.  No, this is a
Floyd | PROPER bottomless pit.  You fancy you can hear something, very faint,
Floyd | very soft, in the wind whistling out of the pit.  To the south is the
Floyd | entrance hall of the temple, and much solider ground.  There are
Floyd | handholds visible from this... unique... position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Wut?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x handholds" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HANDHOLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Clinging from the ledge, you can just make out a series of handholds
Floyd | that you could climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "climb" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to climb?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "handholds" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HANDHOLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb over to the path of handholds.  Clinging precariously to the
Floyd | sheer wall of the pit, you wonder what life decisions could have
Floyd | possibly brought you to this.  You can climb up the handholds now, to
Floyd | the top, you figure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Hrm. But not down?"
		Binder says, "huh"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/95
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit
Floyd | Wind whistles through this room, threatening to knock you off balance,
Floyd | and off your super-precarious handholds.  And that would be bad.  Very
Floyd | bad.  Because the pit you are skirting appears to be bottomless.  And
Floyd | not one of those "bottomless" pits where it's all build-up and
Floyd | hyperbole, and the bottom is QUITE visible a mere half-mile down,
Floyd | thank you very much.  No, this is a PROPER bottomless pit.  You fancy
Floyd | you can hear something, very faint, very soft, in the wind whistling
Floyd | out of the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "I can't figure out what this is supposed to look like."
		Jacqueline says, "We are inside the top of a bottomless pit, holding onto difficult-to-see hand holds (handles, of a sort) inside the rim of the pit."
		Jacqueline says, "I think."
inky says (to Floyd), "climb handholds down" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/95
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB HANDHOLDS DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to climb the handholds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "climb down handholds" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/95
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB DOWN HANDHOLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to go down, anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** It's a terribly long way down. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 24 out of a possible 142, in 95 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Could we be in the 'middle' of one such? I missed the build up to here."
		Jacqueline asks, "Can we just >D now?"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        24/95
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit
Floyd | Wind whistles through this room, threatening to knock you off balance,
Floyd | and off your super-precarious handholds.  And that would be bad.  Very
Floyd | bad.  Because the pit you are skirting appears to be bottomless.  And
Floyd | not one of those "bottomless" pits where it's all build-up and
Floyd | hyperbole, and the bottom is QUITE visible a mere half-mile down,
Floyd | thank you very much.  No, this is a PROPER bottomless pit.  You fancy
Floyd | you can hear something, very faint, very soft, in the wind whistling
Floyd | out of the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
inky says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to climb up the handholds, and after a long, arduous ascent,
Floyd | you arrive at the top...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | Finally standing at the top of the pit, you can see, impressively far
Floyd | below you, the ledge you started from.  A path of marked handholds
Floyd | leads down into the pit, and nothing leads up - you're at the top.
Floyd | You're on a small thrust of wood that extends out over the pit.  There
Floyd | are two exits, a metal door to the south and a dark, grimy arch to the
Floyd | southeast.  Both doors are currently blocked, however, by the extended
Floyd | wings of a hideous gargoyle.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 11 - "Cliffhanger!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe we're now on the other side?"
		inky says, "I am super-confused"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "I get it!"
		Binder says, "I can sort of picture it. Like coming in sidewise mid-well"
		Jacqueline says, "We were in a mid-point in the pit, and now we've climbed up to a new room."
		djfletch says, "I suppose if we imagine the doorway we were in sticking out into space slightly"
		djfletch says, "then we couldn't see the walls near to it"
		djfletch says, "until we hung below it"
		djfletch says, "although it was called a ledge which sounds more exposed than that"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x gargoyle" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The gargoyle seems to regard you right back, stone eyes reflecting the
Floyd | light with a twinkling knowledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "> don't blink"
		Touchy says, "Yeah, maybe."
inky says (to Floyd), "x eyes" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x eye" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EYE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "x wood" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | The wooden thrust is a platform that extends out over the center of
Floyd | the bottomless pit.  Marks in the wood are gouged out, from the
Floyd | southern door to the tip of the thrust - where they end.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says (to inky), "Must have a wandering eye which just left"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/99
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a spool of twine, a metal pirate hook, a greasy bone,
Floyd | the corpse of a snake, a whip and a gun. You are wearing the metal
Floyd | gauntlet, the battered fedora and an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/99
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "whip gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The gargoyle grabs the whip, and pushes you away.  "DON'T DO THAT
Floyd | AGAIN," it says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ha"
		Binder says, "I've had dates like that."
		Touchy asks, "You got grabbed by the whip?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/101
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a spool of twine, a metal pirate hook, a greasy bone,
Floyd | the corpse of a snake, a whip and a gun. You are wearing the metal
Floyd | gauntlet, the battered fedora and an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "we didn't lose it"
		Binder says, "QED, this gargoyle is not a problem which has come along."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "give snake to gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/102
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SNAKE TO GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The gargoyle regards the corpse of a snake with a jaundiced eye.  "AND
Floyd | WHAT, PRAY TELL, WOULD I DO WITH THAT?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/103
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The gargoyle seems to regard you with its stone eyes.
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Hello? 		
Floyd [2] Say nothing 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "1" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | The gargoyle smiles, the stone somehow bending without cracking.
Floyd | "HELLO.  WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY MY LOGIC GAME?  I AM AFRAID I MUST
Floyd | PUSH THE GAME UPON YOU."
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Yes! 		
Floyd [2] No! 		
Floyd [3] Say nothing 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder asks, "um, push?"
		Binder nervously looks back at the pit.
		djfletch says, "tempted to say no and see if it kills us"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | The gargoyle frowns, making the sound of sandpaper rubbing across
Floyd | granite.  "TOO BAD.  IT'S FUN!  BUT I WON'T PUSH YOU ON IT."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to gargoyle" 		Binder says, "hmmm"

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | "WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY THE LOGIC GAME NOW?"
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Yes! 		
Floyd [2] No! 		
Floyd [3] Say nothing 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | The gargoyle's grin grows wider.  You spy the remains of a rat's nest
Floyd | in his mouth.  "IN THE MORNING I WALK ON FOUR LEGS.  I GET DAMpER AS I
Floyd | DRY, YET GOLDEN TREASuRE INsIDE IS hID, BUT IF YOU EAT it, YOU'LL
Floyd | DIE."
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] What? 		
Floyd [2] A man. 		
Floyd [3] A towel. 		
Floyd [4] An egg. 		
Floyd [5] Nothing. 		
Floyd [6] A man, carrying an egg in a towel in one hand, and nothing in the 		

Floyd | other.

		
Floyd [7] Say nothing 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		Binder says, "pshit"
inky says (to Floyd), "push gargoyle" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | With a mighty heave, you push the gargoyle from the thrust, into the
Floyd | bottomless pit.  You watch it as it plummets, until it is lost in the
Floyd | inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 12 - "I wanna push you around, well I
Floyd | will, well I will."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says (to inky), "YAY"
		Touchy says, "haha"
		Binder says, "Oh, pushit, I missed the u on first read."
		inky says, "ha ha"
		Touchy says, "I had come up with pshi"
		inky says, "also, I don't understand how that puzzle was supposed to "actually" work"
		Binder says, "I wanna take that gargoyle for granite, I will, I will."
		inky says, "you can't hear the difference between capital and lower-case letters"
		djfletch says, "we could undo and see what else it says"
		Touchy asks, "Maybe we should have investigated the grooves?"
		Binder asks, "You think that's sound you're hearing, Neo?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/107
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | A path of marked handholds leads down into the pit, and nothing leads
Floyd | up - you're at the top.  You're on a small thrust of wood that extends
Floyd | out over the pit.  There are two exits, a metal door to the south and
Floyd | a dark, grimy arch to the southeast.  Both doors are currently
Floyd | blocked, however, by the extended wings of a hideous gargoyle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Maybe the gargoyle spoke in word balloon."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | "DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER YET?"
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] What? 		
Floyd [2] A man. 		
Floyd [3] A towel. 		
Floyd [4] An egg. 		
Floyd [5] Nothing. 		
Floyd [6] A man, carrying an egg in a towel in one hand, and nothing in the 		

Floyd | other.

		
Floyd [7] Say nothing 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "6" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 6
Floyd |
Floyd | "WRONG!"  The gargoyle gloats, as his wings spring forward and slice
Floyd | you in half.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** That gargoyle is really PUSHING you.  And also,
Floyd | you're dead. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 29 out of a possible 142, in 108 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/108
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | A path of marked handholds leads down into the pit, and nothing leads
Floyd | up - you're at the top.  You're on a small thrust of wood that extends
Floyd | out over the pit.  There are two exits, a metal door to the south and
Floyd | a dark, grimy arch to the southeast.  Both doors are currently
Floyd | blocked, however, by the extended wings of a hideous gargoyle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x grooves" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GROOVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | "DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER YET?"
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] What? 		
Floyd [2] A man. 		
Floyd [3] A towel. 		
Floyd [4] An egg. 		
Floyd [5] Nothing. 		
Floyd [6] A man, carrying an egg in a towel in one hand, and nothing in the 		

Floyd | other.

		
Floyd [7] Say nothing 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x wood" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | The wooden thrust is a platform that extends out over the center of
Floyd | the bottomless pit.  Marks in the wood are gouged out, from the
Floyd | southern door to the tip of the thrust - where they end.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy exclaims, "Sorry!"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | "WRONG!"  The gargoyle gloats, as his wings spring forward and slice
Floyd | you in half.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** That gargoyle is really PUSHING you.  And also,
Floyd | you're dead. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 29 out of a possible 142, in 110 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "looks like it's all the same"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/110
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | A path of marked handholds leads down into the pit, and nothing leads
Floyd | up - you're at the top.  You're on a small thrust of wood that extends
Floyd | out over the pit.  There are two exits, a metal door to the south and
Floyd | a dark, grimy arch to the southeast.  Both doors are currently
Floyd | blocked, however, by the extended wings of a hideous gargoyle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/109
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | A path of marked handholds leads down into the pit, and nothing leads
Floyd | up - you're at the top.  You're on a small thrust of wood that extends
Floyd | out over the pit.  There are two exits, a metal door to the south and
Floyd | a dark, grimy arch to the southeast.  Both doors are currently
Floyd | blocked, however, by the extended wings of a hideous gargoyle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tzajj arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x gouges" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio29/110
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I say we push it, push it good, then explore these rooms to the S and SE."

Floyd | > X GOUGES
Floyd |
Floyd | The gouges appear to be fingernail marks - from where unwilling
Floyd | sacrifices were dragged, screaming, to be thrown into the abyss.  Or
Floyd | maybe someone was moving furniture without moving pads.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Alright. I'll hold still."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio34/111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | With a mighty heave, you push the gargoyle from the thrust, into the
Floyd | bottomless pit.  You watch it as it plummets, until it is lost in the
Floyd | inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 12 - "I wanna push you around, well I
Floyd | will, well I will."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           34/112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Dirty Chamber
Floyd | Man, someone needs to clean in here!  Look at all of this dirt!  Just
Floyd | look at it!  Everything is coated in a layer of dirt, but you can make
Floyd | out a jagged array of sticks surrounding an altar in the middle of the
Floyd | chamber.  On top of the altar rests a stone sarcophagus.  Around the
Floyd | walls are strange metal discs, with holes in the middle of them, which
Floyd | shine cleanly amidst all the dirt.  To the north and east there are
Floyd | metal doors.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tzajj says, "ClubFloyd." 		
dddddd says (to Floyd), "look at dirt" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           34/112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT DIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Got some platinum records this mummy."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x dirt" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           34/113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | Strange that this room in the temple is the first you find dirty - all
Floyd | the others have been clean, as if untouched by the passage of time,
Floyd | but this room is positively covered in grime.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Olly arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Binder asks, "Oh, is this the tomb of Michael Jackson?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x sticks" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           34/114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The wooden sticks are almost your height, sharpened to a point at one
Floyd | end and the other stuck into the floor surrounding the altar, like
Floyd | funeral lilies.
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin fluid begins to leak from the metal discs, and the smell of the
Floyd | room markedly increases.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Olly teleports out of the room, library card in hand. 		djfletch says, "hmm"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           34/114
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x fluid" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           34/115
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLUID
Floyd |
Floyd | You touch the fluid, then lick your fingers.  Just as you thought,
Floyd | from the smell.  Gasoline.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		* Jacqueline has added Tzajj to the channel.
		Jacqueline says, "Ew"
		Jacqueline says, "If we smelled it was gasoline..."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x altar" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           34/116
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALTAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The altar occupies the middle of the chamber, and is plain, unadorned
Floyd | stone - or you assume it is, underneath the layer of dirt.  Sharp
Floyd | sticks surround it, and on top of it rests a sarcophagus, with pride
Floyd | of place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Who knows how gasoline tastes anyway?"
		Binder says, "Anyone who's siphoned gasoline."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           34/117
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | The sarcophagus lies on top of the altar, closed.  On top of the lid
Floyd | is engraved a skeleton, arms crossed, as if shielding itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fluid coming from the discs increases in rate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Yeah."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           34/118
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | With a grunt, you shove the heavy stone lid off the sarcophagus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in it" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           34/119
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We are about to be set on fire, I suspect."

Floyd | > LOOK IN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to get a bit light-headed from the fumes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "What? You don't even have to remove the spikes?"
Tzajj says, "I think I'm an hour late." 		Jacqueline says (to Tzajj), "You are, yes."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get stick" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           35/120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You attempt to rip one of the sticks from the floor, but manage to
Floyd | break most of them off at the root.  Finally you wrestle one out,
Floyd | whole, and leave the rest on the ground where they fell.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 13 - "Breakin' stuff to look tough!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Tzajj), "Please speak on the channel. I've added you to it already, so all you have to do to set your channel is to type #CLUBFLOYD HELLO."
		Jacqueline says, "Then, once you have your channel set, you can use a semi-colon instead of typing #CLUBFLOYD, like this: ;HELLO AGAIN"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x discs" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           35/121
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DISCS
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange metal discs have a small hole in the middle of each one,
Floyd | surrounded by burnished metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click, as if two dry bones struck one another, from the
Floyd | doors.  The sound of bones hitting each other, or doorways locking,
Floyd | perhaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tzajj says, "Hello"
		Binder says, "NOW we die."
		Jacqueline says, "There you go, Tzajj."
dddddd says (to Floyd), "clean up altar" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN UP ALTAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to clean up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I'm thinking we get in the sarcophagus"
		Touchy says, "We could poke the stick into the fuel holes, I suppose."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put stick in hole" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT STICK IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (a sharpened length of wood in the holes)
Floyd | Those can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "That is the classic indy move, of course."
		djfletch says, "the fountain of youth could be a fire"
		Tzajj says, "Thanks. I've taken part in one of these playthroughs before, but that was ages ago."
		djfletch says, "in the grand tradition of Rider Haggard"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x doors" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal doors.  Extremely inpenetrable, locked, metal doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay.  Time to assess the situation.  Room locked.  Certain doom
Floyd | coming.  Seems familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get in sarcophagus" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IN SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You clamber into the sarcophagus.  Fortunately, it was body-sized.
Floyd | What a coincidence!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 14 - "Sarcophagus - literally translated,
Floyd | it means 'flesh-eating'.  Sweet dreams!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "ha ha"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "close it" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to lift the stone lid off the ground, but without success.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is quite full of gas by now, both the liquid and vaporous
Floyd | kind.  Good thing you're (relatively) sheltered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tzajj . o O ( it was "The Plant". ) 		Jacqueline says (to Tzajj), "If you want to catch up, I've posted a transcript up to this point at [LINK]"
		Tzajj says, "I think it was "The Plant" last time."
		Jacqueline says, "It's a raw transcript that will come down after we're done today."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "smell gas" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL GAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep whiff, then cough, wishing you hadn't.  A deep,
Floyd | abiding smell of charcoal and gasoline hangs in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "A transcript live stream? Hm."
		Jacqueline says, "no"
		Jacqueline says, "It's just live up until the point where I posted it, though I have access to a transcript that updates as we play, yes."
		Binder says (to Jacqueline), "Er, yes, I know that's not what this is, I was having a spin off thought."
		Jacqueline nods.
		Binder says (to Jacqueline), "I'm only semi-coffee-ed at this point."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a sharpened length of wood, a spool of twine, a metal
Floyd | pirate hook, a greasy bone, the corpse of a snake, a whip and a gun.
Floyd | You are wearing the metal gauntlet, the battered fedora and an old
Floyd | leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a clicking sound, as if a lighter was being struck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Well hopefully we won't have needed to have picked up the lid before we climbed in"
		Jacqueline says, "We'll... probably be okay."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a loud "WHOOSH" as the gas alights in burning jets, scouring
Floyd | the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder waits patiently for our flesh to be consumed.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Sooty Chamber (in the sarcophagus)
Floyd | A solid wall of flames rushes by your hiding place.  Better hope it
Floyd | stops soon - oxygen is beginning to get a little tight in here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Flames continue to jet by, unabated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You begin to grow antsy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "did we have any marshmallows?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sadly, no."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You fidget.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You nervously tap your foot.  You're a man of action,
Floyd | not waiting!
Floyd |
Floyd | The heat is searing, but the flames appear to be dying down a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder asks (of djfletch), "How do you feel about snakeskin'mores?"
Tzajj Like this? 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put snake on stick" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SNAKE ON STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You slowly shove the sharpened stick through the snake, creating a
Floyd | certain style of meat lollipop.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flames finally gutter out.  It is now, you judge, in you
Floyd | professional adventurer's opinion, safe to emerge.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click, and the doors to the room unlock, as the room
Floyd | rapidly cools.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "whoa, snakepop"
		djfletch asks, "that worked?"
		Allen asks, "what game today?"
		Touchy asks, "Should we have roasted that?"
Tzajj smiles 		Jacqueline says, "Gosh, possibly."
		dddddd exclaims, "wow!"
		Binder says (to Tzajj), "I think you want ; not : but I could be wrong."
		Jacqueline asks (of Tzajj), "Weird. You're tyring ;:smiles?"
		djfletch says, "let's undo a bit"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Sooty Chamber (in the sarcophagus)
Floyd | A solid wall of flames rushes by your hiding place.  Better hope it
Floyd | stops soon - oxygen is beginning to get a little tight in here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Both the semi-colon and the colon?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           36/132
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Sooty Chamber (in the sarcophagus)
Floyd | A solid wall of flames rushes by your hiding place.  Better hope it
Floyd | stops soon - oxygen is beginning to get a little tight in here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           36/131
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Sooty Chamber (in the sarcophagus)
Floyd | A solid wall of flames rushes by your hiding place.  Better hope it
Floyd | stops soon - oxygen is beginning to get a little tight in here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put snake on stick" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           36/132
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SNAKE ON STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You slowly shove the sharpened stick through the snake, creating a
Floyd | certain style of meat lollipop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		Jacqueline says, "Snake is delicious, fwiw."

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           36/132
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cook snake" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > COOK SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You poke the spitted snake out into the flames for a few seconds, then
Floyd | withdraw it back into the safety of the sarcophagus.  Now you're
Floyd | sharing a small space with a smoking hunk of poisonous meat.
Floyd | Congratulations?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 15 - "It tastes like chicken?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The heat is searing, but the flames appear to be dying down a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "I regret I never made it to the exotic meat store on Aurora."
		Jacqueline says, "It does, actually, taste a bit like chicken."
		Jacqueline says, "But sweeter."
		Binder exclaims, "Yay a point!"
		djfletch says, "I'm going to try eating it and see if we die"
		Jacqueline says, "I didn't have to go to an exotic meat store, I just had to visit Texas."
		Touchy asks, "Why would it be poisonous?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "eat snake" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           37/134
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | While it does appeal to you, as a certain kind of revenge, you decide
Floyd | ingesting MORE poison would probably be a bad idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flames finally gutter out.  It is now, you judge, in you
Floyd | professional adventurer's opinion, safe to emerge.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click, and the doors to the room unlock, as the room
Floyd | rapidly cools.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It would not be poisonous."
		Binder says, "I went to Texas and didn't find snake served anywhere."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get out" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the sarcophagus.
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Sooty Chamber
Floyd | Everything is coated in a layer of soot - and for good reason!  But
Floyd | you can make out a pile of sticks surrounding a stone sarcophagus,
Floyd | raised on an altar in the middle of the chamber.  Around the walls
Floyd | there are bright nozzles, whose purpose is now obvious.  To the north
Floyd | and east there are metal doors.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "The BIG TEXAN"
		Touchy says, "Well, this snake was particularly nasty, then."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          37/136
Floyd | >

		Tzajj smiles

Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | Wait!  DON'T MOVE.  Your instincts are SCREAMING at you to stop in
Floyd | your tracks.  This is... BAT COUNTRY.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing frozen in your tracks, the first thing you notice is the
Floyd | ceiling.  Well, the fact that the ceiling is INVISIBLE behind a swarm
Floyd | of bats.  A colony of bats?  A murder of bats?  Somehow, you realize
Floyd | that the collective noun for bats right now is not your problem.
Floyd | These aren't just any bats.  They're each man-sized, and a quick
Floyd | estimation leads to the conclusion that there are hundreds of them.
Floyd | Other than the bats, the room also has a window, through which the
Floyd | tops of the Everglade trees can be seen, and doorways to the west and
Floyd | northwest.  A rope dangles from the ceiling (presumably - it actually
Floyd | appears to just dangle from a horde... pack?... of bats).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says (to Jacqueline), "Noted."
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		Binder exclaims, "Man-bats!"
		Allen says, "they have snake there? They didn't when I was there, that I remember"
		Allen says, "(which was 1985)"
		Jacqueline says, "I had a sampler platter that had snake and jack rabbit."
		Jacqueline says, "This was in 2000."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x bats" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          37/137
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BATS
Floyd |
Floyd | The bats cluster on the ceiling... maybe cluster is the term?...
Floyd | crawling over one another, packed more than cheek to jowl, but also
Floyd | claw to face.  They look... hungry.  Hungry for meat.  Your meat.
Floyd | Better not attract their attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          37/137
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "huh, there was nothing strange there when I was there except the enormous steaks and maybe the bull testicles, but lots of places serve that"
		Binder says, "Hey we have poisoned meat"
		Touchy asks, "Throw it out the window?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "show snake to bats" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          37/137
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW SNAKE TO BATS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your ill-fated action draws the attention of the bats.  The bats
Floyd | notice that you're made of meat.  Delicious meat?  They decide to find
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** The bats agree: Delicious.  Would eat again.  A+++
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 37 out of a possible 142, in 137 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          37/137
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | Standing frozen in your tracks, the first thing you notice is the
Floyd | ceiling.  Well, the fact that the ceiling is INVISIBLE behind a swarm
Floyd | of bats.  A colony of bats?  A murder of bats?  Somehow, you realize
Floyd | that the collective noun for bats right now is not your problem.
Floyd | These aren't just any bats.  They're each man-sized, and a quick
Floyd | estimation leads to the conclusion that there are hundreds of them.
Floyd | Other than the bats, the room also has a window, through which the
Floyd | tops of the Everglade trees can be seen, and doorways to the west and
Floyd | northwest.  A rope dangles from the ceiling (presumably - it actually
Floyd | appears to just dangle from a horde... pack?... of bats).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "... yeah maybe out the window works more better"
		Allen says, "(we used to go there in the 70s too. Just about every trip to colorado, we'd stop in amarillo for supper"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "throw snake through window" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          37/137
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW SNAKE THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to throw a skewered snake on a
Floyd | stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get snake" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          37/138
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You surreptitiously saunter to the snake on a stick and sneakily snag
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I no longer see the snake and rabbit, though they have mountain oysters."
		Binder says, "Nice alliteration"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "throw snake" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          37/139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You toss the snake onto the ground.  At first, nothing happens.  Then
Floyd | the bats notice the snake.  First one flutters down, then, two, then
Floyd | nearly all of the bats are converging in a heap, fighting over the
Floyd | meal.
Floyd | The aroma of the burnt snake permeates the room, and soon every last
Floyd | one of the bats joins the pile.  One of the last bats to move reveals
Floyd | a shining golden treasure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x treasure" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREASURE
Floyd |
Floyd | A shining crescent of pure gold.  This near-legendary representation
Floyd | of the common banana fruit has provoked much discussion amongst
Floyd | adventurers.  Is it a prize to be sought, or does it bear a terrible
Floyd | curse?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says (to Jacqueline), "Maybe they don't actually serve snake, you were served snake as part of an elaborate scam."
		Binder says, "mm golden banana"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get banana" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          38/141
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BANANA
Floyd |
Floyd | You quickly snag the treasure, while the bats are preoccupied.
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 16 - "You collected a valuable(?)
Floyd | treasure".
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x rope" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | (a spool of twine)
Floyd | The spool of twine has quite a lot of twine in it.  Twine is super
Floyd | useful.  It can be... tied to stuff?  Or... wrapped around packages?
Floyd | Everybody LOVES twine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | An incredible ... squadron?  troupe?... of bats is converged on the
Floyd | delicious, fragant body of a snake, and are rapidly consuming it.  A
Floyd | window has a view of the swamp outside, and there are doorways to the
Floyd | west and northwest.  A rope dangles from a hole in the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a heap of bats fighting over a snake on a stick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          38/144
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The hole, through which the rope dangles, leads to the next level of
Floyd | the temple.  And, it must be said, it doesn't appear that there are
Floyd | any carnivorous bats there.  So it has that going for it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bats have finished eating, and quickly return to their previous
Floyd | roosts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "I hope this rope is tied to a bell."
		Touchy says, "We're out of snake."
		djfletch says, "might have to restore"
		Touchy says, "Shouldn't have moved so much, I guess."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          38/145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The view out the window reveals mile after mile of the tops of the
Floyd | Everglade trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb rope" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          38/145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to ascend the rope, and make it about halfway, quickly
Floyd | hurrying hand over hand.  Until one hand comes down on a bat.  And
Floyd | then a bat comes down on your hand.  And then many bats descend upon
Floyd | all parts of your body.  And your body descends (rapidly) to the
Floyd | floor.  And then the squeaking, nipping, feeding frenzy starts.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You're GUANO want to do that over, I think. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 38 out of a possible 142, in 145 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, ";I say we go nw"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          37/137
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We just waited too long, I think."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          37/137
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Your ill-fated action draws the attention of the bats.  The bats
Floyd | notice that you're made of meat.  Delicious meat?  They decide to find
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** The bats agree: Delicious.  Would eat again.  A+++
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 37 out of a possible 142, in 137 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          37/137
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | Standing frozen in your tracks, the first thing you notice is the
Floyd | ceiling.  Well, the fact that the ceiling is INVISIBLE behind a swarm
Floyd | of bats.  A colony of bats?  A murder of bats?  Somehow, you realize
Floyd | that the collective noun for bats right now is not your problem.
Floyd | These aren't just any bats.  They're each man-sized, and a quick
Floyd | estimation leads to the conclusion that there are hundreds of them.
Floyd | Other than the bats, the room also has a window, through which the
Floyd | tops of the Everglade trees can be seen, and doorways to the west and
Floyd | northwest.  A rope dangles from the ceiling (presumably - it actually
Floyd | appears to just dangle from a horde... pack?... of bats).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "throw snake" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          37/138
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You toss the snake onto the ground.  At first, nothing happens.  Then
Floyd | the bats notice the snake.  First one flutters down, then, two, then
Floyd | nearly all of the bats are converging in a heap, fighting over the
Floyd | meal.
Floyd | The aroma of the burnt snake permeates the room, and soon every last
Floyd | one of the bats joins the pile.  One of the last bats to move reveals
Floyd | a shining golden treasure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get treasure" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          38/139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TREASURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You quickly snag the treasure, while the bats are preoccupied.
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 16 - "You collected a valuable(?)
Floyd | treasure".
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | With the bats distracted (for now), you scurry out the northwestern
Floyd | archway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | A path of marked handholds leads down into the pit, and nothing leads
Floyd | up - you're at the top.  You're on a small thrust of wood that extends
Floyd | out over the pit.  There are two exits, a metal door to the south and
Floyd | a dark, grimy arch to the southeast.  The doors stand, free of
Floyd | obstruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok, it joins back on"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          38/139
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | An incredible ... squadron?  troupe?... of bats is converged on the
Floyd | delicious, fragant body of a snake, and are rapidly consuming it.  A
Floyd | window has a view of the swamp outside, and there are doorways to the
Floyd | west and northwest.  A rope dangles from a hole in the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a heap of bats fighting over a snake on a stick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb rope" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 43/140mal) Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 17 - "Rope day in gym class would be
Floyd | easier, if you were running from bats."
Floyd |
Floyd | A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can Be Normal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | Well, that's a nice change from bottomless pits, gargoyles, bats,
Floyd | grotesque statues, et cetera.  This rooms appears to be entirely
Floyd | normal.  The floor is normal.  The walls are normal.  There is a
Floyd | window out of the temple, with a view of the jungle.  A rope dangles
Floyd | down to Bat Country, from which emanates excited squeaking.  That's
Floyd | not normal.  But it really should count against the normalcy of the
Floyd | room below, not this room.  To the west is a doorway, that appears to
Floyd | lead to an entirely normal bathroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone has left a large collection of impressive steel pipes here.
Floyd | Complete with flashing lights, dials and switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Yay, pipes."
		Touchy says, "Maybe we can unmucus the maze."
		Tzajj asks, "Out of curiosity, have most IF games (that are short enough for this club) been played here by now?"
		Binder says, "Maybe this room was sold to evil cultists by its parents because it refused to eat its vegetables and that's how it got here."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x pipes" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 43/141mal) Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what this machinery is, or what it does.  But you
Floyd | know one thing - when confronted with strange machinery, of unknown
Floyd | provenance in a strange temple, you ABSOLUTELY do not touch it.  So
Floyd | why do you find your finger sneaking out to turn a dial, or perhaps
Floyd | flip a switch, before you regain your senses and snatch your hand
Floyd | back?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x dial" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 43/142mal) Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what this machinery is, or what it does.  But you
Floyd | know one thing - when confronted with strange machinery, of unknown
Floyd | provenance in a strange temple, you ABSOLUTELY do not touch it.  So
Floyd | why do you find your finger sneaking out to turn a dial, or perhaps
Floyd | flip a switch, before you regain your senses and snatch your hand
Floyd | back?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "let's look in the bathroom first"
		Binder says, "OK by me"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/143
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | An Evil Bathroom
Floyd | Alright, this is creepy.  Both because this bathroom is unmistakably
Floyd | evil, now that you see it up close, and because there is a bathroom in
Floyd | an ancient evil temple.  The most notable feature of the bathroom is
Floyd | the giant bathtub alongside the far wall.  Other than that, there are
Floyd | the standard (evil) bathroom fixtures.  Mirror (inscribed with
Floyd | inscrutable sigils), sink (filled to the brim with blood) and toilet
Floyd | (reeking of death and bad choices).  To the east is the completely
Floyd | normal room, and set in the ceiling is a door marked with a strange
Floyd | heiroglyph.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in mirror" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/144
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		Binder makes notes for home remodel.

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see yourself, but not as you normally see yourself.  As others see
Floyd | you.  What you normally see as a dashing demeanor comes across as
Floyd | pompous.  That cheeky grin is a sneer.  And your hair looks incredibly
Floyd | strange parted on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/146
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | The sink is full of blood.  That's probably the most pertinent detail.
Floyd | Other than that, it's a stone basin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x toilet" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | The toilet is creepy, as indoor plumbing is a relatively recent
Floyd | innovation.  And by relatively recent, we are definitely excluding
Floyd | ancient stone temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x heiroglyph" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HEIROGLYPH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x hieroglyph" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/148
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HIEROGLYPH
Floyd |
Floyd | The language of this hieroglyph has been dead for centuries, which is
Floyd | ironic.  Because it means "The Water of Life".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x bathtub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/149
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BATHTUB
Floyd |
Floyd | The giant tub is alongside the far wall.  It is about waist high on
Floyd | you, and very sturdy looking.  The tub is full of water, making it
Floyd | impossibly heavy.  But perhaps this is the famed Water of Life?
Floyd | Probably not - it's very murky.  Through the murk, you can just make
Floyd | out a drain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/149
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x drain" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's what keeps the water in the tub.  Or lets it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get in bath" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IN BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get in bathtub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IN BATHTUB
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to bathe yourself in the water, but then lose heart a few
Floyd | seconds in, when you notice that the water is, quite possibly dirtier
Floyd | than you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Dirty but eternal?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "drain bathtub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRAIN BATHTUB
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull the drain, and the water in the tub quickly rushes out, over
Floyd | the floor, quickly seeping into cracks.  Hopefully *that* wasn't the
Floyd | Water of Life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Also, what does the blood in the sink have to do with this?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Must we take some blood oath first? Or drink from it?"
		djfletch says, "maybe it's just for atmosphere"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, let's see if we can run a clear tub of water."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "close drain" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x tub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/154
Floyd | >

		Tzajj asks, "Try drinking it?"

Floyd | > X TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | The giant tub is alongside the far wall.  It is about waist high on
Floyd | you, and very sturdy looking.  The tub is now drained, and can appears
Floyd | to be several thousand pounds lighter - perhaps light enough to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get tub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     43/155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Or blood is the water of life, bad joke included."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "move tub" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           48/156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | You heave and shove and manhandle the tub, and finally manage to get
Floyd | it right to the center of the room.  Whereupon the trapdoor opens,
Floyd | spilling you into the room below, and leaving the tub teetering on the
Floyd | edge above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You fall nearly on top of the sarcophagus, and twist off in an clumsy
Floyd | gainer, landing on the heap of broken sticks, which break your fall.
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Sooty Chamber
Floyd | Everything is coated in a layer of soot - and for good reason!  But
Floyd | you can make out a pile of sticks surrounding a stone sarcophagus,
Floyd | raised on an altar in the middle of the chamber.  Around the walls
Floyd | there are bright nozzles, whose purpose is now obvious.  Above the
Floyd | sarcophagus, a trapdoor swings, open.  To the north and east there are
Floyd | metal doors.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 18 - "Tub thumpin'!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tzajj says, "...floyd Turn on water" 		Jacqueline says, "Gosh"
		djfletch says, "oops"
		djfletch says, "but we got points"
		Touchy says, "Yeah, but we can't go back now."
		Touchy says, "And we presumably needed to not-touch that machinery some more."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          48/157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | Standing frozen in your tracks, the first thing you notice is the
Floyd | ceiling.  Well, the fact that the ceiling is INVISIBLE behind a swarm
Floyd | of bats.  A colony of bats?  A murder of bats?  Somehow, you realize
Floyd | that the collective noun for bats right now is not your problem.
Floyd | These aren't just any bats.  They're each man-sized, and a quick
Floyd | estimation leads to the conclusion that there are hundreds of them.
Floyd | Other than the bats, the room also has a window, through which the
Floyd | tops of the Everglade trees can be seen, and doorways to the west and
Floyd | northwest.  A rope dangles from the ceiling (presumably - it actually
Floyd | appears to just dangle from a horde... pack?... of bats).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a mostly devoured snake on a stick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           48/158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You quickly scurry out the western door, slamming it behind you to
Floyd | avoid the bats.
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Sooty Chamber
Floyd | Everything is coated in a layer of soot - and for good reason!  But
Floyd | you can make out a pile of sticks surrounding a stone sarcophagus,
Floyd | raised on an altar in the middle of the chamber.  Around the walls
Floyd | there are bright nozzles, whose purpose is now obvious.  Above the
Floyd | sarcophagus, a trapdoor swings, open.  To the north and east there are
Floyd | metal doors.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           48/159
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | An open trapdoor swings above the sarcophagus, invitingly within reach
Floyd | - if you were to stand on the sarcophagus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get on sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           48/160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the sarcophagus.
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin fluid begins to leak from the metal discs, and the smell of the
Floyd | room markedly increases.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Crawling on top of the sarcophagus, and thence to the trapdoor, you
Floyd | re-enter the floor above.
Floyd |
Floyd | An Evil Bathroom
Floyd | The most notable feature is the fact that the floor in the center of
Floyd | the room is missing.  Well, it's not exactly missing.  It's on a
Floyd | hinge, and has swung down into the room below.  The second most
Floyd | notable feature of the room is the giant bathtub in the center of the
Floyd | room, right on the edge of the trap door.  Other than that, there are
Floyd | the standard (evil) bathroom fixtures.  Mirror (inscribed with
Floyd | inscrutable sigils), sink (filled to the brim with blood) and toilet
Floyd | (reeking of death and bad choices).  To the east is the completely
Floyd | normal room, and set in the ceiling is a door marked with a strange
Floyd | heiroglyph.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Somehow I was under the impression that the door in the bathroom was in the ceiling."
Tzajj says (to floyd), "x hieroglyph" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/162
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HIEROGLYPH
Floyd |
Floyd | The language of this hieroglyph has been dead for centuries, which is
Floyd | ironic.  Because it means "The Water of Life".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Oh, there is another."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "close trapdoor" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get in bathtub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IN BATHTUB
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be hard to bathe yourself in an empty tub.  Unless you were a
Floyd | mime.  Then it would be too easy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tzajj says (to floyd), "turn on water" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tzajj says (to floyd), "turn on tap" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON TAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "let's go and try the machine"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 48/165mal) Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can Be Normal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | This rooms appears to be entirely normal.  The floor is normal.  The
Floyd | walls are normal.  There is a window out of the temple, with a view of
Floyd | the jungle.  A rope dangles down to Bat Country, from which emanates
Floyd | excited squeaking.  That's not normal.  But it really should count
Floyd | against the normalcy of the room below, not this room.  To the west is
Floyd | a doorway, that appears to lead to an entirely normal bathroom.
Floyd | Alright, a bathroom in a temple is also not normal.  But again...
Floyd | should that count against THIS room?
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone has left a large collection of impressive steel pipes here.
Floyd | Complete with flashing lights, dials and switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself absently fingering a dial on the machinery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn dial" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 48/166mal) Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN DIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You go to mess with the contraption, but then stop yourself.  Who
Floyd | knows what could happen?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "flip switch" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 48/167mal) Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself strangely drawn, compelled, even, to fiddle with the
Floyd | machinery.  You quickly stay your hand before you can do anything.
Floyd | Strange compulsions in mysterious temples are never any good.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machinery emits a strange, low hiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 48/168mal) Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what this machinery is, or what it does.  But you
Floyd | know one thing - when confronted with strange machinery, of unknown
Floyd | provenance in a strange temple, you ABSOLUTELY do not touch it.  So
Floyd | why do you find your finger sneaking out to turn a dial, or perhaps
Floyd | flip a switch, before you regain your senses and snatch your hand
Floyd | back?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 48/169mal) Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a Golden Banana, a spool of twine, a metal pirate
Floyd | hook, a greasy bone, a whip and a gun. You are wearing the metal
Floyd | gauntlet, the battered fedora and an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself absently fingering a dial on the machinery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Here's the map I have so far, fwiw: [LINK]"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, it's U/D between Bat Country and the Normal Room, isn't it?"
		Jacqueline fixes.
		Tzajj asks, "Instructions downstairs maybe?"
		djfletch says, "have we used the pirate hook for anything yet"
		djfletch asks, "?"
		Touchy says, "No."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "whip machinery" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 48/170mal) Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP MACHINERY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't help it.  You start flipping switches and pressing buttons
Floyd | like a mad man.  There is a building noise that starts as a rattle,
Floyd | strengthens to a shriek, then ends in a clamorous roar as the
Floyd | machinery jitters and shakes.  Finally, the noises cease, and a small
Floyd | vessel is thrust at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get vessel" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 48/171mal) Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET VESSEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 48/172mal) Room
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Rohrpost."

Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know how it was done, but this beverage is the almost
Floyd | complete opposite of tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You get a creepy feeling.  Probably for no reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 48/172mal) Room
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Letter shoot, doesn't sound nearly as good."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "drink beverage" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 48/173mal) Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK BEVERAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | No thank you.  You prefer tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself absently fingering a dial on the machinery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "the mirror?"
		Touchy asks, "Should we finger some more?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/174
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | An Evil Bathroom
Floyd | The most notable feature is the fact that the floor in the center of
Floyd | the room is missing.  Well, it's not exactly missing.  It's on a
Floyd | hinge, and has swung down into the room below.  The second most
Floyd | notable feature of the room is the giant bathtub in the center of the
Floyd | room, right on the edge of the trap door.  Other than that, there are
Floyd | the standard (evil) bathroom fixtures.  Mirror (inscribed with
Floyd | inscrutable sigils), sink (filled to the brim with blood) and toilet
Floyd | (reeking of death and bad choices).  To the east is the completely
Floyd | normal room, and set in the ceiling is a door marked with a strange
Floyd | heiroglyph.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "What's up with the mirror?"
		djfletch says, "I thought it might reverse the drink into tea"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/175
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see yourself, but not as you normally see yourself.  As others see
Floyd | you.  What you normally see as a dashing demeanor comes across as
Floyd | pompous.  That cheeky grin is a sneer.  And your hair looks incredibly
Floyd | strange parted on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x tea" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know how it was done, but this beverage is the almost
Floyd | complete opposite of tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "show tea to mirror" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW TEA TO MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look at tea in mirror" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT TEA IN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put tea in mirror" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/177
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TEA IN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "maybe not"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "touch mirror" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/178
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x sigils" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/179
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGILS
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the sigils.  They are in some alien alphabet, full of
Floyd | jagged edges and lines that should intersect, but somehow don't.  You
Floyd | find your tongue moving of its own accord as you scan the letters, and
Floyd | yank your gaze away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "climb bathtup" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/179
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB BATHTUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "climb bathtub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/180
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB BATHTUB
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/180
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | An Evil Bathroom
Floyd | The most notable feature is the fact that the floor in the center of
Floyd | the room is missing.  Well, it's not exactly missing.  It's on a
Floyd | hinge, and has swung down into the room below.  The second most
Floyd | notable feature of the room is the giant bathtub in the center of the
Floyd | room, right on the edge of the trap door.  Other than that, there are
Floyd | the standard (evil) bathroom fixtures.  Mirror (inscribed with
Floyd | inscrutable sigils), sink (filled to the brim with blood) and toilet
Floyd | (reeking of death and bad choices).  To the east is the completely
Floyd | normal room, and set in the ceiling is a door marked with a strange
Floyd | heiroglyph.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drain sink" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/182
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRAIN SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | No thank you.  The stopper is probably underneath all that blood.
Floyd | Ick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think you may be onto something with the not-tea & opposite-mirror"
Tzajj says (to floyd), "fill tub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/182
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FILL TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hrm, except ..."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "throw tea at hieroglyph" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/183
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW TEA AT HIEROGLYPH
Floyd |
Floyd | Futile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I'm not sure how else to phrase it."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/184
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see yourself, but not as you normally see yourself.  As others see
Floyd | you.  What you normally see as a dashing demeanor comes across as
Floyd | pompous.  That cheeky grin is a sneer.  And your hair looks incredibly
Floyd | strange parted on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/185
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | The sink is full of blood.  That's probably the most pertinent detail.
Floyd | Other than that, it's a stone basin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drink blood" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You weren't bitten by any of the bats, were you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x sink in mirror" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINK IN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the sink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/187
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a drink unlike tea, a Golden Banana, a spool of twine,
Floyd | a metal pirate hook, a greasy bone, a whip and a gun. You are wearing
Floyd | the metal gauntlet, the battered fedora and an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cut me with hook" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/187
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT ME WITH HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to cut yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "poke me with hood" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/187
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POKE ME WITH HOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "poke me with hook" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/187
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POKE ME WITH HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x tub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/188
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | The giant tub teeters on the edge of the trap door, but seems
Floyd | relatively sturdy, if you're careful about it.  Standing on it should
Floyd | provide enough reach to get to the door in the ceiling.  The tub is
Floyd | now drained, and can appears to be several thousand pounds lighter -
Floyd | perhaps light enough to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stand on tub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/189
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be hard to bathe yourself in an empty tub.  Unless you were a
Floyd | mime.  Then it would be too easy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "grrr"
		djfletch says, "oho"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "get on tub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/190
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be hard to bathe yourself in an empty tub.  Unless you were a
Floyd | mime.  Then it would be too easy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn over tub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/190
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OVER TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "flip tub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/191
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/192
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go through the door on the ceiling - it's not open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "open door" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | How?  There's nowhere to get a grip on the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "push door with stick" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH DOOR WITH STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a drink unlike tea, a Golden Banana, a spool of twine,
Floyd | a metal pirate hook, a greasy bone, a whip and a gun. You are wearing
Floyd | the metal gauntlet, the battered fedora and an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tzajj says (to floyd), "open door with hook" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR WITH HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (a metal pirate hook)
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "Ah, right, bats."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push door" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "push door with bone" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH DOOR WITH BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "whip door" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the door in the ceiling, slapping it
Floyd | fruitlessly against the blank wood.  Perhaps if there was something
Floyd | for the whip to grip onto?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "throw hook at door" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW HOOK AT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (a metal pirate hook at the door in the ceiling)
Floyd | Futile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door set in the ceiling lies waiting for you.  Surely you must be
Floyd | near the apex of the temple, and your destiny, by now.  There appears
Floyd | to be no really good way to get a grip on the door and open it (though
Floyd | there is a small hole where it appears a doorknob used to be).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put hook in hole" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HOOK IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (a metal pirate hook in the door in the ceiling)
Floyd | You climb atop the tub, being careful to not teeter it into the gaping
Floyd | trapdoor, and, standing on your tiptoes, you screw the hook into the
Floyd | soft wood of the ceiling door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tzajj says (to floyd), "put hook in hole" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     48/202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HOOK IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the door in the ceiling)
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Didn't I try to x door earlier?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     53/203
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can barely reach the hook, standing on your tiptoes on the edge of
Floyd | the tub.  But reach it you do, and yank the door in the ceiling open.
Floyd | An ominous silence greets you from the room above.  Funny.  You
Floyd | expected Handel's Messiah.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 19 - "Almost there... almost there!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "What the effing eff."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               78/204
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb on top of the tub, and carefully pull yourself up and
Floyd | through the door on the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Apex of the Temple
Floyd | This is it.  The culmination of your adventure.  The culmination,
Floyd | indeed of the Temple.  A beam of light spears through the air and
Floyd | spotlights a simple pedestal of pure white marble.  Atop the pedestal
Floyd | there is a deep basin, and in the basin - this must be the Water of
Floyd | Life.  An unearthly blue glow emanates from the water, bathing the
Floyd | rest of the room in rippling azure light.  In the floor there is the
Floyd | door to the lower levels of the temple, but you can't think of going
Floyd | back - not with the end of your quest in sight.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 21 - "King of the world, top of the heap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a commotion in the room below this one - you peek down
Floyd | through the trapdoor.  Bats!  The bats have seemingly followed you up
Floyd | the temple, and are circling wildly below (perhaps they are distracted
Floyd | by the sink full of blood).  But it is only a matter of time before
Floyd | they start flying into this room...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by twenty-five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tzajj says, "I typed that one second too slow"
		Jacqueline says, "heh. No worries, tzajj"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/205
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Acting quickly, you slam the trapdoor closed and throw its bolt,
Floyd | locking it.  Unfortunately, you were not quick enough - one of the
Floyd | bats slipped through.  It brushes your face with a wingtip as you duck
Floyd | out of the way.  With a blood curdling screech, the bat starts
Floyd | circling the ceiling of the room, giant wings flapping.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 22 - "Were you raised in a barn?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/205
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "do we have to beat this bat or do we just drink the water?"
		Jacqueline says, "Try just drinking"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "give tea to bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE TEA TO BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | an enraged giant bat doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "How rude."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You drink from the Water of Life, and feel it coursing through your
Floyd | veins, healing your injuries, curing your poison, righting what once
Floyd | went wrong.  You feel like a million bucks.  You feel like you want to
Floyd | drink more, or bathe in it!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 25 - "Thirsty?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tzajj says (to floyd), "bathe in water" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BATHE IN WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You attempt to bathe in the Water of Life, but the bat swoops at your
Floyd | neck and tries to sever it your head from your shoulders.  Hurriedly,
Floyd | you knock it off, and back away from the basin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I see"
		Jacqueline says, "First typo I've seen"
Tzajj says (to floyd), "whip bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the bat.  Great, that just drew its attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat seems to have regained its sense of purpose, and begins
Floyd | circling above your head ominously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Which makes it jarring. Yay for a polished game"
		Tzajj says, "Oops"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a drink unlike tea, a Golden Banana, a spool of twine,
Floyd | a greasy bone, a whip and a gun. You are wearing the metal gauntlet,
Floyd | the battered fedora and an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat flaps overhead, waiting for its opportunity to strike.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The coat has served you well.  Perhaps that's why you wear it, even in
Floyd | the sweltering jungle heat.  It's zipped open, which makes more sense
Floyd | in Florida, at least.
Floyd |
Floyd | In an old leather jacket is a bundle of maps.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree, scree, scree, flap, flap, flap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tzajj asks, "Shoot it?"
		Jacqueline says, "We had one bullet."
		Jacqueline says, "We used it on the snake."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "throw gun at bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW GUN AT BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat makes a feint at your jugular.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hit bat with gun" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT BAT WITH GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be nice.  But the gun is completely empty of bullets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat flaps overhead, waiting for its opportunity to strike.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "throw bone" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat screeches, nearly shattering your eardrums.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat swoops in at you, and takes a nip out of your neck.  You think
Floyd | you'll be okay... until the blood from your carotid starts fountaining
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Bats!  Why did it have to be bats? ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 80 out of a possible 142, in 213 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So much for eternal life."
		Touchy says, "Try hitting it with the bone."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/205
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Touchy asks, "Also, does this game allow dead-ends?"
		Jacqueline says, "It seems possible that we've failed to pick up something, but on the whole this game seems very forgiving."
		Tzajj says, "Maybe we can catch the bat with the whip and drown it"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | This bat somehow seems both bigger and more malevolent than the other
Floyd | bats.  Which is peculiar, because the bats were already large and
Floyd | malevolent as it was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "hit bat with bone" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT BAT WITH BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You probably can't fire that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "throw banana at bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BANANA AT BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tzajj says (to floyd), "throw bone in water" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BONE IN WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat seems to have regained its sense of purpose, and begins
Floyd | circling above your head ominously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "show tea to bat" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Make the sign of the cross in the bat's general direction." 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW TEA TO BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | an enraged giant bat is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat divebombs at you, fangs bared, but jukes away at the last
Floyd | minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS IN THE BAT'S GENERAL DIRECTION.
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | *Poof!*
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself in a wondrous cave.  At least you assume it's
Floyd | wondrous.  It's dark, and you have no light source.  You may be eaten
Floyd | by a grue.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Poof!* ...that wore off quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 28 - "Text Adventure Veteran."
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat swoops towards you, but you duck out of the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline says, "So, I got us a point, but we're back where we were."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | This bat somehow seems both bigger and more malevolent than the other
Floyd | bats.  Which is peculiar, because the bats were already large and
Floyd | malevolent as it was.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat makes a feint at your jugular.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "what haven't we used yet?"
		djfletch says, "tea, banana, fedora, jacket, maps"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x fedora" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FEDORA
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, you know exactly what this hat looks like.  After all, it is
Floyd | YOUR hat, right?
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat flaps overhead, waiting for its opportunity to strike.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't suppose an enraged giant bat would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat swoops towards you, but you duck out of the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat swoops in at you, and takes a nip out of your neck.  You think
Floyd | you'll be okay... until the blood from your carotid starts fountaining
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Bats!  Why did it have to be bats? ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 80 out of a possible 142, in 213 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/213
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The unearthly blue glow pours out of the Water of Life and surrounds
Floyd | you.  You feel time slipping away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Apex of the Temple
Floyd | A beam of light spears through the air and spotlights a simple
Floyd | pedestal of pure white marble.  Atop the pedestal there is a deep
Floyd | basin, and in the basin - this must be the Water of Life.  An
Floyd | unearthly blue glow emanates from the water, bathing the rest of the
Floyd | room in rippling azure light.  In the floor there is the door to the
Floyd | lower levels of the temple, but you can't think of going back - not
Floyd | with the end of your quest in sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | An enraged, giant bat is flying around the room, making swoops at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "throw tea at bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW TEA AT BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat swoops towards you, but you duck out of the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat swoops in at you, and takes a nip out of your neck.  You think
Floyd | you'll be okay... until the blood from your carotid starts fountaining
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Bats!  Why did it have to be bats? ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 80 out of a possible 142, in 213 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Touchy says, "No holy water, then."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/213
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The unearthly blue glow pours out of the Water of Life and surrounds
Floyd | you.  You feel time slipping away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Apex of the Temple
Floyd | A beam of light spears through the air and spotlights a simple
Floyd | pedestal of pure white marble.  Atop the pedestal there is a deep
Floyd | basin, and in the basin - this must be the Water of Life.  An
Floyd | unearthly blue glow emanates from the water, bathing the rest of the
Floyd | room in rippling azure light.  In the floor there is the door to the
Floyd | lower levels of the temple, but you can't think of going back - not
Floyd | with the end of your quest in sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | An enraged, giant bat is flying around the room, making swoops at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Foolishly, ignoring your better instincts, you open the trapdoor.
Floyd | Almost immediately after throwing open the bolt, the door flies up
Floyd | under the pressure of the bat bodies slamming against it, knocking you
Floyd | backwards, into the wall.  Your breath is knocked from you, and you
Floyd | are thus at a disadvantage when the bats descend upon you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Not that you had much of a chance to begin with,
Floyd | anyway ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 80 out of a possible 142, in 213 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/213
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The unearthly blue glow pours out of the Water of Life and surrounds
Floyd | you.  You feel time slipping away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Apex of the Temple
Floyd | A beam of light spears through the air and spotlights a simple
Floyd | pedestal of pure white marble.  Atop the pedestal there is a deep
Floyd | basin, and in the basin - this must be the Water of Life.  An
Floyd | unearthly blue glow emanates from the water, bathing the rest of the
Floyd | room in rippling azure light.  In the floor there is the door to the
Floyd | lower levels of the temple, but you can't think of going back - not
Floyd | with the end of your quest in sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | An enraged, giant bat is flying around the room, making swoops at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "punch bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUNCH BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You flail at the bat, ineffectively, with your fists.  Rule one of
Floyd | boxing: don't try to box airborne opponents.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat divebombs at you, fangs bared, but jukes away at the last
Floyd | minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat swoops in at you, and takes a nip out of your neck.  You think
Floyd | you'll be okay... until the blood from your carotid starts fountaining
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Bats!  Why did it have to be bats? ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 80 out of a possible 142, in 213 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/205
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "whip bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the bat.  Great, that just drew its attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "whip bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the bat.  Great, that just drew its attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Touchy says (to Floyd), "pour tea in water" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POUR TEA IN WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tzajj says (to floyd), "whip water" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the water.  That'll show it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "could we whip the bat as it dives at us?"
		Jacqueline asks, "What's with this unearthly glow when we undo?"
		Touchy says, "Seems unlikely...."
		Tzajj says, "I thought we could direct its attention somewhere"
		Jacqueline asks, "Is that a hint about time, or just an effect?"
		Touchy says, "Don't know, I assume it's just a style thingy."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The unearthly blue glow pours out of the Water of Life and surrounds
Floyd | you.  You feel time slipping away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Apex of the Temple
Floyd | A beam of light spears through the air and spotlights a simple
Floyd | pedestal of pure white marble.  Atop the pedestal there is a deep
Floyd | basin, and in the basin - this must be the Water of Life.  An
Floyd | unearthly blue glow emanates from the water, bathing the rest of the
Floyd | room in rippling azure light.  In the floor there is the door to the
Floyd | lower levels of the temple, but you can't think of going back - not
Floyd | with the end of your quest in sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | An enraged, giant bat is flying around the room, making swoops at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I think it was a customized message earlier too"
		Jacqueline says, "Right, throughout, I think, but it's different now, isn't it>"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x pedestal" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEDESTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The pedestal is made of pure white marble, and seems to have been
Floyd | molded- formed?  birthed?  - complete and whole.  There is not a
Floyd | chisel mark upon it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "er, ?"
Tzajj says (to floyd), "take basin" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BASIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat seems to have regained its sense of purpose, and begins
Floyd | circling above your head ominously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "yes, looks like it's different here"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x beam" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The beam of light enters through a crystal block placed at the apex of
Floyd | the room - the apex of the apex, really.  The crystal absorbs the rays
Floyd | of the sun, and concentrates them into an almost blinding shaft of
Floyd | light, which then pierces the air of the room, almost setting the dust
Floyd | motes ablaze, until it spotlights the marble pedestal, making the pure
Floyd | white stone seem to radiate, itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat screeches, nearly shattering your eardrums.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x crystal" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRYSTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The block of crystal is the real apex of the temple, occuring as it
Floyd | does at the top of the room.  It is here that the rays of the sun are
Floyd | focused into a beam of light, and that light directed down to the
Floyd | pedestal.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat screeches, nearly shattering your eardrums.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tzajj says, "So blind the bat"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it's been happening everywhere, but now that we're in this room, we see that the light is coming from the water of life itself."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "stand in beam" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND IN BEAM
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to stand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get in beam" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IN BEAM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree, scree, scree, flap, flap, flap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in water" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IN WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You attempt to bathe in the Water of Life, but the bat swoops at your
Floyd | neck and tries to sever it your head from your shoulders.  Hurriedly,
Floyd | you knock it off, and back away from the basin.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat's eyes glow with a pure red light.  Is that possible?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put all in water" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ALL IN WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | drink unlike tea: That can't contain things.
Floyd | Golden Banana: That can't contain things.
Floyd | a spool of twine: That can't contain things.
Floyd | whip: That can't contain things.
Floyd | gun: You dunk the gun into the water, which is generally against the
Floyd | operating procedure for guns, but it can't hurt, right?  And lo, the
Floyd | glow in the water flouresces about your gun, and it suddenly feels
Floyd | just a tiny bit heavier - as if it has de-aged back to the time when
Floyd | it had a single bullet in it.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 23 - "Water pistol!"
Floyd | a greasy bone: That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree, scree, scree, flap, flap, flap.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bat swoops in at you, and takes a nip out of your neck.  You think
Floyd | you'll be okay... until the blood from your carotid starts fountaining
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Bats!  Why did it have to be bats? ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 80 out of a possible 142, in 213 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oho"
		Tzajj says, "So we get a bullet back"
		Jacqueline says, "Wow."
		Tzajj says, "That's a pretty far-fetched puzzle"
		djfletch says, "not fair saying "?That can't contain things" for the other stuff"
		Tzajj says, "True"
		Jacqueline says (to djf), "I was thinking that."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Anyway!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "shoot bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT BAT
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 | >

		Tzajj asks, "Who gets the honour of shooting the bat?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, it did it for us."
		Jacqueline says, "Was so !!! about the gun I hadn't read the whole thing."
		djfletch says, "I think it killed us first"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               79/205
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, it didn't."
		Jacqueline says, "We died."
Tzajj says (to floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               80/206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | *Poof!*
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself in a wondrous cave.  At least you assume it's
Floyd | wondrous.  It's dark, and you have no light source.  You may be eaten
Floyd | by a grue.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Poof!* ...that wore off quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 28 - "Text Adventure Veteran."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "But, yeah, we should have this, now."
Tzajj says (to floyd), "throw gun in water" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               81/207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW GUN IN WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You dunk the gun into the water, which is generally against the
Floyd | operating procedure for guns, but it can't hurt, right?  And lo, the
Floyd | glow in the water flouresces about your gun, and it suddenly feels
Floyd | just a tiny bit heavier - as if it has de-aged back to the time when
Floyd | it had a single bullet in it.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 23 - "Water pistol!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to tzajj), "Go for it."
Tzajj says (to floyd), "shoot bat" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               86/208

		Jacqueline says, "You're doing great."

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the gun)
Floyd | You take careful aim, and fire the gun straight into the bat's heart.
Floyd | With a screech, it plummets - directly into the basin filled with the
Floyd | Water of Life!  You rush to the basin, and peer in - but the bat is
Floyd | gone.  Did it de-age itself to death?  Is that even POSSIBLE?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 24 - "Violence was the answer to this
Floyd | one."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Timing."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               86/208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 86 out of a possible 142, in 208 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               86/208
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd ]  The Apex of the Temple                               87/209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You drink from the Water of Life, and feel it coursing through your
Floyd | veins, healing your injuries, curing your poison, righting what once
Floyd | went wrong.  You feel like a million bucks.  You feel like you want to
Floyd | drink more, or bathe in it!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 25 - "Thirsty?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tzajj says, "I haven't really thought of any solutions so far"
		Tzajj says, "Maybe the hook on the door"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "bathe in water" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > BATHE IN WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You splash handfuls of the water over yourself, then double handfuls,
Floyd | faster and faster, reaching deeper and deeper into the basin, until
Floyd | you feel yourself fall in, pulled under the water, the unearthly blue
Floyd | glow building around you...

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | glow building around you...## A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts
Floyd | of the Everglades
Floyd | The bar extends the length of the room, and the ceiling fans and lone
Floyd | bartender are equally overworked by the rough and tumble crowd.
Floyd | Alligator ranchers, adventurers and native guides rub shoulders the
Floyd | entire length of the bar, shouting at the bartender, waving grubby
Floyd | fistfuls of money and pointing at the grimy bottles on display along
Floyd | the back shelf.  To the east lies the exit of the bar, though the
Floyd | humid swamp air blowing in from that direction makes it not too
Floyd | tempting.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man with a snaggly-toothed smile is here, bargaining with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My friend!" says the man, "Let me tell you, if you want to venture
Floyd | into the Everglades, you will need a canoe!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder slams the cover on the piano and runs off stage. 		Jacqueline says, "Huh. I was not expecting this."
		Jacqueline says, "I was expecting the end game."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask man about canoe" 		

Floyd ]  A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Evergl137/209
Floyd | >
Floyd | You smile, and reply "Sure I do, bub.  And can you run me a deal on a
Floyd | couple of boxes of bullets?"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 26 - "I hope the 'AMUSING' section is
Floyd | good..."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** You braved the Temple of the Water of Life and
Floyd | emerged victorious.  Congratulations, adventurer! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 137 out of a possible 142, in 209 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		Tzajj asks, "Too many missing points for end game, aren't there?"
		djfletch says, "hurrah"
		dddddd exclaims, "well done!"
		Tzajj says, "Never mind"
		Jacqueline says (to tzajj), "Feels like it, though we got a bunch more points at the end."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ] AMUSING THINGS TO TRY
Floyd ]               Press a number to choose an option or
Floyd ]                       ESCAPE or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |      1: Anywhere
Floyd |      2: Jungle
Floyd |      3: Bottom of the Bottomless Pit
Floyd |      4: In the mouth of the maze
Floyd |      5: Bat Country
Floyd |      6: The Normal Room
Floyd |      7: The Bathroom

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ] Anywhere (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd | (Amusing - Anywhere)
Floyd |
Floyd | Did you try...
Floyd | ...xyzzy?
Floyd | ...singing?
Floyd | ...sleeping?
Floyd | ...examining pretty much everything (I'm rather pleased with some of
Floyd | the descriptions once you get a few layers deep)?
Floyd | ...typing "win" or "win the game"?
Floyd |
Floyd | ------------------------

		djfletch asks, "I wonder if it will tell us what the tea was about?"
		Tzajj asks, "Besides the H2G2 reference?"
		Jacqueline says, "hm, yeah"
		djfletch says, "it seemed a lot to have a whole machine just for a reference"
		djfletch says, "but maybe"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ] Anywhere (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]

		Tzajj asks, "Was it a drink making machine?"
		djfletch says, "that seemed to be all it did"
		Tzajj says, "In the books the machine produces a drink that is almost, but not entirely, unlike tea."
djfletch pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ] Anywhere (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]  A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Evergl137/209
Floyd | A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Everglades
Floyd | The bar extends the length of the room, and the ceiling fans and lone
Floyd | bartender are equally overworked by the rough and tumble crowd.
Floyd | Alligator ranchers, adventurers and native guides rub shoulders the
Floyd | entire length of the bar, shouting at the bartender, waving grubby
Floyd | fistfuls of money and pointing at the grimy bottles on display along
Floyd | the back shelf.  To the east lies the exit of the bar, though the
Floyd | humid swamp air blowing in from that direction makes it not too
Floyd | tempting.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man with a snaggly-toothed smile is here, bargaining with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My friend!" says the man, "Let me tell you, if you want to venture
Floyd | into the Everglades, you will need a canoe!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ] Anywhere (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]

		Jacqueline says, "I think I'm going to go help maga with cleaning all the things before I head out for my volunteer shift this afternoon."

Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |      1: Anywhere
Floyd |      2: Jungle
Floyd |      3: Bottom of the Bottomless Pit
Floyd |      4: In the mouth of the maze
Floyd |      5: Bat Country
Floyd |      6: The Normal Room
Floyd |      7: The Bathroom

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ] Jungle (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd | (Amusing - Jungle)
Floyd |
Floyd | Did you try...
Floyd | ...attacking the snake (and then answering the rhetorical question)?
Floyd | ...counting the leaves (blame Zork for the crude joke)?
Floyd |
Floyd | ------------------------

		Jacqueline says, "You all feel free to keep poking around for those other points."
		Jacqueline says, "Final map (as far as I can tell, it's final) is at [LINK]"
djfletch pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ] Jungle (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]

		FloatingInfo says, "How did you guys do on the final puzzle? I lost Internet before seeing it."
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. 		
Gerynar has disconnected. 		Tzajj says, "We had to throw a gun into the water of life to "de-age" it to before it lost its bullet"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]  A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Evergl137/209
Floyd | A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Everglades
Floyd | The bar extends the length of the room, and the ceiling fans and lone
Floyd | bartender are equally overworked by the rough and tumble crowd.
Floyd | Alligator ranchers, adventurers and native guides rub shoulders the
Floyd | entire length of the bar, shouting at the bartender, waving grubby
Floyd | fistfuls of money and pointing at the grimy bottles on display along
Floyd | the back shelf.  To the east lies the exit of the bar, though the
Floyd | humid swamp air blowing in from that direction makes it not too
Floyd | tempting.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man with a snaggly-toothed smile is here, bargaining with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My friend!" says the man, "Let me tell you, if you want to venture
Floyd | into the Everglades, you will need a canoe!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ] Jungle (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |      1: Anywhere
Floyd |      2: Jungle
Floyd |      3: Bottom of the Bottomless Pit
Floyd |      4: In the mouth of the maze
Floyd |      5: Bat Country
Floyd |      6: The Normal Room
Floyd |      7: The Bathroom

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ] Bottom of the Bottomless Pit (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd | (Amusing - Bottom of the Bottomless Pit)
Floyd |
Floyd | Did you try...
Floyd | ...examining the wind?
Floyd | ...shouting?
Floyd | ...throwing anything into the pit?
Floyd | ...listening?
Floyd | ...jumping?
Floyd |
Floyd | ------------------------

		FloatingInfo says, "I know the answer, I was just wondering how long it took."
		Tzajj says, "Despite the fact that trying to throw other objects into told us it couldn't "contain" things"
		Tzajj says, "Oh, yeah"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ] Bottom of the Bottomless Pit (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ] Bottom of the Bottomless Pit (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]

		Tzajj says, "We tried throwing the whole inventory into the water out of frustration"
		Touchy says, "It would have taken forever if it wasn't for the rather random "put all in water" that was issued."
		djfletch says, "I don't know if there's a way to press escape on Floyd"
		djfletch says, "doesn't matter though"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]  A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Evergl137/209
Floyd | A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Everglades
Floyd | The bar extends the length of the room, and the ceiling fans and lone
Floyd | bartender are equally overworked by the rough and tumble crowd.
Floyd | Alligator ranchers, adventurers and native guides rub shoulders the
Floyd | entire length of the bar, shouting at the bartender, waving grubby
Floyd | fistfuls of money and pointing at the grimy bottles on display along
Floyd | the back shelf.  To the east lies the exit of the bar, though the
Floyd | humid swamp air blowing in from that direction makes it not too
Floyd | tempting.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man with a snaggly-toothed smile is here, bargaining with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My friend!" says the man, "Let me tell you, if you want to venture
Floyd | into the Everglades, you will need a canoe!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ] Bottom of the Bottomless Pit (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |      1: Anywhere
Floyd |      2: Jungle
Floyd |      3: Bottom of the Bottomless Pit
Floyd |      4: In the mouth of the maze
Floyd |      5: Bat Country
Floyd |      6: The Normal Room
Floyd |      7: The Bathroom

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ] In the mouth of the maze (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd | (Amusing - In the mouth of the maze)
Floyd |
Floyd | Did you try...
Floyd | ...touching the teeth?  (You can get out again by whipping them
Floyd | afterward)
Floyd |
Floyd | ------------------------

		Touchy says, "I seem to have missed almost all parts of this maze body analogy..."
		djfletch says, "I don't remember teeth"
		djfletch says, "yeah"
		djfletch says, "we must have not examined enough things in the maze entrance"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]  A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Evergl137/209
Floyd | A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Everglades
Floyd | The bar extends the length of the room, and the ceiling fans and lone
Floyd | bartender are equally overworked by the rough and tumble crowd.
Floyd | Alligator ranchers, adventurers and native guides rub shoulders the
Floyd | entire length of the bar, shouting at the bartender, waving grubby
Floyd | fistfuls of money and pointing at the grimy bottles on display along
Floyd | the back shelf.  To the east lies the exit of the bar, though the
Floyd | humid swamp air blowing in from that direction makes it not too
Floyd | tempting.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man with a snaggly-toothed smile is here, bargaining with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My friend!" says the man, "Let me tell you, if you want to venture
Floyd | into the Everglades, you will need a canoe!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ] In the mouth of the maze (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |      1: Anywhere
Floyd |      2: Jungle
Floyd |      3: Bottom of the Bottomless Pit
Floyd |      4: In the mouth of the maze
Floyd |      5: Bat Country
Floyd |      6: The Normal Room
Floyd |      7: The Bathroom

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "5" 		

Floyd ] Bat Country (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd | (Amusing - Bat Country)
Floyd |
Floyd | Did you try examining "collective noun"?
Floyd |
Floyd | ------------------------

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]  A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Evergl137/209
Floyd | A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Everglades
Floyd | The bar extends the length of the room, and the ceiling fans and lone
Floyd | bartender are equally overworked by the rough and tumble crowd.
Floyd | Alligator ranchers, adventurers and native guides rub shoulders the
Floyd | entire length of the bar, shouting at the bartender, waving grubby
Floyd | fistfuls of money and pointing at the grimy bottles on display along
Floyd | the back shelf.  To the east lies the exit of the bar, though the
Floyd | humid swamp air blowing in from that direction makes it not too
Floyd | tempting.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man with a snaggly-toothed smile is here, bargaining with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My friend!" says the man, "Let me tell you, if you want to venture
Floyd | into the Everglades, you will need a canoe!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ] Bat Country (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |      1: Anywhere
Floyd |      2: Jungle
Floyd |      3: Bottom of the Bottomless Pit
Floyd |      4: In the mouth of the maze
Floyd |      5: Bat Country
Floyd |      6: The Normal Room
Floyd |      7: The Bathroom

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "6" 		

Floyd ] The Normal Room (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd | (Amusing - The Normal Room)
Floyd |
Floyd | Did you try using the machinery?
Floyd |
Floyd | ------------------------

		Tzajj says, "Just an amusing reference, then."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]  A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Evergl137/209
Floyd | A Bar, Three Days Ago, On the Outskirts of the Everglades
Floyd | The bar extends the length of the room, and the ceiling fans and lone
Floyd | bartender are equally overworked by the rough and tumble crowd.
Floyd | Alligator ranchers, adventurers and native guides rub shoulders the
Floyd | entire length of the bar, shouting at the bartender, waving grubby
Floyd | fistfuls of money and pointing at the grimy bottles on display along
Floyd | the back shelf.  To the east lies the exit of the bar, though the
Floyd | humid swamp air blowing in from that direction makes it not too
Floyd | tempting.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man with a snaggly-toothed smile is here, bargaining with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My friend!" says the man, "Let me tell you, if you want to venture
Floyd | into the Everglades, you will need a canoe!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "looks like it"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ] The Normal Room (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |      1: Anywhere
Floyd |      2: Jungle
Floyd |      3: Bottom of the Bottomless Pit
Floyd |      4: In the mouth of the maze
Floyd |      5: Bat Country
Floyd |      6: The Normal Room
Floyd |      7: The Bathroom

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "7" 		

Floyd ] The Bathroom (page 18 of 1)
Floyd ]
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd | (Amusing - The Bathroom)
Floyd |
Floyd | Did you try...
Floyd | ...using the toilet?
Floyd | ...reading the sigils (multiple times)?
Floyd |
Floyd | ------------------------

		Tzajj says, "I think these are things players will try when they're alone, but when playing with other people you're itching to figure out the solutions first to score points..."
		djfletch says, "that's true, you probably don't tend to do as much silly stuff just to see if it works"
		djfletch says, "anyway, good game. I'm going to go and get some food."
		djfletch says, "bye for now"
		Touchy asks, "What was that h2g2 or whatever reference?"
FloatingInfo goes home. 		Tzajj says, "The tea"
		Touchy asks, "And what was it a reference to?"
		Tzajj says, "In Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Arthur Dent wants some tea, but the machine he uses only produces a drink that is "almost, but not entirely, unlike tea""
		Tzajj says, "The tea here was described as being just unlike tea"
		Touchy says, "ah"
		Touchy says, "thanks"
		Tzajj says, "I don't remember if the tea in the H2G2 game was a red herring as well"
		dddddd says, ""no tea" is in the inventory from the start"
		dddddd says, "(... of HHGG)"
		Tzajj asks, "Are there a lot of IF games left that haven't gotten a ClubFloyd playthrough?"
		Jacqueline says, "Most modern non-AIF games that fit the constraints have been played."
		Tzajj says, "I thought that must be the case, since the club has been around for a few years."
		Jacqueline says, "Outside of the comps, we play some of the older stuff as well."
		Jacqueline says, "But we only really play the shorter games - you can see how much longer it takes to play a game when there's a group."
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks for coming, everyone."
		Jacqueline goes to work on the transcript.
		Tzajj says, "Seems faster to me, but I haven't played that many IF games yet so I don't think of solutions as quickly as you guys do."
		dddddd says, "Thank you, Jacqueline"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Threediopolis by Andrew Schultz
As played on ifMUD on December 29, 2013

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 Threediopolis written by Andrew Schultz. Threediopolis was released as part of the 2013 IF Competition, in which it took seventh place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

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 hollers, "Goodmorning, everyone! After a week away, ClubFloyd resumes this morning with a post-comp release of Threediopolis by ASchultz, who will be joining us. We start at the top o' the hour!" 		
Emily arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline says, "Gosh, it may be a quiet ClubFloyd session."
		Jacqueline says, "Binder and Touchy idle, no DavidW..."
		Jacqueline says, "I... think we'll give this a few minutes."
		Jacqueline asks (of Emily), "Have you played Threediopolis?"
ASchultz says, "well, dont feel bad if nobody shows up. It can be postponed. I was glad to be motivated to fix what I did." 		Jacqueline says (to AScultz), "This is why I'm never allowed to take a vacation. One week off and the goldfish forget we gather on Sunday mornings."
		Jacqueline says, "I wouldn't worry too much, yet. I mean, if we postpone we will postpone, but next week we have New Year's SpeedIFs in the queue, so I'd like to knock Threediopolis out, especially since you've put a lot of post-comp work into it in preparation for this session."
Doug arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Emily says (to Jacqueline), "I have played it, yeah"
		Emily says, "I just wanted to hang out a bit"
		Emily says, "and watch"
		Jacqueline says (to Emily), "Ah."
		Jacqueline asks (of Doug), "What about you, have you played it?"
		Doug says, "almost forgot!"
		Doug says, "nope."
		Jacqueline says, "Yay, cool."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "I think a few other people have almost forgotten, so I'm going to give it until quarter after."
		Doug says, "also, I'm not a goldfish."
		Doug says, "and yeah, I can wait."
		Jacqueline says, "So, tea and coffee and bathroom and stuff, people."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Actually, Mythbusters tested and completely busted the 'goldfish have a four second memory' thing."
		Doug says, "okay, then I guess I am a goldfish after all."
		Jacqueline says, "They actually can be trained to navigate a simple maze, which sort of negates that theory."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Well, let's hope there are no mazes in Threediopolis."
		Doug asks, "I think it's all one big maze, isn't it?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh dear."
		Jacqueline asks (of ASchultz), "In all seriousness, is this a game where we should make a map?"
		Doug says, "a Threedi map"
Allen arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		ASchultz says, "I don't think a classic map would be helpful. Or, thankfully, necessary."
		Allen says, "I'm only here for a brief while today, so I think I'll just observe and not get involved in the game"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, cool. Thanks."
		Doug says, "DavidW said he was having Internet issues yesterday, so that might be why he isn't here"
		Doug says, "also looks like he was up pretty late..."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I only have until about two and a half hours, as the family on the other side of the pond is assembling for a videocall at that time. But hopefully if we're not all the way through it we'll at least be a good chunk of the way in."
		ASchultz says, "with a team, and the hints I added, I don't think the game will take more than 2 hours."
		Jacqueline asks, "Given ASchultz's normal stuff, though, I suspect we won't get through the game in... oh?"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, things are always a bit slower on Floyd, but I guess we'll see."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, let's do this thing."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask threediopolis4" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis was the first city to have different sidewalk levels,
Floyd | one above another, back in 2050. It's pretty normal now in 2100, but
Floyd | they didn't plan everything right back then, so Threediopolis is still
Floyd | a bit quirky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You still get lost some days, like today--while remembering a
Floyd | traumatic episode from your youth (adults yelling at you for somehow
Floyd | getting lost on a simple errand) you run across a building you've
Floyd | never seen. You enter and are whisked to a penthouse office. A fellow
Floyd | wearing a fractal power-tie and a white button-down shirt with elbow
Floyd | patches jumps up.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah! You answered my online ad! What? No? You didn't? Even better!
Floyd | You're a natural! Unpoisoned by GPS! Just what I need! It's not anyone
Floyd | can find here. I'm Ed Dunn. You are? ..."

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "press green" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can answer, Ed hands you a list of tasks, an equally
Floyd | mysterious package you're told not to open, and a pocket teleporter
Floyd | device, for getting back if you get even more lost than you need to.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Getting here was the hard part, kid. But if you don't get everything
Floyd | on this list done before you get back here, that's okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can ask what list, Ed makes a hush-hush gesture. "It's
Floyd | organized by travel time, kid. Or it should be, once you find how to
Floyd | use it. Don't worry, just--don't lose it."
Floyd |
Floyd | He explains how some things just don't need to be traced
Floyd | electronically, and how there's lots of weird scenery to see if you're
Floyd | interested in that sort of thing, and since you got here without
Floyd | knowing, you couldn't get anywhere on the list WITH knowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Knowing what...?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "One other thing, kid. You might want to use that teleporter pretty
Floyd | quickly if you don't see anything to start. Say, no further than five
Floyd | blocks. Til you get your bearings."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ed stares at his computer, then snaps his fingers. "Oh, hey, I should
Floyd | push this button. Alphabetize this whole list, sort of. Make things
Floyd | easier for the rookie. What do you say?"

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "say okay" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY OKAY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes or no. Not rocket science."

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "say no" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY NO
Floyd |
Floyd | "C'mon, kid, you can't answer an easy yes-no question..."

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Got it. You look smart enough to take the extra challenge."
Floyd |
Floyd | Pep talk time. "You got potential. You seem like someone who knows
Floyd | it's not just getting there, but HOW you get there." You've heard that
Floyd | truism before...but does it mean anything? You have no time to ask.
Floyd | Security whisks you away as Ed booms "And keep with it. Note what you
Floyd | found. Don't worry about the order, either!"
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not a huge list. You even have addresses of where to go. It can't
Floyd | be too hard, can it?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Jacqueline asks, "Did you just make things harder for us?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh right, you're a puzzly sort."
		Doug asks, "maybe?"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		ASchultz says, "I would recommend using the hints, actually"
		Doug asks, "should we make it easier, since you have time constraints?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]

		Jacqueline says (to AScultz), "Hrm. Floyd usually eschews hints unless desperate."
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 0/9 pals found, 0/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis
Floyd | A Futuristic Word-Play Gofering by Andrew Schultz
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 131229 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | Everything here sort of looks like everything else and doesn't at the
Floyd | same time. Going one direction seems as good as going any other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance quickly at Ed Dunn's list: some things are in sector 444,
Floyd | but you can't see anything resembling them. [Note: the room
Floyd | descriptions are random and for amusement only. Type B to get rid of
Floyd | them or V to have them appear again.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 0/9 pals found, 0/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can't "undo" what hasn't been done!]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims (at Doug), "Oh, no... it's fine!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 0/9 pals found, 0/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > RESTART
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart?

		Jacqueline says, "I..."
Doug says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis was the first city to have different sidewalk levels,
Floyd | one above another, back in 2050. It's pretty normal now in 2100, but
Floyd | they didn't plan everything right back then, so Threediopolis is still
Floyd | a bit quirky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You still get lost some days, like today--while remembering a
Floyd | traumatic episode from your youth (adults yelling at you for somehow
Floyd | getting lost on a simple errand) you run across a building you've
Floyd | never seen. You enter and are whisked to a penthouse office. A fellow
Floyd | wearing a fractal power-tie and a white button-down shirt with elbow
Floyd | patches jumps up.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah! You answered my online ad! What? No? You didn't? Even better!
Floyd | You're a natural! Unpoisoned by GPS! Just what I need! It's not anyone
Floyd | can find here. I'm Ed Dunn. You are? ..."

		ASchultz says, "Well, it's not hints so much as making the list more manageable"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, whatever you want to do."
Doug says (to Floyd), "Club Floyd" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can answer, Ed hands you a list of tasks, an equally
Floyd | mysterious package you're told not to open, and a pocket teleporter
Floyd | device, for getting back if you get even more lost than you need to.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Getting here was the hard part, kid. But if you don't get everything
Floyd | on this list done before you get back here, that's okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can ask what list, Ed makes a hush-hush gesture. "It's
Floyd | organized by travel time, kid. Or it should be, once you find how to
Floyd | use it. Don't worry, just--don't lose it."
Floyd |
Floyd | He explains how some things just don't need to be traced
Floyd | electronically, and how there's lots of weird scenery to see if you're
Floyd | interested in that sort of thing, and since you got here without
Floyd | knowing, you couldn't get anywhere on the list WITH knowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Knowing what...?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "One other thing, kid. You might want to use that teleporter pretty
Floyd | quickly if you don't see anything to start. Say, no further than five
Floyd | blocks. Til you get your bearings."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ed stares at his computer, then snaps his fingers. "Oh, hey, I should
Floyd | push this button. Alphabetize this whole list, sort of. Make things
Floyd | easier for the rookie. What do you say?"

		Jacqueline says (to ASchult), "Hm. Okay."
Doug says (to Floyd), "okay" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | > OKAY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes or no. Not rocket science."

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Got it. You look smart enough to know the value of a little
Floyd | organization. Hey, stop on back if you need an extra hint, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Pep talk time. "You got potential. You seem like someone who knows
Floyd | it's not just getting there, but HOW you get there." You've heard that
Floyd | truism before...but does it mean anything? You have no time to ask.
Floyd | Security whisks you away as Ed booms "And keep with it. Note what you
Floyd | found. Don't worry about the order, either!"
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not a huge list. You even have addresses of where to go. It can't
Floyd | be too hard, can it?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 0/9 pals found, 0/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis
Floyd | A Futuristic Word-Play Gofering by Andrew Schultz
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 131229 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | Everything here sort of looks like everything else and doesn't at the
Floyd | same time. Going one direction seems as good as going any other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance quickly at Ed Dunn's list: some things are in sector 444,
Floyd | but you can't see anything resembling them. [Note: the room
Floyd | descriptions are random and for amusement only. Type B to get rid of
Floyd | them or V to have them appear again.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "given that we're short-staffed, also"
		Jacqueline says, "Mmkay, fair enough."
		ASchultz says, "to-do: make it clearer 1st time players should accept Ed's help."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Huh. Random room descriptions."
		Doug says, "oh, it's pretty clear, I just didn't really read it. my bad"
		Jacqueline says, "So, like, they don't matter to the game at all? (That's a rhetorical question, ASchultz.)"
		Jacqueline asks (of Doug), "Should we slim this down by turning off room descriptions?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 0/9 pals found, 0/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be more efficient if you could walk through buildings, but
Floyd | they're private property. Did you mean to run these directions in
Floyd | order?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x list" 		Doug asks, "hm, let's see a few first and then decide if they're annoying?"

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 0/9 pals found, 0/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Please say yes or no. >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 0/9 pals found, 0/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | Ok--you can always bypass the two-to-three-letter-command check with J
Floyd | (for jumping.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x list" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 0/9 pals found, 0/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | (Note: you can just type X to re-examine the list.)
Floyd |
Floyd | **************ED DUNN'S NEEDS**************
Floyd |
Floyd | LOOKING IN MIDDLE OF JOURNEY IS USELESS.
Floyd | --friends: pal@346, pal (English name)@335, near pal
Floyd | (Scottish-Canadian)@455, pal@355, pal@535, near pal@444, pal
Floyd | (German)@544, far frieeend@356, pal@434
Floyd | --extra near: Visit total party-cave@355, Wet grass@344, Chat w/web
Floyd | srvr@344, Visit online univ. HQ@445, Stop Something@355, Retro gm
Floyd | comp@445, A powerful hinty spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my
Floyd | clothes@434, Soak Up Vitamin D@544
Floyd | --near: Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435, TV
Floyd | Info show@444, A conventional convent@554, Deploy package@345,
Floyd | Handmade clothes with love in every stitch-1@444, Smokeless
Floyd | tobacco@534, Root Beer &/or Cream Soda@424, New Linux system--boo
Floyd | Windows 27@525, Get a free hint@514
Floyd | --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335, sandy
Floyd | beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326, handmade
Floyd | clothes with love in every stitch-2@335, cheapish leathery
Floyd | clothes@436, Matchmaker for singles@454, visit that vacant lot I loved
Floyd | as a kid@335
Floyd | --kinda far: Return to Ed Dunn for evaluation and reward@365,
Floyd | Smell/taste test@426, book Scandinavian vacation@345, Invisible
Floyd | Institute docs@556, brand new stuff-in-general@545, new bride/groom
Floyd | stuff@145, anti-athletic club@514
Floyd | --far: unworn clothes boutique@344, improperly vowelled hot dog
Floyd | hut@447
Floyd | --extra far: 2nd-hand clothing boutique@325
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm, he said it was alphabetized, but you aren't sure yet what he was
Floyd | talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can put this in the header with t, though it is not recommended
Floyd | with Parchment, or you can toggle this warning with tt. You can also
Floyd | track just friends with f, or you can see one line with o.]
Floyd |
Floyd | You think a moment. Some of these locations listed twice, there has to
Floyd | be something if you just walk right there. Especially the ones nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "yes, the random room descriptions can and should be turned off"
		Doug says, "it said "going one direction seems as good as another" so I just picked one at random..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 0/9 pals found, 0/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis is now in its "superbrief" mode, which always gives
Floyd | short descriptions of locations (even if you haven't been there
Floyd | before).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Good point Doug. That was an ambiguous hint"
Doug says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 0/9 pals found, 0/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | This game wasn't intended to be huge on plot, but rather, I saw a way
Floyd | to do things, and I figured why not. I put the skeleton on the shelf
Floyd | after starting it in May 2012, toyed with it for a post-IFComp 2012
Floyd | release, then got so lazy I saw I could submit it in time for IFComp
Floyd | 2013!
Floyd |
Floyd | Type CREDITS for testers and such.
Floyd |
Floyd | A previous IFComp game that might spoil this game's mechanic also
Floyd | probably had considerable influence on this game, though it does have
Floyd | a lot more plot and cool locations.
Floyd |
Floyd | I hope you enjoy this. I recognize some people won't, and that's cool,
Floyd | and I don't want to play the "I know some philistines may hate it"
Floyd | card. However, if it helps someone who doesn't like it try their
Floyd | own thing, that'd be way cool.
Floyd |
Floyd | Also, remember to track back to puzzles you couldn't solve after
Floyd | getting a few others. They may be easier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 0/9 pals found, 0/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the extra near line.
Floyd |
Floyd | Visit total party-cave@355, Wet grass@344, Chat w/web srvr@344, Visit
Floyd | online univ. HQ@445, Stop Something@355, Retro gm comp@445, A powerful
Floyd | hinty spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my clothes@434, Soak Up
Floyd | Vitamin D@544.
Floyd | Note: you can put a list of numbers and found tasks in the status line
Floyd | with oo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "oo" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > OO
Floyd |
Floyd | Top line is now in header.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ClubFloyd and NightFloyd have played a lot of your stuff, ASchultz, but oddly enough I think this is my first game of yours."
		Doug says, "presumably that will help when we figure out what's going on."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, we're in 444 and we should get to one of those?"
		ASchultz exclaims, "Well, I hope it makes a good first impression, then!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "I'm guessing 445 is close?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 464
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "so the second digit is N/S"
		Jacqueline says, "Close, probably, but going n jumps us up by 10."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ding"
		Jacqueline says, "And N (probably S as well) by 1."
		Jacqueline says, "And... look doesn't help, allegedly."
		Jacqueline says, "And 445 is still in the list."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hq" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > HQ
Floyd |
Floyd | Being a messenger, you don't have much more to do than go in the six
Floyd | basic directions (transport tubes make going up and down easy.) Or
Floyd | enter places. Maybe knock. Nothing fancy. Type C to see everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug | Visit online univ. HQ@445
Doug says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | The six directions, abbreviated: N, S, E, W, U, D. K knocks. I/IN goes
Floyd | in (inventory doesn't change much so I trumps INVENTORY when you can
Floyd | enter.)
Floyd | B=brief V=verbose C=this command
Floyd | F=friends left FF=friends in header I=inventory O=one line of
Floyd | by-length list OO=friends in header  X=all the list
Floyd | H=hint toggle
Floyd | P pushes the panic button to send you to sector 444. J=jump mode to
Floyd | skip diagonal warning.
Floyd | T toggles big long listing in the status bar. Z waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking around won't be enough to get you lost the way you need to get
Floyd | lost. It seems it might even add one more variable, or layer of
Floyd | complexity, beyond just waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could say doing so in the middle of a journey is useless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "okay..."
		Doug asks, "maybe we have to go to 355 first?"
		Jacqueline asks, "So now we know what F and FF mean, but what about BFF?"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Okay, sure."
		Doug says, "there's also a pal at 355"
		Jacqueline says, "You drive."
		Jacqueline says, "I think two of us would really get this screwed up."
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Boy, those transport tubes are handy for saving energy during vertical
Floyd | travel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 555
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Undeeds won't get you back to where you were. In fact, that's sort of
Floyd | why Ed Dunn hired you. (Fourth wall note: you can undo if you get
Floyd | killed, but otherwise, you can't. Push the button on your device to
Floyd | reset your wanderings.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Just D, I think."
		Doug says, "well, I'm wondering if the path we take to get there matters"
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Also, Floyd has an undo that overrides the game's undo, but we can honor the spirit and not use it"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, where is our little frend?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | **************ED DUNN'S NEEDS**************
Floyd |
Floyd | LOOKING IN MIDDLE OF JOURNEY IS USELESS.
Floyd | --friends: pal@346, pal (English name)@335, near pal
Floyd | (Scottish-Canadian)@455, pal@355, pal@535, near pal@444, pal
Floyd | (German)@544, far frieeend@356, pal@434
Floyd | --extra near: Visit total party-cave@355, Wet grass@344, Chat w/web
Floyd | srvr@344, Visit online univ. HQ@445, Stop Something@355, Retro gm
Floyd | comp@445, A powerful hinty spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my
Floyd | clothes@434, Soak Up Vitamin D@544
Floyd | --near: Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435, TV
Floyd | Info show@444, A conventional convent@554, Deploy package@345,
Floyd | Handmade clothes with love in every stitch-1@444, Smokeless
Floyd | tobacco@534, Root Beer &/or Cream Soda@424, New Linux system--boo
Floyd | Windows 27@525, Get a free hint@514
Floyd | --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335, sandy
Floyd | beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326, handmade
Floyd | clothes with love in every stitch-2@335, cheapish leathery
Floyd | clothes@436, Matchmaker for singles@454, visit that vacant lot I loved
Floyd | as a kid@335
Floyd | --kinda far: Return to Ed Dunn for evaluation and reward@365,
Floyd | Smell/taste test@426, book Scandinavian vacation@345, Invisible
Floyd | Institute docs@556, brand new stuff-in-general@545, new bride/groom
Floyd | stuff@145, anti-athletic club@514
Floyd | --far: unworn clothes boutique@344, improperly vowelled hot dog
Floyd | hut@447
Floyd | --extra far: 2nd-hand clothing boutique@325
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can put this in the header with t, though it is not recommended
Floyd | with Parchment, or you can toggle this warning with tt. You can also
Floyd | track just friends with f, or you can see one line with o.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTE: there is currently a problem with web-based interpreters, and
Floyd | older Mac interpreters may not support the status line list.
Floyd | The screen dimensions are 70 x 24. Dimensions of at least 105x25 are
Floyd | recommended to be able to see all entries at once but not necessary.
Floyd | You can resize later. Do you still wish to toggle the list inventory
Floyd | to the status bar?

		Jacqueline says, "Try it."
		Doug asks, "hm, any idea what that means for floyd?"
		ASchultz exclaims, "hmm, that's what I forgot. Being able to examine one line of the list at a time!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Ok, the list is in the status bar, now. Note: if you resize to <25
Floyd | height or <105 width, it is at your own risk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "it's not recommended--it looks ugly--but you can turn it off."
		Doug asks, "are we <105 width?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a mysterious package
Floyd |   a pocket teleporter device
Floyd |   a list of needs (can be examined with just X)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think we're 70."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x package" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PACKAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the mysterious package. But you sure
Floyd | SENSE something special under that newfangled top-open-secret material
Floyd | that can hold things several times its size if necessary. Quantum
Floyd | physics is crazy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sense" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > SENSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the pace of your wandering, there, planning a few blocks
Floyd | ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd | You've been wandering for too long. You get tired, and you figure it's
Floyd | probably best to start over with a clean look on things. You push the
Floyd | button on your teleporter device, and back you go to the center,
Floyd | scrapping your remaining plans.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "hmm."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x pocket" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "huh"

Floyd | > X POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's got a button you can push. You're reminded how, with so many
Floyd | buttons to push in Threediopolis, the letter "p" is a verb meaning
Floyd | "push the button."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sense" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > SENSE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd | You are redirected around a political rally where people chant "We
Floyd | need Wu!" then "Wu needs us!"
Floyd |
Floyd | But what you noticed doesn't seem practical, so you put it out of your
Floyd | mind as you continue pacing. Places you can't enter won't help you
Floyd | help Ed Dunn.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 436
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Emily goes home. 		
Emily has disconnected. 		ASchultz says, "Oh...that's a bug, technically. The current header setting is overriding the full header. But I think the current header will help you more."
		Jacqueline says, "That must prove confusing when a student in Threediopolis raises their hand and tells the teacher that they need to p/pee."
		Jacqueline asks (of AS), "So, leave the status bar alone at this point, is your rec?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "drop package" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP PACKAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd be flaking out at your job, doing that. No way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x package" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PACKAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the mysterious package. But you sure
Floyd | SENSE something special under that newfangled top-open-secret material
Floyd | that can hold things several times its size if necessary. Quantum
Floyd | physics is crazy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "shrug."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat package" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PACKAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you hungry for a meal, or a job that'll buy several of them? Get
Floyd | back to wandering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city. Your employer must really be
Floyd | loaded.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "well, the "f" option may work, too. It's just, using T isn't going to be helpful or pretty."
Doug says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: 355/344/344/445/355/445/436/434/544
Floyd |
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd | Pals: 346/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | Note: while friends are left, you can focus on them in the status bar
Floyd | with ff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "may -> will"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ff" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: 346/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > FF
Floyd |
Floyd | Friends are now in header. Each asterisk means longer distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ah, thanks"
		Doug says, "ok, so, 346 is D + D + E"
Doug says (to Floyd), "edd" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: 346/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > EDD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 245
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oops."
		Doug says, "D + E + E"
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: 346/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You flash back to Ed Dunn's voice booming through your head: "It's not
Floyd | just where you go but how you get there!" Maybe you can try hitting
Floyd | some of the nearer locations.
Floyd |
Floyd | [NOTE: you can toggle hints like this by typing r.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "dee" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: 346/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > DEE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 346
Floyd | Man! Someone's front door! With the secret detail Ed Dunn showed you
Floyd | that's obvious once you know it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "I!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: 346/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks familiar, slightly different from all the identical ones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: 346/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That front door is someone's home. You should really knock instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug knock 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "knock" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | (Note: in the future you can type K for knock.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You are surprised to see a man answer the door, but you're not sure
Floyd | why. "Ed Dunn, eh? My wife will be glad to drop by. Her name's Dee,
Floyd | too. Well, the abbreviation. We both laughed too hard at it when we
Floyd | first met."
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, Ed won't be alone now. Or, rather, he'll have some of his best
Floyd | pals to talk to.
Floyd | (Note: from now on you can type IN once you see a place to enter or,
Floyd | if there's a door to knock on, K. On which to knock.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, or K."
		Doug asks, "her name's D2?"
		ASchultz says, "in fact, I wanted to clue using the friend option first. So that's something new."
		ASchultz says, "hm, didn't think of that one :)"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x dee" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "so 3356 = D + S + E?"
		Doug says, "er, 335"
		Jacqueline says, "I think so, yes."
Doug says (to Floyd), "sed" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > SED
Floyd |
Floyd | That's a pretty crazy diagonal direction. You'd crash into something,
Floyd | even with a jetpack. Did you mean to run these directions in order?

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "s. e. d." 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > S. E. D.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please say yes or no. >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | [NOTE: you can always bypass this command check with J (for jump
Floyd | through diagonals.)]
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 335
Floyd | You stumble by a bunch of techies discussing AWK and GREP and
Floyd | discussing how it's all more fun and interesting than silly puzzle
Floyd | boxes with no purpose. Not that the guy who just passed would be good
Floyd | at either.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing to enter. It's all so unfamiliar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hrm."
		Jacqueline says, "So the last one turned from a number to a word."
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "des" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > DES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's a pretty crazy diagonal direction. You'd crash into something,
Floyd | even with a jetpack. Did you mean to run these directions in order?

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/335/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "But if all we can use are NSEWUD, there aren't a million words to be made from that."

Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | [NOTE: you can still bypass this command check with J (for jump
Floyd | through diagonals.)]
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 335
Floyd | Man! Someone's front door! With the secret detail Ed Dunn showed you
Floyd | that's obvious once you know it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "short for Desmond maybe"
		Jacqueline says, "Possibly."
Doug says (to Floyd), "k" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > K
Floyd |
Floyd | "An Ed Dunn party, eh? His are worth the walk. But boy, I tell you,
Floyd | the guy who sold me this place cheated me. Said I'd be near Ed's. I
Floyd | don't get it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hoowah, that's another friend found!
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "Hoowah!"
		Jacqueline says, "ED'S"
		Doug says, "aha."
		Doug asks, "should we continue finding friends, or try some extra-near locations?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ned" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > NED
Floyd |
Floyd | That's a pretty crazy diagonal direction. You'd crash into something,
Floyd | even with a jetpack. Did you mean to run these directions in order?

		Doug says, "oops, keep forgetting to Jump"
Doug says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/355/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | [NOTE: you can still bypass this command check with J (for jump
Floyd | through diagonals.)]
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd | Man! Someone's front door! With the secret detail Ed Dunn showed you
Floyd | that's obvious once you know it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "k" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > K
Floyd |
Floyd | Ned compliments you on not getting lost getting here--there are other
Floyd | tempting and even dangerous places in the nearby area. He suspects and
Floyd | hopes that that's why he didn't get the last invite. Well, he hopes it
Floyd | was more temptation than danger.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've found some pretty swank areas of Threediopolis you'd have
Floyd | missed otherwise. It looks like there are more.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "What does jump do?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "clubf it lets you go a diagonal direction" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]             'I've always enjoyed going north. Of course,
Floyd ]             south-west is a fine direction, too.'
Floyd ]
Floyd ]             -- E. B. White, Stuart Little
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLUBF IT LETS YOU GO A DIAGONAL DIRECTION
Floyd |
Floyd | Being a messenger, you don't have much more to do than go in the six
Floyd | basic directions (transport tubes make going up and down easy.) Or
Floyd | enter places. Maybe knock. Nothing fancy. Type C to see everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ilaf"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, what about Ed's place?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eds" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > EDS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's a pretty crazy diagonal direction. You'd crash into something,
Floyd | even with a jetpack. Did you mean to run these directions in order?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | [NOTE: you can still bypass this command check with J (for jump
Floyd | through diagonals.)]
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 335
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I guess "END" is a dangeous place"
		Doug says, "+r"
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "end" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > END
Floyd |
Floyd | That's a pretty crazy diagonal direction. You'd crash into something,
Floyd | even with a jetpack. Did you mean to run these directions in order?

		Jacqueline asks, "I guess I never want to go diagonal?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | [NOTE: you can still bypass this command check with J (for jump
Floyd | through diagonals.)]
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd | You can see an extremely ominous door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, or I can."
		Doug says, "no, you just need to say "j end""
		Jacqueline says, "That's an ominous door."
Doug says (to Floyd), "clubf to avoid the prompt" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLUBF TO AVOID THE PROMPT
Floyd |
Floyd | Being a messenger, you don't have much more to do than go in the six
Floyd | basic directions (transport tubes make going up and down easy.) Or
Floyd | enter places. Maybe knock. Nothing fancy. Type C to see everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "dangit."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Ah, okay, I get it now."
		Doug says, "sorry, fingers are undercaffeinated today."
		ASchultz says, "I should make it clearer. J removes the nag for good."
		Doug says, "oh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "j" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > J
Floyd |
Floyd | Jump mode is on, e.g. NWU or NW diagonals are no longer questioned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sweet"
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "k" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > K
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach into the mysterious package and pull out a stink-bomb, then
Floyd | knock and run away. Since you didn't light it INSIDE the clinic,
Floyd | there's nothing they can do to you. There's legal precedent--plus if
Floyd | they prosecuted you, they'd have to reveal the address in court, which
Floyd | would mean more annoying protestors. You're glad your benefactor has a
Floyd | conscience!
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You think back to the times Internet route planners gave you wrong or
Floyd | slow directions and feel slightly superior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh."
		Jacqueline says, "I think we did that out of order or something."
		Doug says, "did you want to open the ominous door? you teleported home"
		ASchultz says, "Thank you guys. I already have a few good fixes in on how to direct the player..."
		Doug says, "wait, no you didn't."
		Doug says, "I mean.. ok, I see."
		Doug says, "sorry"
		Jacqueline says, "I knocked on it."
Doug says (to Floyd), "end" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > END
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing to enter. It's all so unfamiliar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "huh, where'd it go?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Where'd what go?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "clubf the ominous door" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLUBF THE OMINOUS DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Being a messenger, you don't have much more to do than go in the six
Floyd | basic directions (transport tubes make going up and down easy.) Or
Floyd | enter places. Maybe knock. Nothing fancy. Type C to see everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "DAMMIT"
		Doug says, "sorry"
		Jacqueline says, "The ominous door? I knocked on it and we got that message and then we were transported back home."
		Doug says, "yeah, and I went back and it wasn't there."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Don't worry about it. You just look like a n00b, but no harm done."
		Jacqueline runs away.
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "den" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > DEN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd | You can see a door shaped like a champagne bottle here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, huh."
		ASchultz says, "Yeah, that bit about knocking doesn't make sense if you don't open the ominous door...and with the header hints, you won't know what the door is for. Also, 1st time returning somewhere, I need a message."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I did save right before we did it the first time."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x champagne" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHAMPAGNE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a bit tacky, but it gets the point across. You will learn
Floyd | something about partying if you go through it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Note: you can type i instead of enter/in in the future. It trumps the
Floyd | default command for I, taking inventory, which has limited use in this
Floyd | game.
Floyd |
Floyd | You realize that Ed Dunn has done you a favor by allowing you to view
Floyd | this. You take extra careful notes on how the party is, what's being
Floyd | served, what a party should be, and the general atmosphere and how
Floyd | people are acting. Alas, you can't partake of some amenities while on
Floyd | the job, but you can't complain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the extra near line.
Floyd |
Floyd | Den, Wet grass@344, Chat w/web srvr@344, Visit online univ. HQ@445,
Floyd | End, Retro gm comp@445, A powerful hinty spying telescope@436, Fix
Floyd | holes in my clothes@434, Soak Up Vitamin D@544.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Do we want to go back, or is there no problem?"
		ASchultz says, "You never need to return, so it's not a problem. But I see it can be confusing."
		Doug says, "ah, End and Den were locations we needed to find anyway"
		Doug says, "den = "total party cave""
		Doug says, "end = "Stop something""
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sundew" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUNDEW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd | You can see some big glass doors here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I'm still not sure what the differences is between pals and locations"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, I just wanted to see what a big word would do."
		Jacqueline says, "And now it looks like I skipped over something."
		Doug says, "I bet "wet grass" = dew"
		Jacqueline says, "And obviously 'sun' is someplace."
		Doug asks, "and "soak up vitamin D" = sun?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "[" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > [
Floyd |
Floyd | You've made a comment-style command, but Transcript is off. Type
Floyd | TRANSCRIPT to turn it on, if you wish to make notes. Or if you want to
Floyd | eliminate this nag, for instance if you have an interpreter that does
Floyd | so independently, say yes now.

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Please say yes or no. >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing seems to happen. You think. But you blink once, and everything
Floyd | FEELS different.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "dun" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oops"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sun" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd | You can see some big glass doors here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "k" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > K
Floyd |
Floyd | No need to be so formal. Walk on in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | It's so rare to get natural sun. Usually the heat lamps are enough.
Floyd | Someone punches your ration card and you return to your home,
Floyd | cheerier. You're given a dark bottle of instant sunlight for your
Floyd | employer, too. He seems to be on the monthly plan, and it's too
Floyd | fragile to mail to him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You hear Ed Dunn discussed in hushed tones--that he is not that smart
Floyd | but hires people much smarter to work for him. A smart voice and dumb
Floyd | voice agree there's a racket--but they'd work for him, all the same.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sunk" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Being a messenger, you don't have much more to do than go in the six
Floyd | basic directions (transport tubes make going up and down easy.) Or
Floyd | enter places. Maybe knock. Nothing fancy. Type C to see everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "guess it doesn't work that way."
Doug says (to Floyd), "dew" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > DEW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd | You can see a barely detectable gladed trail here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, maybe to get to these other places that seem really close but then give us nothing, maybe we have to take a circuitous route that forms a word."
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | A kid on a lonely park bench. "So you're the one my uncle got to play
Floyd | with me today. You'll do, I guess." It's actually rather fun, and the
Floyd | kid gets bored first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | List toggled from status bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "tt" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > TT
Floyd |
Floyd | Suppressed toggle warning in inventory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "tt" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > TT
Floyd |
Floyd | Unsuppressed toggle warning in inventory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ff" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 3/9 pals found, 4/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > FF
Floyd |
Floyd | Friends are now not header.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "send" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 345: 3/9 pals found, 4/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEND
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd | You can see a loading dock here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 345: 3/9 pals found, 4/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTE: there is currently a problem with web-based interpreters, and
Floyd | older Mac interpreters may not support the status line list.
Floyd | The screen dimensions are 70 x 24. Dimensions of at least 105x25 are
Floyd | recommended to be able to see all entries at once but not necessary.
Floyd | You can resize later. Do you still wish to toggle the list inventory
Floyd | to the status bar?

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]         ED DUNN'S NEEDS [3/9 pals found, 4/39 tasks done]
Floyd ] --friends: Dee, Des, near pal
Floyd | (Scottish-Canadian)@455, Ned, pal@535,
Floyd ]   near pal@444, pal (German)@544, far frieeend@356, pal@434
Floyd ] --extra near: Den, Dew, Chat w/web srvr@344,
Floyd ]   Visit online univ. HQ@445, End, Retro gm comp@445,
Floyd ]   A powerful hinty spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my clothes@434,
Floyd ]
Floyd ]   Sun
Floyd ] --near: Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435,
Floyd ]   TV Info show@444, A conventional convent@554, Deploy package@345,
Floyd ]   Handmade clothes with love in every stitch-1@444,
Floyd ]   Smokeless tobacco@534, Root Beer &/or Cream Soda@424,
Floyd ]   New Linux system--boo Windows 27@525, Get a free hint@514
Floyd ] --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335,
Floyd ]   sandy beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326,
Floyd ]   handmade clothes with love in every stitch-2@335,
Floyd ]   cheapish leathery clothes@436, Matchmaker for singles@454,
Floyd ]   visit that vacant lot I loved as a kid@335
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | Ok, the list is in the status bar, now. Note: if you resize to <25
Floyd | height or <105 width, it is at your own risk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x dock" 		

Floyd ]         ED DUNN'S NEEDS [3/9 pals found, 4/39 tasks done]
Floyd ] --friends: Dee, Des, near pal
Floyd | (Scottish-Canadian)@455, Ned, pal@535,
Floyd ]   near pal@444, pal (German)@544, far frieeend@356, pal@434
Floyd ] --extra near: Den, Dew, Chat w/web srvr@344,
Floyd ]   Visit online univ. HQ@445, End, Retro gm comp@445,
Floyd ]   A powerful hinty spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my clothes@434,
Floyd ]
Floyd ]   Sun
Floyd ] --near: Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435,
Floyd ]   TV Info show@444, A conventional convent@554, Deploy package@345,
Floyd ]   Handmade clothes with love in every stitch-1@444,
Floyd ]   Smokeless tobacco@534, Root Beer &/or Cream Soda@424,
Floyd ]   New Linux system--boo Windows 27@525, Get a free hint@514
Floyd ] --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335,
Floyd ]   sandy beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326,
Floyd ]   handmade clothes with love in every stitch-2@335,
Floyd ]   cheapish leathery clothes@436, Matchmaker for singles@454,
Floyd ]   visit that vacant lot I loved as a kid@335
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The loading dock is neither exciting nor forbidding. You can probably
Floyd | just ENTER it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]         ED DUNN'S NEEDS [3/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done]
Floyd ] --friends: Dee, Des, near pal
Floyd | (Scottish-Canadian)@455, Ned, pal@535,
Floyd ]   near pal@444, pal (German)@544, far frieeend@356, pal@434
Floyd ] --extra near: Den, Dew, Chat w/web srvr@344,
Floyd ]   Visit online univ. HQ@445, End, Retro gm comp@445,
Floyd ]   A powerful hinty spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my clothes@434,
Floyd ]
Floyd ]   Sun
Floyd ] --near: Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435,
Floyd ]   TV Info show@444, A conventional convent@554, Send,
Floyd ]   Handmade clothes with love in every stitch-1@444,
Floyd ]   Smokeless tobacco@534, Root Beer &/or Cream Soda@424,
Floyd ]   New Linux system--boo Windows 27@525, Get a free hint@514
Floyd ] --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335,
Floyd ]   sandy beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326,
Floyd ]   handmade clothes with love in every stitch-2@335,
Floyd ]   cheapish leathery clothes@436, Matchmaker for singles@454,
Floyd ]   visit that vacant lot I loved as a kid@335
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You write down your employer's name, location, reason for having to
Floyd | send something physical--and you're promised the package will be sent
Floyd | off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | It's a good thing the moving walkways--the ones you take for
Floyd | granted--are helping you along, or you'd be more tired than you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "seems okay? or is that too spammy?"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's wait and see."
		Doug says, "let's aim for 455."
		Doug asks, "N + E ?"
		Jacqueline says, "That's the one that I think we have to use a more circuitous route to find."
		Jacqueline says, "Because NE isn't a word."
		Doug says, "near pal (Scottish-Canadian)"
		Jacqueline says, "But sure, try NE to start."
Doug says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]         ED DUNN'S NEEDS [3/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done]
Floyd ] --friends: Dee, Des, near pal
Floyd | (Scottish-Canadian)@455, Ned, pal@535,
Floyd ]   near pal@444, pal (German)@544, far frieeend@356, pal@434
Floyd ] --extra near: Den, Dew, Chat w/web srvr@344,
Floyd ]   Visit online univ. HQ@445, End, Retro gm comp@445,
Floyd ]   A powerful hinty spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my clothes@434,
Floyd ]
Floyd ]   Sun
Floyd ] --near: Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435,
Floyd ]   TV Info show@444, A conventional convent@554, Send,
Floyd ]   Handmade clothes with love in every stitch-1@444,
Floyd ]   Smokeless tobacco@534, Root Beer &/or Cream Soda@424,
Floyd ]   New Linux system--boo Windows 27@525, Get a free hint@514
Floyd ] --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335,
Floyd ]   sandy beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326,
Floyd ]   handmade clothes with love in every stitch-2@335,
Floyd ]   cheapish leathery clothes@436, Matchmaker for singles@454,
Floyd ]   visit that vacant lot I loved as a kid@335
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]         ED DUNN'S NEEDS [3/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done]
Floyd ] --friends: Dee, Des, near pal
Floyd | (Scottish-Canadian)@455, Ned, pal@535,
Floyd ]   near pal@444, pal (German)@544, far frieeend@356, pal@434
Floyd ] --extra near: Den, Dew, Chat w/web srvr@344,
Floyd ]   Visit online univ. HQ@445, End, Retro gm comp@445,
Floyd ]   A powerful hinty spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my clothes@434,
Floyd ]
Floyd ]   Sun
Floyd ] --near: Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435,
Floyd ]   TV Info show@444, A conventional convent@554, Send,
Floyd ]   Handmade clothes with love in every stitch-1@444,
Floyd ]   Smokeless tobacco@534, Root Beer &/or Cream Soda@424,
Floyd ]   New Linux system--boo Windows 27@525, Get a free hint@514
Floyd ] --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335,
Floyd ]   sandy beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326,
Floyd ]   handmade clothes with love in every stitch-2@335,
Floyd ]   cheapish leathery clothes@436, Matchmaker for singles@454,
Floyd ]   visit that vacant lot I loved as a kid@335
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 456
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Well, I definitely need to detect if you've already got a header and direct the player to something more convenient."
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]         ED DUNN'S NEEDS [3/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done]
Floyd ] --friends: Dee, Des, near pal
Floyd | (Scottish-Canadian)@455, Ned, pal@535,
Floyd ]   near pal@444, pal (German)@544, far frieeend@356, pal@434
Floyd ] --extra near: Den, Dew, Chat w/web srvr@344,
Floyd ]   Visit online univ. HQ@445, End, Retro gm comp@445,
Floyd ]   A powerful hinty spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my clothes@434,
Floyd ]
Floyd ]   Sun
Floyd ] --near: Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435,
Floyd ]   TV Info show@444, A conventional convent@554, Send,
Floyd ]   Handmade clothes with love in every stitch-1@444,
Floyd ]   Smokeless tobacco@534, Root Beer &/or Cream Soda@424,
Floyd ]   New Linux system--boo Windows 27@525, Get a free hint@514
Floyd ] --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335,
Floyd ]   sandy beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326,
Floyd ]   handmade clothes with love in every stitch-2@335,
Floyd ]   cheapish leathery clothes@436, Matchmaker for singles@454,
Floyd ]   visit that vacant lot I loved as a kid@335
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "oo" 		

Floyd ]          extra near: Den/Dew/344/445/End/445/436/434/Sun
Floyd |
Floyd | > OO
Floyd |
Floyd | Top line is now in header.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "is there a way to see just one category, but to also see the clues?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ff" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > FF
Floyd |
Floyd | Friends are now in header.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "there should be. One feature I forgot was to do stuff like X 1 (to see 1st line) and so forth."
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | That'd be kind of pointless here. Well, technically, here and now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "en" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > EN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "unfortunately I had only 70 characters to fit in the header and was concentrating on that not throwing runtime errors. But yes, that is a very good idea."
		Doug says, "or maybe just one clue"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "dune" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUNE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 465
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 466
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh, oops."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "dune" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUNE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Darn."
		Jacqueline says, "Now I am sad."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "wonder what "near pal" means. I thought it means only 3 letters, but maybe those are "extra near""
		Doug says, "*meant"
		Doug asks, "so 4 letters that add up to N + E. oh, is that why you tried DUNE? because D + U = 4?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "nude" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > NUDE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. That got us to 455, but there wasn't a desert there or anything."
		ASchultz says, "I just noticed something I should've re-clued when you hit ff. Basically, yes, stuff without a direction is very-near & I did not write that in"
Doug says (to Floyd), "clubf well, 455 is the Scottish-Canadian near pal. so it's a name" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLUBF WELL, 455 IS THE SCOTTISH-CANADIAN NEAR PAL.  SO IT'S A NAME
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "cripes."
		Jacqueline says, "You seem to want to talk on the channel."
		Doug says, "normally I'm good at this. sorry again"
		ASchultz says, "'s ok. If I'd tweaked the hints right, you wouldn't need to ask :)"
		Jacqueline says, "See, my CF habit is more private. Rather than talk to the channel via Floyd, I just can't play IF off Floyd anymore because I'm so used to typing F in front of all my commands."
		Doug says, "I use >, and I guess my fingers want to mix up > and # today"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wes" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > WES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "we weren't at the start"
		Jacqueline says, "See, now I'm just trying random things."
		Jacqueline asks, "I think we were, weren't we?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "[" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > [
Floyd |
Floyd | You've made a comment-style command, but Transcript is off. Type
Floyd | TRANSCRIPT to turn it on, if you wish to make notes. Or if you want to
Floyd | eliminate this nag, for instance if you have an interpreter that does
Floyd | so independently, say yes now.

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You pick up some static from the teleport device. Ed Dunn is babbling
Floyd | some three-letter acronyms you feel half guilty for not understanding.
Floyd | Or not liking and not using. You know you've heard them before,
Floyd | though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "[" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > [
Floyd |
Floyd | You've made a comment-style command, but Transcript is off. Type
Floyd | TRANSCRIPT to turn it on, if you wish to make notes. Or if you want to
Floyd | eliminate this nag, for instance if you have an interpreter that does
Floyd | so independently, say yes now.

		Jacqueline says (to AS), "The reason I'm finding that 'comment-style command' question annoying is that ] is right next to p"
Doug says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "er, [ is."
Doug says (to Floyd), "[" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > [
Floyd |
Floyd | Being a messenger, you don't have much more to do than go in the six
Floyd | basic directions (transport tubes make going up and down easy.) Or
Floyd | enter places. Maybe knock. Nothing fancy. Type C to see everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "slightly less annoying now."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]          Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/434.
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I think it might be better to have the current location in the status line"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ff" 		

Floyd ]         ED DUNN'S NEEDS [3/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done]
Floyd ] --friends: Dee, Des, near pal
Floyd | (Scottish-Canadian)@455, Ned, pal@535,
Floyd ]   near pal@444, pal (German)@544, far frieeend@356, pal@434
Floyd ] --extra near: Den, Dew, Chat w/web srvr@344,
Floyd ]   Visit online univ. HQ@445, End, Retro gm comp@445,
Floyd ]   A powerful hinty spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my clothes@434,
Floyd ]
Floyd ]   Sun
Floyd ] --near: Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435,
Floyd ]   TV Info show@444, A conventional convent@554, Send,
Floyd ]   Handmade clothes with love in every stitch-1@444,
Floyd ]   Smokeless tobacco@534, Root Beer &/or Cream Soda@424,
Floyd ]   New Linux system--boo Windows 27@525, Get a free hint@514
Floyd ] --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335,
Floyd ]   sandy beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326,
Floyd ]   handmade clothes with love in every stitch-2@335,
Floyd ]   cheapish leathery clothes@436, Matchmaker for singles@454,
Floyd ]   visit that vacant lot I loved as a kid@335
Floyd |
Floyd | > FF
Floyd |
Floyd | Friends are now not header.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline shrugs.
Doug says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 3/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | List toggled from status bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wes" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 434: 3/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 443
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd | Man! Someone's front door! With the secret detail Ed Dunn showed you
Floyd | that's obvious once you know it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "k" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 4/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > K
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nice of Ed to think of me even though I'm so far away. I hope it
Floyd | wasn't too far for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, that's another friend found!
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Ouch. I never considered that. I'll put in a clue there if you start with ([)."
		Doug says, "I can always find the list in scrollback, but current state would be better to show"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, we keep doing [ just because it's a typo."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Agreed."
Doug says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 4/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd | Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/535/444*/544/356***/Wes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "but yeah the stuff without asterisks is easiest to find."
		Doug asks, "535 = DWE ?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "wed" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 344: 4/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 443
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Rats, I turned off the nag to put pals in the header with ff, not f."
		Jacqueline says, "I have never met anyone named DWE, fwiw."
		Doug says, "err, DSE"
		Doug says, "wait, we did that already."
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 4/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 344: 4/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh right, D = -1, U = +1"
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 344: 4/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | You have heard about teleporter overheat. It's quite a way to go.
Floyd | Maybe you should walk around a bit more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sue" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 435: 4/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 334
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Doug says, "oh, we didn't teleporter."
		Doug says, "-er"
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 4/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sue" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 535: 4/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 535
Floyd | Man! Someone's front door! With the secret detail Ed Dunn showed you
Floyd | that's obvious once you know it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ah"
Doug says (to Floyd), "k" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 5/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > K
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, yes," says the lady answering the door, "You messengers always
Floyd | find me early, don't you? It must be my personality." Before you can
Floyd | agree, she slams the door in your face.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over halfway there. You are getting the hang of whom to find, where.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You think back to the slider puzzles and even the peg solitaire game
Floyd | you never quite figured out. You bet it'll be easier to figure once
Floyd | you're done here. But Rubik's Cubes? Still, no way. Well, not first
Floyd | thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "544"
		ASchultz says, "Hm, that's another thing. I'm not sure if it's fair to block theplayer from teleporting home after one move. I did it to block cheats, but they're calculated differently now"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 5/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "U + two that cancel"
Doug says (to Floyd), "uwe" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 544: 5/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UWE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 543
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd | Man! Someone's front door! With the secret detail Ed Dunn showed you
Floyd | that's obvious once you know it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "must be the german pal."
Doug says (to Floyd), "k" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > K
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, Ed always appreciates my Continental European flavor. As do his
Floyd | other guests."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot dang, that's another friend found!
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "Hot dang!"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd | Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/Sue/444*/Uwe/356***/Wes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "so now some longer names."
		Jacqueline nods.
		Jacqueline asks, "What are the *s?"
		Doug says, "letters past 3, I think"
		Jacqueline nods.
		Doug says, "455* is a near pal, as opposed to extra near"
		Doug says, "so 4 letters."
		ASchultz says, "Got it Doug--but I need to clue that as long as you havent figured out an asterisked pal yet"
		Doug says, "so 455 = N + E + two cancels"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "newe" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 455: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEWE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd | A construction site you pass by--and promptly forget about--promises
Floyd | state of the art homes for sale soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh."
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ween" 		Jacqueline says, "That is weird when we bypass a place."

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 455: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEEN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 443
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "And then it is gone."
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "new" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 454: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "oh yeah, where'd it go?"
		Jacqueline says, "I know it is not a bug, but I do not like things disappearing, particularly since I have no clue why that's happening."
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 454: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a mysterious package
Floyd |   a pocket teleporter device
Floyd |   a list of needs (can be examined with just X)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 454: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing to enter. It's all so unfamiliar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd | Pals: Dee/Des/455*/Ned/Sue/444*/Uwe/356***/Wes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh, maybe L is a no-op"
Doug says (to Floyd), "nell" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Being a messenger, you don't have much more to do than go in the six
Floyd | basic directions (transport tubes make going up and down easy.) Or
Floyd | enter places. Maybe knock. Nothing fancy. Type C to see everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "A no-op?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 455: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 455: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		Jacqueline says, "Oh."

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 455: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "guess not."
		ASchultz says, "That's a very good try, though...and I think I need to include that in explaining parser errors."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess there could be some sekret non-letter letter, but the game sure clues otherwise."
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "also, is there any reason you're using an empty header, or f instead of ff? This may be down to bad cluing of course"
Doug says (to Floyd), "senn" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 455: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SENN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says (to ASchultz), "I find it more useful to have the current location in the header"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You pick up some static from the teleport device. Ed Dunn is babbling
Floyd | some three-letter acronyms you feel half guilty for not understanding.
Floyd | Or not liking and not using. You know you've heard them before,
Floyd | though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wend" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 354: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEND
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 443
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 354
Floyd | Your most recent turning and twisting around seems like it should've
Floyd | led somewhere. But it did not. Yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "since that changes more often than the friends list."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 354: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a mysterious package
Floyd |   a pocket teleporter device
Floyd |   a list of needs (can be examined with just X)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Hm, then I may see if I can include that. Good point."
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "wendy" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WENDY
Floyd |
Floyd | Being a messenger, you don't have much more to do than go in the six
Floyd | basic directions (transport tubes make going up and down easy.) Or
Floyd | enter places. Maybe knock. Nothing fancy. Type C to see everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "heh" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > HEH
Floyd |
Floyd | Being a messenger, you don't have much more to do than go in the six
Floyd | basic directions (transport tubes make going up and down easy.) Or
Floyd | enter places. Maybe knock. Nothing fancy. Type C to see everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice try."
		Doug says, "so 455 is N + E + U + D, or N + E + N + S, or N + E + E + W"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, are they all names?"
		Jacqueline says, "Or words, too."
		Jacqueline asks, "?"
		Doug asks, "do you see names there?"
		Doug says, "455 is a pal"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ewen" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 455: 6/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > EWEN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd | Man! Someone's front door! With the secret detail Ed Dunn showed you
Floyd | that's obvious once you know it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice"
		Doug says, "variant of Ewan I guess"
Doug says (to Floyd), "k" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 7/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > K
Floyd |
Floyd | A man holding Unended, the award-winning book by Deneen Nunn,
Floyd | answers the door. "Sometimes I wonder if Ed Dunn only invites me to
Floyd | feel multicultural. Eh, well, free food, how can I say no?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Man! None of Ed's pals have insulted you heinously yet. You already
Floyd | feel a bit more posh.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You remember walking into dead ends as a kid trying to take shortcuts
Floyd | to school. But you are avoiding them now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "actually, Wendy's a very good guess, Doug...and I need to put in clue text for that."
Doug says (to Floyd), "unended" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 366: 7/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNENDED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 555
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 565
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 465
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 466
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 366
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh well"
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 7/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ed dunn" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 7/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > ED DUNN
Floyd |
Floyd | Being a messenger, you don't have much more to do than go in the six
Floyd | basic directions (transport tubes make going up and down easy.) Or
Floyd | enter places. Maybe knock. Nothing fancy. Type C to see everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "eddunn" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 365: 7/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > EDDUNN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 245
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 365
Floyd | Hey, here's the door to Ed Dunn's secret hideout! Makes sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "k" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 365: 7/9 pals found, 5/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > K
Floyd |
Floyd | No need to be so formal. Walk on in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 365: 7/9 pals found, 6/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the door, a guard asks your business. You recall Ed
Floyd | Dunn's offer of help. Are you looking for help?

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 365: 7/9 pals found, 6/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You loaf around a bit, worried about facing Ed Dunn, but the guard at
Floyd | the door doesn't seem to want you to hang around. Go in?

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 7/9 pals found, 6/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard mumbles, "I'm a busy man. Don't waste my time!" and turns
Floyd | away. Slightly ashamed, you push the transporter device button to
Floyd | escape the awkwardness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I guess that's for more hints"
Doug says (to Floyd), "deneennunn" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 497: 7/9 pals found, 6/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DENEENNUNN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 356
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 357
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 367
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 377
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 477
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 487
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 497
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "nope."
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 7/9 pals found, 6/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You pick up some static from the teleport device. Ed Dunn is babbling
Floyd | some three-letter acronyms you feel half guilty for not understanding.
Floyd | Or not liking and not using. You know you've heard them before,
Floyd | though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Yeah. They're optional, but they can help. ... oh, good one with deneen Nunn. I'll put in an easteregg."
		Doug says, "ok, far frieeend@356"
		Doug says, "D + N + E + E + 2"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 7/9 pals found, 6/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | **************ED DUNN'S NEEDS**************
Floyd |
Floyd | LOOKING IN MIDDLE OF JOURNEY IS USELESS.
Floyd | --friends: Dee, Des, Ewen, Ned,
Floyd | Sue, near pal@444, Uwe, far frieeend@356,
Floyd | Wes
Floyd | --extra near: Den, Dew, Chat w/web srvr@344, Visit
Floyd | online univ. HQ@445, End, Retro gm comp@445, A powerful hinty
Floyd | spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my clothes@434, Sun
Floyd | --near: Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435, TV
Floyd | Info show@444, A conventional convent@554, Send, Handmade
Floyd | clothes with love in every stitch-1@444, Smokeless tobacco@534, Root
Floyd | Beer &/or Cream Soda@424, New Linux system--boo Windows 27@525, Get a
Floyd | free hint@514
Floyd | --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335, sandy
Floyd | beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326, handmade
Floyd | clothes with love in every stitch-2@335, cheapish leathery
Floyd | clothes@436, Matchmaker for singles@454, visit that vacant lot I loved
Floyd | as a kid@335
Floyd | --kinda far: Return to Ed Dunn for evaluation and reward@365,
Floyd | Smell/taste test@426, book Scandinavian vacation@345, Invisible
Floyd | Institute docs@556, brand new stuff-in-general@545, new bride/groom
Floyd | stuff@145, anti-athletic club@514
Floyd | --far: unworn clothes boutique@344, improperly vowelled hot dog
Floyd | hut@447
Floyd | --extra far: 2nd-hand clothing boutique@325
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can put this in the header with t, though it is not recommended
Floyd | with Parchment, or you can toggle this warning with tt. You can also
Floyd | track just friends with f, or you can see one line with o.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "dennes? densen? denude? wendee?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, wendee."
Doug says (to Floyd), "wendee" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 356: 7/9 pals found, 6/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WENDEE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 443
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 354
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 356
Floyd | Man! Someone's front door! With the secret detail Ed Dunn showed you
Floyd | that's obvious once you know it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "k" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 6/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > K
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh! You're with Ed Dunn? Let me see the list he gave you," says the
Floyd | woman answering. She nods approvingly. "He said he only invited Nene
Floyd | because she was closer. I'm glad he meant it this time. I hope he has
Floyd | those awesome hot dogs this party!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Bada-bing, that's another friend found!
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You remember overhearing coworkers telling you you need to get out
Floyd | more and see the city. Man, if they only knew.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking of the word 'denuded' earlier when I was asking about non-name words."
		Doug says, "Bada-bing!"
djfletch arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "nene" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 466: 8/9 pals found, 6/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NENE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 465
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 466
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I guess Nene wasn't invited after all."
		Jacqueline says, "There should be a goose there."
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 6/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "That's a good one--I just didn't find a place for it. I think it could be the sequel to Unended, though."
		Doug says, "near pal@444"
		Doug says, "so, two pairs."
Doug says (to Floyd), "news" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 6/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEWS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You can see some big glass doors here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "I thought of Nene as a river, not a goose, but I can add that"
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done

		Jacqueline asks, "DEDE?"

Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a setup for an old-fashioned newscast. People still watch
Floyd | them, epsecially in the morning, mostly because the anchors are
Floyd | attractive and perky, and none of the reported news is too jarringly
Floyd | thoughtful. However, your package is frisked, and when one of the
Floyd | guards alerts one of the news station big-shots about whom you work
Floyd | for, the big shot schmoozes a bit, gives you a few presents and secret
Floyd | after-party invitations to pass on, and asks for a few favors.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "(typo: "epsecially")"
		Jacqueline says (to AS), "A nene is a goose that is indigenous to Hawaii, and unfortunately pretty endangered due to cats."
		Jacqueline says, "Or some such."
		Jacqueline says, "There'sa big push to eradicate feral cats there because of this."
		ASchultz says, "Dede looks very possible. I'd originally tried Deedee, and it might be worth putting back"
		ASchultz says, "now that is interesting re: Nene. And sad."
		Jacqueline says, "Deedee seems like a name that should definitely be in here."
		Doug says, "so, two of UD, NS, EW"
		Jacqueline says, "NEWS"
		Doug says, "just did that :)"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, sorry it was off my screen already."
Doug says (to Floyd), "sudden" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 345: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUDDEN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 334
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 335
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd | A loud noise from nowhere surprises you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "w00t"
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 345: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing to enter. It's all so unfamiliar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "oh, are those just red herrings / easter eggs?"
		ASchultz says, "Yes, there are a lot of easter eggs. I think the first is labeled as such"
		Doug asks, "words that aren't answers to clues?"
		Doug says, "that's why we only see them once, I guess"
		ASchultz says, "I didn't want to mention that every time, but it would be useful to track them or give the player a pat on the back when they hit 5 or 10 or whatever."
		Jacqueline says, "This is clever, Andrew. maga is here in the room with me, commenting on how impressed he is with how quickly Doug and I picked up on the dynamic, but in speaking to him I think it has a lot to do with your post-post-post-post-post comp release."
		Doug says, "I think I may have been partially spoiled by reading some reviews a while back."
		ASchultz says, "I mentioned the easter egginess the first time, but unfortunately, I didn't emphasize it"
		Doug says, "so I may have picked it up more easily"
		Doug says (to ASchultz), "I think we hit some by accident on the way to other things, so they didn't register as easter eggs to me"
		ASchultz says, "thanks Jacq--I tend to start with too hard stuff and work back. And Doug, I still think it's tricky either way."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 345: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | **************ED DUNN'S NEEDS**************
Floyd |
Floyd | LOOKING IN MIDDLE OF JOURNEY IS USELESS.
Floyd | --friends: Dee, Des, Ewen, Ned,
Floyd | Sue, near pal@444, Uwe, Wendee,
Floyd | Wes
Floyd | --extra near: Den, Dew, Chat w/web srvr@344, Visit
Floyd | online univ. HQ@445, End, Retro gm comp@445, A powerful hinty
Floyd | spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my clothes@434, Sun
Floyd | --near: Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435,
Floyd | News, A conventional convent@554, Send, Handmade
Floyd | clothes with love in every stitch-1@444, Smokeless tobacco@534, Root
Floyd | Beer &/or Cream Soda@424, New Linux system--boo Windows 27@525, Get a
Floyd | free hint@514
Floyd | --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335, sandy
Floyd | beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326, handmade
Floyd | clothes with love in every stitch-2@335, cheapish leathery
Floyd | clothes@436, Matchmaker for singles@454, visit that vacant lot I loved
Floyd | as a kid@335
Floyd | --kinda far: Return to Ed Dunn for evaluation and reward@365,
Floyd | Smell/taste test@426, book Scandinavian vacation@345, Invisible
Floyd | Institute docs@556, brand new stuff-in-general@545, new bride/groom
Floyd | stuff@145, anti-athletic club@514
Floyd | --far: unworn clothes boutique@344, improperly vowelled hot dog
Floyd | hut@447
Floyd | --extra far: 2nd-hand clothing boutique@325
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can put this in the header with t, though it is not recommended
Floyd | with Parchment, or you can toggle this warning with tt. You can also
Floyd | track just friends with f, or you can see one line with o.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "just a sec, brb"
		Doug says, "I'm stumped on the near pal@444, but let's go for some non-names"
		ASchultz says, "I'm not sure where the hint for the final pal went. I can/should add a clue, because it's not a common English name,"
Doug says (to Floyd), "dudu" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 345: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUDU
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 245
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 245
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "but it is a character in a book series I enjoyed..."
Doug says (to Floyd), "dudu" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUDU
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | You plot what to take care of next. Hmm... "near pal at 444" is as
Floyd | good as any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz asks, "that's a really good one. Israeli I think...?"
		Doug says, "oh hey look"
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing seems to happen. You think. But you blink once, and everything
Floyd | FEELS different.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Yeah, Dudu Awat, national football team goalkeeper..."
Doug says (to Floyd), "sund" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUND
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing seems to happen. You think. But you blink once, and everything
Floyd | FEELS different.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "wens" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WENS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 443
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing seems to happen. You think. But you blink once, and everything
Floyd | FEELS different.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ok, back to tasks."
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the extra near line.
Floyd |
Floyd | Den, Dew, Chat w/web srvr@344, Visit online univ. HQ@445, End, Retro
Floyd | gm comp@445, A powerful hinty spying telescope@436, Fix holes in my
Floyd | clothes@434, Sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Back"
		Doug says, "Chat w/web srvr. wonder why it's so abbreviated"
		Doug says, "irc? hm"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "weewee" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 446: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEEWEE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 443
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 446
Floyd | You just stepped in a puddle, though it hasn't rained much lately.
Floyd | Whoever, uh, made that puddle is really juvenile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "haha"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "denuded" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 256: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DENUDED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 356
Floyd | Some weirdo runs by and tries to pull your pants down. You swat him
Floyd | away. He won't try again!
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 256
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay, denude, not past tense."
		Doug says, "344 = D + a pair"
		Doug says, "WED, DUD"
		Jacqueline says, "Either, sure."
		Doug asks, "neither of those is "Chat w/web srvr", is it?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "dud" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 156: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 156
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 256
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 156
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You pick up some static from the teleport device. Ed Dunn is babbling
Floyd | some three-letter acronyms you feel half guilty for not understanding.
Floyd | Or not liking and not using. You know you've heard them before,
Floyd | though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "dud" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 344: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "it's a dud"
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh."
Doug says (to Floyd), "dns" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 344: 8/9 pals found, 7/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DNS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 354
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd | You can see some big glass doors here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 8/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You probably took less time to walk there than it would've taken to
Floyd | stay on hold if you called in. Or get an email response. Internet
Floyd | customer service was so much better a hundred years ago! You
Floyd | straighten out a few things about your employer's websites, both the
Floyd | ones people know he owns and the one they don't. The acronyms are
Floyd | flying around, here. You hope you don't have to put up with much more
Floyd | of this.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You reflect back to an unfortunate school incident where you solved a
Floyd | logic-box puzzle and people said that sort of thing would never be
Floyd | handy in real life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "DNS. Nice."
Doug says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 8/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | You plot what to take care of next. Hmm... "near pal at 444" is as
Floyd | good as any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "thanks...I hope the clue was useful."
		Doug says, "sure, though DNS isn't just for the web :)"
		ASchultz says, "if you guys want to know pal 444's nationality, let me know. I somehow got rid of that hint."
Doug says (to Floyd), "swen" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 8/9 pals found, 8/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWEN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 433
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | Man! Someone's front door! With the secret detail Ed Dunn showed you
Floyd | that's obvious once you know it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "variant of Sven maybe?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "k" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 8/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > K
Floyd |
Floyd | "You look dizzy! You been walking around in circles?" asks Ed's latest
Floyd | invitee. He makes some desultory joke about remembering to forget the
Floyd | lutefisk, explaining it's funnier once you know Ed Dunn.
Floyd |
Floyd | Excellent. You got all Ed's friends. That should keep him pretty
Floyd | happy.
Floyd | That's the whole gang! Obviously, there'll be random people to make up
Floyd | the numbers, but Ed's best pals are the ones who will keep the party
Floyd | moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 8/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | You plot what to take care of next. Hmm... "Visit online univ. HQ at
Floyd | 445" is as good as any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "online univ... phoenix? khan academy?"
		ASchultz says, "yes, it is an americanization a bit."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, EDU is probably in it."
		Doug says, "aha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "edu" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 445: 9/9 pals found, 8/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > EDU
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd | You can see some big glass doors here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "thanks jacq!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | While you're not sure what business Ed Dunn has here, the secretaries
Floyd | there recognize it immediately. Apparently, Ed Dunn has a .EDU domain
Floyd | offering real-world business advice, and one of the main projects is
Floyd | getting people to do busy work for you, whether you really need it
Floyd | done or not. This has to be all the acronymage you can put up with for
Floyd | today.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | Hmm. You think Ed would be relatively happy enough with what you've
Floyd | done. He mentioned he didn't need perfection. You could probably go
Floyd | see him again any time, now.
Floyd | You're almost hit by a bicycle messenger who claims to be delivering
Floyd | something REALLY important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x messenger" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MESSENGER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "hm, should we go see Ed?"
		Jacqueline says, "Or, EDU is the whole thing. Didn't realize it was *only* three letters that time."
		Jacqueline asks (of Doug), "Just to check in?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		Doug says, "it says he'd be "relatively happy enough""
		Jacqueline says, "wait"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "okay now"
		Doug says, "but when we went there before, it seemed like we only need to go if we needed help"
Doug says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | You plot what to take care of next. Hmm... "Retro gm comp at 445" is
Floyd | as good as any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I kinda think if we go there now the game will end."
		Doug asks, "want to try it? or might there be spoilers?"
		Jacqueline says, "Like, he doesn't need perfection but we've done enough so the end."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I'm happy to keep playing for a bit."
		ASchultz says, "you can undo going there. And there are no real spoilers."
		Jacqueline says, "Figure a few more out."
Doug says (to Floyd), "eddunn" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > EDDUNN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 245
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 365
Floyd | Ed Dunn's secret hideout door is just where you remember it. You can
Floyd | enter it to report to your employer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the door, a guard asks your business. You recall Ed
Floyd | Dunn's offer of help. Are you looking for help?

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | You loaf around a bit, worried about facing Ed Dunn, but the guard at
Floyd | the door doesn't seem to want you to hang around. Go in?

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Evaluation time!
Floyd |
Floyd | You return, with a list of what you've done.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Great job, kid! You got all my friends. They can keep a party
Floyd | exciting on their own."
Floyd |
Floyd | He hands you an envelope. "Pretty good, kid. I have made it worth your
Floyd | time. If you know anyone even more efficient than you, let me know,
Floyd | and I'll give you a referral fee." When you get outside, you realize
Floyd | he is right. There is about a year's worth of pay at your regular job
Floyd | here. 18 9 9.
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 | >

		Doug says, "okay!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Undeeds won't get you back to where you were. In fact, that's sort of
Floyd | why Ed Dunn hired you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Huh. So undo doesn't actually work there."
		Doug asks, "18 9 9. maybe 18 easter eggs, 9 pals, 9 tasks?"
		ASchultz says, "ok, that's a bug. I'm glad you saved."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "cruelty! :)"
		ASchultz says, "ouch--I only checked for undo with certain even happier endings."
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the extra near line.
Floyd |
Floyd | Den, Dew, Dns, Edu, End, Retro gm comp@445, A powerful hinty spying
Floyd | telescope@436, Fix holes in my clothes@434, Sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "also, the numbers were diagnostic debug stuff."
		Jacqueline says, "Just because I like pop culture and stupid modern non-words..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "deded" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 146: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DEDED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 245
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 246
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 146
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sew" 		

Floyd ]     Threediopolis, Sector 434: 9/9 pals found, 9/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd | You can see a tiny yet inviting door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 10/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Most people just have to dispose of clothes and get new recyclable
Floyd | ones, but Ed Dunn can afford more expensive stuff. You dump out the
Floyd | clothes that need repairing and get a receipt with the ready date.
Floyd | Technology hasn't managed to speed up clothes mending.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Was hoping we'd be killed, but maybe it's properly spelled DEADED"
Doug says (to Floyd), "deeded" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 147: 9/9 pals found, 10/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DEEDED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 346
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 246
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 247
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 147
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "DEDDED"
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 10/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "dedded" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 046: 9/9 pals found, 10/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DEDDED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 245
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 145
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 146
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 046
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ah"
Doug says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 10/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You're lost. You have strayed beyond the city bounds. A border droid
Floyd | takes your ID and whisks you back to the center.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "no negative numbers"
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		ASchultz says, "Oops, meant to maybe have that as an easter egg."
		Doug says, "I think DEEDED is the longest word with only two letters, as I recall reading in some wordplay book long ago"
		Jacqueline says, "oh, that is probably a word here."
		Doug says, "I already tried it :("
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, did you?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, maga keeps asking me stuff and I have been distracted."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we should make ample use of the prefix UN and the suffix ED"
		Doug | In a third-order isogram, each letter appears three times. These are very rare, unusual words such as deeded ('conveyed by deed'), sestettes (a variant spelling of sextets), and geggee ('victim of a hoax').
Doug says (to Floyd), "unneeded" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 367: 9/9 pals found, 10/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNNEEDED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 564
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 565
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 566
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 466
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 467
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 367
Floyd | You suddenly feel as if nobody, not even Ed Dunn, cares about you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "One of the things I need to do is to put more clues in the easter eggs. Also, wow, Doug, that is cool."
Doug says (to Floyd), "sensenesses" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 10/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SENSENESSES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 357
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 358
Floyd | You've been wandering for too long. You get tired, and you figure it's
Floyd | probably best to start over with a clean look on things. You push the
Floyd | button on your teleporter device, and back you go to the center,
Floyd | scrapping your remaining plans.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You pick up some static from the teleport device. Ed Dunn is babbling
Floyd | a three-letter acronym you feel half guilty for not understanding. Or
Floyd | not liking and not using. You know you've heard it before, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oops"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh gosh. That one is horrible. (UNNEEDED, that is.)"
		Doug says, "not sure senseness is a word anyway."
		Jacqueline says, "SENSES"
		Jacqueline says, "SENSED"
Doug says (to Floyd), "suddennesses" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 10/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUDDENNESSES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 334
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 335
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 356
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 346
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 336
Floyd | You've been wandering for too long. You get tired, and you figure it's
Floyd | probably best to start over with a clean look on things. You push the
Floyd | button on your teleporter device, and back you go to the center,
Floyd | scrapping your remaining plans.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "bzt."
Doug says (to Floyd), "denseness" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 337: 9/9 pals found, 10/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DENSENESS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 346
Floyd | You're in an unusually overpopulated area of Threediopolis. And yet,
Floyd | nothing seems worth visiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 356
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 357
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 347
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 337
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 10/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "unweddedness" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 10/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNWEDDEDNESS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 553
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd | You can see a secret entry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 354
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 255
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 265
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 266
Floyd | You've been wandering for too long. You get tired, and you figure it's
Floyd | probably best to start over with a clean look on things. You push the
Floyd | button on your teleporter device, and back you go to the center,
Floyd | scrapping your remaining plans.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You pick up some static from the teleport device. Ed Dunn is babbling
Floyd | a three-letter acronym you feel half guilty for not understanding. Or
Floyd | not liking and not using. You know you've heard it before, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "SUDDENNESS?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "unwed" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 454: 9/9 pals found, 10/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNWED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 553
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd | You can see a secret entry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 11/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk in. "Are you searching for that special someone...?" a clerk
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You mumble "Um...not for me, this guy needs it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, quite so. Mr. Dunn offers our services as a surprise gift to
Floyd | people who have impressed him. I am not surprised you have not." Whoa!
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | You've lost 5 pounds since you started walking around. You'd wanted
Floyd | to. And you're still going strong.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 11/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the extra near line.
Floyd |
Floyd | Den, Dew, Dns, Edu, End, Retro gm comp@445, A powerful hinty spying
Floyd | telescope@436, Sew, Sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "436 = S + E + E"
Doug says (to Floyd), "see" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 436: 9/9 pals found, 11/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 436
Floyd | You can see a secret entry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 436: 9/9 pals found, 12/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You're given a scope to look through--you can follow someone as they
Floyd | make their way to one of your locations. You notice it has settings at
Floyd | 0, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, where 0 means you'll do nothing. What do you
Floyd | choose?
Floyd |
Floyd | Choose one of 0, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8:

		Doug says, "hmm"
Doug says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 12/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a graphical depiction of someone walking north, east, then
Floyd | finally south, but then your vision loses focus.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're informed you have 2 hints left. Then you push the teleporter
Floyd | device button to get back to where it'll be easier to follow that
Floyd | person.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Doug asks, "oh, is that another hint mechanism?"
		ASchultz says, "Guys, let me know if you want a hint. I think you may be missing a general something about the list. Also, you've been close to a few places."
		ASchultz says, "Doug, yes...there's a 3rd you haven't found yet along with Ed Dunn's offer"
Doug says (to Floyd), "nes" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 445: 9/9 pals found, 12/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd | You can see some big glass doors here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ohh, Nintendo is the retro gm"
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 13/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh man! There's people playing, not just emulated NES games, but the
Floyd | real thing! With a power glove, too! One competitor, you went to
Floyd | school with. He is impressed you work for Ed Dunn. He knew a guy who
Floyd | almost got to but wasn't up to it! You give a few invites for the
Floyd | winners. Ed likes the nerd street cred.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You think you remember getting lost where you just were--years ago,
Floyd | though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
		ASchultz says, "that was one I put in post-comp. I'm not sure how it works."
		ASchultz says, "Uwe was the other, by the way"
		Doug says, "well, I was confused because it was a task we had to do, yet also a hint mechanism"
		Doug says, "I guess we should have chosen 0."
Doug says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 13/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | You plot what to take care of next. Hmm... "Latin Mass at 435" is as
Floyd | good as any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "ok, yeah, I can make that clearer to the player, not make them use a clue."
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 13/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You click your tongue now you've solved everything up to extra near.
Floyd | Next!
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the near line.
Floyd |
Floyd | Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435, News, A
Floyd | conventional convent@554, Send, Handmade clothes with love in every
Floyd | stitch-1@444, Smokeless tobacco@534, Root Beer &/or Cream Soda@424,
Floyd | New Linux system--boo Windows 27@525, Get a free hint@514.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ah, we're done with the three-letter words"
		Doug says, "oh right, these answers are alphabetized"
		Jacqueline says, "sigh. brb again"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 13/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | **************ED DUNN'S NEEDS**************
Floyd |
Floyd | LOOKING IN MIDDLE OF JOURNEY IS USELESS.
Floyd | --friends: Dee, Des, Ewen, Ned,
Floyd | Sue, Swen, Uwe, Wendee,
Floyd | Wes
Floyd | --extra near: Den, Dew, Dns, Edu,
Floyd | End, Nes, See 2 more things@436,
Floyd | Sew, Sun
Floyd | --near: Latin Mass@435, New&used Clothes@334, Sheep's milk@435,
Floyd | News, A conventional convent@554, Send, Handmade
Floyd | clothes with love in every stitch-1@444, Smokeless tobacco@534, Root
Floyd | Beer &/or Cream Soda@424, New Linux system--boo Windows 27@525, Get a
Floyd | free hint@514
Floyd | --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335, sandy
Floyd | beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326, handmade
Floyd | clothes with love in every stitch-2@335, cheapish leathery
Floyd | clothes@436, Unwed, visit that vacant lot I loved as a
Floyd | kid@335
Floyd | --kinda far: Return to Ed Dunn for evaluation and reward@365,
Floyd | Smell/taste test@426, book Scandinavian vacation@345, Invisible
Floyd | Institute docs@556, brand new stuff-in-general@545, new bride/groom
Floyd | stuff@145, anti-athletic club@514
Floyd | --far: unworn clothes boutique@344, improperly vowelled hot dog
Floyd | hut@447
Floyd | --extra far: 2nd-hand clothing boutique@325
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can put this in the header with t, though it is not recommended
Floyd | with Parchment, or you can toggle this warning with tt. You can also
Floyd | track just friends with f, or you can see one line with o.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "435 = S + E + pair"
Doug says (to Floyd), "deus" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 435: 9/9 pals found, 13/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DEUS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd | You can see a stained-glass entryway here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 14/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | What with the brutal unholy war over atheists' best reasons to
Floyd | disbelieve in God, religion has made a comeback. The priests here
Floyd | acknowledge you've traveled long and hard and far. You're not sure if
Floyd | you've gone anywhere. But they mention the journey is important, and
Floyd | the cliche provides comfort. There's a weird coin in the package, with
Floyd | which you buy a candle to light. Perhaps it is pre-penance for the
Floyd | party.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the zone, zigzagging about. This whole getting lost without
Floyd | getting lost thing is a neat challenge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x candle" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 14/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "metaphorical candle, I guess."
Doug says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 14/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | You plot what to take care of next. Hmm... "New&used Clothes at 334"
Floyd | is as good as any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "D + S + pair"
		ASchultz says, "Ok, I'm changing that default error message. Though in this case, I think I should mention you leave the candle there."
Doug says (to Floyd), "duds" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 334: 9/9 pals found, 14/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUDS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 334
Floyd | You can see a clothing store here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 15/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk into the store and realize you don't know what you should
Floyd | buy. A sales associate dubiously asks if he can help you, and when you
Floyd | mention it's not quite you but Ed Dunn, he whistles and hands you some
Floyd | clothes, with obsequious gratitude to be one of several suppliers to
Floyd | Ed Dunn.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | Man, this reminds you of the crossword puzzles in the Newer New York
Floyd | Times. How the middle bits seem pretty cool because you have just
Floyd | enough hints, and something impossible to start now seems doable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "oo" 		

Floyd ]       near: Deus/Duds/435/News/554/Send/444/534/424/525/514
Floyd |
Floyd | > OO
Floyd |
Floyd | Top line is now in header.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "yeah, still doesn't seem useful without the clues."
Doug says (to Floyd), "oo" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 15/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > OO
Floyd |
Floyd | Regular header.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 15/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | You plot what to take care of next. Hmm... "Sheep's milk at 435" is as
Floyd | good as any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ewes" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 435: 9/9 pals found, 15/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > EWES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd | You can see a hinged wooden gate here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 16/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sheep's milk? Well, people apparently like all sorts of crazy stuff at
Floyd | parties. You guess. You'd never have noticed this mini-farm if you
Floyd | hadn't been told where to locate it. You'd never been to a farm
Floyd | before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 16/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | You plot what to take care of next. Hmm... "A conventional convent at
Floyd | 554" is as good as any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "nuns" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 554: 9/9 pals found, 16/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NUNS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 564
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd | You can see a stained-glass entryway here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 17/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand the nuns a folded sheet marked "Ed Dunn's Undue Deeds."
Floyd | Apparently Ed Dunn is enough of a benefactor that the nuns forgive all
Floyd | his sins--and yours--after you say his penance for him!
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You momentarily doubt whether Ed Dunn has your best interest at heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "rats...that's too bad. I enjoyed the partial-clue mode, but then, I knew a lot of the tricks already."
Doug says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 17/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | You plot what to take care of next. Hmm... "Handmade clothes with love
Floyd | in every stitch-1 at 444" is as good as any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sewn" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 17/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEWN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You can see a clothing store here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 18/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody really cares about fashion any more, but there are still
Floyd | clothes to wear to show you don't. Ed Dunn needs a lot of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 18/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | You plot what to take care of next. Hmm... "Smokeless tobacco at 534"
Floyd | is as good as any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "given the hints you're using, Doug, I think that it'd be handy to have an option to put this latest clue in the status bar."
		Doug says, "yeah"
		ASchultz says, "that won't be too hard to program. I'm glad you uncovered this."
		Jacqueline says, "back. Good job on DEUS and DUDS"
DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "and EWES"
		Jacqueline says, "And NUNS."
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh, you rocked while I was complaining to Amazon."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SUDS" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 424: 9/9 pals found, 18/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUDS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 424
Floyd | You can see a restaurant door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 19/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You've never been a Coke or Pepsi man, particularly after they aligned
Floyd | themselves with opposing political parties. Other soft drinks are
Floyd | taxed at a higher rate except for the bootleg stuff. Except here. Your
Floyd | employer apparently Knows People. Because he is such a good customer,
Floyd | you even get some illicit phosphate-filled laundry detergent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You remember problems you wanted to solve but never did.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "hi DavidW! We need a four-letter word for something at a store that sells smokeless tobacco, using only the letters UDNSEW"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Warning. If you haven't played this, you should probably not watch now."
		Jacqueline says, "There is no catching up on this one."
		Doug says, "yeah, sorry, we may have already spoiled things for you..."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 19/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | **************ED DUNN'S NEEDS**************
Floyd |
Floyd | LOOKING IN MIDDLE OF JOURNEY IS USELESS.
Floyd | --friends: Dee, Des, Ewen, Ned,
Floyd | Sue, Swen, Uwe, Wendee,
Floyd | Wes
Floyd | --extra near: Den, Dew, Dns, Edu,
Floyd | End, Nes, See 2 more things@436,
Floyd | Sew, Sun
Floyd | --near: Deus, Duds, Ewes, News,
Floyd | Nuns, Send, Sewn, Smokeless tobacco@534,
Floyd | Suds, New Linux system--boo Windows 27@525, Get a free
Floyd | hint@514
Floyd | --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335, sandy
Floyd | beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326, handmade
Floyd | clothes with love in every stitch-2@335, cheapish leathery
Floyd | clothes@436, Unwed, visit that vacant lot I loved as a
Floyd | kid@335
Floyd | --kinda far: Return to Ed Dunn for evaluation and reward@365,
Floyd | Smell/taste test@426, book Scandinavian vacation@345, Invisible
Floyd | Institute docs@556, brand new stuff-in-general@545, new bride/groom
Floyd | stuff@145, anti-athletic club@514
Floyd | --far: unworn clothes boutique@344, improperly vowelled hot dog
Floyd | hut@447
Floyd | --extra far: 2nd-hand clothing boutique@325
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can put this in the header with t, though it is not recommended
Floyd | with Parchment, or you can toggle this warning with tt. You can also
Floyd | track just friends with f, or you can see one line with o.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of AS), "Are Coke & Pepsi really aligned with opposite political parties?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "snus" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 534: 9/9 pals found, 19/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SNUS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd | You can see some big glass doors here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 20/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Of course, the smokable kind's been illegal a while, smoking outdoors
Floyd | being proved worse than smoking indoors being proved worse than
Floyd | smoking outdoors. But this stuff is there, if people MUST. It's been
Floyd | genetically engineered to be okay to snort but very toxic to
Floyd | smoke--just in case people get ideas. The clerk nods as you say it's
Floyd | for someone else. He's heard that one before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "I'm not sure, but I don't know if I want to know."
		Jacqueline says, "h"
DavidW has disconnected. 		
DavidW has connected. 		Doug asks, "snus = snuff I guess?"
		Jacqueline says, "er, ha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "suse" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 525: 9/9 pals found, 20/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUSE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 524
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 525
Floyd | You can see a shiny new store door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 21/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | If only the people extolling Linux weren't so annoying, you'd have
Floyd | fallen in line with them sooner once you saw why. You suspect your
Floyd | employer felt the same. You pick up a lightweight custom computer for
Floyd | your employer.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the zone, zigzagging about. This whole getting lost without
Floyd | getting lost thing is a neat challenge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You recall being made fun of for not wanting to learn how to order a
Floyd | taxicab around--or drive a car.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 21/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | You plot what to take care of next. Hmm... "Get a free hint at 514" is
Floyd | as good as any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "another mandatory hint :)"
		Doug says, "514 = U + S + S + S"
Doug says (to Floyd), "suss" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 514: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUSS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 524
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 514
Floyd | You can see a shiny new store door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A suspicious guy sidles up and says, "Psst! Pal! Got a hint. Or even
Floyd | better. Contraband. What d'you say?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The options are:
Floyd | 1. Hint
Floyd | 2. Adrift-a-tron (tells when things are hopeless)
Floyd | 3. Availableometer (tells what you can do)
Floyd | 4. Leave
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Sorry, but I'm having real trouble connecting to the mud."
Doug says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here's your availableometer."
Floyd |
Floyd | You zap back to the center after that encounter, slightly unnerved.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "hm"
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an availableometer
Floyd |   a mysterious package
Floyd |   a pocket teleporter device
Floyd |   a list of needs (can be examined with just X)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ava" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AVA
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "No worries, but what we're saying is that you should leave the room."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x availableometer" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AVAILABLEOMETER
Floyd |
Floyd | It is lightweight, totally inexplicable to someone from 20 years ago
Floyd | much less 87 (technology, boy,) and indicates it has 10 charges left.
Floyd | FOURTH WALL NOTE: A activates it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You will enjoy this game, so don't spoil yourself."
Doug says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > A
Floyd |
Floyd | Best to go somewhere first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ah hm."
		Doug asks, "maybe it shows all words that get to a location?"
		Doug says, "that would be pretty spoilery."
		ASchultz says, "Actually, well, for various reasons, I was hoping solving your most recent find would help clue other things just by how it was found"
		DavidW says (to Jacquelkine), "I have played this before."
		DavidW says, "The lag is horrific, though."
		ASchultz says, "The availableometer is a post-comp thing, so it may not be well explained. But it tells you how many things you can still find on the path you're on"
		Doug says (to ASchultz), "hm, well, we didn't actually go inside that last one"
Doug says (to Floyd), "suss" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 514: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUSS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 524
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 514
Floyd | You can see a shiny new store door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | That suspicious guy (again) sidles up and says, "Psst! Pal! Got a
Floyd | hint. Or even better. Contraband. What d'you say?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The options are:
Floyd | 1. Hint
Floyd | 2. Adrift-a-tron (tells when things are hopeless)
Floyd | 3. Availableometer (tells what you can do)
Floyd | 4. Leave
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "although... I've never seen that availableometer before."
Doug says (to Floyd), "4" 		ASchultz says, "So in other words, if you use it at 444, you'll get info you already know"

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay. Later."
Floyd |
Floyd | You zap back to the center after that encounter, slightly unnerved.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "hm, guess we can't?"
		ASchultz says, "oh dear. The suspicious guy should be completely gone. That's a bad bug."
Doug says (to Floyd), "suss" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 514: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUSS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 524
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 514
Floyd | You can see a shiny new store door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | That suspicious guy (again) sidles up and says, "Psst! Pal! Got a
Floyd | hint. Or even better. Contraband. What d'you say?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The options are:
Floyd | 1. Hint
Floyd | 2. Adrift-a-tron (tells when things are hopeless)
Floyd | 3. Availableometer (tells what you can do)
Floyd | 4. Leave
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here's your availableometer."
Floyd |
Floyd | You zap back to the center after that encounter, slightly unnerved.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an availableometer
Floyd |   a mysterious package
Floyd |   a pocket teleporter device
Floyd |   a list of needs (can be examined with just X)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "well at least he didn't give us a second one..."
		DavidW says, "About three screenfuls of text are zipping past between what I type and what shows up."
Doug says (to Floyd), "suss" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 514: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUSS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 524
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 514
Floyd | You can see a shiny new store door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | That suspicious guy (again) sidles up and says, "Psst! Pal! Got a
Floyd | hint. Or even better. Contraband. What d'you say?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The options are:
Floyd | 1. Hint
Floyd | 2. Adrift-a-tron (tells when things are hopeless)
Floyd | 3. Availableometer (tells what you can do)
Floyd | 4. Leave
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here's your adrift-a-tron. It'll tell you when things are hopeless."
Floyd |
Floyd | You zap back to the center after that encounter, slightly unnerved.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "incidentally I'm not sure which implement is better."
Doug says (to Floyd), "suss" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 514: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUSS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 524
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 514
Floyd | You can see a shiny new store door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | That suspicious guy (again) sidles up and says, "Psst! Pal! Got a
Floyd | hint. Or even better. Contraband. What d'you say?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The options are:
Floyd | 1. Hint
Floyd | 2. Adrift-a-tron (tells when things are hopeless)
Floyd | 3. Availableometer (tells what you can do)
Floyd | 4. Leave
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay. Later."
Floyd |
Floyd | You zap back to the center after that encounter, slightly unnerved.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "so I guess we can't get past him"
		DavidW asks, "Did you guys get the tobacco one?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You click your tongue now you've solved everything up to near. Next!
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the kinda near line.
Floyd |
Floyd | pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335, sandy beaches@445, ART
Floyd | not porn@445, garden startup materials@326, handmade clothes with love
Floyd | in every stitch-2@335, cheapish leathery clothes@436, Unwed, visit
Floyd | that vacant lot I loved as a kid@335.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says (to DavidW), "yeah, SNUS"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, this is, like, a post-post-post-post comp release that Andrew's been working hard on just for Floyd."
		Jacqueline says, "So there's stuff in this game you haven't seen."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dues" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 435: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd | You overhear a gambler mumbling about the Law of Averages--and in
Floyd | these enlightened times! Why, it's YOU who are owed...well, not quite
Floyd | owed...a place of Ed Dunn's to find, now or soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd | You overhear someone being shaken down for a racket--a tithe, almost.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh, looks like we didn't need to go inside for SUSS"
		ASchultz says, "ok, mashed that silly bug where you can visit the suspicious guy more than once. Oops."
		Doug says (to DavidW), "we're on 5 letters now"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 435: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | **************ED DUNN'S NEEDS**************
Floyd |
Floyd | LOOKING IN MIDDLE OF JOURNEY IS USELESS.
Floyd | --friends: Dee, Des, Ewen, Ned,
Floyd | Sue, Swen, Uwe, Wendee,
Floyd | Wes
Floyd | --extra near: Den, Dew, Dns, Edu,
Floyd | End, Nes, See 2 more things@436,
Floyd | Sew, Sun
Floyd | --near: Deus, Duds, Ewes, News,
Floyd | Nuns, Send, Sewn, Snus,
Floyd | Suds, Suse, Can still SUSS@514
Floyd | --kinda near: pay property tax@236, cowboy hat & boots@335, sandy
Floyd | beaches@445, ART not porn@445, garden startup materials@326, handmade
Floyd | clothes with love in every stitch-2@335, cheapish leathery
Floyd | clothes@436, Unwed, visit that vacant lot I loved as a
Floyd | kid@335
Floyd | --kinda far: Return to Ed Dunn for evaluation and reward@365,
Floyd | Smell/taste test@426, book Scandinavian vacation@345, Invisible
Floyd | Institute docs@556, brand new stuff-in-general@545, new bride/groom
Floyd | stuff@145, anti-athletic club@514
Floyd | --far: unworn clothes boutique@344, improperly vowelled hot dog
Floyd | hut@447
Floyd | --extra far: 2nd-hand clothing boutique@325
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can put this in the header with t, though it is not recommended
Floyd | with Parchment, or you can toggle this warning with tt. You can also
Floyd | track just friends with f, or you can see one line with o.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sorry"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "suede" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 427: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUEDE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 425
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 525
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 526
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 426
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 427
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "dudes" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 335: 9/9 pals found, 22/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUDES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd | There's an argument in the distance about whether someone crossed a
Floyd | foul line while bowling. Someone out of his element with no frame of
Floyd | reference shouts "Well, that's just your OPINION, man!" Silence
Floyd | abides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 335
Floyd | You can see a clothing store here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Aw, good try with SUEDE, Doug."
		Doug says, "that was DavidW :)"
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 23/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You reflect that, ironically, you didn't have to go west once to enter
Floyd | here. You buy a fold-up cowboy hat that fits nicely into your big
Floyd | mysterious package.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | Two joggers run by, sniffing at how you don't get THAT in shape just
Floyd | walking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Actually, the problem was, you didn't start from the origin. I hope you don't mind my spoiling that"
		Jacqueline says (to Andrew), "Nice Lebowski reference."
Doug says (to Floyd), "suede" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 436: 9/9 pals found, 23/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUEDE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 535
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd | Someone moans about his trouble with lawyers. You tune that whining
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 436
Floyd | You can see a clothing store here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Real leather's a bit scarce, even for rich people, but suede still
Floyd | costs about the same, adjusted for inflation. Anyway, it's just like
Floyd | artificial flavors in food--you get used to it, with all the other
Floyd | advances.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Thanks :)"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, were we not at... oh, thanks."
		Jacqueline says (to Andrew), "Nah, that wasn't a hint so much as a 'the reason that didn't work is because you didn't do what you think you did,' which is fine."
		Doug says (to ASchultz), "I wonder if the multiple-letters warning should only apply when you're not at the origin."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "seesee" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 428: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEESEE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 436
Floyd | You can see a secret entry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 426
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 427
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 428
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sees" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 426: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 436
Floyd | You can see a secret entry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 426
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "swedes" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 307: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWEDES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 416
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 415
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 416
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 316
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 317
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 307
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, just see"
		ASchultz says, "I didn't check the error case where you have, for instance, s-s-suede, but I think I can/should. It's a good bit of polish as long as it doesn't slow the game down too much"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "see" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 436: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 436
Floyd | You can see a secret entry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "swedes" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 317: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWEDES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 426
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 425
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 426
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 326
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 327
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 317
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I can't really tell where i am when I type. I can't really .. yeah, I wasn't at origin,."
		DavidW says (to ASchultz), "I have played before."
		DavidW says, "But my connection is really really poor today."
		Doug says, "sorry."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "knock" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 317: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing to knock at.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "also, Doug, that's a really good idea. I think I'll steal it."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 317: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing to enter. It's all so unfamiliar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You wonder if you can thread the needle once more through the streets
Floyd | to mark off a quick task of Ed's.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wait, I was at something."
		Jacqueline asks, "Wasn't I?"
		Doug says, "we already did see, it's a place to get hints"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, got it."
		Doug says, "no, I kept typing something after you did..."
		Doug says, "but go ahead now"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "SEE was what you saw"
		Jacqueline says, "I tried SEESEE because of the 'see 2 more things@436' bit"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "No, I'm good."
		Doug says, "436 = S + E + E + a cancel pair"
		Jacqueline says (to Andrew), "If you do yet another release, I'd mix up that bit about the richest people, since we see it so much."
Doug says (to Floyd), "seens" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 436: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEENS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 436
Floyd | You can see a secret entry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 446
Floyd | You hear the whirr of a hidden security camera.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 436
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What was the new command for quickly peeking at the top of the list?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 436: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the kinda near line.
Floyd |
Floyd | pay property tax@236, Dudes, sandy beaches@445, ART not porn@445,
Floyd | garden startup materials@326, handmade clothes with love in every
Floyd | stitch-2@335, Suede, Unwed, visit that vacant lot I loved as a
Floyd | kid@335.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "oo puts it in the header, but it wasn't as useful as I hoped."
Doug says (to Floyd), "seeds" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 318: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 426
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 427
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 428
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 328
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 318
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "seeds" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 326: 9/9 pals found, 24/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 436
Floyd | You can see a secret entry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 336
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 326
Floyd | You can see an odd grassy door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 25/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Genetic engineering advances have made it so most people, even if they
Floyd | get seeds, can only grow plants for one year. A power grab by
Floyd | agribusiness? Perhaps. But nobody much goes hungry. And no farmland
Floyd | wasted where real estate could grow. You pay for and take the valuable
Floyd | seed packets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | Seeing so much of the city has renminded you of other areas you wanted
Floyd | to visit, like New Wessewn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "(typo: renminded)"
Doug says (to Floyd), "newwessewn" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 25/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEWWESSEWN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 453
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "ah that's an easy one, thanks"
		Doug says, "heh, we're in New Wessewn!"
		DavidW says, "try WEEDS for the vacant lot, maybe"
		DavidW says, "and DUNES for the sandy beach"
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 25/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing seems to happen. You think. But you blink once, and everything
Floyd | FEELS different.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks (of DavidW), "I thought you said you'd played this already?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "weeds" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 335: 9/9 pals found, 25/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 443
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd | Based on the smell, maybe there are private gardens behind some walls
Floyd | here, maybe not. Some people just won't pay the exorbitant taxes for
Floyd | growing...THAT.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 335
Floyd | You can see a vacant lot here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 26/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | There aren't many vacant lots left here, and eventually they'll be
Floyd | phased out above the concerns of environmentalists, but this one's
Floyd | still here. You take a few phone-pictures for Ed Dunn to remember, and
Floyd | you take time to remember your own vacant lot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "dunes" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 445: 9/9 pals found, 26/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUNES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd | You can see dunes here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 27/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not fully a natural beach, and you can't go in the water, but
Floyd | people shouldn't have to drive to a less wired area just to see the
Floyd | dunes. You are able to reserve the dunes for a weekend for Ed Dunn at
Floyd | a nice discount. The agents like that, because people who reserve
Floyd | on-line cancel more frequently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You become a bit worried you won't be able to come back to any of
Floyd | these neat places now you've uncovered them and your time helping Ed
Floyd | is through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Wait!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "I TRIED THAT!"
		Jacqueline says, "We must not have been at 444 then."
		ASchultz says, "I think you tried DUNE, actually."
		Jacqueline says, "hrm grumble mumble"
		Doug says, "heh."
		Jacqueline says (to AS), "Oh. meh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 27/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the kinda near line.
Floyd |
Floyd | pay property tax@236, Dudes, Dunes, ART not porn@445, Seeds, handmade
Floyd | clothes with love in every stitch-2@335, Suede, Unwed, Weeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Now, I think it's fair to hint the player some way, but I can't figure one out."
Doug says (to Floyd), "nudes" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 445: 9/9 pals found, 27/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NUDES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd | You can see an a metal door with a one-way peephole here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, ""an a metal door"?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "peep" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 445: 9/9 pals found, 27/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > PEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Being a messenger, you don't have much more to do than go in the six
Floyd | basic directions (transport tubes make going up and down easy.) Or
Floyd | enter places. Maybe knock. Nothing fancy. Type C to see everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x peephole" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 445: 9/9 pals found, 27/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEEPHOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's for looking out, not looking in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "k" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 445: 9/9 pals found, 27/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > K
Floyd |
Floyd | No need to be so formal. Walk on in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 28/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Obviously there needs to be a crackdown on sicko-porn masquerading as
Floyd | art, but this has been certified by the Ministry of Art as relatively
Floyd | intellectual stuff. It will provoke dynamic conversation at Ed Dunn's
Floyd | party, too, for sure. You pick out a sculpture from the No-Photograph
Floyd | Zone for later delivery to your benefactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 28/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | You plot what to take care of next. Hmm... "pay property tax at 236"
Floyd | is as good as any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "deeds" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 236: 9/9 pals found, 28/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 346
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 246
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 236
Floyd | You can see an intimidating 15-foot revolving door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 29/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | People seem surprised to see you. You don't look like a property
Floyd | owner. But once they see your list, they realize who you are working
Floyd | for. You paying in person has saved him $500 (exorbitant, even with
Floyd | inflation) in electronic handling fees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Who would have thought that there'd be so many combinations of NSEWUD?"
		Doug says, "I grepped a big long list :)"
		ASchultz says, "ugh about an a, fixed. I hope."
		DavidW says (to Doug), "I have. Back in October."
		DavidW says, "the art should be NUDES, I think."
		DavidW says, "oh. Also try SEWED for a clothing store."
		DavidW says, "I hope this is getting through. I'm not seeing anything."
		ASchultz says, "that's how I did it too :)"
		Doug says, "that's where I got UNWEDDEDNESS"
Doug says (to Floyd), "sewed" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 335: 9/9 pals found, 29/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEWED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 335
Floyd | You can see a clothing store here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 30/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody really cares about fashion any more, but there are still
Floyd | clothes to wear to show you don't. Ed Dunn needs a lot of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "poor DavidW. I hate having bad net"
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 30/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You click your tongue now you've solved everything up to kinda near.
Floyd | Next!
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the kinda far line.
Floyd |
Floyd | EdDunn, Smell/taste test@426, book Scandinavian vacation@345,
Floyd | Invisible Institute docs@556, brand new stuff-in-general@545, new
Floyd | bride/groom stuff@145, anti-athletic club@514.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, SEUDE could be a leather store, and SEWED the clothing store."
		Doug says, "woot, 6 letter words"
		Jacqueline says, "And DEEDS a realty place, while NUDES the art place."
Doug says (to Floyd), "sweden" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 345: 9/9 pals found, 30/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWEDEN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 433
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 334
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 335
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd | You can see some big glass doors here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sweden has such great moose."
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 31/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, I guess Ed Dunn wants to have a few 24 hour days of sunlight.
Floyd | You place the reservation for a summer vacation with an agent named
Floyd | Enes Sund.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the zone, zigzagging about. This whole getting lost without
Floyd | getting lost thing is a neat challenge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | Man, you're totally in shape after all that walking. In shape enough
Floyd | to impress at a ritzy party like Ed Dunn's. Maybe you will even get
Floyd | invited!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz exclaims, "Ok, here's where I hope the hints work!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unseen" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 556: 9/9 pals found, 31/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNSEEN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 545
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 546
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 556
Floyd | You can see some blurry doors that seem only half there here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "I mean, if you all don't figure the last bits out right away & need to teleport back."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 32/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Knowledge is power is money. You aren't allowed to see what Ed needs,
Floyd | but whatever it is, it's too important to keep online. You hand over a
Floyd | piece of paper, and you get back a booby trapped bag someone makes
Floyd | sure you slip in the package. You're not sure what the Invisible
Floyd | Institute is for, and you still aren't sure you want to find out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | Hmm. You've got 90%. That should be enough for Ed. You hope. There may
Floyd | be some unfair ones in there. You could probably go see him any time,
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 32/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | **************ED DUNN'S NEEDS**************
Floyd |
Floyd | LOOKING IN MIDDLE OF JOURNEY IS USELESS.
Floyd | --friends: Dee, Des, Ewen, Ned,
Floyd | Sue, Swen, Uwe, Wendee,
Floyd | Wes
Floyd | --extra near: Den, Dew, Dns, Edu,
Floyd | End, Nes, See 2 more things@436,
Floyd | Sew, Sun
Floyd | --near: Deus, Duds, Ewes, News,
Floyd | Nuns, Send, Sewn, Snus,
Floyd | Suds, Suse, Can still SUSS@514
Floyd | --kinda near: Deeds, Dudes, Dunes,
Floyd | Nudes, Seeds, Sewed, Suede,
Floyd | Unwed, Weeds
Floyd | --kinda far: Return to Ed Dunn for evaluation and reward@365,
Floyd | Smell/taste test@426, Sweden, Unseen, brand new
Floyd | stuff-in-general@545, new bride/groom stuff@145, anti-athletic
Floyd | club@514
Floyd | --far: unworn clothes boutique@344, improperly vowelled hot dog
Floyd | hut@447
Floyd | --extra far: 2nd-hand clothing boutique@325
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can put this in the header with t, though it is not recommended
Floyd | with Parchment, or you can toggle this warning with tt. You can also
Floyd | track just friends with f, or you can see one line with o.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "weenees" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 447: 9/9 pals found, 32/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEENEES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 443
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 456
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 457
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 447
Floyd | You can see a restaurant door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, we didn't get 436 or 514?"
		Doug says, "improperly vowelled hot dogs."
		Doug says, "436 and 514 are SEE and SUSS, which are hint locations that we can revisit."
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 33/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Man, you have heard a lot of reasons why this place or that place is
Floyd | good for comfort food, but one thing you can always rely on: owners
Floyd | misspell, grub will excel. The 'S on the sign triggers another rule:
Floyd | apostrophe botch, the sauce is top notch. The proprietor, Mr. Sweenee
Floyd | (of course,) gives you few free samples for such a bulk order--and
Floyd | becausee you look like you've come a ways--and man, you eat them so
Floyd | fast, you already wish you'd got more.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "rhymes! (also, typo: "becausee")"
		ASchultz says, "SUSS should have disappeared when you took something from the suspicious guy, but it didn't."
		ASchultz says, "Thanks, typo check there"
		DavidW says (to Doug), "It's really bad."
		DavidW asks, "WEDDED for the bride/groom?"
		DavidW says, "SWEDEN"
		DavidW says, "oh, you just did SWEDEN. Sorry."
		DavidW says, "UNUSED"
		DavidW says, "You also missed my WEDDED suggestion."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Oh, okay."
Doug says (to Floyd), "unused" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 545: 9/9 pals found, 33/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNUSED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 654
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 644
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 645
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 545
Floyd | You can see a shiny new store door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "didn't make time to run it through Respelt.com."
		Doug says, "I just thought of unused before I saw DavidW saying it"
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 34/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Ed Dunn deserves this new stuff, you imagine. You get a free new
Floyd | spatula for visiting in-person. You get some new pocket-sized
Floyd | technology for Ed Dunn. It all goes back in your package. It will
Floyd | trickle down to the less fortunate when he gets bored. You think.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "wedded" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 145: 9/9 pals found, 34/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEDDED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 443
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 244
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 245
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 145
Floyd | You can see a shiny new store door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 35/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Expensive wedding presents have been discouraged by the government
Floyd | ever since the population was deemed unsustainable. But people now get
Floyd | married and divorced much more frequently, so non-loners still have
Floyd | that racket going. Well, it's your benefactor's money, not yours. He
Floyd | probably needs to do this to keep up business relations.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 35/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the kinda far line.
Floyd |
Floyd | EdDunn, Smell/taste test@426, Sweden, Unseen, Unused, Wedded,
Floyd | anti-athletic club@514.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "remember, these are alphabetized."
		Doug says, "514 = U + SSS + one pair. and comes after WEDDED"
Doug says (to Floyd), "wusses" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 514: 9/9 pals found, 35/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WUSSES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 443
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 543
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 533
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 523
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 524
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 514
Floyd | You can see a library entrance here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 36/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You're surprised places like this exist, once you know what it really
Floyd | is. It isn't just rebellion against mandatory exercise for people who
Floyd | do not have computer jobs. It's a group of lazy people who are very
Floyd | clever about mooching off the various welfare programs. Perhaps Ed
Floyd | Dunn takes tips from them? You are given a manuscript that you throw
Floyd | in your package, and it's understood you had better not look at it.
Floyd | They can't beat you up, but they can ruin your credit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "SENSES"
Doug says (to Floyd), "senses" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 426: 9/9 pals found, 36/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SENSES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 436
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 426
Floyd | You can see a secret entry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You are evaluated on various senses, and surprisingly, you are graded
Floyd | high on a sixth sense. You don't know what it is, but you're afraid
Floyd | asking will forfeit your score. You're given a certificate of
Floyd | senseness, which goes in the mysterious package. This will please
Floyd | Ed...I think?
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Doug says, "so senseness is a word after all :)"
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You click your tongue now you've solved everything up to kinda far.
Floyd | Next!
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the far line.
Floyd |
Floyd | unworn clothes boutique@344, Weenees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "unused" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 545: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNUSED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 654
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 644
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 645
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 545
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I was thinking UNUSED was the boutique."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 535: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 535
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I think we did unused already"
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Right, we did."
		Jacqueline says, "But I was thinking it would take something different away."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unsewn" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 554: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNSEWN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 545
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd | A button falls off your outfit and rolls where you can't find it.
Floyd | Well, it's biodegradable enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "344 = one extra D"
		Doug says, "also, we're at 7 letters"
		DavidW says (to Doug), "Seven letters, not six, I think."
Doug says (to Floyd), "newness" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEWNESS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 564
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 565
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 564
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 574
Floyd | You've been wandering for too long. You get tired, and you figure it's
Floyd | probably best to start over with a clean look on things. You push the
Floyd | button on your teleporter device, and back you go to the center,
Floyd | scrapping your remaining plans.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "newness" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 445: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEWNESS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 464
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 465
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "aw."
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | Interference from the teleport device has Ed talking about building on
Floyd | a couple things you previously did to do something bigger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hrm. I need to run to get ready for the call with the Ashwell clan. I'll come back to scoop up the completed transcript afterward. Have fun with the rest of it, and thanks for all your hard work, Andrew."
		ASchultz says, "Good job so far guys--I was actually curious how effective the teleporter-hints would be, but it's good to see you're working through it so well."
		DavidW says, "SEW-N-SEW"
Doug says (to Floyd), "unduded" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 355: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDUDED
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Thanks for helping me work at t his game, Jacqueline. Have fun."
		Doug asks, "what do you mean by teleporter hints?"
		Doug says, "thanks Jacq! enjoy the call"
		ASchultz says, "Well, if you have a few fruitless journeys, the game gives advice"
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sewnsew" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 434: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEWNSEW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 434
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(actually, I don't think sewnsew works)"
		Doug says, "oh, I think I've been ignoring it :("
		Doug says, "I assumed it was just random messages"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 434: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | **************ED DUNN'S NEEDS**************
Floyd |
Floyd | LOOKING IN MIDDLE OF JOURNEY IS USELESS.
Floyd | --friends: Dee, Des, Ewen, Ned,
Floyd | Sue, Swen, Uwe, Wendee,
Floyd | Wes
Floyd | --extra near: Den, Dew, Dns, Edu,
Floyd | End, Nes, See 2 more things@436,
Floyd | Sew, Sun
Floyd | --near: Deus, Duds, Ewes, News,
Floyd | Nuns, Send, Sewn, Snus,
Floyd | Suds, Suse, Can still SUSS@514
Floyd | --kinda near: Deeds, Dudes, Dunes,
Floyd | Nudes, Seeds, Sewed, Suede,
Floyd | Unwed, Weeds
Floyd | --kinda far: Return to Ed Dunn for evaluation and reward@365,
Floyd | Senses, Sweden, Unseen, Unused,
Floyd | Wedded, Wusses
Floyd | --far: unworn clothes boutique@344, Weenees
Floyd | --extra far: 2nd-hand clothing boutique@325
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can put this in the header with t, though it is not recommended
Floyd | with Parchment, or you can toggle this warning with tt. You can also
Floyd | track just friends with f, or you can see one line with o.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "newduds" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEWDUDS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | You've been wandering for too long. You get tired, and you figure it's
Floyd | probably best to start over with a clean look on things. You push the
Floyd | button on your teleporter device, and back you go to the center,
Floyd | scrapping your remaining plans.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "newduds" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 344: 9/9 pals found, 37/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEWDUDS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 354
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 354
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd | You can see a clothing store here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 38/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You wouldn't wear any clothes like this year's fashions, but you're
Floyd | not paying. You put the clothes in the mysterious package.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "o" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 38/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > O
Floyd |
Floyd | You click your tongue now you've solved everything up to far. Next!
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the extra far line.
Floyd |
Floyd | 2nd-hand clothing boutique@325.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "one left!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "usedduds" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 325: 9/9 pals found, 38/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > USEDDUDS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 534
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 535
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd | You feel beaten-down and second-hand all of a sudden. Maybe even
Floyd | wondering if you'll always be a gofer to Ed Dunn types. But maybe you
Floyd | are halfway to somewhere Ed needs you to go.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 335
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 435
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 335
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 325
Floyd | You can see a clothing store here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Arriving in the used clothes store, you suddenly realize that there
Floyd | are probably used clothes in the mysterious package. You take them out
Floyd | and give them to the clerk, who credits your employer's account.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "newduds" 		DavidW says, "sorry NEWDUDS"

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 344: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEWDUDS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 354
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 354
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "sorry DavidW"
		Doug asks, "want me to wait for you to catch up?"
		DavidW says, "My fault. I f'd instead of ;-ing."
		Doug says, "although I think we just need to go to eddunn now"
		ASchultz says, "I should hint that, definitely."
		DavidW asks, "Did you finish the list?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eddunn" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > EDDUNN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 245
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 145
Floyd | You've been wandering for too long. You get tired, and you figure it's
Floyd | probably best to start over with a clean look on things. You push the
Floyd | button on your teleporter device, and back you go to the center,
Floyd | scrapping your remaining plans.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "eddunn" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > EDDUNN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 245
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 345
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 365
Floyd | Ed Dunn's secret hideout door is just where you remember it. You can
Floyd | enter it to report to your employer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You're confident you smoked this challenge. You blow past the guard at
Floyd | the front door!
Floyd |
Floyd | You return, with a list of what you've done.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Great job, kid! You got all my friends. They can keep a party
Floyd | exciting on their own."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's good to see you did all the fun stuff I put in there. I like
Floyd | fun."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ed hands you some stuff: a Yankees world champs t-shirt from before
Floyd | their 90-year drought, a big block of dehydrated beer, a little extra
Floyd | for helping his business run smoothly, and a a CD--yes, a CD--of games
Floyd | Ed assures you are awesome, by some Andrew Schultz guy. Ed praises you
Floyd | as a new go-getter in the organization. "Didn't even need my help!
Floyd | Kid, I wish I had some extra hard deliveries to make. You'd pick them
Floyd | off, easy."
Floyd |
Floyd | In fact, he is so pleased, he invites you to his party! He even
Floyd | manages to impress the duende-endued DeeDee Sneed, who's engaged to
Floyd | old-money Sundude Senese. Ed calls you as "Old sport" as he related
Floyd | how Sundude called him "Ed Dung" once (and you can see why it hurts.)
Floyd | He is sure he will get her one day!

		ASchultz says, "once you have all the points, plus or minus Ed."
		Doug says, "nice"
Doug says (to Floyd), "press green" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd | But he also introduces you to another messenger he has hired.
Floyd | Including Denese (or Sed. I forgot to ask your preference) Senn. You
Floyd | two talk about--well, all kinds of things that will be so fun to
Floyd | learn, you can how you went through the side streets of Threediopolis.
Floyd | Something that recharges its...what's the word...

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "press green" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd | ...NEWNESS.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > AMUSING
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you tried:--swearing?
Floyd | --Entering the ominous door and ignoring the warning?
Floyd | --Z 3 times in a row? Then trying it again?
Floyd | --Standard commands like jump/sing/wave?
Floyd | --Not answering YES or NO to Ed Dunn?
Floyd | --Visiting Ed Dunn with no tasks done? 1, 4, 7, 10, then every 4 give
Floyd | different responses.
Floyd | --Finding all the easter eggs (random seeming occurrences) beyond NEW,
Floyd | SUED, WEED and WEND? You managed to find 17 of 47.
Floyd | --Just searching through the source code for the Table of Stupid
Floyd | Scenery (for toss) (source available on ifarchive.org) to learn all
Floyd | the "funny" hidden places at once?
Floyd | --DUNDEE?
Floyd | --SWEDES?
Floyd | --WEEENES?
Floyd | --UNDUE?
Floyd | --EUWE?
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "ok, zap that "including" there before Denese"
		Doug says, "aha, 17 of 47 easter eggs"
Doug says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "you could technically undo things, hit the easter eggs and come back. But some of them are really obscure."
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I'll pretend you didn't want to complete the game just yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 365
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You reflect briefly that Z is the end of the alphabet, and people who
Floyd | Z too much may run afoul of efficiency laws.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 365: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a buzzing of droids in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You fall asleep on your journey. You are awakened by whirring and
Floyd | clacking. Droids pick you up and give you an infra-red marking that
Floyd | identifies you as a potential leech on society--and juice and cookies,
Floyd | this time, since your possessions label you as moderately wealthy.
Floyd | They remind you the marking will fade in a year.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "hm. why did it say "then trying it again"?"
		Doug asks, "maybe only if you're not at home?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 544: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 544: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "oops. I forgot to reset a variable."
		Doug says, "oops"
Doug says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 544: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | No reason to, with vertical transport tubes to go up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 544: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | You have heard about teleporter overheat. It's quite a way to go.
Floyd | Maybe you should walk around a bit more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "end" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 455: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > END
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 545
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 555
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 455: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing to enter. It's all so unfamiliar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "guess we'd have to restart to get to the ominous door again"
		ASchultz says, "It flags you as waiting 6 times in a row"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 455: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, indeed, the game map has 3 axes--x, y and z.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I think we got it before we knew what was going on"
		ASchultz says, "yes, I think I need to flag that in the AMUSING section, to make it clear to the player"
		Doug says, "heh."
Doug says (to Floyd), "plugh" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 455: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | Being a messenger, you don't have much more to do than go in the six
Floyd | basic directions (transport tubes make going up and down easy.) Or
Floyd | enter places. Maybe knock. Nothing fancy. Type C to see everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "fuck" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 455: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > FUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dude! Eww.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "nice"
		ASchultz says, "I was proud of that, I admit :)"
		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 455: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | The six directions, abbreviated: N, S, E, W, U, D. K knocks. I/IN goes
Floyd | in (inventory doesn't change much so I trumps INVENTORY when you can
Floyd | enter.)
Floyd | A=use your availbleometer
Floyd | B=brief V=verbose C=this command
Floyd | I=inventory O=one line of by-length list OO=friends in header  X=all
Floyd | the list
Floyd | H=hint toggle
Floyd | P pushes the panic button to send you to sector 444. J=jump mode to
Floyd | skip diagonal warning.
Floyd | T toggles big long listing in the status bar. Z waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I kind of had trouble distinguishing the line between actual tasks and easter eggs."
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | Well, this kind of stinks. You're on a real cold streak. Maybe you can
Floyd | figure what to do by looking at your list. Maybe somewhere will make
Floyd | sense that didn't before you found a few other places.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "undue" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 555: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDUE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 544
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 454
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 554
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 555
Floyd | Someone walks by and gives you an insult you didn't deserve.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "weeenes" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 447: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEEENES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 443
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 446
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 456
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 457
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 447
Floyd | You stop by a hot dog hut that doesn't quite look right.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ASchultz says, "Yes, easter eggs vs actual locations is something to clear up."
Doug says (to Floyd), "duende" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 356: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUENDE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 344
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 445
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 455
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 355
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 356
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]    Threediopolis, Sector 444: 9/9 pals found, 39/39 tasks done
Floyd |
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Teleporting technology, apparently only for the very richest people,
Floyd | kicks you back to the center of the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Threediopolis, Sector 444
Floyd | Well, this kind of stinks. You're on a real cold streak. Maybe you can
Floyd | figure what to do by looking at your list. Maybe somewhere will make
Floyd | sense that didn't before you found a few other places.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says (to ASchultz), "I think I get it now, the real locations all have doors and entrances."
		ASchultz says, "oh dear! I shouldn't put out hints when you have all the points."
		Doug says, "anyway, I think I'm done. Others can feel free to hunt more easter eggs"
		ASchultz says, "good summary--I will make that clearer"
		Doug says, "thanks, ASchultz!"
		ASchultz exclaims, "thanks for your help, Doug!"
		DavidW says, "sorry. The lag makes it impossible for me to experiment."
		Doug says (to DavidW), "it's all yours, I'll stop interrupting"
		ASchultz says, "Well, I need to get going myself. I appreciate what everyone has done. I'll be around for a bit but away."
		DavidW says, "I'll have to forgo attempting to find Easter Eggs today."
		DavidW says, "Otherwise I'd love to help"
		ASchultz says, "the easter eggs aren't that big a deal. In fact if you want to see them I'll point you to the source."
		ASchultz says, "maybe that should be on the spoilers channel, though."
		DavidW says, "Thanks for the game!"
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Doug has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		ASchultz says, "Thanks, guys. I have a lot of touchups to do. Source is at [LINK]
		



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Storm Over London by Juhana Leinonen
Faithful Companion by Matt Weiner
The Mundane Tale of the Morning After by Adri
You Have to Put the Baby New Year in the Champagne Bottle by SoftSoft
The Day I came back by Marius Müller
As played on ifMUD on January 5, 2014

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 Storm Over London written by Juhana Leinonen, Faithful Companion written by Matt Weiner, The Mundane Tale of the Morning After written by Adri, You Have to Put the Baby New Year in the Champagne Bottle written by SoftSoft, and The Day I came back written by Marius Müller. All of these titles were released as part of the 7th Annual New Year's Minicomp. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: The Day I came back, You Have to Put the Baby New Year in the Champagne Bottle, The Mundane Tale of the Morning After, Faithful Companion, and Storm Over London.

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:

Storm Over London by Juhana Leinonen
Faithful Companion by Matt Weiner
The Mundane Tale of the Morning After by Adri
You Have to Put the Baby New Year in the Champagne Bottle by SoftSoft
The Day I came back by Marius Müller
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Jacqueline hollers, "Good day, Mudkin. At the top of the hour we shall be playing this year's crop of New Years speeds. Please join us!" 		Jacqueline asks, "So, now that it is (past) the top of the hour... Tale, would you like to give a little speech about why we're all gathered here today?"
		Taleslinger says, "Er, okay."
		Binder says, "Ambush speech."
		Roger says, ">LISTEN TO SPEECH"
		Jacqueline says, "You don't have to. Just asking..."
		Taleslinger says, "A few years ago, we had a New Year's Speed IF. And I really thought it was a neat idea."
		Taleslinger says, "You know, for people to whip something small up at the end of the year, if you either hadn't gotten to it, or didn't have time for anything larger."
		* josinalvo has joined the channel.
josinalvo arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Taleslinger says, "Over time, it evolved from a Speed-IF to a Minicomp without rules (so not really a Minicomp) because I wanted to give people the chance to create something with as little pressure as possible."
		Taleslinger asks, "And it worked once more! We have 5 entries again this year, same as last. Have fun, people! Jacq?"
		Jacqueline claps.
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
genericgeekgirl arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline asks, "So, any particular order we should take these in, or just go alphabetical, or what?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Anybody here an author who can't stick around and wants us to do their game first?"
		Taleslinger says, "Matt wanted to come, but if we does, he'll arrive later, so maybe play his later."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		Jacqueline asks, "Which is his?"
		Taleslinger says, "one sec"
		Taleslinger says, "Faithful Companion"
		Taleslinger says, "A rerelase of his Ectocomp game"
		Jacqueline asks, "For no particular reason... except that it's the reverse order of the list I have in front of me... how about we play the hugo game first?"
		Taleslinger says, "No complaints."
		Jacqueline asks, "Unfortnately, I don't believe sleepmask works for Hugo games. Anybody know if I'm assuming correctly?"
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, I guess I could try it..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask nys7storm" 		

Floyd ]  Mansion Courtyard
Floyd | I was driving home when the storm front hit me. I have never seen such
Floyd | rainfall. I could barely see the headlights, and only flashes of
Floyd | lightning gave me brief glimpses of the road ahead so I could prevent
Floyd | the car from swerving off the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | The GPS lost the signal and at some point I must have taken a wrong
Floyd | turn, for I was soon in an unpaved road I wasn't familiar with. The
Floyd | tires skid on the dirt that was quickly turning into deeper and deeper
Floyd | mud, and I knew stopping now would most likely mean getting hopelessly
Floyd | stuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The road ended in the yard of a large and old house. I was trying to
Floyd | turn the car around when it stopped in a puddle in the middle of the
Floyd | driveway.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storm Over London
Floyd | An interactive story by Juhana Leinonen
Floyd | Release 1 (2014-01-05)
Floyd | Hugo v3.1 / Library 31031
Floyd | Type HOWTO for instructions, ABOUT for more information or CREDITS
Floyd | for full credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mansion Courtyard, in the car
Floyd | The mansion was old, built perhaps in the 19th century. It seemed to
Floyd | be relatively well-kept, not counting a few missing roof tiles, rusty
Floyd | rain gutters about to fall apart and the need for a new layer of
Floyd | paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | The GPS was still offline and the car was stuck in the muddy driveway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front entrance was near, right outside the car.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "I was wrong! Hooray!"
		Jacqueline says, "Not sure why I thought that."
		DavidW says, "I gonna be distracted for a bit. Finishing an email."
		Taleslinger asks (of nitku), "Do we need a driver?"
		Taleslinger says, "No pun intended."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Mansion Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | I was not very happy about the situation, to put it mildly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Nitku says, "This is basically a practice work for learning Hugo. It should lead the player quite firmly so I suggest you just go with the flow."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x gps" 		

Floyd ]  Mansion Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GPS
Floyd |
Floyd | The GPS unit said it didn't have a connection to any satellites.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Mansion Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I was carrying the business clothes (being worn) and a cell phone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x car" 		

Floyd ]  Mansion Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The car was hopelessly stuck. I needed a tow truck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Mansion Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I was carrying the business clothes (being worn) and a cell phone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x cell" 		

Floyd ]  Mansion Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CELL
Floyd |
Floyd | There was no reception.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Of course."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x business clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Mansion Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUSINESS CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | I was wearing straight pants and a short jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "So, let's go to the creepy mansion in the middle of a rainstorm."
		Jearl says, "do lets!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Front Porch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I got out of the car and ran to the porch. The spurt couldn't have
Floyd | taken more than five seconds but I was already soaking wet from the
Floyd | pouring rain and my shoes dirty with mud.
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Porch
Floyd | The porch had a fairly large cover but it wasn't large enough to
Floyd | keep the rainfall out. The rain was still slashing against me and
Floyd | several times gusts of wind almost knocked me over.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door was closed and I couldn't see a doorbell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Oh great now we're going to track mud all over the creepy"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		Jacqueline says, "heh"

Floyd ]  Front Porch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | At first there was no answer. I knocked again, and after a while a
Floyd | small older woman opened the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, dear?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (I could have asked her about the mansion, herself, or using a phone;
Floyd | or told her about myself, the car or the storm.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "kiss old woman" 		

Floyd ]  Front Porch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS OLD WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "kiss".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Front Porch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "dance".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ask old woman about the mansion" 		

Floyd ]  Front Porch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK OLD WOMAN ABOUT THE MANSION
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm very sorry to come knocking at your door so unexpectedly. This is
Floyd | quite a mansion you have here. Are you the lady of the house?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am she," she replied briefly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
kpaquette52 arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "ask woman about mansion" 		

Floyd ]  Front Porch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT MANSION
Floyd |
Floyd | "You rarely see houses like this,"
Floyd |
Floyd | She looked impatient. "Our home is not open for tourists, young lady."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh no, I didn't mean to imply..." I stuttered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Front Porch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "You rarely see houses like this,"
Floyd |
Floyd | She looked impatient. "Our home is not open for tourists, young lady."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh no, I didn't mean to imply..." I stuttered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to nitku), "Sorry. Normally we only invite adults to ClubFloyd, but for some reason for the New Year's speeds we make an exception."
		Taleslinger says, "heh"
		Binder says, "harumph"
		Jacqueline smiles.
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ask her about herself" 		

Floyd ]  Front Porch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HERSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you meant the old woman)
Floyd | "My name is Lauren. Whom do I have the honour to address?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She had a puzzled look on her face. "Lauren? I don't think we know a
Floyd | Lauren."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "ask her for clean pants"
kpaquette52 says (to I), "am late for ClubFloyd" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tell her about the car" 		

Floyd ]  Front Porch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL HER ABOUT THE CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you meant the old woman)
Floyd | "Sorry to bother you at this hour, but the weather caught me off guard
Floyd | and my car is stuck in your driveway," I said.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I see," she said without changing expression.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks (of nitku), "Is this the protagonist from Yo Mamma?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "tell woman about phone" 		

Floyd ]  Front Porch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL WOMAN ABOUT PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman didn't seem particularly interested in what I had to say
Floyd | about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Nitku says, "ha ha"
Taleslinger says (to kpaquette), "please @joinc clubfloyd" 		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "ask woman about phone" 		

Floyd ]  Front Porch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you have a landline, I'd like to borrow your phone to call a tow
Floyd | truck or a taxi so I could get home. My cell phone has no reception
Floyd | here."
Floyd |
Floyd | She looked at me from head to toe and seemed to sharpen up. "Yes, I
Floyd | suppose we can't leave you there in the rain. Please do come in."
Floyd |
Floyd | She took a step back inside the mansion and held the door open for me.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		* Jacqueline has added kpaquette52 to the channel.
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | The house looked like something out of a Jane Austen book. The
Floyd | furniture was antique, or at least very skillfully made replicas. The
Floyd | air was heavy and smelled of dust. It must had been a while since the
Floyd | room had been properly cleaned.
Floyd |   There was a phone on a side table.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman sat down on one of the chairs. "Oh dear, you're quite
Floyd | wet," she said. "I wonder if..."
Floyd |
Floyd | She looked conflicted for a while. "Yes, Elizabeth's clothes should
Floyd | fit you. Perhaps you could go upstairs and change into something dry.
Floyd | It's the second door to the left."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Hey she's warming up to us"
		Roger says, "that escalated quickly"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "use phone" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "use".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "she's going to make us pretend t be her creepy daughter!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which phone do you mean, the telephone or the cell phone?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says (to Binder), "I'm not so sure that's a good thing."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Although the dark red colour of the landline phone matched the decor
Floyd | it still looked out of place here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "call tow truck" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL TOW TRUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The landline was dead. Not even a dial tone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "We're going to be her dead daughter, aren't we?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ahhhhhhh."
		Binder says, "Just because she's a creepy old lady in a creepy old house doesn't mean this is some kind of creepy old drama"
		Jearl says, "or she's just a nice old lady with a little too much house to take care of by herself!!"
Limax arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "probably"
		Roger says, "Oh she ain't dead, just hanging out in the attic."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ask lady about phone" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK LADY ABOUT PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please, dear, you're dripping water all over our carpet," she said.
Floyd | "Go upstairs and change and we'll talk."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drip" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRIP
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "drip".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm more worried about the son-in-law."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "spell attic as freezer, I think."
		Jearl says, "it puts the pajamas on its flesh or else it gets the hose again"
		Roger says, "heh"
		Taleslinger asks, "So, upstairs?"
		Jacqueline says (to Jearl), "hee"
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "yeah"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | I walked up the creaking stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The hallway was decorated with yellowing wallpaper and a carpet that
Floyd | had already seen its best days. I could have went in to the bedroom as
Floyd | the old lady had instructed or back down to the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x wallpaper" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALLPAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x carpet" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARPET
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "enter bedroom" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BEDROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "bedroom".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "wallpaper: not delightful"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I read that as 'It wasn't normal' for some reason."
		DavidW says, "IN"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | The room seemed to belong to a teenaged girl, although it was very
Floyd | ascetic. There was a simple bed, a dressing table, and a bookshelf
Floyd | with assorted novels.
Floyd |   A massive wardrobe was standing on the wall opposite the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x novels" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOVELS
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x bookshelf" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKSHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "to Narnia, and freedom!"
		Limax says, "THere's emphasis on the bedroom"
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
kpaquette52 has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "look at table" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | The wardrobe looked massively heavy. It was made of thick, dark wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look behind wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't find anything behind the wardrobe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "look under wardobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER WARDOBE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "wardobe".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "look under wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't find anything under the wardrobe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps everything will become more important once we're Elizabeth."

Floyd | > PUSH WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't move the wardrobe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Fine, fine. Open it?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "lie on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIE ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline Creeeeepeeee.
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah"
		genericgeekgirl says, "> hack evil wardrobe into tiny pieces"
		Taleslinger says, "maybe I put on less upbeat music"
		Binder says, "Well, we've got the teen attitude of Everything is Boring down"
		DavidW says, "open the evil heavy wardrobe"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hanging inside the wardrobe was a row of dresses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x dresses" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRESSES
Floyd |
Floyd | It was almost as if no-one had opened the wardrobe in several decades.
Floyd | The dresses were all old-fashioned and conservative with subdued
Floyd | colors. They were dusty but otherwise clean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl) Floyd | Creeeeeeeeeeeek.
		Binder says, "Almost as if"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "smell dresses" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL DRESSES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "touch dresses" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH DRESSES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "touch".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says (to Taleslinger), "You've stunned the parser"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Haha"
		Limax says, "That was helpful"
		DavidW says, "This game has a very limited verb set."
		Nitku says, "Oh yeah, forgot to mention that this uses a couple of Ellison's libraries. If you find a bug it's his fault."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Put the dresses on the flesh." 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT THE DRESSES ON THE FLESH.
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "flesh".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says (to nitku), "Yay"
		Limax says, "Heh"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "wear dress" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR DRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | I was not holding those.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "> close wardrobe. run away."
		Binder says (to Jacqueline), "ha ha"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get dress" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | I needed to take off the wet clothes first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "bomchickawow"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "remove clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | I got out of my soaked clothes. The wet fabric kept clinging to my
Floyd | skin and left me shivering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "I bet elizabeth just grew up and went to the big city and is a high powered attorney"

Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I was certainly not about to wander around the mansion in my
Floyd | underwear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x underwear" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X UNDERWEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "underwear".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Jearl), "I like your optimism."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Having dry clothes on helped a little, but not much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "um"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get dress" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | I looked through the dresses in the wardrobe and picked a plain brown
Floyd | one that was the least obviously old-fashioned. I tried to brush most
Floyd | of the dust away and then put it on. I didn't feel comfortable wearing
Floyd | other people's socks so I decided to go barefoot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dress fit me quite well, although it was perhaps a bit too big. I
Floyd | tried to force myself not to feel self-conscious and rather be happy
Floyd | to have something dry to wear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "You're going to die of the cold, young lady. Put those socks on this instant."
		Taleslinger says, "We're still wet though, so the dress should be damp"
		Binder says, "wait, we're smaller than a teen girl"
		genericgeekgirl says (to Taleslinger), "Magic."
		Jearl says, "it's wicking"
		Limax asks (of Binder), "What are you trying to say?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | The hallway was decorated with yellowing wallpaper and a carpet that
Floyd | had already seen its best days. I could have went in to the bedroom as
Floyd | the old lady had instructed or back down to the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Dress was constructed from brown ShamWows"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | The house looked like something out of a Jane Austen book. The
Floyd | furniture was antique, or at least very skillfully made replicas. The
Floyd | air was heavy and smelled of dust. It must had been a while since the
Floyd | room had been properly cleaned.
Floyd |   The old woman was sitting on a chair, watching me.
Floyd |   There was a phone on a side table.
Floyd |
Floyd | When I walked down the stairs it seemed like the old woman's gaze was
Floyd | glassy and she was looking through me.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh there you are, Elizabeth. Your father and I have missed you."
Floyd |
Floyd | Before I had time to say anything over my surprise, the lights went
Floyd | out. The woman walked carefully by the mantel, picked up a box of
Floyd | matches and started to light candles around the room. She passed one
Floyd | of the candles to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Could you be a dear and go see your father upstairs, Elizabeth? He
Floyd | always knew what to do in situations like this. He should be in the
Floyd | study. The door is right across the stairs, you remember that."
Floyd |
Floyd | (I could have asked her about Elizabeth, father, using the telephone,
Floyd | or electricity; or told her about myself.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says (to Limax), "capital-n Nothing."
		Roger says, "There we go"
		Jearl says, "now it's on"
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Many teens are adult-sized already."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Welp."
		Limax asks, "Um. Did the lights just go out?"
		Binder says, "Yup."
		DavidW says, "Hope daddy isn't a corpse."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "tell her about myself" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL HER ABOUT MYSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you meant the old woman)
Floyd | "I'm not Elizabeth. Who's Elizabeth?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh Elizabeth, stop fooling around," she replied with a weak smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "That smile is weak. Drop and give me 40 curl ups."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Daddy is just some guy she kidnapped last week."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ask her about using the telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT USING THE TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you meant the old woman)
Floyd | "Can I use the telephone, please?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you want to call your friends, Elizabeth? Although I think the
Floyd | weather has cut the phone lines."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "Oh... I see... we're living someone else's nightmare"
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "ask woman about Elizabeth" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT ELIZABETH
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not Elizabeth. Who's Elizabeth?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh Elizabeth, stop fooling around," she replied with a weak smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Oh, the WEATHER cut the phone lines using WEATHER tin snips"
		Limax says, "Ha ha"
		DavidW says, "I suppose it's possible daddy is cute and alive and not senile."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ask her about electricity" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT ELECTRICITY
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you meant the old woman)
Floyd | "Do these power outages happen often?" I asked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, not very often, not at all," she said. "But it's all right, your
Floyd | father is prepared for everything."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Nitku), "So, is this interactive story an exploration of how difficult it is to live with dimentia, and how we need improved elder care in our societies?"
		Jacqueline says, "(kidding)"
		Limax says, "I think Daddy cut the phone lines"
		Nitku says, "...yes..."
		Taleslinger says, "It is about how family is are the ones we choose"
		Jearl says, "maybe if we dress up as Daddy we can wrest control of this situation"
		Binder says, "I like that plan."
		genericgeekgirl) Nitku says, "Finally! SOMEONE understands me."
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "heh"
		Limax says, "I think it's a story of one girl's struggle to live in a society that doesn't understand her"
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "ask woman about father" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT FATHER
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sorry, did you say my "father"?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't worry, your father will know what to do," she just said.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jearl), "You're a genious."
		Jearl says, "gonna take a lot of padding"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe she really does have our father trapped in the attic."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "scream" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | It was a desperate situation, but I managed to keep my emotions in
Floyd | check.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes, I like Jearl's idea."
		Jearl says, "oh come on we just humor a nice old lady till the storm clears"
		Taleslinger asks, "So, let's have a look at Dad?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cry" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRY
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "cry".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Try to leave please"
		DavidW says (to Taleslinger), "yes, please"
		Binder says, "This house is far too dusty for emotions."
		Taleslinger says, "Y'know, y'all can enter commands, too"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | I was back upstairs, and the door leading inside the study was right
Floyd | in front of me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Leave. As in, New Jersey would be better."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | The door was locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Study door looked just like I expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I knocked on the door, and almost immediately an old man opened it. He
Floyd | was grey as ashes, just like the woman, but while she was lethargic,
Floyd | he was jitterish and full of energy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, what is it? Who are you? It doesn't matter, the power's out
Floyd | again and I'm at a very delicate phase right now. Be a sport and go
Floyd | downstairs to the cellar and turn on the diesel generator."
Floyd |
Floyd | Before I had time to say anything he slammed the door shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "LOCKED"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | I knocked again, but there was no answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "That was unexpected"
		Jacqueline says, "..."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
		Binder says, "I guess he really is prepared for all events."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | The house looked like something out of a Jane Austen book. The
Floyd | furniture was antique, or at least very skillfully made replicas. The
Floyd | air was heavy and smelled of dust. It must had been a while since the
Floyd | room had been properly cleaned.
Floyd |   The old woman was sitting on a chair, watching me.
Floyd |   There was a phone on a side table.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, what did your father say?" the old woman said.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He said to turn on the generator. And he's not my father, lady.
Floyd | Where's the cellar?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She glanced at a door next to the staircase, which must lead down to
Floyd | the cellar. "You were always warned not to go to the cellar, weren't
Floyd | you, Elizabeth? Remember, when you were young?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose we go down again."
		Taleslinger says, "Oh dear"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kill lady" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL LADY
Floyd |
Floyd | Venting your frustrations on the old woman wouldn't have accomplished
Floyd | much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh dear."
		Taleslinger says, "I like the sense of foreboding"
		Roger says, "It's sort of an interesting structure to deal with the railroading problem."
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | Better start with a verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Let's go downstairs. WHAT IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "remember being young" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER BEING YOUNG
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "remember".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "I wonder if we need to divert the old lady"
		Jearl says, "to get downstairs"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about cellar" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT CELLAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "cellar".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "say no" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY NO
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "say".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax asks, "Ever get the feeling like you're being led around on a leash?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't see that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | The house looked like something out of a Jane Austen book. The
Floyd | furniture was antique, or at least very skillfully made replicas. The
Floyd | air was heavy and smelled of dust. It must had been a while since the
Floyd | room had been properly cleaned.
Floyd |   The old woman was sitting on a chair, watching me.
Floyd |   There was a phone on a side table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Limax), "Thanks. As if I wasn't creeped out enough by this game..."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push chair" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Does hugo have a topics command or something?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "import chair" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IMPORT CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "import".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x lady" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LADY
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman was small and frail, and her thin face was grey as dust. She
Floyd | was wearing an old-fashioned grey dress that the aristocracy would
Floyd | have worn a hundred years ago.
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl asks, "just try going down again?"
		Taleslinger says (to jearl), "Yeah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "remove dress" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE DRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | The dress wasn't quite my style, but I didn't have any options either.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cellar
Floyd | The cellar had apparently been used as a wine cellar. The shelves
Floyd | were empty now. Water was trickling down to the floor but there didn't
Floyd | seem to be immediate danger of flooding.
Floyd |   Otherwise the space was dominated by a large diesel generator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh. Seems legit."
		Limax says, "Aha. Something with diesel"
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "x generator" 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GENERATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It looked similar to what my grandparents had in their farm, except
Floyd | this was much bigger. It was probably large enough to provide
Floyd | electricity to the whole mansion, and to the neighbouring houses as
Floyd | well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Sure, switch on the electrical thing in the water puddle"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Nah, it's fine. See?"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		DavidW asks, "No ancient burial pit in the cellar, eh?"
		Limax says, "Hee hee"
		Jearl says, "yeah, in which we are barefoot"
Lucea arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline says (to Jearl), "Better ground that way."
		Limax asks (of Jearl), "What's the worst that can happen?"
		Roger says, "And then everyone died from carbon monoxide poisoning"
		Taleslinger asks, "Switch it on, shall we?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Yeah!"
		Binder says, "Of course."
		Limax says, "Sure"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "switch on generator" 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH ON GENERATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I turned the generator on. After some coughing and wheezing its engine
Floyd | started running and lights flickered on in the cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "If the water was important, it would say so. Rig---AHhhhhhh."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | The house looked like something out of a Jane Austen book. The
Floyd | furniture was antique, or at least very skillfully made replicas. The
Floyd | air was heavy and smelled of dust. It must had been a while since the
Floyd | room had been properly cleaned.
Floyd |   The old woman was sitting on a chair, watching me.
Floyd |   There was a phone on a side table.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights were on in the living room, so I put the candle down on a
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "ZZZZZAAAAPPPP"
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "look" 		Binder says, "Flipping that switch must have been exhausting."

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | The house looked like something out of a Jane Austen book. The
Floyd | furniture was antique, or at least very skillfully made replicas. The
Floyd | air was heavy and smelled of dust. It must had been a while since the
Floyd | room had been properly cleaned.
Floyd |   The old woman was sitting on a chair, watching me.
Floyd |   There was a phone on a side table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to woman" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman was listening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "topics".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lucea asks, "Anyone driving?"
		DavidW says, "talk to phone"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell woman about generator" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL WOMAN ABOUT GENERATOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use phone" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "use".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says (to Lucea), "No, the car broke down :("
		Taleslinger says (to lucea), "Not really"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell woman about father" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL WOMAN ABOUT FATHER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax asks, "Pick up phone?"
Lucea says (to floyd), "pick up phone" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK UP PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't take that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ask woman about electricity" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT ELECTRICITY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do these power outages happen often?" I asked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, not very often, not at all," she said. "But it's all right, your
Floyd | father is prepared for everything."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "ask woman about father"
Lucea says (to floyd), "ask floyd about father" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FLOYD ABOUT FATHER
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "floyd".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl asks, "will 'talk to woman' give us the topic list again?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call for help" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL FOR HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | The landline was dead. Not even a dial tone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lucea says (to floyd), "ask woman about father" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT FATHER
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sorry, did you say my "father"?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't worry, your father will know what to do," she just said.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Lucea), "You know you can recap the game by @recap toyshop, right?"
		Lucea says, "yeah"
		Taleslinger asks (of nitku), "Is there a way to get the relevant topics?"
		Jacqueline says, "Cool"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Back upstairs?"
		Lucea says, "my recap only goes back 60 lines or so though"
		Binder says, "Sure, back to dear old dad"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | I was back upstairs, and the door leading inside the study was right
Floyd | in front of me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Oh. Want me to post it?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | Bookshelves lined the walls, full of books that had titles in
Floyd | languages I didn't recognize. Behind a mahogany writing desk, filled
Floyd | with books, papers and parchments, sat an old man, frevently writing
Floyd | on a notepad or looking up something from the books.
Floyd |   A curious machine was embedded in one of the walls.
Floyd |   Heavy curtains covered the windows.
Floyd | The old man was sitting behind the desk, scribbling on a notepad.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's you," he said as he noticed me. "Now who did you say you were
Floyd | again? You must excuse me, I'm very busy with the experiment.'"
Floyd |
Floyd | (I could ask him about the woman, Elizabeth, or the experiment; or
Floyd | tell him about the generator, myself, or the storm.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lucea says, "it's ok, but thanks"
		Nitku says, "sorry, the only way to get the topics is to scroll back up"
		Nitku says, "(there aren't any new ones)"
		Binder says, "aha, his door was locked by lack of electricity"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine was a jumbled mess of wood, iron, leather and brass. Pipes
Floyd | and wires were strewn across the contraption, connected to meters that
Floyd | didn't say anything meaningful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Well, at least HE knows we're not Elizabeth."
		Limax exclaims, "It's a machine. It's going to take over the world!"
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "heh"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ask him about the woman" 		

Floyd ]  Study

		DavidW says, "maybe it's a time machine"

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT THE WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you meant the old man)
Floyd | "Why is the woman downstairs insisting that I'm Elizabeth? Who is she
Floyd | anyway?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly he looked very melancholic. "Oh, Elizabeth... She was our
Floyd | daughter. She died too young, and my wife has been... ill ever since."
Floyd | He pauses to wipe his eye with a handkerchief. "But when we moved to
Floyd | this house and when I discovered this library, there's hope! We will
Floyd | soon be together again!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, ".........."
		Limax says, "Oh gosh..."
		genericgeekgirl says, "NO."
		Taleslinger says, "Aw, that sounds nice. We should help them reunite."
		Limax says, "Ha ha"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kill father" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL FATHER
Floyd |
Floyd | Venting your frustrations on the old man wouldn't have accomplished
Floyd | much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "heehee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask him about machine" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you meant the old man)
Floyd | "Uh... what exactly are you doing here?" I asked carefully. There was
Floyd | obviously something not quite right here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This, my lady, is how I will bring back my dear Elizabeth!" His eyes
Floyd | gleamed with crazy. "I found these books, and the incantations..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says (to Tale), "It won't let me!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ask him about elizabeth" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT ELIZABETH
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you meant the old man)
Floyd | "I think your wife needs professional help," I said.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Help? She needs Elizabeth back!" he exclaimed. "I'm so close... so
Floyd | close..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		says (to Floyd), "SWING MOOD"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask him about phone" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you meant the old man)
Floyd | Which exactly do you mean, the cell phone or using the phone?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says (to ggg), "Ha ha ha"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask man about using the phone" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT USING THE PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The old man didn't seem to know anything about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "I think I know what's going to happen"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "tell him about the generator" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL HIM ABOUT THE GENERATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you meant the old man)
Floyd | "I managed to turn on the generator."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, I noticed. Thank you," he replied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "tell him about myself" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL HIM ABOUT MYSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you meant the old man)
Floyd | "I'm here only by chance," I explained. "My car got stuck in the
Floyd | mud.."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, yes," he interrupted. "As long as you don't bother my
Floyd | experiment, I don't really care."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax asks, "He's not related to a certain family it Austria (Germany?) is he?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "ask man for gratuity" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN FOR GRATUITY
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "gratuity".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "tell him about storm" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL HIM ABOUT STORM
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you meant the old man)
Floyd | "There's a huge storm outside! It... doesn't feel natural," I said.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have no time for small talk about the weather young lady," he
Floyd | replied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says (to Limax), "Eeeee."
		Taleslinger says (to limax), "AUSTRIA"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bother experiment" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOTHER EXPERIMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "bother".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about books" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The old man didn't seem to know anything about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says (to Taleslinger), "Thanks"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about experiment" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT EXPERIMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Uh... what exactly are you doing here?" I asked carefully. There was
Floyd | obviously something not quite right here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This, my lady, is how I will bring back my dear Elizabeth!" His eyes
Floyd | gleamed with crazy. "I found these books, and the incantations..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "break machine" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Venting your frustrations on the contraption wouldn't have
Floyd | accomplished much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "We germans would never imprison people agains- so, we're in the cellar, right?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x curtains" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CURTAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtains were heavy and thick, blocking all light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open curtains" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CURTAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | I opened the heavy satin curtains and saw that they were covering not
Floyd | a window but glass doors to a balcony. Behind the doors was a view
Floyd | that on any other day would have been a magnificent sight. Only now I
Floyd | realised that the house was on a high hill that overlooked London
Floyd | which, at the moment, was in the midst of what seemed like a
Floyd | hurricane.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entire city blocks were on fire. There were no lights on in the city,
Floyd | only lightning and the fires revealed the horrifying scene.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clouds above the city were moving in disturbing patterns.
Floyd | Something was out there, about to emerge form the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | (I could tell the old man about London.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "Ha ha"
		Allen says, "hurricanes don't strike london!"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yikes."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell man about london" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT LONDON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look at what's happening to the city! Curse your damned experiments!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He raised his head to view the scene. He looked at London in disbelief
Floyd | and he seemed to experience a brief moment of sanity.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No... It's impossible! Did I write the wrong glyphs... or was the
Floyd | voltage too high? Or..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's happening here? What is this storm?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I... all I wanted was to bring Elizabeth back... You mustn't judge
Floyd | me! Something has went terribly wrong," he cried.
Floyd |
Floyd | He rummaged through a box next to the apparatus and pulled out a small
Floyd | axe. "We must end this now! Here, take this hatchet and climb to the
Floyd | roof. I've set up an antenna there that broadcasts the subspatial
Floyd | messages. I can't stop it from here, you must cut down the antenna to
Floyd | make this right."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? I don't..." I tried to protest, but he shoved the hatchet to
Floyd | me. "Go! Now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "interesting"
		genericgeekgirl says, "That escalated quickly."
		Limax says, "I look away for two seconds..."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x hatchet" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HATCHET
Floyd |
Floyd | The axe was small and slightly rusty, with ornate carvings in the
Floyd | blade.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Here, you're barefoot and in a dress! Quick, climb!"
		Binder says, "We mustn't judge him, he was only tampering with reality"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x carvings" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARVINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "carvings".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "what an uncharacteristically reasonable response"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "read books" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't do that with desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "Elizabeth... Lizzie.."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hit machine with hatchet" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT MACHINE WITH HATCHET
Floyd |
Floyd | Venting your frustrations on the contraption wouldn't have
Floyd | accomplished much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "Maybe it's an American family"
		Roger says, "Ontario will never be the same."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | Bookshelves lined the walls, full of books that had titles in
Floyd | languages I didn't recognize. Behind a mahogany writing desk, filled
Floyd | with books, papers and parchments, sat an old man, frevently writing
Floyd | on a notepad or looking up something from the books.
Floyd |   A curious machine was embedded in one of the walls.
Floyd |   A view of London is visible through the balcony door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Lies."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't do that with balcony doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smash window" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMASH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't see that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | The balcony was made of white marble. Rain fell on it from the roof
Floyd | like from a waterfall.
Floyd |   An iron ladder led up to the roof.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soon after closing the balcony doors behind me I heard a bang from
Floyd | inside the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "Geez"
		Lucea says, "I'm sure it's nothing"
		Binder says, "An iron ladder, in the rain, during a lightning storm."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd | > SAVESaved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "He fell down"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Huh. Ok."
		Jacqueline says, "I would like to stand on the roof, barefoot in a rainstorm, holding a rod with a piece of metal on the end."
		Limax says, "And we're barefoot"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dance in the rain" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE IN THE RAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "dance".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "Listen to the falling rain"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | I looked in through the balcony doors and saw the old man lying on the
Floyd | floor, with a revolver in his hand. He had taken his own life.
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't bring myself into returning inside the house. I had to stop
Floyd | this madness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, ">fiddle while london burns"
		Jearl says, "jeesh"
		Jacqueline says, "Fwiw, 'his eyes gleamed with crazy' is a great phrase."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take revolver" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE REVOLVER
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "revolver".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lucea says (to floyd), "get gun" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need to use the word "gun".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "Take pistol"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Fine. We'll do what he wants."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Roof
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof
Floyd | I climbed past the gutter and saw what must have been the antenna, a
Floyd | gnarled wooden staff, on top of the roof's ridge. The rain was pouring
Floyd | down in torrents and staying on the steps took all my effort.
Floyd |
Floyd | Clambering up to the antenna I glanced behind me and saw horrifying a
Floyd | dark mass was emerging from the storm clouds over London; it was
Floyd | larger than the city itself, and revealed more of itself every second
Floyd | as it descended from the skies. Even the light from lightning would
Floyd | not penetrate the total blackness of its form. Only its grotesque
Floyd | shape could be seen as a silhouette against the dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | An overwhelming sense of dread and despair overcame me. I screamed,
Floyd | screamed until my lungs were empty of air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "To the roof!"
		Limax says, "Annie, get your un"
		Jacqueline asks, "Golly. He offed himself?"
		Limax says, "gun"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "scream" 		

Floyd ]  Roof
Floyd | >

		
Lucea says (to floyd), "scream" 		

Floyd | > SCREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | And I did scream. I screamed my mind empty of thoughts that once were
Floyd | human but now claimed by the Devourer, the Destroyer, the god of
Floyd | Despair.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |    *** THE END ***
Floyd |
Floyd | The game has ended.  Do you want to (R)ESTART, R(E)STORE a saved game,
Floyd | (U)NDO your last turn, or (Q)UIT?
Floyd | (U)NDO your last turn, or (Q)UIT?
Floyd | > SCREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter (R)ESTART, R(E)STORE, (U)NDO, or (Q)UIT:

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Roof
Floyd | Enter (R)ESTART, R(E)STORE, (U)NDO, or (Q)UIT:
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof
Floyd | I gazed upon the beast and visions of cities long dead filled my
Floyd | mind. Strange imagery surrounded me and terrifying creatures passed by
Floyd | unaware of my presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vision faded away and was replaced by the monstrous being,
Floyd | revealing its horrifying face. As it devoured London, it devoured my
Floyd | sanity, and for a fleeting moment I wished for death before dementia
Floyd | claimed its victim.
Floyd | cheaphe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Limax says, "Oh no... empty lungs"
		Lucea says, "oops"
		Jearl says, "it's the Songbird"
		Roger says, "Thanks Galactus"
		genericgeekgirl says, "........ Whoops."
		Allen asks, "this is one of Gunther's favorite bands, right?"
		Limax says, "I thought it was a Kaiju"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "undo" 		
Floyd says (to Taleslinger), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." 		Nitku says, "Ok, I think UNDO is broken. You need to load the save game."
		Binder says, "The Devourer quit Floyd"
		Taleslinger asks, "How does one reload again?"
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "it ... yeah, what Binder said."
		DavidW says, "restart the game. then restore."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask nys7storm" 		

Floyd ]  Mansion Courtyard
Floyd | I was driving home when the storm front hit me. I have never seen such
Floyd | rainfall. I could barely see the headlights, and only flashes of
Floyd | lightning gave me brief glimpses of the road ahead so I could prevent
Floyd | the car from swerving off the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | The GPS lost the signal and at some point I must have taken a wrong
Floyd | turn, for I was soon in an unpaved road I wasn't familiar with. The
Floyd | tires skid on the dirt that was quickly turning into deeper and deeper
Floyd | mud, and I knew stopping now would most likely mean getting hopelessly
Floyd | stuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The road ended in the yard of a large and old house. I was trying to
Floyd | turn the car around when it stopped in a puddle in the middle of the
Floyd | driveway.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storm Over London
Floyd | An interactive story by Juhana Leinonen
Floyd | Release 1 (2014-01-05)
Floyd | Hugo v3.1 / Library 31031
Floyd | Type HOWTO for instructions, ABOUT for more information or CREDITS
Floyd | for full credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mansion Courtyard, in the car
Floyd | The mansion was old, built perhaps in the 19th century. It seemed to
Floyd | be relatively well-kept, not counting a few missing roof tiles, rusty
Floyd | rain gutters about to fall apart and the need for a new layer of
Floyd | paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | The GPS was still offline and the car was stuck in the muddy driveway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front entrance was near, right outside the car.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "It's the end of the Hugo as we know it..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		Jacqueline asks, "Um, was it CF1?"
		Taleslinger says, "3"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd ]  Balcony
Floyd | > RESTORERestored.
Floyd |
Floyd | Balcony
Floyd | The balcony was made of white marble. Rain fell on it from the roof
Floyd | like from a waterfall.
Floyd |   An iron ladder led up to the roof.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "So, up, then hack the antenna?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Roof
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof
Floyd | I climbed past the gutter and saw what must have been the antenna, a
Floyd | gnarled wooden staff, on top of the roof's ridge. The rain was pouring
Floyd | down in torrents and staying on the steps took all my effort.
Floyd |
Floyd | Clambering up to the antenna I glanced behind me and saw horrifying a
Floyd | dark mass was emerging from the storm clouds over London; it was
Floyd | larger than the city itself, and revealed more of itself every second
Floyd | as it descended from the skies. Even the light from lightning would
Floyd | not penetrate the total blackness of its form. Only its grotesque
Floyd | shape could be seen as a silhouette against the dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | An overwhelming sense of dread and despair overcame me. I screamed,
Floyd | screamed until my lungs were empty of air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Nitku says, "(it's because I was lazy and rigged LOOK to give a different response after viewing the room description the second time, and UNDO seems to trigger the description)"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hit antenna" 		

Floyd ]  Roof
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT ANTENNA
Floyd |
Floyd | I struck the antenna with the axe once, twice, three times. It broke
Floyd | and fell down the roof, but it was naive to think it would have had
Floyd | any effect. Was it even the old man who had summoned the Devourer into
Floyd | this world?
Floyd |
Floyd | It mattered not: the damage was done, and nothing could stop the
Floyd | inevitable. I laughed at the foolishness of my efforts, I laughed when
Floyd | the rain swept me off the roof and into the merciful hands of Death.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |    *** THE END ***
Floyd |
Floyd | The game has ended.  Do you want to (R)ESTART, R(E)STORE a saved game,
Floyd | (U)NDO your last turn, or (Q)UIT?

		DavidW says, "yes, let's not fiddle this time."
		Taleslinger asks, "Hm...Anything we could've done differently?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "So, um, everything is hopeless. HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
		Taleslinger asks, "We tried attacking the machine, didn't we?"
		Jearl says, "yeah"
		Jearl says, "we can't get back into the house once the endgame starts"
		DavidW says, "I can't think of any options we missed. The game tried to restrict our movement quite a bit."
		Jearl says, "well, unless we just have to try multiple times"
		Allen says (to DavidW), "it's like we were mere puppets all along"
		Nitku exclaims, "If you think you can stop an elder god from doing whatever the hell it wants, good luck!"
		Limax says, "Meat puppets"
		Taleslinger says, "Heh"
		Nitku says, "(in other words, there are no better endings than that)"
Thurnley arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Roger says, "I was thinking we could take the ladder and replace it and climb down to ground, but perhaps not."
		Taleslinger says, "People who write no clear winning endings in their horror games PISS ME OFF"
		DavidW says, "I was kinda hoping that the machine was a time machine and we could save Elizabeth somehow."
		Roger says (to Taleslinger), "It was all just a dream! Whew."
		genericgeekgirl says, "It's a good ending. Daddy was reconnected with Elizabeth."
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "Wait. I thought your antagonistic relationship with with Ellison, not Nitku."
		* Thurnley has joined the channel.
		Jacqueline says (to ggg), "Good point."
		Roger says, "There's actually some interesting gender stuff in this game, but maybe I'll leave that conversation until later."
		Jacqueline says, "It could just be that the world has gone to shit. I mean, *maybe* that guy conjured something, but it's probably just coincidence."
		Taleslinger says, "Oh, you missed that thing were someone complained that the Lighthouse has no winning ending"
		Taleslinger says, "Anyhoo, I thought this was a nice little game"
		Jacqueline says, "That, or Elizabeth is the Devourer."
		Allen asks, "who wrote this one?"
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "Oh. hee"
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "Nitku"
Thurnley says, "Hi! Matt Weiner here." 		Jacqueline exclaims, "I thought this was suitably creepy. Thanks, Nitku!"
Taleslinger says, "Hey Matt, glad you could make it." 		Roger says, "Yeah it accomplished what it set out to do."
		Nitku says, "thanks for playing"
		Binder says (to Nitku), "Yeah, thanks for some nicely creepy atmosphere."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Thanks, Nitku!"
		Roger says, "would play longer version"
		Lucea says, "yay"
		Jacqueline says, "So... next up..."
		Thurnley says, "Hi! Matt Weiner here."
		Taleslinger asks, "Was this in any way based on your recently acquired driver's license?"
		DavidW says, "hi Matt"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, hi, Matt."
		Thurnley asks, "A game just finished?"
		Jacqueline says, "We were just about to play another game."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe we should play yours."
		DavidW says, "yes, we just finished Nitku's game"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask nys7faithfulcompanion" 		

Floyd | (U)NDO your last turn, or (Q)UIT?
Floyd | > LOAD SLEEPMASK NYS7FAITHFULCOMPANION
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter (R)ESTART, R(E)STORE, (U)NDO, or (Q)UIT:

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd | Enter (R)ESTART, R(E)STORE, (U)NDO, or (Q)UIT:
Floyd | > Q
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks for playing!
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 nys7faithfulcompanion" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Haunted?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The caretaker grimaces. "A year since you visited, you say? Some
Floyd | hooligans smashed the mausoleum up a month back. Since then, well, I'm
Floyd | the only one who'll go near it. And I don't care to stay long. See for
Floyd | yourself if you like, and I'll collect you in the morning."
Floyd |
Floyd | Poor Thurnley. No rest even in the tomb.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faithful Companion
Floyd | A Ghost Story by Matt Weiner
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 131231 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Type ABOUT for more information about this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Apparently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great.
Floyd | A marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Thurnley says, "Cool. Actually good timing for me to join."
Lucea says (to floyd), "contemplate mortality" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             1
Floyd |
Floyd | > CONTEMPLATE MORTALITY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             1
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder mutters.
		Thurnley says, "Aaand this is mine so I'll fade into the background."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             2
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Older than you once were.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "who is Weiner?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "contemplate mortality" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             3
Floyd |
Floyd | > CONTEMPLATE MORTALITY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lucea says (to FLOYD), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             4
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Apparently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great.
Floyd | A marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a chill. There is no wind, but the leaves fly up from the
Floyd | bench and twirl in the air. Somehow they describe a faintly human
Floyd | shape.
Floyd |
Floyd | There was a key under the leaves on the bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl as if the ghost is looking at something it is
Floyd | carrying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lucea says, "whoa what"
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "You are truly the new Jota when it comes to dancing in interactive fiction games."
		Allen says, "oh, this person"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "count leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             4
Floyd |
Floyd | > COUNT LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lucea says (to floyd), "get key" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             5
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward yourself as if the form within them is peering
Floyd | at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ghost" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GHOST
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaves whirl and flutter without falling, around a disturbance in the
Floyd | air that takes a vaguely human shape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Should we sit and chat?"
		Lucea says, "sure"
Lucea says (to floyd), "talk to ghost" 		

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Floyd |

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to ghost" 		

Floyd | > TALK TO GHOST
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO GHOST
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lucea says (to floyd), "ask ghost about key" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GHOST ABOUT KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward the iron key as though to take it from you. As
Floyd | they brush your hand, you fall to the floor in a dead faint.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The caretaker finds you in the morning ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Lucea says, "whoa"
		Thurnley says, "There's another ending."
Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             6
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             6
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Apparently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great.
Floyd | A marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward the iron key as though to take it from you. As
Floyd | they brush your hand, you fall to the floor in a dead faint.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The caretaker finds you in the morning ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Lucea says, "something tells me we may need a multi-undo"
		Taleslinger asks, "Restart?"
		DavidW asks, "wait, is this a game I've seen before from ectocomp?"
		Binder says, "That was mentioned, I think."
Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             6
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think Tale said it was an update of a game, yeah."
Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             6
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             6
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Thurnley says (to DavidW), "Yes, this is the post-comp version."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             6
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the marble door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward the iron key as though to take it from you. As
Floyd | they brush your hand, you fall to the floor in a dead faint.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The caretaker finds you in the morning ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "But as you know, The New Year's Speed Minicomp Comp thing HAS NO RULES"
		DavidW says, "we never finished the earlier version. The puzzle stumped us."
		Thurnley says (to DavidW), "For anyone who's solved it, the solutions should be the same."
		Lucea says, "ok, taking the key was a bad idea"
		DavidW says, "Not this part, but the next door."
		Lucea says, "it's like fucking super mario bros 2"
		Taleslinger says, "Well, we need to take the key quickly"
		Thurnley says (to DavidW), "but hopefully a bit better hinted."
		Taleslinger asks, "So, restart?"
		Jacqueline says, "sURE"
		Jacqueline says, "er, sure"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Haunted?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The caretaker grimaces. "A year since you visited, you say? Some
Floyd | hooligans smashed the mausoleum up a month back. Since then, well, I'm
Floyd | the only one who'll go near it. And I don't care to stay long. See for
Floyd | yourself if you like, and I'll collect you in the morning."
Floyd |
Floyd | Poor Thurnley. No rest even in the tomb.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faithful Companion
Floyd | A Ghost Story by Matt Weiner
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 131231 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Type ABOUT for more information about this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Apparently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great.
Floyd | A marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Taking the key is okay, but there's ... well, I shouldn't spoil."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can see.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "look under leaves" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | An iron key is under the leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lucea) DavidW says, " A GHOOOOOOOOOOOOST!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get key" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > GET KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a chill. There is no wind, but the leaves fly up from the
Floyd | bench and twirl in the air. Somehow they describe a faintly human
Floyd | shape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "unlock door with key" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl as if looking under the bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax asks, "Had to go pick up a son... Is this the same game?"
		Taleslinger asks, "Hm, do we look under the bench or go inside?"
		Binder says, "It's not the creepy daughter game"
		Jacqueline says, "New game, new sort of creepy."
		Binder says, "It's the hooligan mausoleum game"
		Limax says, "I didn't realize today was creepyfloyd"
		Taleslinger says, "Hooligan Mauselum Is my new Ska/Death Metal band"
		Binder says (to Taleslinger), "ha ha"
		Taleslinger asks, "Hm, do we look under the bench or go inside?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaves whirl and flutter without falling, around a disturbance in the
Floyd | air that takes a vaguely human shape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward the iron key as though to take it from you. As
Floyd | they brush your hand, you fall to the floor in a dead faint.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The caretaker finds you in the morning ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "yay"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "look under bench" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             4
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward the iron key as though to take it from you. As
Floyd | they brush your hand, you fall to the floor in a dead faint.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The caretaker finds you in the morning ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		says (to Floyd), "CALL GHOSTBUSTERS"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             4
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the marble door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | When you were here last, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned
Floyd | this room. Only fragments remain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "So, we need a driver, I'd wager"
Lucea says (to floyd), "x key" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy iron key that seems to fit the lock of the crypt's marble
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You do what a driver, yes."
		Lucea says, "so we need three more keys"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open latches" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN LATCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You must specify a single latch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl in from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open bronze" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward the iron key as if the form within them is
Floyd | peering at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lucea says, "also I guess it's time -- ha"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe we should have closed the door?"
		Jearl asks, "maybe just drop the key?"
		Lucea says, "maybe he'll leave us alone if we get rid of the key"
		Taleslinger asks, "The question is, are we trying to lock it in, or out?"
josinalvo says, "go out. He might follow" 		DavidW says, "Doors don't usually stop ghosts."
		Jacqueline says (to Jearl), "That's what I was thinking."
		Lucea says, "it worked for mario"
		Taleslinger says, "Good thinking!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop keys" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can see.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop key" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl through the motions of opening the latches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lucea says, "or not"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open copper" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Naughty ghost."
		Jearl says, "well it's not groping at us anymore"
		Lucea says, "ghost you are a dick"
		Taleslinger says, "That'S enough innuendo about the ghost, thanks, Lady."
maga arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Lucea says, "did we ever pick a driver"
		Limax asks, "Do we have a pottery wheel?"
		DavidW says, "I'm waiting for the penny to fall so we can get on with it."
		Limax asks, "Stay puft?"
		Taleslinger puffs himself up.
		Lucea says, "anyone opposed to re-opening the latch"
		Taleslinger says, "Nope"
Lucea says (to floyd), "open bronze" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl through the motions of dropping the iron key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "Let's see what evil we can unleash"
		Lucea says, "wait"
		Lucea says, "the ghost is copying us"
		Taleslinger asks, "What are we even trying to do?"
		Limax says, "Do the hokey pokey"
		Lucea says, "I think I know what we have to do, vaguely"
		Lucea says, "we need to trick the ghost into screwing itself up by copying us. somehow. (here is where 'vaguely' comes in)"
		DavidW says, "We have to open all three latches so this second door can be opened."
		Taleslinger says, "I for one am just majoly confused"
		Jacqueline says (to Talesling), "Eet ees okay, ma jolie."
		Lucea says, "maybe the ghost IS US"
		DavidW says, "The ghost is indeed copying all our actions with a 3 turn delay, iirc."
		Taleslinger says (to lucea), "That would be a transparent twist"
		Taleslinger says, "(Transparent, get it? Nevermind)."
		Lucea says, "I was looking for the bad pun tally"
		FloatingInfo says, "2 turn delay"
		Limax says, "It's a tarp"
		Roger says, "no john it is you who is the ghost"
		Limax asks, "The ghost is in the john?"
		Thurnley says (to Roger), "no zombies in this game I promise"
		Limax says, "Oh... no zombies... must be sparkly vampires, then"
		Jearl says, "awesome, I want to haunt the shit out of this place"
		Limax says (to Jearl), "Hee hee"
		Lucea) Thurnley says, "but for the GHOSTS of zombies..."
Nitku says (to Floyd), "close bronze" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "let's find that caretaker!"
		Limax asks, "Is he the guy in the rubber mask?"
		Jearl says, "(jk)"
		Lucea says, "I don't think he's here yet"
		Taleslinger asks, "So I guess we need a specific sequence?"
		Lucea says, "when we died it said the caretaker didn't find us until morning"
		Taleslinger says, "CLose one, open one, close one or something"
Nitku says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax asks, "It's one turn behind us fiddling with what we just fiddled with?"
		Taleslinger asks, "And if we opened something, it closes it?"
Nitku says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Nitku says, "two turns"
		Taleslinger says, "(I'm really shoddy at this kind of puzzle)"
		Lucea says, "is this some kind of lights out puzzle"
		Limax asks, "Is our name Simon?"
		Thurnley says, "The caretaker is actually a she."
Nitku says (to Floyd), "touch bronze" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax asks, "Simoness?"
		Thurnley says, "This has no impact on anything. I think it pronouns her if you examine some scenery."
		Taleslinger asks (of Thurnley), "But has she always been the Caretaker?"
		Thurnley says (to Taleslinger), "Eh, she's just doing her job, I guess."
		Limax asks, "What happened to the old caretaker?"
		Thurnley says (to Taleslinger), "I haven't worked out that much backstory."
		Taleslinger asks, "So, does anyone have a clue how to tackle this puzzle?"
		Limax says (to Taleslinger), "You have your homework assignemnt"
		Jacqueline exclaims (at Thurnley), "That was your chance to make something up!"
		Limax asks, "What are we trying to accomplish?"
		Binder says, "Not dying"
		Taleslinger says, "I think open them all"
		Jacqueline says, "I think we're supposed to get inside."
		Limax asks, "So we open and close each one and then wait, right?"
		Thurnley asks (of Jacqueline), "The caretaker's just this person, you know?"
		Thurnley says (to Jacqueline), "She woudl basically just like to be able to sweep around graves and stuff without dealing with ghosts."
		Limax asks, "What about the old guy who lives in the tree?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		Taleslinger says, "That should work"

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Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | When you were here last, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned
Floyd | this room. Only fragments remain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an iron key and the ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x bronze" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | This latch is designed so that merely pushing it will open it, and
Floyd | pushing it again in the same way will close it again. It is currently
Floyd | open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Thurnley says (to Jacqueline), "The PC is not the caretaker but an old friend or something of Thurnley's."
		Nitku says, "ok so if you open and close one, and then open the rest, each three should be open right before it closes the first"
		Taleslinger says (to nitku), "Go get'em, Tiger"
Nitku says (to Floyd), "open bronze" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost looks around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "close bronze" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward the bronze latch as if the form within them is
Floyd | peering at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I never found out how to solve this puzzle. I hoped that we could somehow trick the ghost into being in the wrong room as a crucial point, but that didn't happen."
		Thurnley says (to Jacqueline), "Perhaps Thurnley's... FAITHFUL COMPANION."
Nitku says (to Floyd), "open steek" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN STEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can see.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "open steel" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the steel latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "Now I'm hungry"
		Lucea says, "go go go"
Nitku says (to Floyd), "open copper" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the bronze latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lucea says, "oh"
		Binder says, "d'oh"
		Limax says, "Off by one"
		Roger says, "THANKS GHOST"
		Nitku says, "aww we need one more turn to open the door"
		Lucea says, "the idea is sound though"
		Limax says, "Let's see..."
		Lucea asks, "maybe just do arbitrary shit to pad the timer enough?"
		Lucea says, "preferably arbitrary shit that is funny if done by a ghost"
		Jearl says, "it'll wait if we wait"
		Taleslinger asks, "I was thinking maybe wait somewhere in between?"
		Limax says, "When we open, it closes... when we close, it opens"
		DavidW says, "um, try going east."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go inside and outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the steel latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "but making it caper for our amusement, also good"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the granite door)
Floyd | The granite door won't open when the bronze latch and the steel latch
Floyd | are closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl through the motions of going east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Nitku says, "ok another idea, open one, wait one turn, then close it. The ghost should then immediately open it and we have two turns to open the rest"
		Taleslinger says (to nitku), "Go get'em, Tiger"
		DavidW says, "drat. I was hoping the ghost would actually go east."
		Nitku says, "wait, it wouldn't work"
		Limax says, "C: O; C: C; (G)C:O..."
Zach arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Zach gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. 		
Zach arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "open copper" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl against the handle of the granite door, but the door
Floyd | does not budge.
Floyd |  Then the leaves batter faintly against the granite door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "Heyo"
		Thurnley says, "ooh, spacing error"
		Taleslinger says, "Psst, nitku is trying an important puzzle"
		Limax says, "C: O; C: C; (G)C:O B:O; (G)C:C S:O"
Nitku says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "close copper" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "open steel" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the steel latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "open bronze" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the copper latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Nitku asks, "can we lock it outside?"
		DavidW says, "hm. Maybe."
		Taleslinger asks, "Wait, why did it push the copper latch?"
		Taleslinger says, "oh, I see"
		Nitku says, "because I fiddled with it two turns ago"
		DavidW says, "either open or close translates to a push wrt latches."
		Limax says, "C: O; S: O; (G)C:C B:O; (G)S:C B:C; (G)B:O; S:O..."
Nitku says (to Floyd), "get key" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            30
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost pushes the steel latch closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             31
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Apparently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great.
Floyd | A marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             32
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             33
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl in from the inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            34
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | When you were here last, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned
Floyd | this room. Only fragments remain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            35
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the marble door)
Floyd | You close the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "lock door" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            36
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the marble door)
Floyd | You lock the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint scratching comes from the other side of the marble door. The
Floyd | handle of the marble door turns, but the door does not open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Nitku says, "hooray"
		DavidW asks, "ah. So that worked?"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Taleslinger says, "Good work!"
Nitku says (to Floyd), "open bronze" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            37
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BRONZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the bronze latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "open steel" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            38
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN STEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the steel latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "open copper" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            39
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the copper latch open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "Aha"
Nitku says (to Floyd), "open granite door" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            40
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN GRANITE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the granite door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Hmpf. I suggested that ages ago."
		Taleslinger says, "That you did."
		Thurnley says, "a lot of my post-comp work went into writing messages for the doors so you could tell the ghost had to open them."
		Nitku says, "aww, you should've tried it"
		Limax says (to ggg), "I'm sorry... I didn't see that"
Nitku says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                41
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crypt
Floyd | The sconces on the walls have been smashed, and the coffin gapes open
Floyd | in the middle of the crypt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The granite door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The coffin's heavy leaden lid lies on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Thurnley says, "Having NPCs deal with doors turns out to be a giant pain."
		Jacqueline says, "Heh. I'll bet."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Crypt                                                41
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "look in coffin" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                42
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN COFFIN
Floyd |
Floyd | In the coffin are some bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x bones" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                43
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BONES
Floyd |
Floyd | Poor things....
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat bones" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                44
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT BONES
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing to eat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take bones" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                45
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BONES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are where they belong.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lid" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                46
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LID
Floyd |
Floyd | Made of solid lead, this lid looks to heavy to lift by yourself. But
Floyd | who would dare accompany you here?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter coffin" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                47
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER COFFIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb in to lie among Thurnley's bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says, "Rattle them bones"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                48
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb back out of the coffin, careful to disturb the bones no
Floyd | further.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Thurnley says, "By default in I7 any NPC can open any door you can see, even if the NPC is halfway across the map."
		DavidW asks, "uh, do we need the ghost to help us lift the lid?"
		Jearl asks, "eeee... are we supposed to shut ourselves in there with him?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sconces" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                49
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCONCES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're for the caretaker to deal with. Perhaps she can clean up the
Floyd | tomb, if you can lay poor Thurnley to rest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Limax says (to Thurnley), "That's annoying"
		Thurnley says (to Limax), "Yeah, I think that bug led me to staying up late one night. Fortunately I didn't hit it while I was working under Ectocomp's three-hour limit."
maga disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Limax says, "Cool"
		Thurnley says (to Limax), "Something about how Inform handles floating objects."
		Taleslinger says, "But if we have opened the door, he won't close it"
		genericgeekgirl says, "One hopes!"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Shall we go let him in?"
		Taleslinger says, "I mean, close inner door, wait, then open outer door"
		zarf says, "Yeah, doors handled as sort-of-backdrops and their touchability is screwed up for NPCs"
		DavidW says, "I think we need the ghost again."
		Nitku says, "I think the inner door stays open so we don't need to mess with the latches anymore"
		DavidW says, "yeah. Leave the inner door alone."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Presumably the door will remain unlatched even closed? And if we don't touch the latches, neither will the ghost. But yeah. Either way."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            50
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | When you were here last, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned
Floyd | this room. Only fragments remain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Nitku says, "I mean just go through it and don't touch it and the ghost won't either"
		genericgeekgirl says, "........"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                49
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Crypt
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Crypt                                                49
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Was the door actually relocked, or is that a description bug?"
		Zach says, "I think I remember playing this game."
		Limax says, "I thought someone locked the door"
		Thurnley says (to genericgeekgirl), "Whoops."
		Nitku says (to Limax), "the outer door"
		DavidW says (to Zach), "A earlier version was in Ectocomp."
		Limax says (to Nitku), "Oh whoops... wong one"
		Zach says, "Aha"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            50
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | When you were here last, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned
Floyd | this room. Only fragments remain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                51
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crypt
Floyd | The sconces on the walls have been smashed, and the coffin gapes open
Floyd | in the middle of the crypt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The granite door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The coffin's heavy leaden lid lies on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Whew."
		genericgeekgirl says, "The latter."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok, so we should go let the ghost back in."
		Taleslinger says, "Oh dear"
		Taleslinger says, "Ilaw"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            52
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | When you were here last, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned
Floyd | this room. Only fragments remain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open marble" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            53
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint scratching comes from the other side of the marble door. The
Floyd | handle of the marble door turns, but the door does not open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unlock marble" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            54
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open marble" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            55
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Who's driving?"
		Taleslinger says, "I guess we wait"
		Limax says, "ggg it appears"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Probably need to go out and come back in to get him to follow?"
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah"
		DavidW says, "sorry, I lagged badly there."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ahhh. All the pressure."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             55
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Apparently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great.
Floyd | A marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl toward the iron key as though to take it from you. As
Floyd | they brush your hand, you fall to the floor in a dead faint.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The caretaker finds you in the morning ***
Floyd |
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 ]  Reliquary                                            55
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop key" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            56
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                             57
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | Visitors used to sit on the bench here to contemplate their mortality.
Floyd | Apparently the reminders of their mortality have become all too great.
Floyd | A marble door leads inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl through the motions of opening the marble door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Reliquary                                            58
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reliquary
Floyd | When you were here last, jeweled crosses and marble statues adorned
Floyd | this room. Only fragments remain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A granite door leads inside. It seems to be held shut by three latches
Floyd | of unusual design, bronze, steel, and copper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marble door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an iron key here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                59
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crypt
Floyd | The sconces on the walls have been smashed, and the coffin gapes open
Floyd | in the middle of the crypt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The granite door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The coffin's heavy leaden lid lies on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                60
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                61
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl in from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lift lid" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                62
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIFT LID
Floyd |
Floyd | You strain to lift the lid, but you can only raise one edge of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                63
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You strain to lift the lid, but you can only raise one edge of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost waits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                64
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You strain to lift the lid, but you can only raise one edge of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost whirls around the other edge of the lid, and almost without
Floyd | your willing it the lid rises into the air. Before you realize that
Floyd | you have put it down, the lid stands upright on the coffin's hinges.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, get in here."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Woo."
		Taleslinger says, "Yay"
		Taleslinger asks, "Now we close it, I guess?"
Nitku says (to Floyd), "look in coffin" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                65
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN COFFIN
Floyd |
Floyd | In the coffin are some bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes through the motions of picking up the lid, but it does
Floyd | not budge from its hinges.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I think so..?"
		Jearl says, "ah, it's not that we need to interourselves, but lure the ghost in"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "So we get in, get out and shut the lid once it's in?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know. I haven't played this part."
		Jearl says, "that's my guess"
		Taleslinger says, "Go ahead, that sounds good"
		Limax says, "Sure"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Crypt                                                65
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter coffin" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                66
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER COFFIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb in to lie among Thurnley's bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ghost goes through the motions of picking up the lid, but it does
Floyd | not budge from its hinges.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "exit coffin" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                67
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXIT COFFIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the coffin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crypt
Floyd | The sconces on the walls have been smashed, and the coffin gapes open
Floyd | in the middle of the crypt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The granite door leads back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the ghost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl around the coffin as if looking for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                68
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves swirl into the coffin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "close coffin" 		

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                68
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE COFFIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the coffin.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the leaves swirling in the coffin, then all at once they
Floyd | stop. Thurnley can rest again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Your faithful companion has been laid to rest ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "huzzah!"
		Taleslinger says, "Yaaay!"
		DavidW says, "woot"
		Limax says, "Fascinating"
		Taleslinger says (to 3g), "food work"
		Taleslinger says, "also, good work"
		Limax says, "Now i'm hungry"

Floyd ]  Crypt                                                68
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIST NYE
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 gnaws on some bones.
		Limax says, "Mmm... marrow"
genericgeekgirl 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?" 		
Lucea is gonna get back baby bad balls to you, love, cretin. 		
Lucea has disconnected. 		Taleslinger says, "Now everyone need to listen to his : [LINK]"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "list nye" 		
Floyd says (to Taleslinger), "Floyd can't find any such games." 		DavidW says, "I hope one of the new games is of a more pleasant topic."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "list nys" 		
Floyd says (to Taleslinger), "Floyd can't find any such games." 		Thurnley exclaims, "Congrats!"
		Limax says, "Sounds like we're going somewhere here... Have fun, the rest of you"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "list n" 		
Floyd says (to genericgeekgirl), "nautilisia nazimice nbdemo ndrift never newcat newcomer newday newyearswar ng night nightfall ninepts ninetenths ninjasfate nordandbert nostrils notsameals ntts nys7babynewyear nys7dayicameback nys7faithfulcompanion nys7mundanetale nys7storm" 		DavidW says (to Taleslinger), "First letter only."
Limax walks slowly out of the room and into the sunset. 		genericgeekgirl says (to Tale), "I almost named my game "The Day I Drank Too Much"."
		Taleslinger says, "I say, since 3g won that game for us, I say we play hers next"
		genericgeekgirl eep.
		Taleslinger says (to 3g), "yay"
		Thurnley says, "That description bug for the latched door when it was closed is one I'll have fix."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask nys7mundanetale" 		

Floyd ]  Below the Desk                                       0/1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Oof. Your head. You remember very little about last night, but
Floyd | apparently you had an extremely good time at the party.
Floyd |
Floyd | Judging from how dark the room is, you're guessing it's fairly late in
Floyd | the afternoon. But all you want to do is take care of your hangover
Floyd | and go home and hide from the world for the rest of the day.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mundane Tale of the Morning After
Floyd | A tiny anti-adventure by Adri
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140103 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the Desk
Floyd | This is where you fell asleep after the party, because you were too
Floyd | drunk to stumble home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of the room is southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Tale, eh?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Below the Desk                                       0/2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a tiny ninja dressed in green from head to toe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Below the Desk                                       0/3
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh! But where are your nunchaku?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "where-a-doodle!"
		Taleslinger says, "Can't go to sleep without our nunchaku!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/4
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | This is the dormitory room you share with your three closest friends
Floyd | (and one rather large inhabitant you don't see very often). There is a
Floyd | bed to the north, a wardrobe to the east, a bookshelf to the south, a
Floyd | food storage area to the west and a desk in the northwest corner.
Floyd | There is a mouse hole in the southeast corner of the room, next to the
Floyd | bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "but ya did, Blanche"
		Thurnley asks, "What happens if we try "search me"?"
		Taleslinger says (to thurnley), "Try it."
		says (to floyd), "search me"
Lucea arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Taleslinger says, "(begin by typing f and then the command)"
		Taleslinger says, "Like "f search me""
		says (to floyd), "f search me"
		Thurnley says, "f search me"
Thurnley says (to Floyd), "search me" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Thurnley says, "OK, four tries to get that right after being explicitly told how to do it."
		Thurnley says, "It's a wonder I've ever been able to play any IF."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | The bed is unmade, as always. The black ninja lives underneath it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Thurnley says, "Anyway, it looks like "Search me" has no snarky default response in I7, which is a bit sad."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Under the Bed                                        0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the Bed
Floyd | The rest of the room is south, and there's a particularly dusty
Floyd | looking corner to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black ninja is not here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Haha"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x dresser" 		

Floyd ]  Under the Bed                                        0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DRESSER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Under the Bed                                        0/8
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You sway unsteadily on your feet in a most un-ninja-like manner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says (to zach), "Whoops, sorryx"
		Roger says, "Another cutting commentary on race relations"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/9
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Far Corner of the Bed
Floyd | This corner doesn't seem to get cleaned often. There is a rather large
Floyd | spider web stretched between the foot of the bed and the wall. The
Floyd | rest of the room is southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the web is a spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Eeeeeek"
		Zach says, "It's OK. I really shouldn't be trying to drive on the web proxy client."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "kill spider" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/10
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL SPIDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The spider bares its fangs at you. You decide to leave it alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x spider" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/11
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPIDER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a common house spider. It's not very large, but it looks like it
Floyd | won't hesitate to kill you if you bother it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we need a weapon."
		Taleslinger says, "Fire! KILL IT WITH FIRE"
		Zach asks, "Like little fists of fury?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Under the Bed                                        0/12
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the Bed
Floyd | The rest of the room is south, and there's a particularly dusty
Floyd | looking corner to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black ninja is not here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Taleslinger), "There's a Vine that you really shouldn't see."
		Taleslinger says, "I've seen it"
		genericgeekgirl says, "He's seen it :D"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/13
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | This is the dormitory room you share with your three closest friends
Floyd | (and one rather large inhabitant you don't see very often). There is a
Floyd | bed to the north, a wardrobe to the east, a bookshelf to the south, a
Floyd | food storage area to the west and a desk in the northwest corner.
Floyd | There is a mouse hole in the southeast corner of the room, next to the
Floyd | bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/14
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You rap loudly on the door to the wardrobe--cringing at the sound--but
Floyd | there is no answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  On the Bookshelf                                     0/15
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Bookshelf
Floyd | You live here. It's a pretty nice place to live, so far as wardrobes
Floyd | go. There are, to the best of your knowledge, no secret passages to
Floyd | Ninja Narnia.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of the room is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an id card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x id card" 		

Floyd ]  On the Bookshelf                                     0/16
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ID CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | This card bears a photo of your not-so-tiny non-ninja roommate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get card" 		

Floyd ]  On the Bookshelf                                     0/17
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/18
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | This is the dormitory room you share with your three closest friends
Floyd | (and one rather large inhabitant you don't see very often). There is a
Floyd | bed to the north, a wardrobe to the east, a bookshelf to the south, a
Floyd | food storage area to the west and a desk in the northwest corner.
Floyd | There is a mouse hole in the southeast corner of the room, next to the
Floyd | bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This card will be handy for buying more booze."
		Taleslinger says, "With the id card we can buy some more booze ... timing"
		Taleslinger says, "So, I'll just explore a bit more"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Mini Fridge                               0/19
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the Mini Fridge
Floyd | The rest of the room is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no sign of the red ninja.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a piece of cookie here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh. Right. You're pretty sure you made brunch plans with your friends
Floyd | today. If you hurry, you may still be able to catch them. But first
Floyd | you need to deal with this pounding headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get cookie" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Mini Fridge                               0/20
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COOKIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/21
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | This is the dormitory room you share with your three closest friends
Floyd | (and one rather large inhabitant you don't see very often). There is a
Floyd | bed to the north, a wardrobe to the east, a bookshelf to the south, a
Floyd | food storage area to the west and a desk in the northwest corner.
Floyd | There is a mouse hole in the southeast corner of the room, next to the
Floyd | bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "I think we haven't been at the mousehole?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, visit the hole next."
		DavidW says, "Maybe the yellow ninja is there and can give us a Tylenol."
		Thurnley says, "Think the spider might be interested in the cookie? Though I guess their taste runs more to dead bugs."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Mouse Hole                                0/22
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Mouse Hole
Floyd | The rest of the room is back to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a mouse here, lazing around in its nest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x mouse" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Mouse Hole                                0/23
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a common brown mouse. It's about twice as tall as you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Thurnley says, "Right. If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll probably want a glass of milk."
		Taleslinger says, "maybe we can get the mouse and the spider to fight to the death"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to mouse" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Mouse Hole                                0/24
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO MOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The mouse squeaks at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, ""games that start with a hangover" should be a category on ifwiki"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x nest" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Mouse Hole                                0/25
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NEST
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the mouse's nest. It is full of various treasures.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I don't know why she swallowed the fly"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x treasures" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Mouse Hole                                0/26
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREASURES
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a collection of things the mouse has found.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "give cookie to mouse" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Mouse Hole                                0/27
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE COOKIE TO MOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the piece of cookie to the mouse. It grabs it out of your
Floyd | hands and retreats to the corner of the nest with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x nest" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Mouse Hole                                0/28
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NEST
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the mouse's nest. It is full of various treasures.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "oooh treasure"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Mouse Hole                                0/29
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find a tablet of aspirin in the nest. You take it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "plunder!"
		Taleslinger says, "Yay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search treasure" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Mouse Hole                                0/30
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TREASURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't find anything of any importance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat aspirin" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Mouse Hole                                0/31
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT ASPIRIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a tiny bite out of the aspirin. You start to feel better
Floyd | almost immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, just the one treasure."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/32
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You scurry off before the mouse can ask for a glass of milk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | This is the dormitory room you share with your three closest friends
Floyd | (and one rather large inhabitant you don't see very often). There is a
Floyd | bed to the north, a wardrobe to the east, a bookshelf to the south, a
Floyd | food storage area to the west and a desk in the northwest corner.
Floyd | There is a mouse hole in the southeast corner of the room, next to the
Floyd | bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "It's treasure in the sense of like.. bits of string and dried macaroni."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Because mouse."
		Taleslinger asks, "Hm, so where's the brunch?"
		DavidW says, "On the patio bar."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, no."
		DavidW says, "(I dunno.)"
		Taleslinger asks (of 3g), "Oh no?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "So, what *should* be in the description is that there is a door to the southwest."
		DavidW says, "I figure the bedroom's main exit must be southwest of Bedroom."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/33
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You should find your nunchaku first. It is dangerous to go outside
Floyd | without a weapon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Perhaps fight the spider with the ID card?"
		DavidW asks, "Or can we open the wardrobe with the card?"
		Thurnley asks, "cut the web with the ID card?"
		Taleslinger says, "To the spider!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Under the Bed                                        0/34
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the Bed
Floyd | The rest of the room is south, and there's a particularly dusty
Floyd | looking corner to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black ninja is not here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/35
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Far Corner of the Bed
Floyd | This corner doesn't seem to get cleaned often. There is a rather large
Floyd | spider web stretched between the foot of the bed and the wall. The
Floyd | rest of the room is southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the web is a spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x web" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/36
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WEB
Floyd |
Floyd | The spider has woven the words "GO AWAY" into its web.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the web is a spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "attack spider with card" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/36
Floyd |
Floyd | > ATTACK SPIDER WITH CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to attack the spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "show card to spider" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/37
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CARD TO SPIDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The spider bares its fangs at you. You decide to leave it alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cut web with card" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/37
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT WEB WITH CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to cut the web.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cut web" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/38
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT WEB
Floyd |
Floyd | The spider bares its fangs at you. You decide to leave the web alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to spider" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/39
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO SPIDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The spider bares its fangs at you. You decide to leave it alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break card" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/40
Floyd |

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x id card" 		

Floyd | > BREAK CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/41
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ID CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | This card bears a photo of your not-so-tiny non-ninja roommate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | This card bears a photo of your not-so-tiny non-ninja roommate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Thurnley says, "I think DavidW is probably right about opening the wardrobe."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x photo" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PHOTO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "To the wardrobe!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Under the Bed                                        0/43
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the Bed
Floyd | The rest of the room is south, and there's a particularly dusty
Floyd | looking corner to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black ninja is not here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/44
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | This is the dormitory room you share with your three closest friends
Floyd | (and one rather large inhabitant you don't see very often). There is a
Floyd | bed to the north, a wardrobe to the east, a bookshelf to the south, a
Floyd | food storage area to the west and a desk in the northwest corner.
Floyd | There is a mouse hole in the southeast corner of the room, next to the
Floyd | bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/45
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You rap loudly on the door to the wardrobe, but there is no answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "open wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/46
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is generally considered polite to knock first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a door here, leading out to the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl takes notes.
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  On the Bookshelf                                     0/48
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Bookshelf
Floyd | You live here. It's a pretty nice place to live, so far as wardrobes
Floyd | go. There are, to the best of your knowledge, no secret passages to
Floyd | Ninja Narnia.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of the room is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Thurnley says (to Floyd), "open wardrobe with card" 		

Floyd ]  On the Bookshelf                                     0/48
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN WARDROBE WITH CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/49
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | This is the dormitory room you share with your three closest friends
Floyd | (and one rather large inhabitant you don't see very often). There is a
Floyd | bed to the north, a wardrobe to the east, a bookshelf to the south, a
Floyd | food storage area to the west and a desk in the northwest corner.
Floyd | There is a mouse hole in the southeast corner of the room, next to the
Floyd | bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "open wardrobe with card" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/50
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN WARDROBE WITH CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/51
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "climb desk" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/52
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/53
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB BED
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/54
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a desk in the corner, underneath the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/55
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a desk in the corner, underneath the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Maybe we can get on the desk from underneath it?"
		DavidW says, "It's not clear if up is an option anywhere."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Below the Desk                                       0/56
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the Desk
Floyd | This is where you fell asleep after the party, because you were too
Floyd | drunk to stumble home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of the room is southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Below the Desk                                       0/57
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/58
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | This is the dormitory room you share with your three closest friends
Floyd | (and one rather large inhabitant you don't see very often). There is a
Floyd | bed to the north, a wardrobe to the east, a bookshelf to the south, a
Floyd | food storage area to the west and a desk in the northwest corner.
Floyd | There is a mouse hole in the southeast corner of the room, next to the
Floyd | bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Any ideas?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Mini Fridge                               0/59
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the Mini Fridge
Floyd | The rest of the room is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no sign of the red ninja.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "open fridhe" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Mini Fridge                               0/59
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDHE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Mini Fridge                               0/60
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You slip the card between the door and the casing. You lean into the
Floyd | card with all your might, forcing the door open. The card almost snaps
Floyd | in the process.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach into the Bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "...... FFFFFFF."
		Taleslinger says, "Yay"
		genericgeekgirl says, "That shouldn't be possible."
		DavidW says, "oh."
		Taleslinger says, "OOps"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Mini Fridge                               0/59
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the Mini Fridge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Mini Fridge                               0/60
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a standard mini fridger. The big person whom you share your
Floyd | living space with keeps it stocked with beer and junk food.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Mini Fridge                               0/61
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You slip the card between the door and the casing. You lean into the
Floyd | card with all your might, forcing the door open. The card almost snaps
Floyd | in the process.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach into the Bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Mini Fridge                               0/60
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the Mini Fridge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "So, we should do something else first?"
		DavidW says, "Go to Bedroom THEN open fridge."
		genericgeekgirl says, "You are BEHIND the fridge."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/61
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | This is the dormitory room you share with your three closest friends
Floyd | (and one rather large inhabitant you don't see very often). There is a
Floyd | bed to the north, a wardrobe to the east, a bookshelf to the south, a
Floyd | food storage area to the west and a desk in the northwest corner.
Floyd | There is a mouse hole in the southeast corner of the room, next to the
Floyd | bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/62
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You slip the card between the door and the casing. You lean into the
Floyd | card with all your might, forcing the door open. The card almost snaps
Floyd | in the process.
Floyd |
Floyd | The refrigerator is disturbingly devoid of both beer and snacks. But
Floyd | your nunchaku are here. You're too tired to question it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "I always said they are a *sunglasses* cool weapon."
		Jearl says, "haha"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get nunchaku" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET NUNCHAKU
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl asks, "did we use the aspirin already?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "swirl nunchaku" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIRL NUNCHAKU
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/64
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You should close the refrigerator first! Were you raised in a ninja
Floyd | barn?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "close fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the refrigerator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "haha, ninja barn"
		DavidW says, "Now to disturb a web."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that you've recovered your nunchaku and are starting to feel
Floyd | better, you should go catch up with your friends.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YAY! Mimosas for everyone! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 11, in 65 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Oh, maybe we can do something to the spider"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, you didn't try to google the web."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Under the Bed                                        0/66
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the Bed
Floyd | The rest of the room is south, and there's a particularly dusty
Floyd | looking corner to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black ninja is not here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/67
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Far Corner of the Bed
Floyd | This corner doesn't seem to get cleaned often. There is a rather large
Floyd | spider web stretched between the foot of the bed and the wall. The
Floyd | rest of the room is southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the web is a spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "attack spider" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/68
Floyd |
Floyd | > ATTACK SPIDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The spider bares its fangs at you. You decide to leave it alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/69
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Real ninjas do not use such language.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "ha ha"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Under the Bed                                        0/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the Bed
Floyd | The rest of the room is south, and there's a particularly dusty
Floyd | looking corner to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black ninja is not here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/71
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | This is the dormitory room you share with your three closest friends
Floyd | (and one rather large inhabitant you don't see very often). There is a
Floyd | bed to the north, a wardrobe to the east, a bookshelf to the south, a
Floyd | food storage area to the west and a desk in the northwest corner.
Floyd | There is a mouse hole in the southeast corner of the room, next to the
Floyd | bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "So, sw? Or anything anyone wants to try?"
		DavidW says, "You still did nothing with the web."
		Taleslinger says, "I noticed that we haven't gotten a single point"
Zach says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/71
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 0 out of a possible 11, in 71 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There might be no points in the game."
		Roger says, "11 is a weird default if so"
		DavidW says, "I suspect a bit of cut-n-paste from an earlier game."
		Taleslinger asks, "ggg, any comment?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n.e." 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/73
Floyd |
Floyd | > N.E.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the Bed
Floyd | The rest of the room is south, and there's a particularly dusty
Floyd | looking corner to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black ninja is not here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far Corner of the Bed
Floyd | This corner doesn't seem to get cleaned often. There is a rather large
Floyd | spider web stretched between the foot of the bed and the wall. The
Floyd | rest of the room is southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the web is a spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "google web" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/73
Floyd |
Floyd | > GOOGLE WEB
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "touch web" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH WEB
Floyd |
Floyd | The spider bares its fangs at you. You decide to leave the web alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search web" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/75
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH WEB
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the web. Except for that angry-looking spider.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "kiss spider" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS SPIDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The spider bares its fangs at you. You decide to leave it alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break web" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK WEB
Floyd |
Floyd | The spider bares its fangs at you. You decide to leave the web alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "weave web" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAVE WEB
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, fine. The web is a herring, I guess."
		genericgeekgirl says, "So are the points. See Twitter."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Leave the poor spider alone."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "twitter web" 		

Floyd ]  Far Corner of the Bed                                0/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > TWITTER WEB
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Under the Bed                                        0/78
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the Bed
Floyd | The rest of the room is south, and there's a particularly dusty
Floyd | looking corner to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black ninja is not here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/79
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | This is the dormitory room you share with your three closest friends
Floyd | (and one rather large inhabitant you don't see very often). There is a
Floyd | bed to the north, a wardrobe to the east, a bookshelf to the south, a
Floyd | food storage area to the west and a desk in the northwest corner.
Floyd | There is a mouse hole in the southeast corner of the room, next to the
Floyd | bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Anything we missed?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Nothing important. Just ambiance."
		DavidW says, "I guess we never open the wardrobe either."
		Taleslinger asks, "So the spider is there as a callback to the first game?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah."
		Taleslinger asks, "Any ambiance you want to show us?"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Annoyed because the fridge thing used to work properly, and then I tweaked something."
		Taleslinger says, "I know the feeling."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Mostly it's just things like discovering that you leave the room without opening the door, and it's possible to open the fridge with the nunchucks."
		genericgeekgirl says, "And I definitely expected people to find the fridge before the id card!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/80
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You loop one of your nunchucks around the handle and tug. The door
Floyd | opens. The refrigerator is still empty. You close it again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/81
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is too large and heavy for you to open. You can easily crawl
Floyd | underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/81
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that you've recovered your nunchaku and are starting to feel
Floyd | better, you should go catch up with your friends.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YAY! Mimosas for everyone! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 11, in 81 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Because it drove certain testers CRAZY in the first game that you never open the door."
		Taleslinger says, "he he"
		Taleslinger says, "Nice work."
		genericgeekgirl curtsies.
		genericgeekgirl says, "And thanks for finding bugs, argh."
		Taleslinger asks, "So, we have 2 games left. Shall we continue? Anyone need a break?"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Are you submitting the games to the IF Archive as a bundle?"
		Taleslinger says, "yeah"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Because I'd probably want to make those quick tweaks first."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Unless you already have."
josinalvo goes home. 		Taleslinger says, "Sure, then I have a reason to slack off on that"
		genericgeekgirl says, "I'm up for continuing, if others are."
		Taleslinger says, "If you want to continue, just say "Tale is great!""
		DavidW says, "Tale is great!"
		FloatingInfo exclaims, "Tale is great!"
		Jearl says, "I need to wander off, but it's been fun!"
Jearl has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "list n" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/81
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIST N
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 | >

		
Taleslinger 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?" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "list n" 		
Floyd says (to Taleslinger), "nautilisia nazimice nbdemo ndrift never newcat newcomer newday newyearswar ng night nightfall ninepts ninetenths ninjasfate nordandbert nostrils notsameals ntts nys7babynewyear nys7dayicameback nys7faithfulcompanion nys7mundanetale nys7storm" 		genericgeekgirl says, "Tale is ter^Wgreat."
		Taleslinger says, "So, this next game is by SoftSoft, who made "You are a blob" for Ectocomp."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask nys7babynewyear" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Can you beat our amazing new New Years puzzle challenge? It's all a
Floyd | part of our brand-new New Years new brand initiative!
Floyd |
Floyd | You Have to Put the Baby New Year in the Champagne Bottle
Floyd | A Happy New Year's new Puzzle-Venture, from the brand new New Years
Floyd | brand by SoftSoft
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140103 / Inform 7 build 5U92 (I6/v6.31 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | New players should type SoftSoft's new command, ABOUT.
Floyd | (wow "new" doesn't even look like a real word anymore)
Floyd |
Floyd | Party Room
Floyd | You are in a brightly colored room, full of unimplemented decorations.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nearby you can see the Baby New Year, all wrapped up and ready to go!
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the Baby New Year is a champagne bottle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
josinalvo arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Taleslinger asks (of josinalvo), "Are you SoftSoft, by any chance?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           1
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | This puzzle-game is a SoftSoft production. SoftSoft, if you haven't
Floyd | heard of them before, is a company dedicated to bringing you the very
Floyd | best in game-wares. This particular game-ware is the latest in their
Floyd | illustrious "You Have to Put the Noun in the Other Noun" series,
Floyd | starting with "You Have to Put the Ball in the Cup" and continuing on
Floyd | from there. They have a variety of products and most of their
Floyd | interactive productions can be found at Glorious Trainwrecks
Floyd | ([LINK]).
Floyd |
Floyd | Expert text adventurers can probably figure out the winning moves from
Floyd | the title, but if you are new to this sort of game, know that USE
Floyd | generally does not work in these games and you have to be carrying
Floyd | something to put it in something else. Also, please note the NEW YEARS
Floyd | FUN FACTS that pop up after every turn. There are about thirteen to
Floyd | fifteen of the suckers and they are an educational fun-feature that
Floyd | the whole family can enjoy!
Floyd |
Floyd | This game was coded and written by Molly G. Many of the New Years Fun
Floyd | Facts were written by posters on the Truth and Beauty Bombs forums
Floyd | (TaBB for short). Special thanks to posters Dezro, Kier, Just Gene,
Floyd | Daniel, Thorsby, and any other contributers to this micro-project that
Floyd | may have been forgotten or left out of the final game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Nitku says, "Wow, 5U92"
		Taleslinger asks, "Hm?"
		Nitku says, "the I7 version"
		Taleslinger asks, "Yeah, is it an old one?"
		Nitku says, "it's like 5 releases old"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x baby" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BABY
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, actually, it's really more of a Baby New Year replica.
Floyd | The real ones are much too expensive for our budget this year.
Floyd |
Floyd | NEW YEARS FUN FACT: New Year's Eve is the favorite holiday of actor
Floyd | Joseph Gordon-Levitt! His least favorite? Arbor Day!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A fancy bottle of champagne.
Floyd |
Floyd | NEW YEARS FUN FACT: New Years Eve was originally a pagan holiday
Floyd | celebrating the god of getting completely wasted. However it has been
Floyd | co-opted by Christianity and nowadays most people celebrate New Years
Floyd | to commemorate the birth of Jesus' brother Mesus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You look great! Just concentrate on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | NEW YEARS FUN FACT: In Japan, the traditional New Years treat is
Floyd | mochi, a cake made of rice paste. However, the secret ingredient isn't
Floyd | ground-up moon rabbits, as some may have you believe. Instead, it's
Floyd | actually Tang.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           5
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, but that's not how you solve this new New Year adventure.
Floyd |
Floyd | NEW YEARS FUN FACT: The tradition of kissing the closest person come
Floyd | midnight was originally celebrated every night, until everyone just
Floyd | got really tired of the whole thing and abolished the practice outside
Floyd | New Years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take baby" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           6
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BABY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | NEW YEARS FUN FACT: Dick Clark isn't actually dead! He sleeps beneath
Floyd | Times Square, until a New Year's Eve emergency awakens him from his
Floyd | slumber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "I didn't know of that kissing tradition. WHY DIDNT I KNOW THAT KISSING TRADITION."
		Roger says, "Can't take much more of this"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink champagne" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           7
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK CHAMPAGNE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't actually have that! It's for the sake of the puzzle, stupid.
Floyd |
Floyd | NEW YEARS FUN FACT: Did you know that New Years often takes place on
Floyd | the first day of the year? It's true!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "kiss baby" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           7
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS BABY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "break baby" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           8
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK BABY
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | NEW YEARS FUN FACT: What do you think is the song most played on New
Floyd | Years? Auld Lang Syne right? You'd be wrong, though. It's actually
Floyd | Suzy Snowflake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sniff boo hoo, the game called me stupid."
josinalvo says (to Floyd), "x baby" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BABY
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, actually, it's really more of a Baby New Year replica.
Floyd | The real ones are much too expensive for our budget this year.
Floyd |
Floyd | NEW YEARS FUN FACT: In Scotland it is unlucky for a household if a
Floyd | woman is the first to enter on New Years. That is why nearly 90% of
Floyd | Scots women identify as genderqueer from Christmas to the Epiphany.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "There, there, kitten."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "break bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           10
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | NEW YEARS FUN FACT: The Persian New Year is called Nowruz, sometimes
Floyd | transliterated as Nawruz.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           11
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you been hitting the sour juice a bit too hard? That's not how
Floyd | you solve this New Years puzzle.
Floyd |
Floyd | NEW YEARS FUN FACT: New Year's is a popular time to think about the
Floyd | future, and reminisce upon the past. That's why so many people
Floyd | celebrate it by drinking until they pass out!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Should we just put the baby in the bottle?"
		Taleslinger says, "Yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put baby in bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Party Room                                           11
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BABY IN BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the Baby New Year into the champagne bottle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh my gosh! You solved the puzzle! You're the greatest New Years
Floyd | partier ever! You are sooo cool! Like, the super coolest! I bet babes
Floyd | and/or studs swarm over you every New Years!
Floyd |
Floyd | C-can I touch you?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Happy New Year! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		Thurnley says, "Got to go, sorry."
		Taleslinger asks, "Bye, Matt. Can I ask one last question?"
		Thurnley says, "Thanks for playing and for a good time! And for finding bugs."
Thurnley goes home. 		Taleslinger says, "Apparently not."
		Taleslinger asks, "So...um...next game?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Taleslinger 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?" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask nys7dayicameback" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           1
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |          SUBJECT NAME: Marsha Alyssheim AGE: 11 TAPE No.1
Floyd |
Floyd | Therapist:
Floyd | Do you know why you're in here, sweety?
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsha:
Floyd | Oh man, I had one of those back when I blew up my parents house.
Floyd |
Floyd | Therapist:
Floyd | A nervous breakdown?
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsha:
Floyd | A therapy session.
Floyd |
Floyd | Therapist:
Floyd | You never blew up your parents house, Marsha.Why don't you start at
Floyd | the beginning?
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsha:
Floyd | Well, I already told you how I travelled to Mercury to save my
Floyd | husband, and then died.
Floyd |
Floyd | Therapist:
Floyd | Yes, Marsha a colorful story, but...
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsha:
Floyd | And then I woke up in hell, only hell looked like our old house for
Floyd | some reason. And my husband's uncle, whom I hate, was there. It was
Floyd | very confusing. But it also was...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Day I came back
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Marius Müller
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140104 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Area (Actually hell)
Floyd | Paul's Parents were rather fond of this small pool. In their time, it
Floyd | wasn't filled with bubbling green acid, though. It is surrounded by
Floyd | some deck chair (made of bones). The eastern and western garden walls
Floyd | are overgrown with undergrowth, made of screaming faces, which is
Floyd | quite distracting. A glass door leads north to the kitchen. This
Floyd | wasn't necessary for the southern southern wall, which is quite high,
Floyd | because it borders on a Golf course (Well, it did on Earth. Who knows
Floyd | what horrors await you beyond? Well, Wally might).
Floyd |
Floyd | A three-headed Cerberus sits atop the southern wall. That's new.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally floats around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "//Marsha?//"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           2
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey Alex" says Uncle Wally. "How the hell have you been?"
Floyd |
Floyd |  "What is this? Where am I?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hell, of course. You're gay, remember?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You mean I'm not here because I was a sociopath and killed a lot of
Floyd | people for base motives?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Could be. What do I know? I'm stuck here with you! It's my hell,
Floyd | too."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Nitku says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask wally about cerberus" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           3
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WALLY ABOUT CERBERUS
Floyd |
Floyd | "So what's the deal here? Are we doomed to be here for all eternity?"
Floyd | "Wouldn't make much of a game now would it?" Wally points a thumb at
Floyd | the house. "You can get to purgatory if you face the darkest scenes
Floyd | from your past in the house."
Floyd |
Floyd | You roll your eyes. "What is this - Twine?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "C'mon, I thought gays like talking about their feelings."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm also a sociopath."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, humans are solely defined by their sexual orientation."
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's just sad."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "Love the Twine ref"
Nitku says (to Floyd), "x wally" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           4
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | Paul's Uncle Wally, who bears a striking resemblance to Stalin with
Floyd | his "stache and soldier's jacket, stands here.. He gives you a
Floyd | patronizing smile. Sadly, he doesn't have the knife sticking from his
Floyd | back, as you wish he would.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo goes home. 		DavidW says, "I bet there's no snacks we can eat in the kitchen again. That was one dark moment."
		Taleslinger says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cerberus" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           5
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CERBERUS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a three-headed monstrosity, though somewhat cute The leftmost
Floyd | head growls and looks rather smart, the middle head spits fire and
Floyd | looks rather dumb, the third will read Twilight at anyone who comes to
Floyd | close as a warning, before switching to YouTube comments.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "evil!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skulls" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           5
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SKULLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           6
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Area (Actually hell)
Floyd | Paul's Parents were rather fond of this small pool. In their time, it
Floyd | wasn't filled with bubbling green acid, though. It is surrounded by
Floyd | some deck chair (made of bones). The eastern and western garden walls
Floyd | are overgrown with undergrowth, made of screaming faces, which is
Floyd | quite distracting. A glass door leads north to the kitchen. This
Floyd | wasn't necessary for the southern southern wall, which is quite high,
Floyd | because it borders on a Golf course (Well, it did on Earth. Who knows
Floyd | what horrors await you beyond? Well, Wally might).
Floyd |
Floyd | A three-headed Cerberus sits atop the southern wall. That's new.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally floats around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger leaves, shouting : "Screw this! I've only got 14 hit points!" 		
Taleslinger has disconnected. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x faces" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           7
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FACES
Floyd |
Floyd | The undergrowth is just a mass of gibbering, screaming faces! You
Floyd | can't make out anything coherent. Aww, they remind you so much of
Floyd | grandma.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pool" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           8
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | It bubbles most charmingly with venomous looking green acid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "enter pool" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           9
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask wally about paul" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           10
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WALLY ABOUT PAUL
Floyd |
Floyd | "What keeps me from killing you, again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm your spirit guide for this!" Wally floats over to the door and
Floyd | unlocks it. Great, your Vergil is a total ass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "north?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to wally" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           11
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO WALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | "My past sucks! Why don't I just stay here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You could, but there's nothing here to do except maybe grab a bone
Floyd | from the chairs and throw them at the Cerberus. He's gotten quite good
Floyd | at catching them, too."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bone" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           12
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You collect a single bone from one of the chairs. Sadly, it doesn't
Floyd | collapse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw bone at cerberus" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           13
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW BONE AT CERBERUS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bone at Cerberus)
Floyd | You toss the bone at Cerberus, and the middle, fire-breathing head
Floyd | catches it happily. The left head looks at it with contempt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bone" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           14
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You collect a single bone from one of the chairs. Sadly, it doesn't
Floyd | collapse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               15
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the glass door)
Floyd | "Ah, remember how you broke your mothers favorite vase? How sad she
Floyd | was? Do you feel that - the first time your parents where disappointed
Floyd | in you? It wasn't the last time you disappointed them, was it? Do you
Floyd | think they'd still be disappointed in you? If only you could
Floyd | REASSEMBLE it, maybe you could make some peace with your past."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, my parents pretty much sucked."
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The main feature of this room is the impressive glass door, which
Floyd | leads south, to the pool. All benches and counters are empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shards of a broken vase lie on the kitchen counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Oh, are we Peter Brady now?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vase" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               16
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of these look rather sharp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "reassemble vase" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               17
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > REASSEMBLE VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | With tears in your eyes, you remember how angry mum was. Soon, you
Floyd | have reassembled the vase. You feel a little better.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vase" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               18
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to wally" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               19
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO WALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, if Paul's not here that means he's not death, right? Or he's
Floyd | gone to heaven. Both good news."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, my useless nephew escaped Mercury. He even took in that
Floyd | Venusian Warrior Woman from the last game. They share an apartment.
Floyd | But I don't think she's that good at cleaning. She'd need a real man
Floyd | to sort her out. Oh, yeah, and *mumble*
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "slap wally" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               19
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLAP WALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "hit wally" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               20
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT WALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to get at him, but you're hand goes right through him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x counters" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               20
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COUNTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           21
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, this room is highly symbolic. See, your living room was once a
Floyd | busy and bustling center of this house. But in your memories, it's
Floyd | stale and empty. I wonder what that symbolizes?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stuff a hyperlink in it. What's with the teddy?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe you need to reconnect to your childhood? Try hugging it or
Floyd | something."
Floyd |
Floyd | Living room
Floyd | This is a spacious, cozy room. It once was busy and always kinda
Floyd | untidy. In hell, all that's left are the two couches, covered in white
Floyd | plastic wrapping.
Floyd |
Floyd | On one of the couches sits your old, childhood teddy bear.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
kpaquette52 hollers, "I need a wizard" 		
Zach had sung the body electric. Unfortunately, your power bill reflects that. 		
Zach has disconnected. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick bear" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           21
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK BEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "x bear" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           21
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wrapping" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           21
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WRAPPING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "x teddy" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           22
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TEDDY
Floyd |
Floyd | You used to love him, but that was a long time ago. After a while, he
Floyd | really got on your nerves and you switched to new toys and never
Floyd | looked back. You remember fondly how your violent tendencies first
Floyd | manifested around him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick teddy" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           22
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK TEDDY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit teddy" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           23
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT TEDDY
Floyd |
Floyd | As always in these games, you need something sharp!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Nitku says (to Floyd), "hug teddy" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           24
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > HUG TEDDY
Floyd |
Floyd | You gather up the old teddy in your arms. His furs still feels kinda
Floyd | prickly and artificial. It reminds you of the feather boa of a
Floyd | cross-dresser you used to date in high school. Wait, these aren't
Floyd | childhood memories at all. Abort, abort you quietly think to yourself.
Floyd | He had the nicest clothes, though. "Hey, hey" says Uncle Wally, "stop
Floyd | stroking that teddy like that!"
Floyd | With a sigh, you focus back on your childhood memories of your teddy.
Floyd | Good times. You feel a little better. The teddy disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               25
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The main feature of this room is the impressive glass door, which
Floyd | leads south, to the pool. All benches and counters are empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beautiful vase your mother owned stands on the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "argh, lag"
		DavidW says, "dammit"
		DavidW says, "oh well."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           26
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living room
Floyd | This is a spacious, cozy room. It once was busy and always kinda
Floyd | untidy. In hell, all that's left are the two couches, covered in white
Floyd | plastic wrapping.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I don't suppose we can rebreak the vase? :)"
		genericgeekgirl finally caught up.
		DavidW says, "I was going to but there's no point now."
		DavidW says, "And I don't know why I'm suffering lag again."
		DavidW says, "Let's head east."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           27
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. sorry. west then."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               28
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A small hallway, brightly lit by a row of burning human skulls. Dark
Floyd | wooden stairs lead upwards, and a doorframe opens east into the Living
Floyd | Room. A small door under the stairs lead into a storage closet.
Floyd | (Referred to by Paul only as "The Potter Room")
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               28
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open closet" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               28
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CLOSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Up?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x skulls" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               28
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SKULLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "inside first"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           29
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah the nitro! Do you remember how you blew up your house and your
Floyd | sister broke her leg?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, that was AWESOME!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dude, she was in the hospital for months. She missed that ballet
Floyd | recital. Don't you feel the least bit guilty?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now she's married to that doctor."
Floyd |
Floyd | "A proctologist!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's a useful profession. Do grow up, Wally."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Torturing you isn't as much fun as I hoped."
Floyd |
Floyd | Potter Room
Floyd | Shelves are nailed to the leaning wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | On a shelf sits a vial of homemade Nitroglycerin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take vial" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           29
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to wally" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           30
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO WALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | "What?"
Floyd | "Oh I said one of Frenesie's clones survived (she was the big bad from
Floyd | 2 games ago, remember?) and send an assassin after Paul."
Floyd |
Floyd | "An assassin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's a person hired to kill others, but that's not important right
Floyd | now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "My husband is gonna get killed? YES THAT IS FUCKING IMPORTANT!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Meh, you fags are all promiscuous anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take nitro" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           30
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NITRO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** *BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!* ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           30
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Potter Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wally, take nitro" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           31
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > WALLY, TAKE NITRO
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push nitro" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           31
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH NITRO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** *BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!* ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           31
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Potter Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           31
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't see how to take the nitro safely."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               32
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A small hallway, brightly lit by a row of burning human skulls. Dark
Floyd | wooden stairs lead upwards, and a doorframe opens east into the Living
Floyd | Room. A small door under the stairs lead into a storage closet.
Floyd | (Referred to by Paul only as "The Potter Room")
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              33
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally pats you on your back. "I feel like we've come a long way
Floyd | together, Alex. Now there is just one final step. You have to face
Floyd | what's possibly your worst memory."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dying?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, the other one."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Almost being eaten by a kraken?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, your coming out, dammit!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh yeah, that kinda sucked."
Floyd |
Floyd | "To forgive yourself, you have to forgive your dad. Why not give him a
Floyd | hug too, hm?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | This looks like a cheap 50s movie set. There's a lot of fog in the
Floyd | background, and the rocks and plants look somewhat shi- er- shoddy.
Floyd | Two prominent gravestones frame  the scene.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your dad stands here, shotgun in the crook of his arm, watching your
Floyd | younger self dig.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger self, 17 or 18, stands here, digging his own grave. He
Floyd | seems unperturbed and even whistles a merry tune.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter grave" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              33
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER GRAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hug self" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              34
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HUG SELF
Floyd |
Floyd | (your younger self)
Floyd | The scene is almost insubstantial. It's odd, you don't remember
Floyd | clearly what happened. Only that you escaped somehow. Maybe the things
Floyd | here can make you remember?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gravestones" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              34
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRAVESTONES
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Vonathan Vask's gravestone or The gravestone of
Floyd | parser based IF?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Haha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "parser" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              35
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > PARSER
Floyd |
Floyd | It reads "1975-2007".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x vask" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              36
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VASK
Floyd |
Floyd | It reads "Vonathan Vask - good riddance!" It looks rather light, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take vask" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              37
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VASK
Floyd |
Floyd | No, you are past your violent tendencies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              38
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | No, you are past your violent tendencies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "punch dad" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              39
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUNCH DAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The scene is almost insubstantial. It's odd, you don't remember
Floyd | clearly what happened. Only that you escaped somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "dammit again"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hug dad" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              39
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HUG DAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You give your confused father a big old hug.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sorry, Dad, I'm so sorry for everything I said and did..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He pats you on the back. "It's okay, son, it's okay. I'm so glad you
Floyd | came around to my point of view in the end."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hold him some more for an answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, really, dad. You were right all... all along. I'll go to
Floyd | reassignment camp."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You've suffered a fate worse than death ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ahhhhhhhh."
		DavidW says, "We really shouldn't have followed Wally's suggestions."
		genericgeekgirl says (to Tale), "Damnit, Tale. Don't you know games without good endings aren't games. Or something."
		DavidW says, "We needed to be violent."
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah, you need to restart"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           1
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |          SUBJECT NAME: Marsha Alyssheim AGE: 11 TAPE No.1
Floyd |
Floyd | Therapist:
Floyd | Do you know why you're in here, sweety?
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsha:
Floyd | Oh man, I had one of those back when I blew up my parents house.
Floyd |
Floyd | Therapist:
Floyd | A nervous breakdown?
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsha:
Floyd | A therapy session.
Floyd |
Floyd | Therapist:
Floyd | You never blew up your parents house, Marsha.Why don't you start at
Floyd | the beginning?
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsha:
Floyd | Well, I already told you how I travelled to Mercury to save my
Floyd | husband, and then died.
Floyd |
Floyd | Therapist:
Floyd | Yes, Marsha a colorful story, but...
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsha:
Floyd | And then I woke up in hell, only hell looked like our old house for
Floyd | some reason. And my husband's uncle, whom I hate, was there. It was
Floyd | very confusing. But it also was...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Day I came back
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Marius Müller
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140104 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Area (Actually hell)
Floyd | Paul's Parents were rather fond of this small pool. In their time, it
Floyd | wasn't filled with bubbling green acid, though. It is surrounded by
Floyd | some deck chair (made of bones). The eastern and western garden walls
Floyd | are overgrown with undergrowth, made of screaming faces, which is
Floyd | quite distracting. A glass door leads north to the kitchen. This
Floyd | wasn't necessary for the southern southern wall, which is quite high,
Floyd | because it borders on a Golf course (Well, it did on Earth. Who knows
Floyd | what horrors await you beyond? Well, Wally might).
Floyd |
Floyd | A three-headed Cerberus sits atop the southern wall. That's new.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally floats around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This time, let's cut the teddy up with the vase shards."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Kitchening."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           2
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the glass door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey Alex" says Uncle Wally. "How the hell have you been?"
Floyd |
Floyd |  "What is this? Where am I?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hell, of course. You're gay, remember?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You mean I'm not here because I was a sociopath and killed a lot of
Floyd | people for base motives?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Could be. What do I know? I'm stuck here with you! It's my hell,
Floyd | too."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Talk to wally several times until he unlocks the door."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to wally" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           3
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO WALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | "So what's the deal here? Are we doomed to be here for all eternity?"
Floyd | "Wouldn't make much of a game now would it?" Wally points a thumb at
Floyd | the house. "You can get to purgatory if you face the darkest scenes
Floyd | from your past in the house."
Floyd |
Floyd | You roll your eyes. "What is this - Twine?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "C'mon, I thought gays like talking about their feelings."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm also a sociopath."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, humans are solely defined by their sexual orientation."
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's just sad."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           4
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "What keeps me from killing you, again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm your spirit guide for this!" Wally floats over to the door and
Floyd | unlocks it. Great, your Vergil is a total ass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           5
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "My past sucks! Why don't I just stay here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You could, but there's nothing here to do except maybe grab a bone
Floyd | from the chairs and throw them at the Cerberus. He's gotten quite good
Floyd | at catching them, too."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           6
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, if Paul's not here that means he's not death, right? Or he's
Floyd | gone to heaven. Both good news."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, my useless nephew escaped Mercury. He even took in that
Floyd | Venusian Warrior Woman from the last game. They share an apartment.
Floyd | But I don't think she's that good at cleaning. She'd need a real man
Floyd | to sort her out. Oh, yeah, and *mumble*
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           7
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "What?"
Floyd | "Oh I said one of Frenesie's clones survived (she was the big bad from
Floyd | 2 games ago, remember?) and send an assassin after Paul."
Floyd |
Floyd | "An assassin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's a person hired to kill others, but that's not important right
Floyd | now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "My husband is gonna get killed? YES THAT IS FUCKING IMPORTANT!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Meh, you fags are all promiscuous anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "He unlocked it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bone" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           8
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You collect a single bone from one of the chairs. Sadly, it doesn't
Floyd | collapse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           9
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bone)
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               10
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the glass door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The main feature of this room is the impressive glass door, which
Floyd | leads south, to the pool. All benches and counters are empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shards of a broken vase lie on the kitchen counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take vase" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               11
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You scramble through the shards with your fingers and select a
Floyd | particularly sharp one. Might come in handy. The rest of the shards
Floyd | disappear.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You failed the first task" says Wally, "better restore."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           12
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, this room is highly symbolic. See, your living room was once a
Floyd | busy and bustling center of this house. But in your memories, it's
Floyd | stale and empty. I wonder what that symbolizes?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stuff a hyperlink in it. What's with the teddy?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe you need to reconnect to your childhood? Try hugging it or
Floyd | something."
Floyd |
Floyd | Living room
Floyd | This is a spacious, cozy room. It once was busy and always kinda
Floyd | untidy. In hell, all that's left are the two couches, covered in white
Floyd | plastic wrapping.
Floyd |
Floyd | On one of the couches sits your old, childhood teddy bear.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cut bear" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           12
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT BEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to wally" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           13
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO WALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, when I go through purgatory, can I be reincarnated and stop the
Floyd | assassin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, you've just outrageously mixed up world religions."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So...yes?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally sighs, then shrugs. "Dunno, maybe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x teddy" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           14
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TEDDY
Floyd |
Floyd | You used to love him, but that was a long time ago. After a while, he
Floyd | really got on your nerves and you switched to new toys and never
Floyd | looked back. You remember fondly how your violent tendencies first
Floyd | manifested around him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cut teddy" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           15
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT TEDDY
Floyd |
Floyd | Angrily, you rip into the teddies belly and after a minute or so of
Floyd | happy tearing and cutting have it reduced to a heap of sawdust.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey!" says Wally, "what's with the violence? Do you think of this as
Floyd | healthy behavior?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It is for me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Wheeee."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           16
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Living room
Floyd | This is a spacious, cozy room. It once was busy and always kinda
Floyd | untidy. In hell, all that's left are the two couches, covered in white
Floyd | plastic wrapping.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally floats around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "ok, so maybe we can take the gravestone now?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           17
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               18
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A small hallway, brightly lit by a row of burning human skulls. Dark
Floyd | wooden stairs lead upwards, and a doorframe opens east into the Living
Floyd | Room. A small door under the stairs lead into a storage closet.
Floyd | (Referred to by Paul only as "The Potter Room")
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut wrapping" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               18
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT WRAPPING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Heh, do you want to?"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Or up?"
		DavidW says, "no, continue up"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               19
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally shakes his head, holding you back. "You can't go up there. You
Floyd | are not ready yet."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           20
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah the nitro! Do you remember how you blew up your house and your
Floyd | sister broke her leg?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, that was AWESOME!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dude, she was in the hospital for months. She missed that ballet
Floyd | recital. Don't you feel the least bit guilty?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now she's married to that doctor."
Floyd |
Floyd | "A proctologist!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's a useful profession. Do grow up, Wally."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Torturing you isn't as much fun as I hoped."
Floyd |
Floyd | Potter Room
Floyd | Shelves are nailed to the leaning wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | On a shelf sits a vial of homemade Nitroglycerin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe now we can."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               21
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A small hallway, brightly lit by a row of burning human skulls. Dark
Floyd | wooden stairs lead upwards, and a doorframe opens east into the Living
Floyd | Room. A small door under the stairs lead into a storage closet.
Floyd | (Referred to by Paul only as "The Potter Room")
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               22
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally shakes his head, holding you back. "You can't go up there. You
Floyd | are not ready yet."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Oh FINE."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to wally" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               23
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO WALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm all out of things to say." Wally crosses his arms. "Compelling
Floyd | NPC my ass."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           24
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Potter Room
Floyd | Shelves are nailed to the leaning wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | On a shelf sits a vial of homemade Nitroglycerin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take nitro" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           24
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NITRO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** *BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!* ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
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 ]  Potter Room                                           24
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Potter Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           25
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some Sawdust
Floyd |   a shard
Floyd |   a bone
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sawdust" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           26
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SAWDUST
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the Sawdust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bone" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           27
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A single bone. Looks human.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shard" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           28
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHARD
Floyd |
Floyd | A single, very sharp shard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Hm, the sawdust should have a description."
		DavidW says, "oh, what can we do with sawdust? I haven't seen any ice."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put sawdust on nitro" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           29
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SAWDUST ON NITRO
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on Nitroglycerin would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "put the sawdust in nitro to make tnt?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open vial" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           29
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open nitro" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           29
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN NITRO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** *BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!* ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
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 ]  Potter Room                                           29
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Potter Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put sawdust in nitro" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           30
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SAWDUST IN NITRO
Floyd |
Floyd | The time at that Republic of Texas camp really pays off. You've
Floyd | created some dynamite. Neat.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey" says Wally, "that's not how that was supposed to go at all."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now that I've made some explosives,I feel I can go anywhere I like."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dynamite" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           31
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DYNAMITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dynamite" 		

Floyd ]  Potter Room                                           32
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DYNAMITE
Floyd |
Floyd | A vial of home made dynamite. Paul would be proud, he always told you
Floyd | to try a creative hobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               33
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A small hallway, brightly lit by a row of burning human skulls. Dark
Floyd | wooden stairs lead upwards, and a doorframe opens east into the Living
Floyd | Room. A small door under the stairs lead into a storage closet.
Floyd | (Referred to by Paul only as "The Potter Room")
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              34
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're not ready!" says Wally. "Yeah," you say, "but I have this!"
Floyd | You show him the dynamite.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't understand? How is that helpful on a quest to forgive
Floyd | yourself?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, I can blow stuff up and that gives me confidence."
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally just shakes his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | This looks like a cheap 50s movie set. There's a lot of fog in the
Floyd | background, and the rocks and plants look somewhat shi- er- shoddy.
Floyd | Two prominent gravestones frame  the scene.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your dad stands here, shotgun in the crook of his arm, watching your
Floyd | younger self dig.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger self, 17 or 18, stands here, digging his own grave. He
Floyd | seems unperturbed and even whistles a merry tune.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dad" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              35
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Mum was accepting, but as he marched you on the field that day you had
Floyd | some small inkling he might be less than happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "come back" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              35
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > COME BACK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "blow up dad" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              35
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOW UP DAD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cut dad" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              36
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT DAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The scene is almost insubstantial. It's odd, you don't remember
Floyd | clearly what happened. Only that you escaped somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              37
Floyd ]  Exits: down

		DavidW says, "no, do something with that gravestone"

Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   dynamite
Floyd |   a shard
Floyd |   a bone
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "light dynamite" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              38
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT DYNAMITE
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vesh" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              38
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VESH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take gravestone" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              38
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GRAVESTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Vonathan Vask's gravestone or The gravestone of
Floyd | parser based IF?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take vask" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              39
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VASK
Floyd |
Floyd | You heave it high over your head!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw gravestone" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              40
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW GRAVESTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | (Vonathan Vask's gravestone)
Floyd | The insubstantiality returns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              39
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hit dad with vask"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit dad with vask" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              39
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT DAD WITH VASK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit Dad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cut dad" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              40
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT DAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The scene is almost insubstantial. It's odd, you don't remember
Floyd | clearly what happened. Only that you escaped somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw vask at dad" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              41
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW VASK AT DAD
Floyd |
Floyd | BONK!
Floyd |
Floyd | Patricide - never gets old, does it?
Floyd |
Floyd | Young you looks at you. "Hey, thanks man!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't mention it."
Floyd |
Floyd | He narrows his eyes at you quizzically. "Hey, are you me from the
Floyd | future or something?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Or something. It's really complicated."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's really not!" shouts Wally from the background. "You're just a
Floyd | figment of his imagination, well not his, but this place's, well, a
Floyd | place obviously can't have an imagination, so er..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Complicated. Moving along."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, you're me at forty, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-five" you say, somewhat hurt. Maybe you should look at that
Floyd | skin cream Paul always wants you to wear. Once you're alive again,
Floyd | that is.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And is it worth it? All this trouble I mean?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Your play around with the wedding ring on your finger for a moment.
Floyd | "Sure. Just hang in there."
Floyd |
Floyd | Young you nods, then begins to fade, "Oh!" he says, slapping his
Floyd | forehead, "I nearly forgot! They key to the cart, it's in your heart!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks!" you say, slightly confused.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Meh. I thought that might affect everything."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open heart" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              42
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN HEART
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              43
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cemetery
Floyd | This looks like a cheap 50s movie set. There's a lot of fog in the
Floyd | background, and the rocks and plants look somewhat shi- er- shoddy.
Floyd | One prominent gravestone frames  the scene.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally floats around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in heart" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              44
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN HEART
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x heart" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              45
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEART
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see it, it's inside your chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "Back outside?"
		Taleslinger says, "gah"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take heart" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              46
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HEART
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems to be a part of yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              46
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cut heart" 		

Floyd ]  Cemetery                                              47
Floyd ]  Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT HEART
Floyd |
Floyd | You slice into your chest, and what do you know - the key *was* in
Floyd | your heart all along!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, down. Throw the dynamite at cerebus"
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Oh, that's mean. Wait, what am I saying?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                               48
Floyd ]  Exits: east up inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | A small hallway, brightly lit by a row of burning human skulls. Dark
Floyd | wooden stairs lead upwards, and a doorframe opens east into the Living
Floyd | Room. A small door under the stairs lead into a storage closet.
Floyd | (Referred to by Paul only as "The Potter Room")
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                           49
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living room
Floyd | This is a spacious, cozy room. It once was busy and always kinda
Floyd | untidy. In hell, all that's left are the two couches, covered in white
Floyd | plastic wrapping.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl s 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               50
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The main feature of this room is the impressive glass door, which
Floyd | leads south, to the pool. All benches and counters are empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "lag?"
josinalvo goes home. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           51
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Area (Actually hell)
Floyd | Paul's Parents were rather fond of this small pool. In their time, it
Floyd | wasn't filled with bubbling green acid, though. It is surrounded by
Floyd | some deck chair (made of bones). The eastern and western garden walls
Floyd | are overgrown with undergrowth, made of screaming faces, which is
Floyd | quite distracting. A glass door leads north to the kitchen. This
Floyd | wasn't necessary for the southern southern wall, which is quite high,
Floyd | because it borders on a Golf course (Well, it did on Earth. Who knows
Floyd | what horrors await you beyond? Well, Wally might).
Floyd |
Floyd | A three-headed Cerberus sits atop the southern wall. That's getting
Floyd | old.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Shall I?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push wally into pool" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           51
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH WALLY INTO POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push wally" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           52
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH WALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | That would be less than courteous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           53
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Area (Actually hell)
Floyd | Paul's Parents were rather fond of this small pool. In their time, it
Floyd | wasn't filled with bubbling green acid, though. It is surrounded by
Floyd | some deck chair (made of bones). The eastern and western garden walls
Floyd | are overgrown with undergrowth, made of screaming faces, which is
Floyd | quite distracting. A glass door leads north to the kitchen. This
Floyd | wasn't necessary for the southern southern wall, which is quite high,
Floyd | because it borders on a Golf course (Well, it did on Earth. Who knows
Floyd | what horrors await you beyond? Well, Wally might).
Floyd |
Floyd | Wally floats around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A three-headed Cerberus sits atop the southern wall. That's getting
Floyd | old.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl wanders off for a bit. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw dynamite at cerebus" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           53
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW DYNAMITE AT CEREBUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw dynamite at cerberus" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           54
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW DYNAMITE AT CERBERUS
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire breathing head deftly catches the dynamite in its mouth! The
Floyd | left head gives him a condescending look before the whole hellhound
Floyd | explodes! Wally tries to dodge a huge chunk, but stumbles and falls,
Floyd | flailing, into the acid! He slowly dissolves, like all bigotry might
Floyd | do over time, hopefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | He bubbles something through mouthfuls of acid that sounds like :
Floyd | "I'll be back!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay, got wally as well."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           55
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Woo!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area (Actually hell)                           56
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Area (Actually hell)
Floyd | Paul's Parents were rather fond of this small pool. In their time, it
Floyd | wasn't filled with bubbling green acid, though. It is surrounded by
Floyd | some deck chair (made of bones). The eastern and western garden walls
Floyd | are overgrown with undergrowth, made of screaming faces, which is
Floyd | quite distracting. A glass door leads north to the kitchen. This
Floyd | wasn't necessary for the southern southern wall, which is quite high,
Floyd | because it borders on a Golf course (Well, it did on Earth. Who knows
Floyd | what horrors await you beyond? Well, Wally might).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb wall" 		

Floyd ]  Golf course                                           57
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You scramble over the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Golf course
Floyd | You are at the foot of a small, sloping hill, the lawn of human
Floyd | fingers neatly cut. You can go eastwards, uphill. The wall of Pauls
Floyd | garden is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Golf cart (closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "GOLF CART!"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open cart" 		

Floyd ]  Golf course                                           58
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CART
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open cart with key" 		

Floyd ]  Golf course                                           59
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CART WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock Golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter cart" 		

Floyd ]  Golf course                                           60
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CART
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't get into the closed Golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open cart" 		

Floyd ]  Golf course                                           61
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CART
Floyd |
Floyd | You open Golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss cart" 		

Floyd ]  Golf course                                           62
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS CART
Floyd |
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter cart" 		

Floyd ]  Golf course                                           63
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CART
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into Golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drive e" 		

Floyd ]  Golf course                                           63
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRIVE E
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hilltop                                               64
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop (in Golf cart)
Floyd | You are on top of one of the innumberable volcanic mounds of the
Floyd | hellish golf course. Volcanic hills, where the souls of the damned are
Floyd | tortured, strech into infinity. The only interesting part seems to be
Floyd | a huge gate to the ne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "ha ha, that totally should have a response (kiss cart)"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  At the Gate                                           65
Floyd ]  Exits: north southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | At the Gate (in Golf cart)
Floyd | There is a huge, golden gate before you. It is very securely locked
Floyd | with a huge padlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x padlock" 		

Floyd ]  At the Gate                                           66
Floyd ]  Exits: north southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PADLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm, you'd wager that Wally had the only key to that gate. Looks like
Floyd | you'll be stuck in hell forever. (Hint : You aren't.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
josinalvo arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Above Paul                                            67
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening Golden Gate)
Floyd | You step on it and the golf cart speeds up to a breakneck 30 miles an
Floyd | hour! You crash through the gate easily, and speed along a foggy road
Floyd | towards a white light. A woman waves to you from the wayside eagerly.
Floyd | "STOP! COME BACK! I represent your mother issues!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | But you can't stop, you're racing towards reincarnation, to maybe save
Floyd | your husband, and you step on it eagerly and then the white light
Floyd | surrounds you and ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Above Paul
Floyd | Paul's face is the size of Mount Rushmore, his eyes the size of tunnel
Floyd | openings, if tunnel openings came in a dreamy green.
Floyd |
Floyd | The world seems oddly  compoundy, and there's a buzzing in your ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a few moments of disorientation, you realize you are in a
Floyd | gargantuan plane cabin, or you are very small. For the latter theory
Floyd | speaks the fact that right before you, there's Paul, his face the size
Floyd | of Mount Rushmore, his eyes the size of tunnel openings, if tunnel
Floyd | openings came in a dreamy green.
Floyd |
Floyd | Right next to him sits a guy in a black suit with a thin, ginger
Floyd | moustache. That must be the assassin allright. You could fly over
Floyd | there, to the east, or fly down Paul.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hee hee"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "fly down Paul" 		

Floyd ]  Above Paul                                            67
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLY DOWN PAUL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl D
		genericgeekgirl says, "generic-eyeless-girl"
		Taleslinger says, "he he"
		DavidW says, "I think we're a bug of some sort."
		DavidW says, "If we're a bee, we could sting the assassin."
		DavidW says, "I suggest east"
		josinalvo asks, "maybe we should check what we are ?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Above Paul                                            67
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Above Paul                                            68
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a normal housefly! Must be all the bad karma you accumulated
Floyd | for killing dozens of people and lying about liking all Paul's nerd
Floyd | stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh housefly, No stinger."
		DavidW says, "That's gonna make this more difficult."
		DavidW says, "Maybe we can incubate maggots in his ears or something."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Above Paul                                            69
Floyd ]  Exits: east up down
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "I must admit this second part is a bit rushed. I wasn't feeling well at the time."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Assassin's face                                       70
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Assassin's face
Floyd | The guy has an evil face. He also doesn't seem to notice you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill assassin" 		

Floyd ]  Assassin's face                                       70
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL ASSASSIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite face" 		

Floyd ]  Assassin's face                                       70
Floyd ]  Exits: west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE FACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Assassin's midsection                                 71
Floyd ]  Exits: west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the Assassin lean over to Paul, and his hands moves over your
Floyd | husband's coffee for a moment. He says "Excuse me, can I borrow that
Floyd | in-flight manual for a moment?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure" comes the voice of Paul, which sends a tingle down your spine,
Floyd | er , exoskeleton? Just as romantic.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a distinct *plink*. Then the assassin pulls back with the
Floyd | magazine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach had sung the body electric. Unfortunately, your power bill reflects that. 		
Zach has disconnected. 		DavidW asks, "drink the coffee?"
		josinalvo says, "a fly in the drink could prevent him from drinking ..."
		DavidW says, "drink coffee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink coffee" 		

Floyd ]  Assassin's midsection                                 71
Floyd ]  Exits: west up
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK COFFEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Paul's Midsection                                     72
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Paul's Midsection
Floyd | You can see that Paul still has that "Cheerleader of Dementia" shirt
Floyd | you got him. Stretches a bit now, though. Well, he always was a stress
Floyd | eater.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paul holds a coffee mug the size of a roundabout in his hands. Black,
Floyd | no sugar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink coffee" 		

Floyd ]  Paul's Midsection                                     73
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK COFFEE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing suitable to drink here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter mug" 		

Floyd ]  Paul's Midsection                                     73
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER MUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim in coffee" 		

Floyd ]  Paul's Midsection                                     73
Floyd ]  Exits: east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM IN COFFEE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "maybe we have to whisper in Paul's ear?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter coffee" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                              74
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER COFFEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You dive headfirst into the coffee! Maybe you will be reborn as
Floyd | something more useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hope burns hotter than the coffee, hope that Paul will see you. He
Floyd | always drinks too fast and then get these cute hiccups.
Floyd |
Floyd | And as a white light surrounds you, you can see his gargantuan face
Floyd | above you, twisted into a grimace of disgust. "Ugh, a fly has drowned
Floyd | itself in my coffee." You see the assassin look over, gnashing his
Floyd | teeth. "That so?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open eyes" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                              74
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "east" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                              75
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the toilet bag first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "the what?"
		DavidW asks, "what the heck is a toilet bag?"
		Taleslinger says, "It's a briticism"
		DavidW asks, "meaning what?"
		Roger says, "contains toiletries, I should imagine"
		Taleslinger says, "[LINK]"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                              76
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yell" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                              76
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > YELL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                              77
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open bag" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area                                              78
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You're most definitely not the fly anymore. As you look down at the
Floyd | paws with which you opened the bag just now, you realize you are the
Floyd | rat you and Paul rescued on Mercury in the last game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leg Area (in the toilet bag)
Floyd | You can see Paul's feet here. He's wearing Chucks and has still not
Floyd | learned not to wear white socks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says (to DavidW), "YM '@holler HELP IM LOST'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area                                              79
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the toilet bag first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area                                              80
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the toilet bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leg Area
Floyd | You can see Paul's feet here. He's wearing Chucks and has still not
Floyd | learned not to wear white socks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paul's toilet bag sits here. It looks very heavy when you're this
Floyd | small.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area                                              81
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | The toilet bag is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area (East)                                       82
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Leg Area (East)
Floyd | You can see the assassins feet here. He wears black loafers with
Floyd | matching socks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fearsome snake stares at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "snake?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite snake" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area (East)                                       82
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | The mercurian rat is not really a fighter. The constant diet of
Floyd | cheese, bacon and treats you got at Paul and -er- your home have done
Floyd | the rest. A pretty long thought, considering the snake just bit you
Floyd | and poisoned you to death.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Er, there should've been a cutscene that fires there"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area (East)                                       82
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Leg Area (East)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Did I get out of the bag illegally, then?"
		Taleslinger says, "No, that was fine"
		Taleslinger | To the east, you see the assassin's hands reach down and open his own toilet bag. A snake slithers out. You gotta hand it to the guy, he came well prepared.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite assassin" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area (East)                                       82
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE ASSASSIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite feet" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area (East)                                       82
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE FEET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill snake" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area (East)                                       82
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | The mercurian rat is not really a fighter. The constant diet of
Floyd | cheese, bacon and treats you got at Paul and -er- your home have done
Floyd | the rest. A pretty long thought, considering the snake just bit you
Floyd | and poisoned you to death.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area (East)                                       82
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Leg Area (East)
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area                                              83
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Leg Area
Floyd | You can see Paul's feet here. He's wearing Chucks and has still not
Floyd | learned not to wear white socks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paul's toilet bag sits here. It looks very heavy when you're this
Floyd | small.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bag" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area                                              84
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Damn! Forgot to make it fixed in place. I wonder what else I forgot to
Floyd | make untakable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Leg Area (East)                                       85
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Leg Area (East)
Floyd | You can see the assassins feet here. He wears black loafers with
Floyd | matching socks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fearsome snake stares at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put snake in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Row 54                                                86
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SNAKE IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the snake)
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, that isn't supposed to work!
Floyd |
Floyd | There!
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you only need to find a way to warn Paul not to open his bag
Floyd | before the landing. You really need to find a way to communicate.
Floyd | That's what your therapist always said, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then Paul's foot comes down and flattens the toilet bag accidentally.
Floyd | Ouch, poor snake. But before you can wonder, there is white light and
Floyd | ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Row 54 (on the seat)
Floyd | This is a standard row of seats. Somebody (presumably your mother) is
Floyd | yapping on about something.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two rows up from you, you can see Paul and the Assassin, seated side
Floyd | by side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Row 54                                                86
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Row 54                                                87
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm, looks like you're now an 11-year old girl in a polkadot dress.
Floyd | You're not sure this is how reincarnation is supposed to work.
Floyd |
Floyd | Staring intently at them, you can see the assassin pull something that
Floyd | looks vaguely like a full-polymer Glock 7, caliber .308,  using
Floyd | octagonal polygonal rifling rather than the hexagonal shaped bores
Floyd | used for models in other chamberings. It has a 8 round magazine and is
Floyd | fitted with a full-plastic third party silencer, possibly made by
Floyd | Fischer-Dieskau.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Row 54                                                88
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the seat)
Floyd | You struggle against your seatbelt for a moment. "Ssshh" says your
Floyd | mum. "Don't make a fuss, dear."
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get off the seat first.
Floyd |
Floyd | The assassin motions for Paul to get up, and he does so, sweat on his
Floyd | brow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open seatbelt" 		

Floyd ]  Row 54                                                89
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SEATBELT
Floyd |
Floyd | You finally manage to unstrap the seat belt!
Floyd |
Floyd | They disappear towards the rear of the plane.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Aisle                                                 90
Floyd ]  Exits: north south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the seat)
Floyd |
Floyd | Aisle
Floyd | You are in a long aisle of plane seats with people in them, all alike.
Floyd | You could go fore and find a blocked cockpit door with no way through,
Floyd | so spare us both the trouble and go aft.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "aft" 		

Floyd ]  Row 38                                                91
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > AFT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Row 38
Floyd | You stand here next to Paul's seat. You can still smell his perfurme,
Floyd | but the memory doesn't work so well, because smell memory is really
Floyd | linked to brain chemistry, though your thoughts are in this girl's
Floyd | head, so it's a-okay, but you know, it lacks the punch.
Floyd | The seats are empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under seat" 		

Floyd ]  Row 38                                                92
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER SEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh! There's Paul's toilet bag. Seems to contain some fluid. You take
Floyd | it with you, he'll probably need his tissues when he sees you again,
Floyd | that big cuddly crybaby. (You miss him a lot).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "aft" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          93
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > AFT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cramped Room
Floyd | Ugh! There's a door leading to the toilets, and a door leading to the
Floyd | cargo, into the fuselage. There are a lot of cupboards here for the
Floyd | board crew. One of them helpfully reads "Keys".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cupboards" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          94
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CUPBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open keys" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          95
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You slide open the compartment, there is a terrible screeching of
Floyd | metal and you are buried under a heap of keys. Oh dear!
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the Key cupboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take keys" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          96
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | (a huge pile of keys)
Floyd | That would take time you don't have.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "count keys" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          97
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > COUNT KEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | (a huge pile of keys)
Floyd | There are 69.105 of them! Oh no, how are you gonna sort through them
Floyd | in time? Before the assassin kills Paul, back in the cargo? You try to
Floyd | bite back some tears bravely.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, a man appears from the cabin. He has glasses, a moustache
Floyd | and a friendly face.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mister can you help me? I need to find the key to the cargo and
Floyd | quick, my husb- er daddy is in there."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, that's easy. He squats down and seems to sort through the keys in
Floyd | no time, before handing you the unique one. With a wink, he disappears
Floyd | back into the cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay"
		Taleslinger says, "So perfect that you played this part!"
		DavidW says, "Nice man"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock door with key" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          97
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the Cargo door or the toilet door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cargo" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          98
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CARGO
Floyd |
Floyd | (the unique key)
Floyd | You unlock the Cargo door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          99
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the toilet door)
Floyd | It is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cargo door" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          100
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CARGO DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You slide the cargo door open far enough for you to slip through. At
Floyd | the other end of the bay, the assassin has just stepped back from the
Floyd | bay door, which is opening slowly. His gun aims in Paul's general
Floyd | direction, who stand stockstill, while the wind from the bay door
Floyd | tousles his hair. "Well, this is it" says the assassin, "no hard
Floyd | feelings, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the Cargo door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          99
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cramped Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open toilet door" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          100
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN TOILET DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock toilet door with key" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          101
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK TOILET DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (the unique key)
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cargo door" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          102
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CARGO DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You slide the cargo door open far enough for you to slip through. At
Floyd | the other end of the bay, the assassin has just stepped back from the
Floyd | bay door, which is opening slowly. His gun aims in Paul's general
Floyd | direction, who stand stockstill, while the wind from the bay door
Floyd | tousles his hair. "Well, this is it" says the assassin, "no hard
Floyd | feelings, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the Cargo door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit assassin with bag" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          102
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT ASSASSIN WITH BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cramped Room                                          103
Floyd ]  Exits: north west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the toilet door)
Floyd | It is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I don't get it. Did we move or not move?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter cargo" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            104
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CARGO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo Hold
Floyd | Here, towards the rear of the plane, the engines roar deafeningly,
Floyd | aided by the open cargo bay, through which the wind howls loudly.
Floyd | There are boxes strapped to the wall and ground, but not much else of
Floyd | interest here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, maybe apart from the golf cart, which is kind of prominent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paul and the assassin stand here, facing each other near the cargo bay
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So" says Paul, (who has some experience with stalling killers), "are
Floyd | you a fan of Harry Potter?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "GOLF CART!"
		Taleslinger says, "2 golf carts! I had to up the ante!"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Hee"
		DavidW says, "I'm having trouble picturing the scene."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cart" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            105
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CART
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be the same make and model you used to drive into Paul's
Floyd | pool. Aw, fond memories. You wonder where Paul is taking it and why.
Floyd | It isn't even locked or anything, key in the ignition.
Floyd | At least, one of the back wheels is wedged.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you trying to play for time? Nobody's gonna save you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            106
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull with all your might, but it won't budge. Being an 11-year old
Floyd | girl sure has its downsides.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, it's just that I'm up to the sixth book, and if you knew it you
Floyd | could tell me"
Floyd | >

		
Lucea 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), "push wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            107
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know it"
Floyd | "Ah, too bad. Maybe I should've watched the movies."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            106
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo Hold
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open bag" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            107
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the toilet bag, revealing Snake oil.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know it"
Floyd | "Ah, too bad. Maybe I should've watched the movies."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Ooh."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put oil under wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            107
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT OIL UNDER WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pour oil" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            107
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR OIL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "oil wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            108
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OIL WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the wedge a quick but thorough oiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe. I've heard they've cut out quite a bit."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            109
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Should've listened to the audio books. They're read by Jim Dale, I
Floyd | think."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull wedge" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            110
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL WEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you sure, I thought it was that guy from QI."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter cart" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            111
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CART
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into Golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            112
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The cart won't fit through the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "So, they don't see us?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cargo Hold                                            112
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You sneak into the golf cart, turn the key and put it into gear.
Floyd | Before you, the assassin is getting impatient.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Any last words and all that jazz?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well", Paul swallows, "I once was a married man."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I won't put flowers on your wife's grave or anything like that."
Floyd |
Floyd | "HEY BUDDY" you shout, though it comes out as a shriek,
Floyd | "HETERONARMITIFY THIS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Both Paul and him stare dumbfounded at you as you ram the cart
Floyd | against the assassin and topple him screaming into the blue abyss. For
Floyd | a frightful second, the cart slides towards the edge, but Paul graps
Floyd | you at the last moment. He holds you on his arm and stares at you in
Floyd | wonder. "You are a strange little girl, aren't you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I hope that cart didn't land on anyone" you say, because it's the
Floyd | sort of thing that Paul cares about. He carefully peers over the edge.
Floyd | "Oh well, it landed on the headquarter of the WBC." You both sigh in
Floyd | relief. "Can you let me down, I have something to tell you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure." Paul carefully lets you down and pushes the close button on
Floyd | the cargo door. "So, um, Paul, it's me! Alex. I was reincarnated."
Floyd |
Floyd | Paul blinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I was the fly...and then for a moment our rat...and now I'm this
Floyd | girl."
Floyd |
Floyd | Paul blinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know it sounds crazy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you think the author is aware of the unfortunate implications of
Floyd | this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe he thinks everyone who thought of this as anything but a comedy
Floyd | setup is an asshole?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good point, dear." He squeezes your shoulder. "Glad to have you
Floyd | back." You nod bravely. There is a moment of bliss.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "So tell me..." he begins, but at that moment the cabin door crashes
Floyd | open and the Sky Marshall storms in.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is this girl your daughter, sir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course not" says Paul, hurt, "we're married."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Both their faces falter at about the same time.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** TO BE CONTINUED. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "ha"
		genericgeekgirl says, "Yay!!!"
		DavidW says, "goodness. Plot twist."
		DavidW says, "Two golf carts and a cameo. I am well pleased."
		Taleslinger says (to davidW), "Cool!"
		Taleslinger says, "I can't say how long I wanted to use "Hetereonormatify this!""
		DavidW says, "Also, very glad that Wally got the acid dunk. Perfect way to get rid of him."
		Taleslinger says, "Now I have a year to think of what happens next!"
		Taleslinger says, "So, that brings thiy year's comp to a close!"
		Roger says, "That was a lot of game."
		Roger says, "Thanks for your organizational prowess, Tale."
		Taleslinger says, "Thanks to all the authors and people who played!"
		DavidW says, "Thanks for a great comp, Taleslinger."
		Taleslinger says, "And to Jacq, who giving the games a spot on CF"
		Taleslinger says, "You're all very welcome"
		Lucea says, "thanks"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Blighted Isle by Eric Eve
As played on ifMUD on January 12, 19, & 26, 2014

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 Blighted Isle written by Eric Eve. Blighted Isle was released in 2007, and was a nominee for the Best Setting Xyzzy. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the IFDB page: Blighted Isle.

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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		DavidW says, "I'm not sure how much I'll be allowed to play today. I've played today's game before, and that usually means I have to mostly stay quiet."
		DavidW says, "I am hoping though, that the players will discover stuff that I failed to figure out."
		Jacqueline says, "That would be cool if we did."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "btw, I do have maps with some annotations online. Let me know if and when I should let people know where they are."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, okay. Will let you know."
		DavidW says, "I never wrote a full walkthrough, but the map itself is a bit spoilery."
kpaquette52 arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jacqueline says, "Darn. My mud seems a bit laggy. Wait, make that a lot laggy, as in I bounced while trying to type this."
		Jacqueline says, "So I guess make that bouncy."
		Jacqueline says, "If I go silent, that may be why, kids. You may be on your own."
kpaquette52 says (to Jacqueline), "Hi this is Katie Paquette." 		FloatingInfo asks, "What about the transcript?"
		Jacqueline says (to kp), "Hello, Katie."
		Jacqueline says (to FI), "It's already running, and will run regardless of what happens to me."
		FloatingInfo says, "good."
		kpaquette52 exclaims (at Jacqueline), "I am reporting early for ClubFloyd and I am so happy I'm crying!"
		Jacqueline says, "The only way the transcript stops running is if Plover.net goes offline or the mud crashes. The transcript is kept on a separate server, hundreds of miles from my house. We decided that needed to happen when I was living in bush Alaska on satellite internet."
Jearl arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Jacqueline says (to katie), "That's great (so long as they are tears of joy!)."
		kpaquette52 says (to Jacqueline), "I will."
		kpaquette52 says (to Jacqueline), "Yes they are tears of joy.."
Jacqueline hollers, "Here in a couple of minutes, ClubFloyd will play Eric Eve's Blighted Isle." 		kpaquette52 asks, "It's 10:59A.M. Is everyone here?"
		Jacqueline says, "Katie, if everyone else is here on time, I may also cry tears of joy."
		Jacqueline says, "As it would be a first. But more likely, someone will arrive late, not check the bulletin board or the RSS feed or Twitter or Facebook and ask what we're playing."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Okay! It is the appointed time!"
		kpaquette52 says (to Jacqueline), "what game are we playing today."
		Jacqueline says, "So, today we're playing Blighted Isle. If you've played before, please refrain from doing anything you know about in the game, but if we get to something you have no idea about, you can join us. You are on the honor systems. No hints unless a majority of people agrees we should ask for them."
		Jacqueline says, "Please keep all of your conversation on this channel from here on out."
		kpaquette52 says (to Jacqueline), "Okay Lead on."
DavidW clears the save counter. 		says, "We may end up designating a 'driver' to control the game, but until then, anyone may enter commands. You do that by speaking in the room (not on the channel) and addressing your command to Floyd by entering an F in front of it. Like this: f look"
		Jacqueline says, "One rule when we're all entering commands: do not change locations until everybody is ready to change locations."
		Jacqueline asks, "Any questions?"
		DavidW says, "I do have a couple general comments. If I may."
		Jacqueline says, "Go for it."
		DavidW says, "The game has a large geography. Someone should either map or let me advise there."
		Jacqueline says, "I think, given that you have a map already drawn, we can ask you for directions."
		kpaquette52 says (to Jacqueline), "No questions"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Assuming you are going to stick around and watch."
		DavidW says, "Second, there's multiple routes through the game. So you can't see everything in one playthrough."
		Jacqueline nods.
		DavidW says, "That's all I dare say for now."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Okay, then. Thanks, David!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask blightedisle" 		

Floyd | Blighted Isle by Eric Eve; version 2.0 (2007-09-02)
Floyd |
Floyd | Press I for instructions (recommended for new players).
Floyd |
Floyd | Press R to restore an existing saved game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press Q to quit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press any other key to start a new game.

		Jacqueline says, "I always wonder if they mean 'new' players or 'new to interactive fiction' players."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >Information about Blighted Isle
Floyd | >Information for Players new to Interactive Fiction and/or
Floyd | TADS 3 Games
Floyd | Information                                    Q=Quit
Floyd | P=Previous Menu
Floyd | U=Up D=Down
Floyd | ENTER=Select

		Jacqueline says, "And there is my answer."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd | Blighted Isle by Eric Eve; version 2.0 (2007-09-02)
Floyd |
Floyd | Press I for instructions (recommended for new players).
Floyd |
Floyd | Press R to restore an existing saved game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press Q to quit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press any other key to start a new game.

		
Allen arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/0
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd | Your part in Napoleon’s downfall is about to come to an untimely end.
Floyd |
Floyd | The storm raging across the Bay of Biscay has forced Cornwallis to
Floyd | stand out to sea, giving an opportunity for a French captain with more
Floyd | daring than most to try to slip past the blockade.  While Nelson is
Floyd | chasing Villeneuve across the Atlantic, the Channel fleet is closely
Floyd | blockading Brest to ensure that Ganteaume can’t escape to join him;
Floyd | if
Floyd | he did Bonaparte’s invasion plans would perilously close to fruition.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the meantime, you are left swimming around in the Bay of Biscay.
Floyd | It can’t be more than a couple of minutes before you drown.  For a
Floyd | moment, you almost imagine you see the inscription on your own grave:
Floyd |
Floyd | R.I.P.  Lieutenant James Corby, RN
Floyd | 1780 - 1805
Floyd | Lost at sea in the service of his country
Floyd | (mainly as a result of his own clumsiness)
Floyd |
Floyd | The storm-tossed waves thunder all around you.  The Niobe is
Floyd | nowhere in sight; neither is that other ship.  The sky is so black
Floyd | that even without the salt water stinging your eyes you could scarcely
Floyd | see a thing.  Already your sea-soaked clothes are starting to drag you
Floyd | under, and you feel so very, very cold.  It would be so much easier to
Floyd | give up the futile struggle, to accept the sea’s icy embrace, and
Floyd | yield to the everlasting sleep of your watery grave.  For surely there
Floyd | can be no hope of rescue now.
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet it was only a moment ago that you took your unplanned tumble
Floyd | over the side of the ship.
Floyd | [more]

		djfletch says, "This has been on my list of things to play for a while."
		djfletch says, "although I don't know if my brain is working well today"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/0
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd | Ting!  Ting!  Two bells in the middle watch: ten hours since
Floyd | sighting the strange sail and giving chase.
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn’t yet clear that the strange sail was a French
Floyd | warship, but your captain was taking no chances, and so the
Floyd | Niobe, 38, had set off in hot pursuit.  She was carrying all
Floyd | the sail a frigate safely could in such a storm, but still the strange
Floyd | vessel was maintaining its lead, and it was all the Niobe
Floyd | could do to keep pace with her.  But the weather had been steadily
Floyd | worsening; the storm was becoming a gale, and there was a real danger
Floyd | that the Niobe would lose a spar – or worse – unless she
Floyd | shortened sail.  So you dispatched the midshipman of the watch to seek
Floyd | the captain’s permission to do just that.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then came the totally unexpected hail from the masthead:
Floyd |
Floyd | “Land ho!  Fine on the starboard bow!”
Floyd |
Floyd | That was absurd; there shouldn’t have been any land within a dozen
Floyd | leagues.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | The deck around you was little more than a mass of shadow and outline
Floyd | in the dark, with the only point of light coming from the binnacle
Floyd | just in front of you.  You were aware of the mizzen mast towering
Floyd | above you nearby, but as much from the howl of the wind in the rigging
Floyd | as from anything you could see.
Floyd |
Floyd | The helmsman was standing nearby at the wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | You were almost deafened by the howling gale screaming in the rigging
Floyd | and lashing up the waves all round the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I forgot. This part of the game is in past tense. Eric Eve is clever with verb tenses."
		kpaquette52 says, "I don't know what to do."
		FloatingInfo asks, "What is the conversation system of this game?"
		Jearl says, "maybe we should find out where that land was in the past, so we can swim to it in the present"
		DavidW says, "The game probably uses all conversation systems except menus."
		Jearl says, "so I vote to climb up to the masthead"
		DavidW says, "so hi, bye, ask, tell, show, give, topics, and phrases that the game itself suggests."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, I bounced again. Actually rebooted my computer to see if that would help."
Fang arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline says, "I was all ready to strip off our clothes and find some ship debris to cling to. Now here we are in the past."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/1
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You were carrying a telescope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes, we get a bit of time on the ship before our unwanted bath."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/2
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You couldn’t see much of yourself in the dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | You were carrying a telescope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "ah, exits listed, nice"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x binnacle" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/3
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BINNACLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The binnacle was basically a small box containing a shaded light to
Floyd | enable you to see the compass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang asks, "is there a way to switch to plain text?"
		Jacqueline says, "No."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x compass" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/4
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The compass indicated that you were still sailing a steady
Floyd | sou’-sou’-west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You were almost deafened by the howling gale screaming in the rigging
Floyd | and lashing up the waves all round the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Not unless we ditch the formatting in the final transcript."
		Jacqueline says, "I do realize this is probably hell on a screen reader."
		djfletch says, "so, south-south-west and the land is on the starboard bow"
		djfletch draws diagrams
		Jearl says, "so, westish"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Fang asks, "which way is starboard? Left?"
		Jearl says, "right"
		Jacqueline says, "Starboard is off our right."
		Jearl says, "I mena, to the right"
		Fang says, "you mean wrong"
		DavidW says, "How confusing."
Fang says (to Floyd), "x telescope" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/5
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TELESCOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn’t the most elegant instrument – you couldn’t afford
Floyd | better on
Floyd | your pay – but it did the job.
Floyd |
Floyd | The captain came striding out onto the quarterdeck just as the lookout
Floyd | repeated his hail from the mast: “Land ho!  Fine on the starboard
Floyd | bow!”
Floyd |
Floyd | The captain peered up the mast in evident irritation, then strode over
Floyd | to the binnacle to check the compass.  Turning back to you he snapped,
Floyd | “What’s that idiot on about?  There should be no land between here
Floyd | and
Floyd | Spain!”
Floyd |
Floyd | “No sir,” you agreed dutifully.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well then, Mr Corby, you’d better get up to the mizzen-top with
Floyd | your
Floyd | bring’em near and see what this is all about!” the captain
Floyd | commanded,
Floyd | throwing a significant glance up the mast.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Aye aye, sir,” you replied, trying to disguise your reluctance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You can remember port and starboard because when you're facing the front of the ship they spell PS (like in a letter). Port is on your left, starboard on your right."
		Allen says, "but it's backwards in infocom games, I recall"
		Allen says, "fore is north, but port is east"
		Jearl says, "Starcrossed has made fools of us all"
		DavidW says, "I note that the Captain seconds Jearl's earlier suggestion of going up."
		Fang says, "the captain doesn't want to create a time paradox"
		Jearl says, "'what's the least likely thing the character would enjoy doing? let's do that'"
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "That part doesn't matter."
Fang says (to Floyd), "look through telescope" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/6
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH TELESCOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You raised the telescope to your right eye and scanned the horizon
Floyd | ahead.  You could just make out the distant white sail of the ship you
Floyd | were pursuing, but there seemed to be no sign of land.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I gave you an order, Mr Corby,” the captain snapped.  “So up the
Floyd | mast
Floyd | with you!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "The ship can be oriented any which way in the ocean."
		Jacqueline says, "We should go up."
Fang says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Even after more than ten years at sea, you had never developed much of
Floyd | a head for heights, especially when it meant fighting your way up the
Floyd | ratlines of a swaying mast in a howling gale; but it seemed like there
Floyd | was nothing for it but to grit your teeth and ascend.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grasping the ropes and forcing yourself not to look down, you began to
Floyd | climb.  A few yards up you paused for breath, and longed just to close
Floyd | your eyes and cling on for dear life until the storm had passed; but
Floyd | you felt the eyes of the captain and half the crew were upon you: it
Floyd | behoved you to play the part of a fearless officer, so on you went.
Floyd |
Floyd | A little over half-way up, you caught sight of something ahead; but it
Floyd | looked more like a band of fog than a stretch of land.  It at once
Floyd | struck you as absurd, not only that a bank of sea-mist should collect
Floyd | here, but even more that it would not be at once shredded by the gale.
Floyd | Overcome by curiosity you took out your telescope, trying to do your
Floyd | best to keep your balance on the rigging while examining the strange
Floyd | sight.  It did look like a band of mist.  But at the next
Floyd | moment a sudden gust made the Niobe heel over to starboard,
Floyd | and in a heart-stopping moment you felt your feet slip free of the
Floyd | lines.  For a moment you hung there by a single hand, and then that
Floyd | too was wrenched free and you fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit the surface of the sea and carried straight on down.  To begin
Floyd | with, you thought that was it, and almost resigned yourself to drown;
Floyd | but then, as your lungs felt ready to burst, your survival instinct
Floyd | took over and you struggled to regain the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [more]

		Jacqueline says, "Also, I find it really interesting how, knowing we are in a sea battle and the ship is about to be destroyed and all, we are very cautious about what to do."
		Fang says, "this is totally not our fault."
		Fang says, "I blame the captain"
		Jearl says, "all chasing ghost ships in a hurricane"
Fang pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/7
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay
Floyd | The waves all around you look as black as the sky above, and stretch
Floyd | just as far in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | And now, here you are, swimming in the freezing water, with neither
Floyd | ship nor land in sight, and probably only a few minutes left before
Floyd | you finally do give up and drown.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "next time we can mutiny and make him walk the plank"
		Jacqueline says, "Golly, thanks, Captain."
		Allen asks, "so we're in the British fleet during the Napoleonic wars?"
		Fang says, "seems like it"
		Allen says, "if you don't get to say "Kiss me hardy" sometime during this game, I'm going to be sore put out"
		Jacqueline says, "So the ship isn't destroyed, it's just left us? Those bastards."
		DavidW says, "well...."
		Fang says, "no one is even shouting man overboard"
		Jacqueline says, "Hush, David."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove clothes" 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/8
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You struggle to remove your clothes before they drag you down, but,
Floyd | being waterlogged, they cling to you peversely and you lack the
Floyd | strength to wrestle with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "scream" 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/9
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout as loud as you can, but your cry is torn away by the wind,
Floyd | and no one replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "reacquire fighting spirit, then remove clothes" 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/9
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > REACQUIRE FIGHTING SPIRIT, THEN REMOVE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “reacquire” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | (If this was an accidental misspelling, you can correct it by typing
Floyd | OOPS followed by the corrected word now.  Any time the story points
Floyd | out an unknown word, you can correct a misspelling using OOPS as your
Floyd | next command.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		says (to Floyd), "Oh, but I think it *is* necessary."
Fang says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                   0/10
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You recall some verses of Psalm 106 that seem appropriate to your
Floyd | current situation, so you try praying those.  Although this may well
Floyd | be the only recourse left open to you, it unfortunately fails to have
Floyd | any immediate effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drown" 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                   0/11
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | (down)
Floyd | (You can use the TYPO command to disable the typo-correction feature.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You’ll probably drown soon enough, but you’re not quite ready to
Floyd | give
Floyd | up just yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		DavidW says, "Remember 'And the Waves Choke the Wind'? We could get rid our clothes in that game."
		Jacqueline says, "Nice disambiguation, game."
Fang says (to Floyd), "remove clothes" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You struggle to remove your clothes before they drag you down, but,
Floyd | being waterlogged, they cling to you peversely and you lack the
Floyd | strength to wrestle with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can struggle no more.  You start to feel body and mind shutting
Floyd | down.  As the waves close over your head you fancy you hear voices and
Floyd | see a distant light – the final fleeting fancies of a dying mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then everything goes blank.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [more]

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sleep with the fishes" 		

Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/12
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)
Floyd | Some time later you wake up to find yourself lying on a hard shingle
Floyd | beach.  From the position of the sun in the sky it must be either
Floyd | early morning or late evening – almost certainly the former.  You
Floyd | feel
Floyd | as stiff as a ship’s biscuit and weaker than a limp lettuce leaf, but
Floyd | miraculously, you seem to be alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you regain consciousness, you become aware of the crash of the surf
Floyd | at your feet.  It seems you must have been washed ashore – but where?
Floyd | There should have been no land within a dozen leagues or more of where
Floyd | you fell into the sea.  Then you remember the lookout’s hail; he must
Floyd | have seen land after all, and this must be it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can do more than start to wonder whether this land is
Floyd | inhabited, you become aware that you are not alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A young woman is standing just by your head, peering down at you with
Floyd | a look of evident concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hello, present tense."
		Fang says, "clearly our subconscious is better at swimming"
		Allen says, "nice description"
Fang says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/13
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You look a bit bedraggled from your watery misadventure, but otherwise
Floyd | unscathed.  But then you’re young and healthy, with a complexion
Floyd | tanned by years at sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are empty-handed.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I saw you lying here when I came out of the house just now,” she
Floyd | explains, gesturing vaguely behind her, “so I came straight down to
Floyd | see if – well, you seem to be alive at any rate, but are you all
Floyd | right?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could say yes or no, or ask her who she is.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "God bless Eric Eve for not just starting the game on the island and saying 'Gosh, you were shipwrecked here.'"
		Fang says, "at least we don't have amnesia"
		Jacqueline says, "Heh. Yeah."
		Fang exclaims, "perhaps we can fake it!"
		Allen says, "Or we could say we're all starboard"
Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Fang says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >
Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/13
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CF1
Floyd |
Floyd | Failed; your computer might be running low on disk space, or you might
Floyd | not have the necessary permissions to write this file.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "hm"
		Allen asks, "what?"
		Jacqueline says (to Fang), "Thanks. Saving was a good idea."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >
Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/13
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CF2
Floyd |
Floyd | Failed; your computer might be running low on disk space, or you might
Floyd | not have the necessary permissions to write this file.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "..."
		DavidW asks, "Are we really running out of disk space? How many save files does Floyd have?"
		Allen asks, "what environment is this running in?"
		Fang asks, "is something not set up right, permission-wise?"
		Jacqueline says, "Permissions are fine."
		Jacqueline says, "I have trouble believing we're running out of disk space."
		Jacqueline says, "One sec."
		Jacqueline says, "Jota is looking into it. Hang tight, folks."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >

		kpaquette52 says (to Will), "do."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "newsavename" 		

Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/13
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEWSAVENAME
Floyd |
Floyd | Failed; your computer might be running low on disk space, or you might
Floyd | not have the necessary permissions to write this file.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		kpaquette52 says, "Will do."
		kpaquette52 asks, "okay am I doing anything wrong?"
		Jacqueline says (to Katie), "No."
		DavidW says, "We're waiting to see if a technical issue can be fixed."
		Jacqueline says, "We have an issue where we can't save the game, and someone who can actually see the computer Floyd runs on is looking into it."
		Jacqueline says, "So we're all just waiting."
		kpaquette52 says (to Jacqueline), "Okay so I just wait here."
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, we could keep playing, but I think it would be good to see if we can fix this first, since we can't save."
		Jacqueline says (to Katie), "Yep, just wait."
		Allen asks, "what OS is it running on?"
		Allen says, "you could try an absolute path to another device or someplace likely to be another file system"
		kpaquette52 says (to Allan), "I have no idea what you just said but go ahead."
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "Jota is looking into it."
		DavidW says, "It's possible that this game can be played without ever locking us our of victory, but I don't know for sure. I don't know if the author was that diligent."
		DavidW says, "er out of victory"
		FloatingInfo says, "IFDB says it is polite."
		DavidW says, "ah. I think at least one branch might be cut off, under some circumstances, but the other branch(es) would be available."
		Jacqueline asks, "Question for the NightFloyd peeps. Are you guys in the middle of playing anything at the moment?"
		DavidW says, "Not that I remember. We were playing some Ectocomp games and I don't remember finishing them all."
		kpaquette52 says (to I), "was in the middle of playing Dungeon."
		DavidW says (to kpaquette), "You barely started, though."
		kpaquette52 says, "I was in the middle of playing zdungeon."
Binder arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline asks (of Katie), "Do you have save files for the game you're playing?"
		Jacqueline says, "Just curious. I think there's a possibility we might wipe out save files. Maybe."
		kpaquette52 says, "I saved it as kpaq1 but I came back and saved it again this morning."
		Jacqueline says (to Katie), "Okay, thanks."
		kpaquette52 says, "and then quit the game to make room for ClubFloyd"
		Jacqueline nods.
Binder slams the cover on the piano and runs off stage. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >
Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/13
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CF3
Floyd |
Floyd | Failed; your computer might be running low on disk space, or you might
Floyd | not have the necessary permissions to write this file.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, folks, I hate to do this, but we can get back here easily enough."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you really want to quit? (Y is affirmative) >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks for playing Blighted Isle – hope you’ve enjoyed it!
Floyd | cheaptads quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Jacqueline asks, "What's another TADS game, DW?"
		DavidW asks, "oh, um. Common Ground, I think?"
		DavidW says, "But I think Blighted Isle is TADS 3, and Common Ground is TADS 2."
		DavidW asks, "um, what about Abandon All Hope?"
		Allen asks, "oh we're dropping it?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ground" 		

Floyd ]  Your Bedroom, in the cane-bottomed chair
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Floyd | Common Ground
Floyd | Copyright © 1999 by Stephen Granade.  All rights reserved.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type "about" for more information.
Floyd | Version 2 (Jan 17 2000)
Floyd | Developed with TADS, the Text Adventure Development System.
Floyd |
Floyd | One
Floyd |
Floyd | Great, just great.  First you oversleep, end up being late for school.
Floyd | Then the whole day sucks so bad you can barely wait until seventh
Floyd | period's over and you're free.  Now you've wasted so much time
Floyd | watching TV that you've gotta rush through your makeup or you won't be
Floyd | ready for tonight before April gets here with her wheels.  Mississippi
Floyd | may say you're old enough to drive, but Frank sure doesn't agree.
Floyd |
Floyd | Man, you can't wait for all this to be over.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Bedroom
Floyd | You've spent a lot of time in this room, enough that it's really
Floyd | beginning to get on your nerves.  You're tired of the stupid posters,
Floyd | you're tired of your stupid bed, you're tired of everything.  You just
Floyd | wish it weren't such a hassle to try to change any of it.  Besides, if
Floyd | you were going to change anything, you'd start with the clothes in
Floyd | your closet.  To the west, across from your window, is a closed door
Floyd | going out.
Floyd | You see a flowerdy bag here.  Sitting on the vanity is a geode,
Floyd | mascara, eye shadow, pink blush, and foundation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		kpaquette52 says, "sorry I messed up Floyd."
		DavidW says, "That was also by Eric Eve."
		Jacqueline says (to Katie), "You didn't mess anything up."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd ]  Your Bedroom, in the cane-bottomed chair
Floyd | 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd ]  Your Bedroom, in the cane-bottomed chair
Floyd | 
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | > CF4
Floyd |
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to kpaquette), "It wasn't you."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  Your Bedroom, in the cane-bottomed chair
Floyd | 
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You sure you want to quit?  (YES or NO) >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | You sure you want to quit?  (YES or NO) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for playing Common Ground.
Floyd | cheaptads 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 blighted isle" 		
Floyd says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd doesn't know that game." 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask blightedisle" 		

Floyd | Blighted Isle by Eric Eve; version 2.0 (2007-09-02)
Floyd |
Floyd | Press I for instructions (recommended for new players).
Floyd |
Floyd | Press R to restore an existing saved game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press Q to quit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press any other key to start a new game.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/0
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd | Your part in Napoleon’s downfall is about to come to an untimely end.
Floyd |
Floyd | The storm raging across the Bay of Biscay has forced Cornwallis to
Floyd | stand out to sea, giving an opportunity for a French captain with more
Floyd | daring than most to try to slip past the blockade.  While Nelson is
Floyd | chasing Villeneuve across the Atlantic, the Channel fleet is closely
Floyd | blockading Brest to ensure that Ganteaume can’t escape to join him;
Floyd | if
Floyd | he did Bonaparte’s invasion plans would perilously close to fruition.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the meantime, you are left swimming around in the Bay of Biscay.
Floyd | It can’t be more than a couple of minutes before you drown.  For a
Floyd | moment, you almost imagine you see the inscription on your own grave:
Floyd |
Floyd | R.I.P.  Lieutenant James Corby, RN
Floyd | 1780 - 1805
Floyd | Lost at sea in the service of his country
Floyd | (mainly as a result of his own clumsiness)
Floyd |
Floyd | The storm-tossed waves thunder all around you.  The Niobe is
Floyd | nowhere in sight; neither is that other ship.  The sky is so black
Floyd | that even without the salt water stinging your eyes you could scarcely
Floyd | see a thing.  Already your sea-soaked clothes are starting to drag you
Floyd | under, and you feel so very, very cold.  It would be so much easier to
Floyd | give up the futile struggle, to accept the sea’s icy embrace, and
Floyd | yield to the everlasting sleep of your watery grave.  For surely there
Floyd | can be no hope of rescue now.
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet it was only a moment ago that you took your unplanned tumble
Floyd | over the side of the ship.
Floyd | [more]

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/0
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd | Ting!  Ting!  Two bells in the middle watch: ten hours since
Floyd | sighting the strange sail and giving chase.
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn’t yet clear that the strange sail was a French
Floyd | warship, but your captain was taking no chances, and so the
Floyd | Niobe, 38, had set off in hot pursuit.  She was carrying all
Floyd | the sail a frigate safely could in such a storm, but still the strange
Floyd | vessel was maintaining its lead, and it was all the Niobe
Floyd | could do to keep pace with her.  But the weather had been steadily
Floyd | worsening; the storm was becoming a gale, and there was a real danger
Floyd | that the Niobe would lose a spar – or worse – unless she
Floyd | shortened sail.  So you dispatched the midshipman of the watch to seek
Floyd | the captain’s permission to do just that.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then came the totally unexpected hail from the masthead:
Floyd |
Floyd | “Land ho!  Fine on the starboard bow!”
Floyd |
Floyd | That was absurd; there shouldn’t have been any land within a dozen
Floyd | leagues.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | The deck around you was little more than a mass of shadow and outline
Floyd | in the dark, with the only point of light coming from the binnacle
Floyd | just in front of you.  You were aware of the mizzen mast towering
Floyd | above you nearby, but as much from the howl of the wind in the rigging
Floyd | as from anything you could see.
Floyd |
Floyd | The helmsman was standing nearby at the wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | You were almost deafened by the howling gale screaming in the rigging
Floyd | and lashing up the waves all round the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >
Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/0
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > CF5
Floyd |
Floyd | Failed; your computer might be running low on disk space, or you might
Floyd | not have the necessary permissions to write this file.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So it is an issue just with this game."
		Jacqueline sighs.
		DavidW says, "or TADS 3 games."
		Jacqueline says (to David), "Yeah, that's what we're thinking. That it's Floyd's TADS 3 interpreter."
		Allen asks, "could it be in a working directory that has different permissions?"
		DavidW says, "I wish I could suggest playing without saving, but there's no way you'll play from start to finish in one session."
		kpaquette52 exclaims (at You), "mean I got here early for nothing!"
Allen says (to floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >

		
Allen says (to floyd), "/tmp/cf1" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/0
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > /TMP/CF1
Floyd |
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "score!"
		djfletch says, "well played"
		Fang says, "okay, time for a morning dip, then"
Fang says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/1
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You could hardly leave the quarterdeck while you were on watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/2
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passed...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Allen), "That was weird."
		djfletch says, "try restoring from here to check"
		Jearl asks, "haha, we have to wait for the captain to make us do it?"
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "If you're asking what folder Floyd saves T3 games to, we're not sure, and it's entirely possible that the issue has to do with the folder it's configured to use, but we will have to hold off until we have more of the people with access to the server around before we can look into it. That won't be this morning."
		kpaquette52 says, "Oh yeah."
Fang says (to Floyd), "restore /tmp/cf1" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/3
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > RESTORE /TMP/CF1
Floyd |
Floyd | The story doesn’t know how to use the character ‘/’ in a command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "I'd like to see an strace trace of when you try to save it. Also, lsof -p on the pid"
Fang says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore >

		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, so you got it to save?"
Fang says (to Floyd), "/tmp/cf1" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/0
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > /TMP/CF1
Floyd |
Floyd | Restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | The deck around you was little more than a mass of shadow and outline
Floyd | in the dark, with the only point of light coming from the binnacle
Floyd | just in front of you.  You were aware of the mizzen mast towering
Floyd | above you nearby, but as much from the howl of the wind in the rigging
Floyd | as from anything you could see.
Floyd |
Floyd | The helmsman was standing nearby at the wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | You were almost deafened by the howling gale screaming in the rigging
Floyd | and lashing up the waves all round the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "apparently"
		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
		DavidW says, "yay puzzle solving!"
		kpaquette52 says, "I am so relieved"
		FloatingInfo asks, "Is all the saving trouble before we restarted going to be on the transcript?"
		Allen says, "ok, let's try saving to /etc/passwd next and see if we can crash the server"
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "Well done."
		djfletch says, "It's a while since I looked at it, but I have a vague idea that the TADS code does some of its file handling directly with stdio rather than via Glk."
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "How about no."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, we're good now. Play away."
		DavidW says (to Allen), "Please use your powers for good."
		Allen says, "my guess is that the CWD is probably not the dir it was launched from, or something like that. lsof would probably tell. But, yeah, not important now"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x helmsman" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/1
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HELMSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He was just a faint outline in the dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "mutiny" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/1
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > MUTINY
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “mutiny” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | (If this was an accidental misspelling, you can correct it by typing
Floyd | OOPS followed by the corrected word now.  Any time the story points
Floyd | out an unknown word, you can correct a misspelling using OOPS as your
Floyd | next command.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "aww"
		Fang says, "f save DROP DATA"
Fang says (to Floyd), "x telescope" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/2
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TELESCOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn’t the most elegant instrument – you couldn’t afford
Floyd | better on
Floyd | your pay – but it did the job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "look through telescope" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/3
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH TELESCOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You raised the telescope to your right eye and scanned the horizon
Floyd | ahead.  You could just make out the distant white sail of the ship you
Floyd | were pursuing, but there seemed to be no sign of land.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "look w" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/4
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK W
Floyd |
Floyd | There’s no need to look in a specific direction in this game; a
Floyd | simple
Floyd | LOOK command will do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | The deck around you was little more than a mass of shadow and outline
Floyd | in the dark, with the only point of light coming from the binnacle
Floyd | just in front of you.  You were aware of the mizzen mast towering
Floyd | above you nearby, but as much from the howl of the wind in the rigging
Floyd | as from anything you could see.
Floyd |
Floyd | The helmsman was standing nearby at the wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | You were almost deafened by the howling gale screaming in the rigging
Floyd | and lashing up the waves all round the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ooh, real em-dashes. Classy."
Fang says (to Floyd), "talk to helmsman" 		

Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | 0/5
Floyd | Exits: up   fore
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO HELMSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You knew better than to distract the helmsman with idle chatter in the
Floyd | middle of a gale.
Floyd |
Floyd | The captain came striding out onto the quarterdeck just as the lookout
Floyd | repeated his hail from the mast: “Land ho!  Fine on the starboard
Floyd | bow!”
Floyd |
Floyd | The captain peered up the mast in evident irritation, then strode over
Floyd | to the binnacle to check the compass.  Turning back to you he snapped,
Floyd | “What’s that idiot on about?  There should be no land between here
Floyd | and
Floyd | Spain!”
Floyd |
Floyd | “No sir,” you agreed dutifully.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well then, Mr Corby, you’d better get up to the mizzen-top with
Floyd | your
Floyd | bring’em near and see what this is all about!” the captain
Floyd | commanded,
Floyd | throwing a significant glance up the mast.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Aye aye, sir,” you replied, trying to disguise your reluctance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Even after more than ten years at sea, you had never developed much of
Floyd | a head for heights, especially when it meant fighting your way up the
Floyd | ratlines of a swaying mast in a howling gale; but it seemed like there
Floyd | was nothing for it but to grit your teeth and ascend.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grasping the ropes and forcing yourself not to look down, you began to
Floyd | climb.  A few yards up you paused for breath, and longed just to close
Floyd | your eyes and cling on for dear life until the storm had passed; but
Floyd | you felt the eyes of the captain and half the crew were upon you: it
Floyd | behoved you to play the part of a fearless officer, so on you went.
Floyd |
Floyd | A little over half-way up, you caught sight of something ahead; but it
Floyd | looked more like a band of fog than a stretch of land.  It at once
Floyd | struck you as absurd, not only that a bank of sea-mist should collect
Floyd | here, but even more that it would not be at once shredded by the gale.
Floyd | Overcome by curiosity you took out your telescope, trying to do your
Floyd | best to keep your balance on the rigging while examining the strange
Floyd | sight.  It did look like a band of mist.  But at the next
Floyd | moment a sudden gust made the Niobe heel over to starboard,
Floyd | and in a heart-stopping moment you felt your feet slip free of the
Floyd | lines.  For a moment you hung there by a single hand, and then that
Floyd | too was wrenched free and you fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit the surface of the sea and carried straight on down.  To begin
Floyd | with, you thought that was it, and almost resigned yourself to drown;
Floyd | but then, as your lungs felt ready to burst, your survival instinct
Floyd | took over and you struggled to regain the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [more]

		Fang says, "weeeee"
Fang pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/6
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay
Floyd | The waves all around you look as black as the sky above, and stretch
Floyd | just as far in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | And now, here you are, swimming in the freezing water, with neither
Floyd | ship nor land in sight, and probably only a few minutes left before
Floyd | you finally do give up and drown.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "drink" 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/6
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to drink?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "sea" 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/7
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | You’re doing your best not to – it’s far too salty and you’d
Floyd | choke on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/8
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing out of the ordinary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "a sailor went to sea sea sea to see what he could see see see"
Fang says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/9
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | If only you could sprout wings and fly!  But alas, it seems you’ll
Floyd | all
Floyd | too soon be dragged in the opposite direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/9
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “dance” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "sing" 		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                    0/9
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “sing” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | Somewhere in the Bay of Biscay                                   0/10
Floyd | Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can’t; your feet are nowhere near touching bottom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "sleep"
Fang says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You’ll probably sleep soon enough – forever; but you’re not quite
Floyd | ready to give up yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can struggle no more.  You start to feel body and mind shutting
Floyd | down.  As the waves close over your head you fancy you hear voices and
Floyd | see a distant light – the final fleeting fancies of a dying mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then everything goes blank.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [more]

		
Fang pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/11
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)
Floyd | Some time later you wake up to find yourself lying on a hard shingle
Floyd | beach.  From the position of the sun in the sky it must be either
Floyd | early morning or late evening – almost certainly the former.  You
Floyd | feel
Floyd | as stiff as a ship’s biscuit and weaker than a limp lettuce leaf, but
Floyd | miraculously, you seem to be alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you regain consciousness, you become aware of the crash of the surf
Floyd | at your feet.  It seems you must have been washed ashore – but where?
Floyd | There should have been no land within a dozen leagues or more of where
Floyd | you fell into the sea.  Then you remember the lookout’s hail; he must
Floyd | have seen land after all, and this must be it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can do more than start to wonder whether this land is
Floyd | inhabited, you become aware that you are not alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A young woman is standing just by your head, peering down at you with
Floyd | a look of evident concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "/tmp/cf1" 		

Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/11
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > /TMP/CF1
Floyd |
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/12
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s a pretty woman of about twenty, neatly dressed and of slender
Floyd | build, with straight dark brown hair falling about her shoulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | The young woman is wearing a single ear-ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I saw you lying here when I came out of the house just now,” she
Floyd | explains, gesturing vaguely behind her, “so I came straight down to
Floyd | see if – well, you seem to be alive at any rate, but are you all
Floyd | right?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could say yes or no, or ask her who she is.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "I assume she is wearing more than an ear-ring"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Fang says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/13
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | “No, not really.  I feel half-drowned,” you grunt.
Floyd |
Floyd | “You look it,” she agrees.  “But who are you?  You’re not from
Floyd | around
Floyd | here and I – well I don’t mean to seem inquisitive, but it’s not
Floyd | every
Floyd | day I find a strange man washed up almost on my doorstep, and what
Floyd | with – anyway, who are you?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could tell her about yourself, ask where you are, or ask her who
Floyd | she is.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		kpaquette52 asks (of should), "we say yes?"
		Jacqueline says, "I would like us to ask who she is."
		Fang says, "well, go ahead"
		Allen says, "and where we are"
		kpaquette52 says, "Okay."
		Fang says, "whether or not she's french"
		Jacqueline says (to Fang), "Sorry, am still chatting with Jota about the saving issue. You guys play"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her who she is" 		

Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/14
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER WHO SHE IS
Floyd |
Floyd | “Who are you?” you want to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m Julia Trelawney,” she tells you, “But I asked you a
Floyd | question: who
Floyd | are you?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang asks, "that's a very english name, isn't it?"
Fang says (to Floyd), "tell her about myself" 		

Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/15
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HER ABOUT MYSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m Lieutenant James Corby, Royal Navy,” you tell her.  “I was
Floyd | climbing the mizzen last night – at least I think it was last night
Floyd | –
Floyd | when I was swept overboard.  I don’t remember much more – I suppose
Floyd | I
Floyd | must have been washed ashore here.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “So it would seem,” she agrees.  “Well, you’re lucky to be
Floyd | alive!” She
Floyd | pauses for a moment, then continues, “I think I should try to get you
Floyd | up to the house and get something warm inside you.  Do you think you
Floyd | can manage to stand?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could say yes or no.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes indeed"
		djfletch says, "yes, exactly the kind of name a dastardly French spy would use"
Jacqueline asks (of Jota), "So, you're not sure where it was saving earlier (pre-Allen) so it's hard to say why it wasn't letting us save where we are supposed to yet letting us save anywhere else we want to?" 		Fang exclaims, "if we say no, maybe she'll helo!"
		Fang says, "*allen"
		Fang says, "er"
		Fang says, "oops"
		Fang says, "*help"
Fang says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | Shingly Cove                                                     0/16
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | “No – I’m not sure I can,” you groan.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Here – I’ll help you up,” she offers, grabbing you by the arms
Floyd | a
Floyd | little roughly.  Between her tugging and your groaning and pushing you
Floyd | somehow manage to rise to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Good, right,” she nods, “Let’s go up to the house, then;
Floyd | it’s not
Floyd | far.” So saying she walks across the shingly beach to the foot of the
Floyd | stone steps, where she turns and waits for you to follow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang exclaims, "score!"
		Jacqueline says, "Make her carry us."
		Fang says, "f fall over"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "lie down" 		

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Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | (on the shingly beach)
Floyd | Okay, you’re now lying on the shingly beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "whine like a big baby" 		

Floyd | Shingly Cove (lying on the shingly beach)                        0/17
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > WHINE LIKE A BIG BABY
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “whine” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Somehow, I don't think Eric thought we'd try this."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get us" 		

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Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET US
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “us” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get up" 		

Floyd | Shingly Cove                                                     0/18
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, you’re now standing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "follow her" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > FOLLOW HER
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow Julia up the steps.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | Most of this sizeable garden is given over to vegetable plots.  To the
Floyd | east it comes to an abrupt end overlooking the cove, accessible via a
Floyd | rough flight of stone steps.  At its northern end stands a large stone
Floyd | house, from the front of which a gravel path heads off to the west,
Floyd | while along the garden’s southern boundary runs a long wooden fence.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the top of the steps Julia crosses the garden to the front door
Floyd | of the house, where she opens the door, then turns back to motion you
Floyd | to follow her inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her where we are" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER WHERE WE ARE
Floyd |
Floyd | “We can talk inside,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "x house" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The house has a solid, four-square appearance.  It is not particularly
Floyd | attractive, the grim grey stone of which it is constructed doing
Floyd | nothing to enhance its appearance, but it does look reasonably
Floyd | commodious.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Come inside, Mr Corby,” Julia invites you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "x vegetable" 		

Floyd | Garden                                                           0/22
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VEGETABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The vegetable plots are a series of neatly laid out rectangles, some
Floyd | covered with protective netting.  Together they take up most of the
Floyd | space in the garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I keep reading 'cove' as 'cave' and that is a very different landscape."
Fang says (to Floyd), "x stone" 		

Floyd | Garden                                                           0/22
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which stone do you mean, the stone steps, the shingly beach, or the
Floyd | house?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "x stone steps" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STONE STEPS
Floyd |
Floyd | The steps lead down to the cove below.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Are you coming then?” Julia asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "in" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow Julia inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Parlour
Floyd | The parlour is of a good size, but not so big as to forfeit a certain
Floyd | rustic cosiness.  The large open fireplace looks as if it could
Floyd | sustain quite a blaze in winter, though it’s currently unlit.  The
Floyd | furniture is plain but functional.  The front door is to the south,
Floyd | with other doorways to north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Come through into the kitchen while I brew you up some hot soup,”
Floyd | Julia offers, waving towards the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia closes the front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "this is very pleasant"
Fang says (to Floyd), "x furniture" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FURNITURE
Floyd |
Floyd | The main items are some chairs and a table.  They all seem to have
Floyd | been made by a joiner who put solidity a long way ahead of elegance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "n" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow Julia into the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is quite large, and conveys something of the same rustic
Floyd | flavour as the parlour, which lies just to the south.  A plain wooden
Floyd | door, painted black, is set in the north wall next to a large
Floyd | wood-burning stove.  An even larger wooden table occupies most of the
Floyd | space in the middle of the kitchen, together with a conveniently
Floyd | placed wooden chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia walks over to the stove, checks that it’s still burning, and
Floyd | puts a pan on it.  “Take a seat while I heat up this soup for you,”
Floyd | she tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sink gratefully into the large wooden chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You look a bit bedraggled from your watery misadventure, but otherwise
Floyd | unscathed.  But then you’re young and healthy, with a complexion
Floyd | tanned by years at sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are empty-handed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia turns to you and hands you a gold coin, “Here,” she says,
Floyd | “you’ll need somewhere to stay.  I’m afraid we can’t put you up
Floyd | here,
Floyd | but the Red Dragon’s a pretty decent inn.  Well, it’s the only inn,
Floyd | actually.  Anyway, that’ll buy you a few days’ board and lodging
Floyd | there
Floyd | till you find your feet.”
Floyd |
Floyd | When you start to protest, she interrupts firmly, “No, I insist.
Floyd | It’s
Floyd | the least I can do for a shipwrecked sailor.  Besides, if you feel
Floyd | that strongly about it, I’m sure the day will come when you’ll be
Floyd | able
Floyd | to repay me.”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could thank her, or refuse politely.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		kpaquette52 says, "My screen reader skipped something."
Fang says (to Floyd), "thank her" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   0/28
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > THANK HER
Floyd |
Floyd | “Thank you,” you say.  “You’re very kind.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Yes,” she agrees with a ready smile, “you’ll find it’s the
Floyd | least of
Floyd | my failings!”
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia fiddles with some pans.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her where we are" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   0/29
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER WHERE WE ARE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Where am I?” you want to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | “This island is called Valon, if that’s what you mean,” she
Floyd | replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia busies herself stirring something in a pan on the stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask her about valon" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   0/30
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT VALON
Floyd |
Floyd | “Just where is this island?” you ask.  “It doesn’t show up on
Floyd | any
Floyd | charts!”
Floyd |
Floyd | “It wouldn’t,” she replies mysteriously.  “It isn’t that sort
Floyd | of
Floyd | place.”
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia crosses the kitchen to collect a bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask her what sort of place" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   0/31
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER WHAT SORT OF PLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks puzzled by your question.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia returns to the stove and pours something into a bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "I guess we're in wales then"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask her about valon" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   0/32
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT VALON
Floyd |
Floyd | “So what sort of place is Valon?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It’s not so bad,” she tells you.  “At least, it wasn’t till
Floyd | the
Floyd | blight came.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “There you are,” Julia declares, setting a bowl of steaming soup
Floyd | down
Floyd | on the table.  “That should warm you up!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang asks, "ireland?"
		djfletch says, "my theory is either French plot or alien abduction"
Fang says (to Floyd), "x coin" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   0/33
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The coin is of unfamiliar design, with a dragon on one side and a
Floyd | chalice on the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If you keep asking questions, you may get a better idea what's what."
		FloatingInfo asks, "What about us having drowned and this is a last moment hallucination?"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about dragon" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   0/34
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | “That coin you gave me – it’s quite a strange design,” you
Floyd | remark.
Floyd | “Where did it come from?  There can’t be a mint on the island,
Floyd | surely?”
Floyd |
Floyd | “No, there’s no mint on the island,” she agrees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang asks, "bitcoin?"
		Allen says, "trapped without altoids"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about blight" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   0/35
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “What is this blight you mentioned?” you want to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | “We wish we knew,” she sighs.  “It started three or four years
Floyd | back.
Floyd | We didn’t realize what was happening at first, we thought perhaps it
Floyd | was just a particularly bad winter.  Well – whatever it is, it saps
Floyd | all the vitality out of the soil.  We’ve lost nearly half our
Floyd | farmland
Floyd | to it, and since we didn’t have all that much land to start with –
Floyd | well, times have become a bit hard.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask julia about julia" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   0/36
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JULIA ABOUT JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you live alone?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “No, I share this house with my brother.  We inherited it from our
Floyd | parents,” she tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "and don't forget to eat the soup."
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask julia about brother" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   0/37
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JULIA ABOUT BROTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | “Tell me about your brother,” you request.
Floyd |
Floyd | “His name’s Richard – but everyone calls him Dick,” she
Floyd | replies.
Floyd | “He’s a few years older than me, and, well, I suppose you could say
Floyd | he
Floyd | looks after me.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "drink soup" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/38
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK SOUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You slowly and gratefully drink the hot soup, which tastes strongly of
Floyd | the fish it contains.  As you finish it, you feel heat course through
Floyd | your body and strength returning to your limbs.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Thank you very much, that’s just what I needed,” you declare.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Good,” she replies, removing the empty bowl to add to the pile of
Floyd | washing up.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (If you’d prefer not to be notified about score changes in the
Floyd | future,
Floyd | type NOTIFY OFF.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "x soup" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/38
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SOUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You see no soup here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about ship" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/39
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do many ships call here?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “None call here,” she tells you.  “The occasional one may turn up
Floyd | by
Floyd | accident, but then it can never leave.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		kpaquette52 says, "that's strange."
Fang says (to Floyd), "why" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/40
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > WHY
Floyd |
Floyd | “Where is the castle?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Just to the north of town, up the hill to the west,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "MYSTERY"
		Fang says, "oops"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about ship" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/41
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you that no ships call here, and that the few that
Floyd | turn up by accident can never leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about soup" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/42
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SOUP
Floyd |
Floyd | “That soup you gave me was just what I needed,” you tell her.  “I
Floyd | feel
Floyd | much better now.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Good!” she says.  “You looked in need of reviving!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about island" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/43
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT ISLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | “How many people live here?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Only a couple of hundred,” she replies.  “Every now and again
Floyd | someone
Floyd | turns up the way you did, washed ashore from some nautical mishap.
Floyd | Otherwise, we’re a pretty small, closed community.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about currents" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/44
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT CURRENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | In reply, she makes a noise that sounds like “Pshaw!”.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about leave" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/45
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT LEAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | She gives a wry smile, then says, “I think I’d need to think about
Floyd | that.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "well, she's being cryptic"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask her about escaping" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/46
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT ESCAPING
Floyd |
Floyd | She appears not to hear your question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask her about ocean" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/47
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT OCEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | In reply, she mutters something you don’t quite catch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about france" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/48
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT FRANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you have any news from France?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “France?” she echoes.  “No.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about england" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/49
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT ENGLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you know of England?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Nothing; it’s just a name to me,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask her about england" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/50
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT ENGLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already said that England’s just a name to her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "new theory: she is a faerie and now we have eaten the faerie soup we are doomed."
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about bonaparte" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/51
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT BONAPARTE
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you she has no news from France.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "although we got a point for it so whatever"
		kpaquette52 says, "You're moving toot for my screen reader"
		DavidW asks, "too fast?"
		FloatingInfo says, "I tried to examine the soup first..."
kpaquette52 asks (of Yes), "and what did Floyd say?" 		Jacqueline says, "If you all are curious why I am not participating much, it is all Skookum's fault: [LINK]"
		DavidW says, "kitty!"
		Jacqueline says, "Big, sitting on my hands so I can't type kitty"
		DavidW says, "At least you'll be warm."
		Jacqueline says, "I am quite warm. This is true."
		Allen says, "aww, cat hanging from ceiling"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about soil" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/52
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SOIL
Floyd |
Floyd | “Let’s talk about that some other time,” she suggests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/52
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about herself, the blight, or the Red Dragon Inn, or
Floyd | ask her how one gets away from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		kpaquette52 says, "Okay I know Floating Info said x soup butmy screen reader skipped what Floyd said."
		FloatingInfo says, "the command got in after we drank the soup so it was "I see no soup here.""
		kpaquette52 says, "Okay then what."
		DavidW says, "yeah, we ate the soup and never examined it. But it had fish in it, it said."
		Jacqueline says, "And now we are full and warm."
		Jacqueline says, "And we have a point."
		DavidW says, "We learned that Julia shares the house with her brother Dick."
		DavidW says, "And she gave us the coin so we can stay at the inn."
		kpaquette52 says, "okaiy then what's this about currents."
		DavidW says, "And that ships and people come here by accident and never leave."
		FloatingInfo says, "And that ships that come here never leave. That was just after the soup."
		Jacqueline says, "She doesn't know anything about currents."
		DavidW says, "We also learned that something called the blight is destroying the island."
		FloatingInfo says, "the currents was something we asked that didn't get a response."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, and here is a better photo of Skookum right now: [LINK]"
		Allen asks, "what kind of crazy economic inflation do they have where it takes a gold coin to stay at an inn?"
		kpaquette52 says, "Okay now that I'm caught up let's go."
		DavidW says, "No comment."
		djfletch adds caption ADVENTUR CAT HALP YUO
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her how one gets away from here" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/53
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER HOW ONE GETS AWAY FROM HERE
Floyd |
Floyd | “How does one get away from here?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “You don’t,” she replies bluntly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask her how one gets away" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/54
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER HOW ONE GETS AWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | “There must be some way to get away from this island!” you insist.
Floyd | “I
Floyd | have to rejoin my ship!”
Floyd |
Floyd | “You can’t,” she tells you.  “Did you see that mist, just a
Floyd | little way
Floyd | out to sea?  Don’t ask to explain why or how, but there’s no way to
Floyd | get through it.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "She said the gold coin would allow us to stay there for several days."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about mist" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/55
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT MIST
Floyd |
Floyd | “What is that mist I saw out to sea?” you ask.  “It
Floyd | doesn’t
Floyd | look like it’s shifting at all!”
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s right,” she agrees.  “It never does, and it surrounds
Floyd | the
Floyd | whole island.  It’s the barrier that keeps us all in.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "okay but it better have room service"
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "ask her about blight" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/56
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “So what exactly does this blight do?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It turns perfectly good farmland into dusty wasteland,” she
Floyd | replies.
Floyd | “Fortunately it seems to have stopped spreading now, but not before
Floyd | it
Floyd | shut down one of the island’s only two farms.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask her about farms" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT FARMS
Floyd |
Floyd | “Is there much farming on the island?” you enquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “There used to be two farms, the Pascoes’ and the Fantons’, until
Floyd | the
Floyd | blight came,” she tells you.  “Now only the Fantons’ is left.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "ask her about farms" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/58
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT FARMS
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you that there used to be two farms on the island
Floyd | till the blight came, but now there’s only one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oops, sorry"
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "ask her about pascoes" 		

Floyd | Kitchen (sitting on the chair)                                   1/59
Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT PASCOES
Floyd |
Floyd | “What happened to the Pascoes?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “They lost their farm to the blight,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I like this technique where if you ask too many times it summarizes."
		FloatingInfo says, "Agreed."
		FloatingInfo says, "It allows recapping without the mimesis breaking of repeated conversation."
		kpaquette52 says, "I'm sorry everyone but it's time for me to o for lunch."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about inn" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INN
Floyd |
Floyd | “Where do I find the Red Dragon Inn?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Just carry straight on west into town till you come to the
Floyd | crossroads,” she tells you.  “Then turn left into South Street, and
Floyd | you can’t miss it.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Katie), "Enjoy lunch! We will post a transcript later (by tomorrow)."
		Jacqueline says, "(Unless we don't finish the game and want to keep playing it.)"
		kpaquette52 says, "I wish I could stay."
		Jacqueline says, "We wish so, too, Katie. Have a good day."
		Jacqueline asks (of Everyone_Else), "So, should we head to the inn?"
kpaquette52 has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		djfletch says, "yeah, seems like the thing to do"
		FloatingInfo says, "I'd recommend we see if there are any other topics to talk to her about."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about herself, or the blight, or ask her how one
Floyd | gets away from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Did we ask her about us?"
		Jacqueline says, "I thought... hm, maybe we didn't."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about her" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HER
Floyd |
Floyd | “Have you lived here all your life?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Yes, I was born in this very house,” she tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about her" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HER
Floyd |
Floyd | “So, tell me all about yourself,” you invite.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Oh, there really isn’t much to tell,” she shrugs.  “I’m
Floyd | really not
Floyd | that interesting – I’m sure there are far more interesting things
Floyd | to
Floyd | talk about.”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask her about the blight, or ask her how one gets away from
Floyd | here.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about me" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | She gives a wry smile, then says, “I think I’d need to think about
Floyd | that.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about me" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | In reply, she mutters something you don’t quite catch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about home" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HOME
Floyd |
Floyd | “You seem to have quite a large old house,” you remark.  “Is it
Floyd | hard
Floyd | to maintain?”
Floyd |
Floyd | “It does take a bit of maintenance,” she replies, “but the labour
Floyd | and
Floyd | materials are not too hard to come by.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Because we have slaves. Like you."
		Jacqueline says, "Welcoem to Blighted Isle, slave."
		Jacqueline says, "This is feeling sort of Wickermanish."
		Allen asks, "oooo, will there a naked woman in the inn, singing?"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I'm tying a lot faster now that the cat has left. (I'm colder, though.)"
		DavidW says, "Slaves don't get gold coins and get to stay in inns."
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "We can hope."
		Jacqueline says (to DavidW), "Good point."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about the blight, or ask her how one gets away from
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We already asked those things."
		Allen asks, "does that mean there's some tangential topic to those still to get info about?"
		Allen says, "since one of the topics dropped off"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about blight" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “Does no one know the cause of this blight?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “No,” she shakes her head.  “It spread from the north, we know
Floyd | that
Floyd | much – from the part of the island no one can reach.  Some folk blame
Floyd | mad Meg, but I reckon she’s harmless enough.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "oh ho ho"
		Jacqueline says, "oho"
		Allen says, "mad Meg, who owns... cats"
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "ask her about meg" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “Who is mad Meg?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Some say she’s a witch,” she tells you, “but I wouldn’t go
Floyd | that far;
Floyd | she’s a bit odd, that’s all.  She lives all by herself out to the
Floyd | north of town.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Does she? Can we visit and pet the cats?"
		Jearl says, "we will heal her with our stiff English love"
		Jacqueline says, "..."
		DavidW says, "I'm saying nothing"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "About the plot, or about Jearl's comment, or both?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about witchcraft" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT WITCHCRAFT
Floyd |
Floyd | She appears not to hear your question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "it will be so proper, you guys"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about witch" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | “What’s so odd about mad Meg?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well – for one thing, living all by herself like that, away from
Floyd | the
Floyd | town – I don’t know, she’s just not normal,” Julia
Floyd | replies,
Floyd | “and then she doesn’t seem to see things the way the rest of us do.
Floyd | I
Floyd | suppose she’s harmless enough, but I couldn’t trust someone like
Floyd | that.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I meant the plot."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “Why do some people think mad Meg’s a witch?” you want to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Because she’s so odd.  Because she doesn’t mix much.  Because
Floyd | she
Floyd | does things with plants and herbs,” Julia shrugs.  “Some even say
Floyd | she
Floyd | has the gift of second sight – not that I know anything about such
Floyd | things.  Anyway, she’s really not worth bothering about.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh but she DOES mix... potions."
		Allen says, "or tasty salads"
		Jacqueline says, "mmm"
		Jacqueline says, "with craisins and walnuts and goat cheeses."
		Jacqueline says, "Except, sadly, the craisin crop crashed. On account of the blight, you see."
		maga says, "my stiff English love is available for healing purposes and parties"
		Jacqueline says, "..."
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about second sight" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT SECOND SIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “Let’s talk about that some other time,” she suggests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about the blight, or ask her how one gets away from
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "They remain topics."
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "ask her about blight" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “Has anyone tried to do anything about the blight?” you want to
Floyd | know.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia gives a bitter laugh, “The old Duke tried all
Floyd | right,”
Floyd | she tells you.  “The silly old fool thought he could go and lead an
Floyd | expedition against it – apparently he’d found some way to get past
Floyd | the
Floyd | Ridge.  Anyway, off he went with his brother and a band of castle
Floyd | guards, and none of them was ever seen or heard of again.  And still
Floyd | the blight didn’t go away.  Must be a couple of years back, now.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "oh, a duke... have we heard about a duke yet?"
		DavidW says, "Nope. Nor the Ridge."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “So is there any prospect of curing this blight?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “None that I know of,” she tells you, adding, “That’s one
Floyd | reason so
Floyd | many of the islanders are fishermen!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems like she’s already told you all she knows: the blight
Floyd | started
Floyd | three or four years ago, spreading from the north.  It converts
Floyd | farmland into dusty wasteland, and no one seems to know either the
Floyd | cause or the cure.  From what Julia says, it’s causing serious
Floyd | difficulties for the island’s food supply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about ridge" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT RIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | “What’s this about a ridge?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It’s a range of hills that divides the island in half,” she
Floyd | explains.
Floyd | “There doesn’t seem to be any way through it, over it, or round it,
Floyd | so
Floyd | no one knows what lies to the north.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “This ridge,” you frown.  “Surely it can’t be that
Floyd | impassable, and even if it were, couldn’t you just sail round it in a
Floyd | boat and land on the other side?”
Floyd |
Floyd | “You’d think so, wouldn’t you?” she replies quickly.  “But
Floyd | there are
Floyd | strange currents round this island, so it turns out you can’t.”
Floyd |
Floyd | Your frown deepens.  You’ve been a naval officer long enough to know
Floyd | a
Floyd | thing or two about strange currents, but you’ve never heard of
Floyd | currents that are that strange.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Player_Character), "You're not catching on, are you>"
		Jacqueline asks, "er, ?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You can’t think of anything else to ask about it at this point:
Floyd | you’ve
Floyd | already established that it’s some kind of barrier preventing access
Floyd | to the northern part of the island, and that Julia apparently thinks
Floyd | there’s no way over, round, or through it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her how one gets away from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "cool"
Roger arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her how one gets away from here" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER HOW ONE GETS AWAY FROM HERE
Floyd |
Floyd | “If I had a boat, I’m sure I could get away from here easily
Floyd | enough!”
Floyd | you declare.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Others have said the same; others have tried; they all failed,”
Floyd | she
Floyd | sighs.  “Maybe that’s what happened to my parents.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "nice of it to tell us"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already made it clear she thinks it’s impossible to get away
Floyd | from the island; apparently it’s impossible to pass through the mist
Floyd | that surrounds it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind right now to discuss with Julia.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about duke" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT DUKE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Who exactly was the old Duke?” you want to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | “The present Duke’s father,” she informs you.  “Not a bad man,
Floyd | and
Floyd | more intelligent than his son, who really is a fool – no, the old
Floyd | Duke
Floyd | was a decent enough ruler for this little island.  At least he cared
Floyd | enough to try to do something about the blight, but he obviously
Floyd | didn’t go about it the right way.  As for the present Duke – well,
Floyd | Duke William has more arrogance than sense, I’d say – but for
Floyd | goodness’ sake don’t tell him I said that!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "aight, I guess it's off to the inn"
		Jearl says, "or not"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, some stuff about the duke."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “Tell me more about the present Duke; he rules this island?” you
Floyd | ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s right,” she affirms.  “No one’s quite sure where the
Floyd | title
Floyd | comes from; the family’s Norman, but we all know the real
Floyd | Duke William ended up ruling rather more than this tiny isle.  Between
Floyd | you and me I suspect William’s ancestors awarded themselves the title
Floyd | of Duke when they arrived and took over.  But it’s never been worth
Floyd | quibbling about.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask julia about ear-ring" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JULIA ABOUT EAR-RING
Floyd |
Floyd | “Forgive my asking, but is there any particular reason why you’re
Floyd | wearing only one ear-ring?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frowning, she touches one ear and then the other.  “Bother!” she
Floyd | declares.  “I must have dropped the other one somewhere!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It must be fun, being the Duke of a couple hundred people on a sequestered isle."
		djfletch says, "I don't mind trying the inn any time, we can probably come back here anyway"
		Jacqueline says, "Not unlike being the mayor of an Alaskan village."
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about cats" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT CATS
Floyd |
Floyd | In reply, she makes a noise that sounds like “Pshaw!”.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen asks, "her about parents" 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about parents" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT PARENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | “What happened to your parents?” you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | She sighs, wipes her brow, and throws you a soulful look, “They
Floyd | died,”
Floyd | she tells you.  “Drowned.  At least, we suppose so.  They went out in
Floyd | their boat together a couple of years back and never returned.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tell Julia we will help her repopulate the isle." 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL JULIA WE WILL HELP HER REPOPULATE THE ISLE.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I am ready to go to the inn."
		Jearl says, "she's speechless!"
		Jacqueline says (to Jearl), "Clearly she's thinking about our stiff English love."
		djfletch says, "the power of love will repel the blight"
		DavidW says, "If it helps any, you can always return here and ask more questions later."
		djfletch says, "ok, let's see if we can ransack the house even though she is still here"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first standing up)
Floyd | Julia comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Parlour
Floyd | The parlour is of a good size, but not so big as to forfeit a certain
Floyd | rustic cosiness.  The large open fireplace looks as if it could
Floyd | sustain quite a blaze in winter, though it’s currently unlit.  The
Floyd | furniture is plain but functional.  The front door is to the south,
Floyd | with other doorways to north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia is standing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "damn, she followed us"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x furniture" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FURNITURE
Floyd |
Floyd | The main items are some chairs and a table.  They all seem to have
Floyd | been made by a joiner who put solidity a long way ahead of elegance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "should we say goodbye, to be polite"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s currently unlit, but it looks like one could get quite a blaze
Floyd | burning in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "julia, bye" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > JULIA, BYE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Perhaps I should go now,” you suggest.
Floyd |
Floyd | “If you must, but there’s no hurry; you’re welcome to stay a bit
Floyd | longer if you like,” she assures you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "the level of simulation is making the typical adventure manners seem rude indeed"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in fireplace" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | The fireplace doesn’t look worth meddling with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "east?"
		DavidW says, "You can say 'thank you' and 'goodbye', I'm sure."
		DavidW says, "or maybe the game adds those in automatically."
		Allen asks, "what is the <u2> emphasis? Someplace we haven't been?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, hm. Probably."
		Allen says, "or someplace the streets have no names"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You hardly feel you can go wandering round the house uninvited.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "hmm"
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "hee"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about her hidden chamber of horrors to the east" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HER HIDDEN CHAMBER OF HORRORS TO THE EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks puzzled by your question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The exit is south, if you've forgotten."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the front door)
Floyd | “Well, bye for now then; no doubt I shall see you again soon,”
Floyd | Julia
Floyd | bids you farewell.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | Most of this sizeable garden is given over to vegetable plots.  To the
Floyd | east it comes to an abrupt end overlooking the cove, accessible via a
Floyd | rough flight of stone steps.  At its northern end stands a large stone
Floyd | house, from the front of which a gravel path heads off to the west,
Floyd | while along the garden’s southern boundary runs a long wooden fence.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia closes the front door from the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x fence" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s about five feet high, and made of wood that has long since
Floyd | weathered to a dull grey.  Despite the weathering, the fence still
Floyd | looks sturdy enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x plots" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | The vegetable plots are a series of neatly laid out rectangles, some
Floyd | covered with protective netting.  Together they take up most of the
Floyd | space in the garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get netting" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET NETTING
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no desire to take up gardening just at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get gravel" 		

Floyd | Garden                                                           1/97
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET GRAVEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot pick up the gravel path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "protecting them from something, hmm"
		Allen asks, "dragons?"
		Jearl says, "machagophers"
		Allen says, "we have a dragon coin, and there's a dragon inn..."
		DavidW says, "bugs or blight, I'm guessing."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "The blight!"
		Jearl says, "mecha*"
		djfletch asks, "vegetarian dragons?"
		djfletch says, "ok going west unless anyone has plans or schemes"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Gravel Path
Floyd | The main path continues to east and west as far as you can see, rising
Floyd | slightly to the latter as it heads inland.  A long hedge blocks the
Floyd | way south, but just at this point of the path a rutted track runs off
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x hedge" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The bramble hedge is rather uneven, varying in height between about
Floyd | four feet and six along its length.  If it was ever cultivated it has
Floyd | long since turned wild.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "Damn it. I have U2 stuck in my head."
		Allen says, "hee"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get blackberries" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BLACKBERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see no blackberries here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "must be out of season"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x track" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The rutted track leads off to the north; it looks a little uneven but
Floyd | seems generally to descend as it goes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "going west again"
		Allen says, "well, there's only one farm left, so I expect all food has been scoured and collected. Do you know that web comic about Reindeer island in Alaska? That's where this place is headed"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You set off to the west, and after a brisk walk up the slope you find
Floyd | yourself on the eastern outskirts of the town.
Floyd |
Floyd | East Street
Floyd | Pressed in between a rough stone wall to the north and a small shop to
Floyd | the south this short, narrow street runs east back towards the coast
Floyd | and west towards the centre of town.
Floyd |
Floyd | A slender young woman is standing with her back to the shop door,
Floyd | desperately trying to beat off a ruffian who seems bent on robbing
Floyd | her.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hand over yer purse, you silly bitch, and I might just decide not to
Floyd | bruise that pretty face of yours,” the ruffian declares.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "looks like she needs some help beating him off"
		Allen says, "we could ask him about a bunch of topics first"
		Jacqueline says, "I do not know of that comic, no."
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh."
		Jearl says, "accost blackguard!"
		Allen says (to Jacq), "for your later perusal: [LINK]"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tmp/save2" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TMP/SAVE2
Floyd |
Floyd | Failed; your computer might be running low on disk space, or you might
Floyd | not have the necessary permissions to write this file.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "urgh"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "It worked for Allen!"
		DavidW says, "/tmp/file"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >

		Allen says, "/tmp/save2. Without the /, it'll default to the current working dir"
		Roger says, "Allen has a special rapport."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/tmp/save2" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > /TMP/SAVE2
Floyd |
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "attack ruffian" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ATTACK RUFFIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You may still be a bit weakened from your watery ordeal, but the
Floyd | ruffian looks half-starved, while you’ve been toughened by ten years
Floyd | at sea fighting the French.  He hardly manages to land a single blow
Floyd | on you, while you soon give him a thrashing.  After no more than a
Floyd | minute of it he runs away muttering curses under his breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Thank you!” the young woman declares as you turn back to check how
Floyd | she is.  “He was proving – quite troublesome.  I never thought even
Floyd | Cadan Pascoe would stoop to attacking me!  But I don’t believe I know
Floyd | you; perhaps you should introduce yourself?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could tell her about yourself, or ask her how she is.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "oh, is this the farm family whose farm failed?"
		Jacqueline says, "The Pascoes? Hm, that sounds right."
		FloatingInfo says, "Looks like it."
		DavidW says, "He's from one of the farm families; I forget which."
		Jacqueline goes to check.
		Allen says, "this island is mere weeks away from cannibalism and total population collapse"
Fang says (to Floyd), "tell her about myself" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HER ABOUT MYSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m Lieutenant James Corby, second lieutenant of His Britannic
Floyd | Majesty’s frigate Niobe,” you begin pompously.  “We got
Floyd | caught in a gale last night while in pursuit of a strange sail out of
Floyd | Brest, and I fell overboard while climbing the mizzen mast.  It seems
Floyd | I was washed ashore here.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “I see,” she replies.  “Then it sounds as if his Britannic
Floyd | Majesty
Floyd | needs to employ officers who are less accident-prone.  Nevertheless, I
Floyd | am grateful for your timely and gallant intervention, lieutenant.  And
Floyd | in case you were wondering, I am Lady Inalda, cousin to the Duke of
Floyd | Valon, who rules this island.”
Floyd |
Floyd | After a short pause she adds, “I was hoping the shop would be open.
Floyd | It’s the only place on the island where one can purchase oil, but
Floyd | Sally Penhaligon seems not to have opened up yet.  Normally I’d have
Floyd | sent a servant on such an errand, of course, but we’re a little
Floyd | short-staffed right now.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Roscoe Pascoe is gonna git dem Duke brothers"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, the failed farm is the Pascoe fram."
		djfletch says, "ruffianism has already set in"
		Fang says, "goddamn dukes"
Allen says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about Sally Penhaligon, the castle, or the ruffian,
Floyd | or say that she’s beautiful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ha ha"
		Fang says, "this is feeling like a dating sim"
		DavidW says, "No comment."
		Fang asks, "who do we like better, julia, or sally?"
		Allen says, "we've been at sea for years... manatees were probably starting to look rather sexy"
		Roger says, "I'd rather ask her what she was planning on oiling up"
inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW says (to Fang), "We haven't met Sally yet."
		Fang says, "oh oops"
Allen says (to Floyd), "tell her she's beautiful" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HER SHE'S BEAUTIFUL
Floyd |
Floyd | “You’re very beautiful,” you remark.
Floyd |
Floyd | “So people say,” she replies drily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "I guess that's a third possibility"
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “You are very beautiful, my lady,” you insist.
Floyd |
Floyd | “So you have already said,” she points out unenthusiastically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Don't forget mad Meg."
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Your compliments don’t seem to be making much of an impression, so
Floyd | perhaps you should give them a rest for now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "hawt"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about ruffian" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT RUFFIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | “Who was that fellow who attacked you?  Do you know him?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Yes, I know him,” she replies.  “He’s Samuel Pascoe’s son,
Floyd | Cadan.
Floyd | They lost their farm to the blight, so I suppose I should feel sorry
Floyd | for him in a way.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "I'm not longer limp as a lettuce leaf, I guess"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about pascoe" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT PASCOE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Why should young Pascoe blame you for the blight?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I don’t think it’s a matter of blame, lieutenant,” she
Floyd | answers.
Floyd | “It’s more desperation and envy.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I think these are Cornish names, Trelawney and Penhaligon."
		Allen asks, "stiff as a ships' biscuit?"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about herself" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HERSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | “So, is there anything else you can tell me about yourself, my
Floyd | lady,”
Floyd | you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “What is there to tell?” she sighs.  “I am Lady Inalda de Valon,
Floyd | first
Floyd | cousin to the Duke of Valon.  I was born in the castle and live there
Floyd | still.  I have never been off this island – in truth my life has been
Floyd | very limited.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks (of djfletch), "think this is Ys?"
		Fang says, "sounds french"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about island" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT ISLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | “What’s this island like?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I know of no other place to compare it with,” she points out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "tell her about england" 		Allen says, "the elites are french. The commoners are cornish."

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HER ABOUT ENGLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you know anything of England?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Only that it’s where most of this island’s inhabitants
Floyd | originally
Floyd | came from,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "tell her about england" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HER ABOUT ENGLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you that the only thing she knows about England is
Floyd | that it’s where most of the island’s inhabitants originally came
Floyd | from.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about france" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT FRANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Have you heard what’s happening in France, my lady?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Very little,” she replies.  “Is there another war there?  There
Floyd | always seems to be wars!  But though my ancestors originally came from
Floyd | France, we have been cut off from it for generations.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "jeez, this is like napoleon's fondest dreams"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about castle" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT CASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Where is the castle?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Just to the north of town, up the hill to the west,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about duke" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT DUKE
Floyd |
Floyd | “So, what sort of man is the Duke?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “He’s my cousin; we grew up together.  And now he rules Valon,”
Floyd | she
Floyd | replies with a little shrug, adding, “I would hardly say more to a
Floyd | stranger, however gallant!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about coin" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | “Could we talk about...” you start to suggest.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m sure we could – but let’s talk about it some other time,
Floyd | lieutenant,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, ">we don't have to remain strangers, he said huskily"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about meg" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you think of the woman they call mad Meg?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I scarcely know her;” she replies, “our paths seldom cross.  She
Floyd | has
Floyd | the reputation of being quite strange, and some people say worse
Floyd | things about her than that, but I know nothing against her at first
Floyd | hand, beyond the fact that she lives by herself and never comes into
Floyd | town.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Ship's biscuits are called hard tack elsewhere (possibly also in the UK), but anyway, they're crackers that have no moisture in them, so as to keep fresh for long sea voyages. They're very stiff indeed."
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about julia" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you think of Julia Trelawney?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I think that if relations between our families were better I might
Floyd | come to like her,” she replies.  “Of all the people on the island,
Floyd | she
Floyd | is the best placed to be a friend; and yet as things stand I hardly
Floyd | know her.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang asks, "?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about dick" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT DICK
Floyd |
Floyd | “What can you tell me about Dick Trelawney, my lady?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “He is one of the most important people on the island, next to my
Floyd | cousin,” she tells you.  “That is to say that the Trelawneys are
Floyd | the
Floyd | wealthiest and most influential family here apart from the de Valons.
Floyd | But I cannot say relations between my cousin and Mr Trelawney are
Floyd | particularly cordial.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Actually improved by weevils, I've heard"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about relations" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT RELATIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do think about time?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It would take too long to answer that now, lieutenant,” she
Floyd | replies.
Floyd | “Some other time, when we have more leisure, perhaps.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about Sally Penhaligon, or the ruffian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about dick" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT DICK
Floyd |
Floyd | “Why did you say that relations between the Duke and Dick Trelawney
Floyd | aren’t all that good?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | She hesitates a moment or two before replying, “I think perhaps it
Floyd | because they see themselves as rival sources of authority on the
Floyd | island, with very different ideas on how authority should be
Floyd | exercised.  At least I know my cousin feels that Mr Trelawney does not
Floyd | respect his authority, and that is something my cousin resents.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about authority" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT AUTHORITY
Floyd |
Floyd | “Now, what about...” you begin.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Later, lieutenant,” she interrupts you.  “I’m a bit
Floyd | preoccupied right
Floyd | now.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about ruffian" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT RUFFIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | “Will young Pascoe attack you again, do you think?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I think you succeeded in frightening him off for now, lieutenant,”
Floyd | she replies with a faint smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “What will happen to that fellow who attacked you?” you want to
Floyd | know.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I shall report the matter to my cousin, who will send one of his men
Floyd | to deal with him,” she replies, a little wearily.  After a brief
Floyd | pause
Floyd | she adds, “I shall try to persuade the Duke to be lenient – after
Floyd | all,
Floyd | no great harm was done.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about reward" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT REWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | “Can you tell me about...” you begin.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Wait!  What was that?” She asks, cocking her head to one side.
Floyd | Then,
Floyd | after a moment, she continues, “Sorry, I thought I heard
Floyd | something.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Don't forget to ask about sally"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about sally" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | “Who is Sally Penhaligon?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “She’s the woman who runs this shop,” she replies.  “It’s the
Floyd | only
Floyd | store on the island.  Her husband’s a fisherman.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you: Sally Penhaligon runs the shop and her
Floyd | husband
Floyd | is a fisherman.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about husband" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HUSBAND
Floyd |
Floyd | “I was meaning to ask you about...” you begin, but you tail off
Floyd | when
Floyd | you notice that her attention is momentarily elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about Cadan Pascoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about blight" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “What is the blight, exactly?” you enquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Exactly what it is we do not know.” she replies.  “If
Floyd | we did
Floyd | we might have a better chance of finding some way to counter it.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "I seem that capitalism still thrives"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about pascoe" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT PASCOE
Floyd |
Floyd | “If you’re worried that the Duke may be too hard on young Pascoe,
Floyd | why
Floyd | report the matter to him?” you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Law and order must be maintained,” she tells you, “or we shall
Floyd | all
Floyd | descend into chaos.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "tell her about fascism" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HER ABOUT FASCISM
Floyd |
Floyd | Lady Inalda listens politely to your account.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about inn" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT INN
Floyd |
Floyd | “What can you tell me about the Red Dragon, my Lady?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It’s a decently-run establishment from what I gather,” she
Floyd | replies.
Floyd | “As to the quality of the meals and lodgings I couldn’t say, as
Floyd | I’ve
Floyd | never been a patron.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about gallantry" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT GALLANTRY
Floyd |
Floyd | She listens to your question with a pensive frown, but makes no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind right now to discuss with Lady
Floyd | Inalda.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "let's move on"
		Jacqueline says, "Agreed."
		Fang says, "to the inn"
		Jacqueline asks, "I have not been paying attention to directions. Which way?"
		djfletch says, "probably south"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first trying to open the shop door)
Floyd | The shop door seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lady Inalda glances at the shop in some annoyance, then turns back to
Floyd | you, “Sally Penhaligon really should have opened up her shop by
Floyd | now,”
Floyd | she sighs.  “Perhaps she’s idling away in the Red Dragon again!
Floyd | Lieutenant, I hate to impose on you further, but if you were to go to
Floyd | the Red Dragon and see Mrs Penhaligon there, perhaps you would be so
Floyd | good as to tell her she has a customer waiting.  Could you do that for
Floyd | me, do you think?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could say you’ll go, or ask her about Sally Penhaligon.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oh, not from here"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about sally" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | “How will I know Sally Penhaligon when I see her?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “About thirty, blonde hair chopped off at the chin,” she replies.
Floyd | “So, will you go and find her for me?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "say we'll go" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY WE'LL GO
Floyd |
Floyd | “As fascinating as it would be to chat with you all day, lieutenant,
Floyd | I
Floyd | really would like to complete my errand,” she replies.  “To which
Floyd | end,
Floyd | it would be most helpful if you could try to find Mrs Penhaligon for
Floyd | me.  Will you do that, please?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "say yes" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY YES
Floyd |
Floyd | “Yes, I’m sure I can do that for you.” you offer.  “I was just
Floyd | going
Floyd | there anyway.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Thank you, lieutenant,” she replies.  “That would be most
Floyd | helpful.  I
Floyd | should also be most grateful if you could make it sooner rather than
Floyd | later.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "inalda, bye" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > INALDA, BYE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well, goodbye then, my lady,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Au revoir, lieutenant,” she replies.  “You must come up to the
Floyd | castle
Floyd | soon; I am sure the Duke would be interested to meet you.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | This crossroads, at what may be the centre of the town, is formed by
Floyd | meeting of roads to north, south, east and west.  All four roads lead
Floyd | between grim, grey buildings; the road to the east looks quite short,
Floyd | while that to the west leads up a distant hill.  The roads to north
Floyd | and south look as if they run on quite a way, but just a short way to
Floyd | the south you can see a hanging inn-sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "shout anti-french insults at inalda" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOUT ANTI-FRENCH INSULTS AT INALDA
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “anti-french” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x sign" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s a little difficult to make out from here, being faded red on
Floyd | faded black, but it could easily be depicting a red dragon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x buildings" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUILDINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | On the northeast corner stands an ancient chapel, while one the
Floyd | opposite corner is the inn.  Many of the other buildings look like
Floyd | cottages.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of children run past and disappear into one of the cottages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x chapel" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHAPEL
Floyd |
Floyd | From here you see one corner of the rather ugly, though undoubtedly
Floyd | ancient, little chapel, built from undressed rough stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A boy of about ten enters the crossroads, takes one look at you, then
Floyd | runs back up West Street in apparent fright at seeing a stranger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "going south"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | South Street
Floyd | The west side of this long, grubby street is dominated by the Red
Floyd | Dragon Inn, while on the opposite side squats a row of bleak stone
Floyd | cottages.  The street continues to north and south over well-worn
Floyd | cobbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x cottages" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COTTAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | They’re not exactly hovels, but they’re all quite small, and at
Floyd | least
Floyd | from the outside the grey stone of which they’re constructed gives
Floyd | them a uniformly bleak appearance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x cobbles" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COBBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | The cobbles are worn smooth in some places, cracked in others, and
Floyd | dirty everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of plain middle-aged women dressed in shawls walk briskly down
Floyd | the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x women" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WOMEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see no women here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get cobble" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COBBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The cobbles don’t look worth meddling with.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old woman emerges from one of the cottages and shuffles off to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x inn" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X INN
Floyd |
Floyd | The tavern is a large two-story building, rather better constructed
Floyd | than the cottages opposite.  The sign hanging over its entrance
Floyd | clearly marks the inn as the Red Dragon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x sign" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | The sign above the entrance is more than a little faded, but it still
Floyd | clearly depicts a red dragon in flight, its tail somehow straighter
Floyd | than its wings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok, into the inn I suppose"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Tavern
Floyd | The main room of the tavern seems cosy enough, and cleaner than quite
Floyd | a few you’ve seen.  There are several tables and chairs scattered
Floyd | about, while the bar counter runs close to the west wall, in front of
Floyd | a door marked “Private”.  The way out is to the east and a flight
Floyd | of
Floyd | stairs leads up to the floor above.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the bar counter is a jug of red wine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A blonde woman is deep in conversation with a buxom redhead who is
Floyd | standing behind the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of fishermen are sitting eating and drinking in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The two women at the bar appear to be exchanging gossip.  The buxom
Floyd | redhead says something about a hidden sword, but you wonder if it’s
Floyd | some kind of double entendre.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "That's her, no?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x blond" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLOND
Floyd |
Floyd | (x blonde)
Floyd | (You can use the TYPO command to disable the typo-correction feature.)
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s perhaps about thirty years old, with a round face that’s
Floyd | starting to lose its youthful prettiness, and curly blonde hair worn
Floyd | quite short – only down to her chin.
Floyd |
Floyd | The buxom redhead whispers something that makes a blonde woman laugh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x blonde" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLONDE
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s perhaps about thirty years old, with a round face that’s
Floyd | starting to lose its youthful prettiness, and curly blonde hair worn
Floyd | quite short – only down to her chin.
Floyd |
Floyd | The conversation in the corner becomes momentarily louder as the
Floyd | fishermen get into an argument.
Floyd |
Floyd | The two women carry on gossiping together.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "yep, that's the lazy alcoholic shopkeeper"
		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to sally" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | “Excuse me, would you be Sally Penhaligon by any chance?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s right,” she replies.  “Why?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could tell her about Inalda, or yourself, or ask her about her
Floyd | shop, or the castle.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tell her about Inalda" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HER ABOUT INALDA
Floyd |
Floyd | “You have a customer waiting outside your shop – Lady Inalda.  She
Floyd | asked me to let you know,” you tell her.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Lady Inalda!  Goodness!” she declares.  “Well, I’d better not
Floyd | keep
Floyd | her ladyship waiting, had I?”
Floyd |
Floyd | Turning to the buxom redhead she says, “’Bye then, I’ll see you
Floyd | later.” Sally Penhaligon leaves to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "now let's get our gossip on"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Sure!"
		Jearl says, "because clearly we are embarking on a life of island fishermanhood and it's not too early to find a bride"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask redhead about sword" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK REDHEAD ABOUT SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hello, there,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hello, stranger!” she replies with a grin.
Floyd |
Floyd | “What was that you were saying to Sally Penhaligon about a hidden
Floyd | sword?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Oh nothing, just an old legend,” she replies dismissively.  You
Floyd | sense
Floyd | she is none too pleased that you were eavesdropping on her
Floyd | conversation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oops, I've upset her now. I hope she wasn't the best bride."
Allen says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You’ve already gathered that she’s not that anxious to talk about
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about sally" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you know Sally Penhaligon well?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Oh yes, we grew up together, and we’re firm friends,” she
Floyd | replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you that Sally Penhaligon and she grew up together
Floyd | and are firm friends.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline asks, "her about her" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about her" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HER
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m afraid I don’t know your name,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It’s Betty, love – just plain Betty.” she tells you.
Floyd | “Although maybe
Floyd | you don’t find me too plain,” she adds hopefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two of the fishermen stand up and leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "ohn hon hon"
		Jacqueline says, "She's too fast for me."
Fang says (to Floyd), "x betty" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X BETTY
Floyd |
Floyd | She strikes you as being the sort of woman for whom the adjective
Floyd | “buxom” was invented.  Her rosy face is framed with a mass of long
Floyd | red
Floyd | curls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "buxom betty?"
		DavidW says, "yup"
		Jacqueline says, "And, evidently, she's too fast for those two fishermen who just got up and left."
		Fang says (to Jacq), "speak for yerself, ma'am"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about me" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | In reply, Betty merely shrugs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask betty about snogging" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BETTY ABOUT SNOGGING
Floyd |
Floyd | “Betty, can you tell me about...” you begin.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hang on a minute, love,” she interrupts you, “I think one of
Floyd | those
Floyd | fishermen wants something.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "She's just not that into us."
		Roger says, "Would you care to make another firm friend"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about meg" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you know about Meg – the one they call mad Meg?” you
Floyd | ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I haven’t come across her much,” she replies.  “She never
Floyd | comes into
Floyd | town and I spend most of my time in here.  I’ve heard what people say
Floyd | about her – but that’s just gossip.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask betty about julia" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BETTY ABOUT JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you think of the Trelawneys?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’ve always got on with them very well,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask betty about inalda" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BETTY ABOUT INALDA
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you make of Lady Inalda?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “She’s all right,” she replies.  “Some people think she’s a
Floyd | bit snooty
Floyd | because she’s the Duke’s cousin and lives up in the castle, but
Floyd | it’s
Floyd | her cousin that’s the snooty one, not her.  Why, do you fancy her?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "no" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | “No, I was just curious, that’s all,” you reply, trying not to
Floyd | blush.
Floyd |
Floyd | “When a handsome young man expresses ‘curiosity’ about an
Floyd | exceptionally beautiful young lady –” she remarks.  “Well,
Floyd | ‘faint
Floyd | heart never won fair lady’ is what I say.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "yike"
		Fang says, "s"
		DavidW says, "It's a small island."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her for wine" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER FOR WINE
Floyd |
Floyd | “What’s in that jug?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Just some elderberry wine,” she tells you.  “We have to do with
Floyd | what
Floyd | we can make here.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about pascoe" 		

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		DavidW says, "don't forget to rent a room, by the way"

Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT PASCOE
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you know about the Pascoes?” you ask her.
Floyd |
Floyd | “They lost their farm to the blight.” she tells you.  “It was a
Floyd | terrible blow to them, and to the whole island; but the Trelawneys
Floyd | have been very good to them.”
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the fishermen proposes a toast and the rest join in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about room" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you have any rooms?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Certainly, love,” she replies.  “Just let me see your money, and
Floyd | I’ll
Floyd | give you the key.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says (to DavidW), "timing"
Fang says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about herself, the castle, Duke William, or Meg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about her" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HER
Floyd |
Floyd | “Have you lived on this island all your life, Betty?” you ask her.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s right, I was born here,” she tells you, “as were my
Floyd | parents,
Floyd | and their parents, and... well, however far back it goes.”
Floyd |
Floyd | There’s a momentary lull in the fishermen’s conversation.  Then
Floyd | they
Floyd | all start talking at once.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about her" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HER
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you own the Red Dragon?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Me?  Own the Red Dragon?” she laughs.  “Goodness no, I ain’t
Floyd | grand
Floyd | enough for that, love; I just work here.  It’s the Trelawneys that
Floyd | own
Floyd | the place.”
Floyd |
Floyd | The fishermen burst into laughter at some arcane fishermen’s joke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "ah, that explains Julia's generosity"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "show coin to betty" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO BETTY
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’d like a room, please; will this do?” you ask, handing her the
Floyd | coin.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It’ll do nicely, love,” she replies, taking the coin and turning
Floyd | it
Floyd | over carefully in her palm.  “That’ll buy you full board and
Floyd | lodging
Floyd | for a week – anything you want by way of food and drink, just ask.
Floyd | If
Floyd | you want your bed warming for you, that’ll cost extra,” she adds
Floyd | with
Floyd | a wink.  Reaching behind the bar she takes out a key and hands it to
Floyd | you, “Here you are, love; Room 2 – you’ll find it just
Floyd | upstairs.”
Floyd |
Floyd | There’s a sudden crescendo in the conversation from the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "bed warming eh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wink" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > WINK
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “wink” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about bed warming" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT BED WARMING
Floyd |
Floyd | “You know, I’d really like to go to bed with you,” you announce.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That costs extra,” she replies briskly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "hahahaha"
		Allen says, "heh"
Allen says (to Floyd), "tell her she's beautiful" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HER SHE'S BEAUTIFUL
Floyd |
Floyd | Betty does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pretty young woman pops her head in through the door to glance over
Floyd | at the group of men in the corner.  Apparently not finding whoever she
Floyd | was looking for she goes away again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang asks, "are there any non-beautiful women on this island?"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about william" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT WILLIAM
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you think of the Duke, Betty – or shouldn’t I ask?”
Floyd | you
Floyd | enquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Ask if you like,” she shrugs.  “At least he leaves me alone.  To
Floyd | tell
Floyd | the truth, I don’t really know what he’s for.  I know
Floyd | I’m
Floyd | only a simple barmaid who’s not meant to understand these things, but
Floyd | there’s what – a couple of hundred of us on the island – and
Floyd | there’s
Floyd | this bloke up in his great big castle calling himself a duke and
Floyd | telling us all what we can and can’t do.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "mad Meg the witch is ostracised for being only slightly beautiful"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about revolution" 		

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Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT REVOLUTION
Floyd |
Floyd | “Betty, perhaps you can help me,” you start to ask, “I was just
Floyd | wondering about...”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Sorry, I just remembered something I had to do,” she interrupts.
Floyd | She
Floyd | darts into the back room and comes back a few moments later.  “Sorry,
Floyd | you were saying...”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "the man's been at sea for ten years"
		DavidW says, "There's at least one woman in the game as yet unmet and unmentioned."
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about duke" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT DUKE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Doesn’t someone have to keep order?” you ask.  “Isn’t that
Floyd | what the
Floyd | Duke’s for?”
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m sure that’s just what he’d say,” she concurs, “but
Floyd | there ain’t
Floyd | that much happening here that needs ordering, and I daresay what there
Floyd | is we could manage to order ourselves without the help of some
Floyd | high-and-mighty duke.  Still, I’m only a barmaid, so don’t pay any
Floyd | attention to what I say.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about meg" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do people say about Meg?” you want to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well,” she hesitates, “there are some who say she’s a witch,
Floyd | but I’ve
Floyd | never heard anyone say she’s ever actually harmed anyone, except old
Floyd | Jenny Pascoe and her son Cad, that is.”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask her what Jenny Pascoe says Meg did.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, now she's mentioned"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her why she is so self-deprecating" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER WHY SHE IS SO SELF-DEPRECATING
Floyd |
Floyd | “Can you tell me anything about...?” you begin.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Whoops!  I nearly dropped that glass!” she interrupts.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of men in the corner tries to catch Betty’s eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her what jenny pascoe says meg did" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER WHAT JENNY PASCOE SAYS MEG DID
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask your question.  In reply she says, “It would take too long to
Floyd | answer that now, love – maybe some other time.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about meg" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/180
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you that she’s hardly ever come across Meg since
Floyd | their paths virtually never cross, so all she can do is to repeat
Floyd | hearsay.  That hearsay includes some accusations of witchcraft, but
Floyd | only Jenny Pascoe and her son Cad have ever said that Meg has actually
Floyd | ever harmed anyone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fishermen listen intently as one of them tells a funny story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about jenny" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/181
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT JENNY
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you that the Pascoes lost their farm to the
Floyd | blight,
Floyd | but that the Trelawneys had been very good to them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about cad" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/182
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT CAD
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you know Cadan Pascoe?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I know most people around here, love,” she replies, “but young
Floyd | Cad,
Floyd | now – well there’s a hard case: he drinks too much, and his temper
Floyd | gets even worse when he’s drunk – it’s bad enough when he’s
Floyd | sober if
Floyd | you ask me.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/182
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about herself, the castle, or Duke William.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask betty about betty" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/183
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BETTY ABOUT BETTY
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you enjoy your work?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Yes, I do – I get to meet all sorts of interesting people,” she
Floyd | replies, giving you a sly look, “and there’s always the chance of
Floyd | earning a bit on the side – in such a comfy way, too!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "comfy"
		DavidW says, "She'll keep your ears warm."
		Allen says, "as a literal bedwarmer. Just get paid to cover up"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "drink wine" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/184
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK WINE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the jug of red wine)
Floyd | “Here, let me pour you a glass,” Betty offers.  She takes a glass
Floyd | from
Floyd | behind the bar, fills it with the wine and offers it to you.  It
Floyd | tastes even sweeter than it looks, but it’s not unpleasant, so you
Floyd | soon drink it all.  When you hand the glass back to Betty she puts it
Floyd | back behind the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask betty about william" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/185
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BETTY ABOUT WILLIAM
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do I take it that you’re not all that impressed by Duke
Floyd | William?” you
Floyd | enquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “The only thing that impresses me about him is his conviction of
Floyd | self-importance,” she shrugs.  “According to my grandpa our noble
Floyd | Duke’s ancestors were just a bunch of plundering mercenaries who came
Floyd | here from France by mistake.  My grandpa says they were meant to be
Floyd | following the real Duke William to somewhere called ‘Hastings’, but
Floyd | got lost and fetched up here instead.  They then built themselves that
Floyd | castle and bossed everyone around because they had the soldiers.  So,
Floyd | it seems to me that ‘duke’ is just another name for ‘plunderer’
Floyd | – but
Floyd | then I’m only a simple barmaid.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Perhaps she is a professional snuggler, and they are not yet regulating the snuggling industry here on Blighted Isle."
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask betty about william" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/186
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BETTY ABOUT WILLIAM
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to pursue this topic no further in case her sentiments
Floyd | become any more Jacobin; after all Britain has been at war for years
Floyd | now with a country that takes that kind of attitude to its
Floyd | aristocracy.  In any case she’s made her views pretty plain: she
Floyd | regards the Duke as barely legitimate and even less useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "haha"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask betty about castle" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/187
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BETTY ABOUT CASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Where is the castle?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Just to the north of town, up the hill to the west,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask betty about castle" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/188
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BETTY ABOUT CASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you that the castle is just to the north of town,
Floyd | up the hill to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask betty about betty" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/189
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BETTY ABOUT BETTY
Floyd |
Floyd | “What did you do before working here, Betty?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Nursed my mother when she was ill,” she tells you.  “That must
Floyd | have
Floyd | been – oh, more than ten years ago, anyway.  She died, you see; I was
Floyd | only sixteen then.  My father had already drowned in a fishing
Floyd | accident, so we were as poor as dungeon rats.  This was a really good
Floyd | opening for me – a roof over my head, regular meals, and the work
Floyd | really ain’t that bad.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask betty about betty" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/190
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BETTY ABOUT BETTY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can’t think of anything else to ask her about herself right now.
Floyd | She’s already told you that she was born on the island, as were her
Floyd | ancestors as far back as she knows.  She lost her father to a fishing
Floyd | accident and her mother to illness at least ten years ago, and was
Floyd | probably left destitute, but working in the Red Dragon gives her a
Floyd | roof over her head and regular meals, and she seems happy enough with
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask betty about inn" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/191
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BETTY ABOUT INN
Floyd |
Floyd | “Why is this inn called the Red Dragon?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’ve no idea,” she tells you.  “It’s always been called
Floyd | that.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask betty about snuggles" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/192
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BETTY ABOUT SNUGGLES
Floyd |
Floyd | “Betty, can you tell me about...” you begin.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hang on a minute, love,” she interrupts you, “I think one of
Floyd | those
Floyd | fishermen wants something.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about blight" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/193
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “What can you tell me about the blight?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “No more than anyone else can – probably less,” she shrugs.
Floyd | “It’s
Floyd | killed the Pascoes’ farm and turned it into a barren waste, and now
Floyd | we’re all short of food.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "and yet so comfy"
		Jacqueline asks, "Should we go check out our room?"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about farm" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/194
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT FARM
Floyd |
Floyd | “What are your views on farming, Betty?” you ask her.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Maybe I’ll tell you when it’s quieter in here,” she replies,
Floyd | glancing
Floyd | across at the fishermen in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "interesting!"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about room" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/195
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already given you a room key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/196
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s just a plain brass key with the number 2 stamped on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/197
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Tavern
Floyd | The main room of the tavern seems cosy enough, and cleaner than quite
Floyd | a few you’ve seen.  There are several tables and chairs scattered
Floyd | about, while the bar counter runs close to the west wall, in front of
Floyd | a door marked “Private”.  The way out is to the east and a flight
Floyd | of
Floyd | stairs leads up to the floor above.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the bar counter is a jug of red wine.
Floyd |
Floyd | Betty is eyeing you with a lopsided grin.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of fishermen are sitting eating and drinking in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about fishermen" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/198
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT FISHERMEN
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you get many fishermen in here, Betty?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “All the time,” she sighs, “and they pay in kind, mostly.  Still,
Floyd | if
Floyd | they didn’t, I wouldn’t have much to cook customers for dinner!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The rooms are upstairs."
Fang says (to Floyd), "kiss betty" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/199
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS BETTY
Floyd |
Floyd | “It’s not that I’m unflattered by your interest, love,” she
Floyd | interrupts
Floyd | you, “but until you show me your interest in monetary form, it’s
Floyd | strictly no go!”
Floyd |
Floyd | Three of the fishermen get up to leave as two others join the group.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "wait, she cooks customers for dinner??"
		DavidW says, "Cooks fish."
Fang says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/200
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a plain brass key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about prices" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/201
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT PRICES
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask your question.  In reply she says, “It would take too long to
Floyd | answer that now, love – maybe some other time.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Tavern Landing                                                  4/202
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Betty turns back to the bar and resumes her work.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tavern Landing
Floyd | A flight of stairs leads back down to the north, while to east, west
Floyd | and south are doors marked respectively Room 1, Room 2 and Room 3.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter room 2" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/203
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER ROOM 2
Floyd |
Floyd | (first unlocking the room 2 door, then opening it)
Floyd |
Floyd | Room 2
Floyd | The room is fairly spartan, but at least it’s a reasonable size, with
Floyd | plenty of room for a bosun’s mate to swing a cat-o’-nine-tails.  A
Floyd | narrow bed lies against one wall, while a dressing table rests against
Floyd | the opposite one.  The door out leads east, while a small window looks
Floyd | out to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dressing table is a brass lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "jscott's been here!"
		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look out window" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/204
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK OUT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The window overlooks the back yard of the tavern.  It’s closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "x dressing table" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/205
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DRESSING TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Like most of the furniture on the island, it is solid, plain and
Floyd | functional.  It also has a single drawer.  It’s closed.  On the
Floyd | dressing table is a brass lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/206
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the dressing table reveals a flint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/207
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The dressing table is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "take flint" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/208
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FLINT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/209
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s a large brass oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, ">GET LAMP"
Fang says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/210
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Room 2
Floyd | The room is fairly spartan, but at least it’s a reasonable size, with
Floyd | plenty of room for a bosun’s mate to swing a cat-o’-nine-tails.  A
Floyd | narrow bed lies against one wall, while a dressing table rests against
Floyd | the opposite one.  The door out leads east, while a small window looks
Floyd | out to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dressing table is a brass lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/211
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You don’t need to sleep right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
kpaquette52 arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/212
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unusual under the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I suppose we have to buy oil at the oil shop."
		Jacqueline says (to Katie), "Here's the transcript so far, if you want to try to catch up:"
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
djfletch says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/213
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the flint)
Floyd | You light the lamp by striking a spark from the flint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "extinguish lamp" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/214
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXTINGUISH LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You douse the lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "nope, it already works"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/215
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Like most of the furniture on the island, it is solid, plain and
Floyd | functional.  It also has a single drawer.  It’s open.  On the
Floyd | dressing
Floyd | table is a brass lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		kpaquette52 says, "I'm back from lunch"
		Jacqueline says (to Katie), "Here's the transcript so far, if you want to try to catch up:"
		DavidW says, "oh, the drawer was where the flint was. I see."
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get lamp" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/216
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/217
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a plain brass key, a flint, and a brass lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "anything else to do here?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/218
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The window overlooks the back yard of the tavern.  It’s closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/219
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "hmm, must be a reason for that"
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "look through window" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/220
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The window overlooks the back yard of the tavern.  It’s open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Maybe it will matter more later."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x yard" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/221
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X YARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s a small walled yard, with a stack of barrels in one corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "x barrels" 		

Floyd | Room 2                                                          4/222
Floyd | Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARRELS
Floyd |
Floyd | They look like beer barrels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "yeah, possibly we have to sneak out at night later on"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm going to be afk for a bit."
		FloatingInfo says, "I'll have to leave in about an hour."
		Fang says, "I'm not sure what we are trying to achieve here"
		djfletch says, "no. I'm thinking we should just explore around the rest of the map."
		DavidW says, "Well, I suggest trying to find a way off the island, or to stop the blight, or find work to repay Julia."
		djfletch says, "makes sense"
		FloatingInfo asks, "Shouldn't the shop be open?"
		Fang says, "I suppose we should speak with Meg"
		DavidW says, "The shop -- the only source of oil, Imelda said -- should be open now, yes."
		Fang says, "she seems most likely to know what's going on"
		djfletch says, "ok"
		djfletch says, "let's just see if we can get into room 1 and 3 while we are here"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Tavern Landing                                                  4/223
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Tavern Landing
Floyd | A flight of stairs leads back down to the north, while to east, west
Floyd | and south are doors marked respectively Room 1, Room 2 and Room 3.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Both the shop and Meg are good destinations. Or wander."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Tavern Landing                                                  4/224
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first trying to open the room 3 door)
Floyd | The room 3 door seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Tavern Landing                                                  4/225
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first trying to open the room 1 door)
Floyd | The room 1 door seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok, to the shop"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Inside the Tavern                                               4/226
Floyd | Exits: east   west   up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Tavern
Floyd | The main room of the tavern seems cosy enough, and cleaner than quite
Floyd | a few you’ve seen.  There are several tables and chairs scattered
Floyd | about, while the bar counter runs close to the west wall, in front of
Floyd | a door marked “Private”.  The way out is to the east and a flight
Floyd | of
Floyd | stairs leads up to the floor above.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the bar counter is a jug of red wine.
Floyd |
Floyd | Betty is working behind the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of fishermen are sitting eating and drinking in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There’s a momentary lull in the fishermen’s conversation.  Then
Floyd | they
Floyd | all start talking at once.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South Street                                                    4/227
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | South Street
Floyd | The west side of this long, grubby street is dominated by the Red
Floyd | Dragon Inn, while on the opposite side squats a row of bleak stone
Floyd | cottages.  The street continues to north and south over well-worn
Floyd | cobbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | This crossroads, at what may be the centre of the town, is formed by
Floyd | meeting of roads to north, south, east and west.  All four roads lead
Floyd | between grim, grey buildings; the road to the east looks quite short,
Floyd | while that to the west leads up a distant hill.  The roads to north
Floyd | and south look as if they run on quite a way, but just a short way to
Floyd | the south you can see a hanging inn-sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | East Street                                                     4/229
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | East Street
Floyd | Pressed in between a rough stone wall to the north and a small shop to
Floyd | the south this short, narrow street runs east back towards the coast
Floyd | and west towards the centre of town.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/230
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Shop
Floyd | There is little enough space in the front of this small shop as it is,
Floyd | and much of it is taken up with the densely-packed shelves jammed
Floyd | round the walls.  These are stacked with goods of every kind, bearing
Floyd | out the fact that this is the island’s only general store.  A doorway
Floyd | stands open to the south behind the serving counter, opposite the
Floyd | street door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sally Penhaligon is standing behind the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint smell of fermenting apples wafts from the back room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "tell sally she's beautiful" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/231
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL SALLY SHE'S BEAUTIFUL
Floyd |
Floyd | Sally Penhaligon does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "fermenting apples seems like a poor decision with starvation imminent"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask her about bed warming" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/232
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT BED WARMING
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hello there,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hello, sir,” she replies.  “What can I do for you?”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Mrs Penhaligon, what can you tell me about...” you begin.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of your question is lost as Sally Penhaligon lets out a loud
Floyd | sneeze.  “Oh, do excuse me, sir,” she begs.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint smell of fermenting apples wafts from the back room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "I assume that diets will just have to become more fish heavy"
Fang says (to Floyd), "tell sally about me" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/233
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL SALLY ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m Lieutenant James Corby, of his Britannic Majesty’s frigate
Floyd | Niobe,” you introduce yourself.  “At least I was, until I
Floyd | fell overboard last night and ended up here.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m sure I wouldn’t know what a frigate was, Mr Corby,” she
Floyd | tells
Floyd | you, “but welcome to Valon all the same!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "fish and cider"
Fang says (to Floyd), "tell sally about frigates" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/234
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL SALLY ABOUT FRIGATES
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hm,” she replies, when you’ve had your say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask sally about sally" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/235
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SALLY ABOUT SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | “Have you been on this island long, Mrs Penhaligon?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “All my life,” she tells you.  “I was born here, just like my
Floyd | husband.
Floyd | Neither of us have ever known any other life.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask sally about husband" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/236
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SALLY ABOUT HUSBAND
Floyd |
Floyd | “Tell me about your husband, Mrs Penhaligon,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | “He’s a fishermen; he’ll be out in his boat now,” she tells
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint smell of fermenting apples wafts from the back room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x goods" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/237
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOODS
Floyd |
Floyd | The goods on the shelves include some fresh fruit and vegetables,
Floyd | pottery, wool, pins, needles, cutlery, pots, pans, bowls, jars,
Floyd | buttons, thread, rolls of thread and of string, some cheeses, a pile
Floyd | of floppy hats, several large pieces of cloth, and many other things
Floyd | beside.  Much of it looks like local produce, but if it all is then
Floyd | the island must support a surprisingly wide range of industries.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask sally about economics" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/238
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SALLY ABOUT ECONOMICS
Floyd |
Floyd | “Tell me, Mrs Penhaligon, what do you think about...” You break off
Floyd | as
Floyd | you realize she seems momentarily distracted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask sally about husband" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/239
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SALLY ABOUT HUSBAND
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you that her husband is a fisherman and that
Floyd | he’s
Floyd | out in his boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "maybe we shouldn't have spent our whole gold coin"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask sally about shop" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/240
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SALLY ABOUT SHOP
Floyd |
Floyd | “Has your shop been open long, Mrs Penhaligon?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It was open long before I was born, Mr Corby,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint smell of fermenting apples wafts from the back room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "ask sally about apples" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/241
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SALLY ABOUT APPLES
Floyd |
Floyd | “Is that cider I can smell being brewed?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s right,” she agrees, “and now you come to mention it, I
Floyd | could
Floyd | do with some more apples.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask sally about pascoe" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/242
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SALLY ABOUT PASCOE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Can you tell me about...?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Ask me about that some other time, Mr Corby,” she suggests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "a quest!"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask sally about meg" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/243
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SALLY ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you know anything about the woman they call mad Meg?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I know of her,” she affirms.  “Can’t say I care for her much.
Floyd | I
Floyd | mean, well there were stories about why she left the Pascoes’ farm.
Floyd | And living all alone in the woods like that and never coming into town
Floyd | nor going to church.  I mean, it’s no wonder people think she’s –
Floyd | well, not normal.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang asks, "can we get a better name than 'the woman they call mad meg'?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe, after you meet her."
		Fang says, "not coming to churchs? That's insane!s"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about church" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/244
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT CHURCH
Floyd |
Floyd | “What about...?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s a long story, as they say, Mr Corby,” she tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "tospic" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/244
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOSPIC
Floyd |
Floyd | (topics)
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about herself, or the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about her" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/245
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HER
Floyd |
Floyd | “How do you come to be running this shop?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Oh, I came to an arrangement with the Trelawneys,” she tells you.
Floyd | “They actually own it, but they let me run it in return for a share
Floyd | of
Floyd | the profits.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "the trelawneys seem to own everything"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about trelawneys" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/246
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT TRELAWNEYS
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you think of Julia Trelawney?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “The Trelawneys have been good to me,” she tells you, “and
Floyd | they’re
Floyd | much respected round here.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about castle" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/247
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT CASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Where is the castle?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Just to the north of town, up the hill to the west,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "seems like the island is divided into a military power and a capitalist power"
		Fang says, "and a nascent socialism bar maid"
		DavidW says, "You haven't met everyone yet."
		DavidW says, "But maybe close enough."
		Fang says, "the game seems convinced we want to go to the castle"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about castle" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/248
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT CASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you that the castle is just to the north of town,
Floyd | up the hill to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint smell of fermenting apples wafts from the back room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about woods" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/249
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT WOODS
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask your question.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That would be telling now,” she replies with a knowing smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/250
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Shop
Floyd | There is little enough space in the front of this small shop as it is,
Floyd | and much of it is taken up with the densely-packed shelves jammed
Floyd | round the walls.  These are stacked with goods of every kind, bearing
Floyd | out the fact that this is the island’s only general store.  A doorway
Floyd | stands open to the south behind the serving counter, opposite the
Floyd | street door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sally Penhaligon is standing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint smell of fermenting apples wafts from the back room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ok, I'm definitely sick. I'm going to go get in bed and see if I can find a feline bed warmer."
		Allen says, "if I can find my laptop charger I'll be back on"
		kpaquette52 says, "Jacqueline the link you provided didn't work"
		DavidW says, "The link works for me."
		DavidW says, "[LINK]"
Fang says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Shop                                                            4/251
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | “You can’t go in there – staff only.” Sally Penhaligon stops
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | East Street                                                     4/252
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | “Goodbye for now then, Mrs Penhaligon,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Be seeing you, Mr Corby,” she replies cheerfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | East Street
Floyd | Pressed in between a rough stone wall to the north and a small shop to
Floyd | the south this short, narrow street runs east back towards the coast
Floyd | and west towards the centre of town.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		kpaquette52 asks, "okay then why doesn't it work for me?"
		DavidW says, "But there's weird characters in it. The encoding of smart quotes, for example, is messed up."
		inky says, "possibly you're spelling something wrong, kpaq"
		Fang says, "I'm going to try to find meg"
		Fang says, "unless people want to explore more systematicall*y"
		djfletch says, "no, fine by me"
Fang says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Crossroads                                                      4/253
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | This crossroads, at what may be the centre of the town, is formed by
Floyd | meeting of roads to north, south, east and west.  All four roads lead
Floyd | between grim, grey buildings; the road to the east looks quite short,
Floyd | while that to the west leads up a distant hill.  The roads to north
Floyd | and south look as if they run on quite a way, but just a short way to
Floyd | the south you can see a hanging inn-sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North Street                                                    4/254
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | North Street
Floyd | The street is narrow here, barely wide enough for two people to pass,
Floyd | and looks just as narrow as it continues to north and south.  An
Floyd | ancient stone chapel stands immediately to the east, opposite a
Floyd | terrace of mean little cottages hugging the west side of the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Crossroads                                                      4/255
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | This crossroads, at what may be the centre of the town, is formed by
Floyd | meeting of roads to north, south, east and west.  All four roads lead
Floyd | between grim, grey buildings; the road to the east looks quite short,
Floyd | while that to the west leads up a distant hill.  The roads to north
Floyd | and south look as if they run on quite a way, but just a short way to
Floyd | the south you can see a hanging inn-sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | West Street                                                     4/256
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | West Street
Floyd | To the east the street is fairly level, but a short distance to the
Floyd | west it starts to climb a shallow hill.  At this point the street runs
Floyd | between a small bakery to the north, and a narrow alley to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of baking bread wafts from the bakery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | West Hill                                                       4/257
Floyd | Exits: east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | West Hill
Floyd | This looks like the roughest part of town, with the road surface
Floyd | equally pitted up the hill to the west and down to the east.  The
Floyd | cottages on either side of the street look more thrown together than
Floyd | built, being rough and tiny.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "this place is pretty big"
Fang says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Summit                                                          4/258
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd | northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Summit
Floyd | The summit of this low hill is fairly flat, and continues to the
Floyd | northwest.  To the north, it descends quite rapidly into a hollow,
Floyd | while to south and east it slopes down towards the beach, and grass
Floyd | gives way to sand.  To the east are the faint traces of the track
Floyd | which become a street running back down towards the centre of the
Floyd | town.  Although you’re not that high up, you get a clear view over
Floyd | the
Floyd | sea from here, truncated by the ever-present mist.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a particularly attractive clump of wild flowers growing
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You haven't seen a fourth of the locations yet."
Fang says (to Floyd), "take flowers" 		

Floyd | Summit                                                          4/259
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd | northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean down and pick the flowers, being careful to preserve the
Floyd | arrangement when you form them into a bunch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          4/260
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Hollow
Floyd | The hollow is formed by an unclimbably steep hill to north and east,
Floyd | and rather gentler slopes to south and west.  The end of a drainage
Floyd | pipe protrudes from some way up the northern hillside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A glint of sunlight catches something on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, the encoding gets fixed before I post it. Thanks for trying to help Katie, as I'm sort of on and off right now."
		Jearl says, "FLOWERS TO WOMANS"
Fang says (to Floyd), "x glint" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          4/261
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GLINT
Floyd |
Floyd | (x flint)
Floyd |
Floyd | Strictly speaking it’s a flint with a steel, presumably for lighting
Floyd | the lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rabbit scuttles away up the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "x something" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          4/262
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SOMETHING
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s hard to tell what it is: it looks like a small round metal boss
Floyd | or knob.
Floyd |
Floyd | There’s a raucous cry overhead as a crow takes flight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "take knob" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          4/263
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KNOB
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be firmly embedded in the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | There’s a distant shout from the castle wall way above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          4/263
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to dig in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ground" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/264
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GROUND
Floyd |
Floyd | (with your hands)
Floyd | You scoop out some of the earth round the object with your hands,
Floyd | creating a small round hole in the ground; this reveals the object in
Floyd | the ground to be a buried sword hilt.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "haha what"
Fang says (to Floyd), "take sword" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/265
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | However hard you pull, you cannot budge it so much as a fraction of an
Floyd | inch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shaft of sunlight momentarily strikes the hilt of the sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/265
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to dig in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ground" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/266
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GROUND
Floyd |
Floyd | (with your hands)
Floyd | You try to scoop out some more earth but it just runs back into the
Floyd | hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "hmm, I guess we need a shovel"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sword" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/267
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | So far as you can tell, it may still be attached to its sword, but if
Floyd | so, the sword is well buried.  The hilt looks solid and ancient, with
Floyd | some fine patterns carved into it; it could be made of bronze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some earth starts slipping back into the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "or we're just not the rightful king"
		Fang says, "either that or I guess we're not king arthur"
		djfletch says, "timing"
		FloatingInfo asks, "I have to go now. Will we continue this game next ClubFloyd?"
		DavidW says (to FloatingInfo), "Possibly."
Fang says (to Floyd), "pull sword" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/268
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | However hard you pull, you cannot budge it so much as a fraction of an
Floyd | inch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/269
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hollow
Floyd | The hollow is formed by an unclimbably steep hill to north and east,
Floyd | and rather gentler slopes to south and west.  The end of a drainage
Floyd | pipe protrudes from some way up the northern hillside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The round hole contains the hilt of a sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a rush, the rest of the earth you just dug out falls into the
Floyd | hole, burying the sword hilt once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		FloatingInfo asks, "If so, there will be a transcript of what I missed?"
Fang says (to Floyd), "x pipe" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/270
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | From here all you can see is the end of the pipe sticking out of the
Floyd | hillside several yards above your head; a small trickle of water falls
Floyd | from the pipe and runs a short way down the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | A glint of sunlight catches something on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/271
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | From here all you can see is the end of the pipe sticking out of the
Floyd | hillside several yards above your head; a small trickle of water falls
Floyd | from the pipe and runs a short way down the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Probably, yes. Although it might not be formatted."
		Fang says, "I guess someone flushed the sword down the loo"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/272
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | The drainage pipe is too far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wash" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/272
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > WASH
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to clean?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "me" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/273
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You’ve been very happy to leave cleaning things to deck-hands ever
Floyd | since you passed the exam to lieutenant.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rabbit scuttles away up the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo goes home. 		djfletch says, "quite right, I'll wait until the deck-hands can wash me"
Fang says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Hollow                                                          5/274
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hollow
Floyd | The hollow is formed by an unclimbably steep hill to north and east,
Floyd | and rather gentler slopes to south and west.  The end of a drainage
Floyd | pipe protrudes from some way up the northern hillside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Narrow Promontory                                               5/275
Floyd | Exits: east   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Promontory
Floyd | This narrow finger of land juts out into the sea between a large
Floyd | semi-circular bay to the south and a small rocky cove to the north,
Floyd | neither of which is directly accessible from here.  Some kind of
Floyd | marker stone has been set up near the tip of the point. The high
Floyd | ground continues to the southeast, but falls away into a hollow to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small gold object lies on the ground, just by the marker stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "I am guessing that getting the sword involves somehow diverting a lot of water through that pipe"
Fang says (to Floyd), "x object" 		

Floyd | Narrow Promontory                                               5/276
Floyd | Exits: east   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OBJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s a small gold ear-ring.  You’re fairly sure it matches the one
Floyd | worn by Julia.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "take object" 		

Floyd | Narrow Promontory                                               5/277
Floyd | Exits: east   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE OBJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang asks, "so I guess we can either give to julia, or pay for bed warming?"
		DavidW says, "I suppose."
Fang says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Summit                                                          5/278
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd | northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | Summit
Floyd | The summit of this low hill is fairly flat, and continues to the
Floyd | northwest.  To the north, it descends quite rapidly into a hollow,
Floyd | while to south and east it slopes down towards the beach, and grass
Floyd | gives way to sand.  To the east are the faint traces of the track
Floyd | which become a street running back down towards the centre of the
Floyd | town.  Although you’re not that high up, you get a clear view over
Floyd | the
Floyd | sea from here, truncated by the ever-present mist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/279
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of Bay
Floyd | The beach stretches away to both northwest and southeast from here,
Floyd | its approximate mid-point.  A short way to the north the ground climbs
Floyd | sharply up a hill, while out to sea a collection of fishing-boats is
Floyd | stretched out across the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small green toolbox lies on the beach beside a fishing net.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small green toolbox contains a screwdriver.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stout man is sitting on the beach mending the net.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "toolbox" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/279
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOOLBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The story doesn’t understand that command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "x toolbox" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/280
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOOLBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s just a small green toolbox, made of wood.  It contains a
Floyd | screwdriver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "When I played the game before, I gave it to Julia. But the game allows for much experimentation elsewhere, so the ear-ring might have multiple uses I don't know about."
Fang says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/281
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | “Good day to you,” you greet him.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Can’t say I see what’s good about it,” he grunts in reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about mad Meg, or himself.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask man about man" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/282
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | “And you might you be?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m Samuel Pascoe,” he tells you.  “Who wants to know?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "tell man about me" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/283
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m Lieutenant James Corby, Royal Navy,” you introduce myself.
Floyd | “I
Floyd | was washed ashore here this morning after falling overboard last
Floyd | night.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Falling overboard?  That sounds a mite clumsy!” he declares.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I was climbing a mast in a storm!” you explain.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Then it seems we’ve both come down in the world,” he observes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about meg" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/284
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you know anything about the woman they call ‘mad Meg’?” you
Floyd | ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “She’s not mad, she’s as sane as you or me,” he replies.
Floyd | “She’s just
Floyd | a bit different, that’s all.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about meg" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/285
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you know about Meg?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well, Jenny and me took her in when she was a mere babe – her own
Floyd | folks didn’t want her.  She were a good lass, never gave us any
Floyd | trouble.  Except – well, some of the things she said sounded so
Floyd | strange – didn’t bother me too much but Jen – my wife – well
Floyd | she were
Floyd | a bit spooked like.  Anyroad, it seemed best she moved out, so I
Floyd | helped her build a little home in the woods, and that’s where she
Floyd | lives still.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is the ruffian's dad, also the guy that lost his farm."
		Fang says, "I'"
		Fang says, "I'm liking sam"
Fang says (to Floyd), "tell man about meg" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/286
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | He listens morosely to what you have to say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "tell man about jenny" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/287
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT JENNY
Floyd |
Floyd | “How’s your wife taking everything?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Badly,” he sighs.  “She’s a changed woman since we left the
Floyd | farm, and
Floyd | that’s the truth.  Maybe it’s worse for her being cooped up in that
Floyd | stinking fish-house all day long, while I at least get to work in the
Floyd | open air.  But she’s taken it all dreadful hard.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask man about cad" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/288
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT CAD
Floyd |
Floyd | “I think I’ve met your son, but not under the happiest of
Floyd | circumstances,” you say.  “He was trying to rob Lady Inalda.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “The young fool!” Samuel Pascoe spits.  “He’s been running wild
Floyd | ever
Floyd | since we were forced off the farm; now he’s really gone and done
Floyd | it!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask man about screwdriver" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/289
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT SCREWDRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | “Could I possibly borrow your screwdriver, please, Mr Pascoe?” you
Floyd | ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well, the way I see it, I can’t afford to give someone something
Floyd | for
Floyd | nothing,” he says, “but I’ll tell you what; I’m starting to
Floyd | feel more
Floyd | than a little hungry, so you bring me something good to eat and I
Floyd | might consider letting you borrow my screwdriver.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/290
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a plain brass key, a flint, a brass lamp, a bunch of
Floyd | flowers, and a small gold ear-ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flowers have quite a sweet, delicate scent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | East End of Bay                                                 5/291
Floyd | Exits: east   northeast   northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | Samuel Pascoe resumes mending the net.
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Bay
Floyd | The beach comes to an end at the stone jetty which lies just to the
Floyd | east.  In the opposite direction the bay stretches off in a wide arc
Floyd | to the northwest, while a narrow track runs up through a thicket to
Floyd | the northeast.  A little way out to sea is a fleet of fishing boats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Jetty                                                           5/292
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Jetty
Floyd | The steep track from the north comes to an end at this bleak stone
Floyd | jetty, which is flanked by a large wooden building to the east and the
Floyd | beach stretching out along the bay to the west.  The jetty juts just a
Floyd | short way out into the water, and both from the smell and from the
Floyd | fish fragments lying about, obviously serves as a landing stage for
Floyd | the island’s fishermen.  No boats are tied up here at the moment, but
Floyd | there are several a short way out to sea in the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be an exaggeration to say that the smell of rotting fish is
Floyd | overpowering, since you are not overpowered by it, but it is certainly
Floyd | inescapable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "laptop worked, booted with network too, even though I haven't turned it on in years"
Fang says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Steep Track                                                     5/293
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Track
Floyd | Leading down from the town to the north towards a stone jetty to the
Floyd | south, this steep track is little more than a well-trodden path along
Floyd | the edge of the barren scrubland that extends to the east.  A narrow
Floyd | side-track runs off through a thicket to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "where'd the 5th point come from?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "full score" 		

Floyd | Steep Track                                                     5/293
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > FULL SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | In 293 moves, you have scored 5 of a possible 80 points.  Your score
Floyd | consists of:
Floyd |    1 point for drinking the reviving bowl of soup
Floyd |    1 point for rescuing Lady Inalda from Cadan Pascoe
Floyd |    1 point for sending Sally Penhaligon to Lady Inalda
Floyd |    1 point for obtaining the key to a room at the inn
Floyd |    1 point for discovering the sword buried at the foot of Castle Hill
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | East End of Bay                                                 5/294
Floyd | Exits: east   northeast   northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Bay
Floyd | The beach comes to an end at the stone jetty which lies just to the
Floyd | east.  In the opposite direction the bay stretches off in a wide arc
Floyd | to the northwest, while a narrow track runs up through a thicket to
Floyd | the northeast.  A little way out to sea is a fleet of fishing boats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | Steep Track                                                     5/293
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Taking back one turn: “sw”.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Track
Floyd | Leading down from the town to the north towards a stone jetty to the
Floyd | south, this steep track is little more than a well-trodden path along
Floyd | the edge of the barren scrubland that extends to the east.  A narrow
Floyd | side-track runs off through a thicket to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South Street                                                    5/294
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | South Street
Floyd | The west side of this long, grubby street is dominated by the Red
Floyd | Dragon Inn, while on the opposite side squats a row of bleak stone
Floyd | cottages.  The street continues to north and south over well-worn
Floyd | cobbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Crossroads                                                      5/295
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | This crossroads, at what may be the centre of the town, is formed by
Floyd | meeting of roads to north, south, east and west.  All four roads lead
Floyd | between grim, grey buildings; the road to the east looks quite short,
Floyd | while that to the west leads up a distant hill.  The roads to north
Floyd | and south look as if they run on quite a way, but just a short way to
Floyd | the south you can see a hanging inn-sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trio of young men emerge from South Street, but then go their
Floyd | separate ways from the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North Street                                                    5/296
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | North Street
Floyd | The street is narrow here, barely wide enough for two people to pass,
Floyd | and looks just as narrow as it continues to north and south.  An
Floyd | ancient stone chapel stands immediately to the east, opposite a
Floyd | terrace of mean little cottages hugging the west side of the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang asks, "where's the woods?"
Fang says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Outskirts of Town                                               5/297
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts of Town
Floyd | A pair of granite cottages mark the northern edge of the town, the
Floyd | bulk of which lies to the south.  To the north the road crosses a
Floyd | small stone bridge, while a wide path winds up the grassy hill to the
Floyd | west.  The way east is barred by the impenetrable woodland behind the
Floyd | cottages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "All the farmland is north."
		Allen asks, "granite cottage?"
Fang says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge                                                          5/298
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | The bridge is narrow, but in a reasonable state of repair apart from
Floyd | the parapet, which is starting to crumble in places.  From the brow of
Floyd | the bridge you can see a stream racing eastwards to power a mill.  To
Floyd | the south the road runs back into town, while to the north it turns
Floyd | into a farm-track.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "And where'd the flowers come from? I missed that bit in my skimming."
Fang says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Farm Track                                                      5/299
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Farm Track
Floyd | This short length of farm track comes to an end at the narrow stone
Floyd | bridge just to the south and peters out into open country a short way
Floyd | north.  Its main purpose seems to be to serve the large water-mill
Floyd | that stands immediately to the east.  On the opposite side of the
Floyd | track a stream flows briskly past to the south before turning east
Floyd | under the bridge; beyond the stream lurks the bulk of a massive hill,
Floyd | its face too steep to climb even if you could somehow cross the stream
Floyd | to reach it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The flowers were picked at a place called Summit, west of town."
		Fang says (to Jacq), "I picked them up off the ground in the area before the sword"
Fang says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/300
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | The inside of the mill is dominated by a huge vertically-mounted iron
Floyd | cog wheel, which is currently stationary, and is connected via a
Floyd | series of lesser cogs to the upper of a pair of large
Floyd | horizontally-mounted millstones.  Next to the main cog is a long
Floyd | wooden lever, while a small metal wheel is mounted on the south wall.
Floyd | In the east wall is a small trapdoor, while the way out is to the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old sack has somehow become draped over the rafters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I never fully figured out the mill. I'm certain there's a way to fill that sack with flour, but I never managed it."
		Fang says, "I'm not sure why we would want to do that"
		Jacqueline asks, "Like, just for the heck of it? Or should we mill wheat to bake bread to give food to Sam?"
		DavidW says, "You passed by a bakery."
		DavidW says, "But I finished the game regardless, so it's not an essential puzzle."
		Fang says, "I have to go cook"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sack" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/301
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s draped over a rafter, just over the main cog wheel.  It looks
Floyd | like someone must have thrown it up there as a prank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "there are supposed to be apples somewhere, we can make apple pie"
		Jacqueline says, "bah - forget food. Apples are for cider makin'"
		Jacqueline asks, "Can we buy food from the inn?"
		djfletch says, "I think it was included"
		djfletch says, "we got some wine after we paid anyway"
		DavidW says, "In theory, we should be able to, but I suspect any inn food bought will be auto-eaten, the way the drink was auto-drunk."
		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		Jacqueline says, "meh"
		Jearl says, "so these are just ways to get some money to get some other stuff done"
		Jearl says, "the flour and the apples and maybe the flowers, I mean"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/302
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s just a long wooden lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x iron wheel" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/303
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IRON WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s a good ten feet in diameter, with large teeth placed about two
Floyd | inches apart round its circumference.  It’s currently still.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/304
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s about a foot square, too small to crawl through.  A small length
Floyd | of chain is attached to the wall just above it, and some wooden
Floyd | fragments lie on the floor just beneath.  It’s closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl asks, "can we take the lever and snag the sack with it?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get lever" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/305
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can’t take that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "aw"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open trapdoor" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/306
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It opens easily.  You peer through the trapdoor into a dark space
Floyd | which extends several yards beneath the level of the mill floor.  You
Floyd | can’t make out much within, but you guess it might be some kind of
Floyd | grain store.  You can’t be sure, but you think you can make out a
Floyd | small pile of grain at the bottom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/307
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Pulling the lever causes a subtle rearrangement of the lesser cogs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push lever" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/308
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Pushing the lever causes a subtle rearrangement of the lesser cogs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x small metal wheel" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/309
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SMALL METAL WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s a small round metal wheel comprising rim, hub and four spokes,
Floyd | all painted black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn it" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/310
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the small iron wheel as far as it will go.  The giant cog
Floyd | wheel starts to turn.  The top of the wheel just misses the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "is it suicidal to try and stand on the wheel and ride up to the sack?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get on wheel" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/311
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ON WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the huge cog wheel)
Floyd | You can’t board that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x millstones" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/312
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MILLSTONES
Floyd |
Floyd | The upper and lower millstones form a matching pair, each round and
Floyd | about a couple of feet in diameter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The game is rated as Polite, so even if it is suicidal, we can undo easily."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/313
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a plain brass key, a flint, a brass lamp, a bunch of
Floyd | flowers, and a small gold ear-ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flowers have quite a sweet, delicate scent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "maybe we need something to put on the wheel"
		Allen says, "or water flowing thru the mill"
		DavidW asks, "perhaps pushing/pulling the lever with slightly raise the wheel so it does hit the sack?"
		DavidW says, "s/with/will/"
		djfletch says (to Allen), "the big wheel is already managing to turn so that seems like it must be already ok"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/314
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Pulling the lever causes a subtle rearrangement of the lesser cogs.
Floyd | The upper millstone starts to turn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push lever" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/315
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Pushing the lever causes a subtle rearrangement of the lesser cogs.
Floyd | The upper millstone stops turning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/316
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the small iron wheel back again.  The giant vertical cog
Floyd | stops turning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, perhaps I misread."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb big wheel" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/316
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB BIG WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see no big wheel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb wheel" 		

Floyd | Mill                                                            5/317
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the huge cog wheel)
Floyd | It looks a bit too awkward to climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm not really picturing this properly; I expected you guys to keep wandering."
		djfletch says, "yeah, probably better exploring more before spending too much time on this"
		djfletch says, "I'll go and look at a couple of places we didn't go to"
		Jearl says, "need to go do errands; good luck everybody"
Jearl When you see it, you have the tendency to eat this beauty ( with your eyes ) 		Jacqueline asks, "We've been going four hours, and I need to go soonish. Any chance we could pick this back up next week?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait. I can't be here next week."
		Jacqueline says, "So nevermind."
		DavidW asks, "Where will you be?"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, if anyone knows they'll be here next week and has a game they'd like to play, whisper it to me and I'll check it out."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I'll be able to get Perry and Floyd started, but then I have some plans with friends that I've been trying to have for weeks now and Sunday way the only day of the week they could do it."
		DavidW says, "ah"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh WAIT"
		Jacqueline says, "That is TWO WEEKS away."
		Jacqueline says, "So yeah, I can be here next week, but only for three hours."
		Jacqueline says, "Remember when CF was supposed to be two hours? Oh wait, it still is supposed to be two hours."
		Jacqueline says, "I knew that when I picked this game, though."
		djfletch says, "I don't mind stopping just now. Also happy to carry on for another hour or two now, but it looks like it will take longer than that to finish."
		DavidW says, "yeah, you've barely started the game, really."
		Jacqueline says, "Y'know, if you all want to carry on, I'll be able to kind of keep an eye on things, just not play. I'm going to go volunteer across the street, and there's internet but I'll be greeting people so I'll be afk a bit."
		Jacqueline says, "So yeah, since we've only brushed the surface, I say you all keep going."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm very intrigued and willing to just watch as I can."
		djfletch says, "cool"
		djfletch says, "ok, I'm going to wander about some places we haven't been to yet"
		Jacqueline nods.
		djfletch says, "stop me if anyone comes up with cunning plans to try"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Farm Track                                                      5/318
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Farm Track
Floyd | This short length of farm track comes to an end at the narrow stone
Floyd | bridge just to the south and peters out into open country a short way
Floyd | north.  Its main purpose seems to be to serve the large water-mill
Floyd | that stands immediately to the east.  On the opposite side of the
Floyd | track a stream flows briskly past to the south before turning east
Floyd | under the bridge; beyond the stream lurks the bulk of a massive hill,
Floyd | its face too steep to climb even if you could somehow cross the stream
Floyd | to reach it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Bridge                                                          5/319
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | The bridge is narrow, but in a reasonable state of repair apart from
Floyd | the parapet, which is starting to crumble in places.  From the brow of
Floyd | the bridge you can see a stream racing eastwards to power a mill.  To
Floyd | the south the road runs back into town, while to the north it turns
Floyd | into a farm-track.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x parapet" 		

Floyd | Bridge                                                          5/320
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PARAPET
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone parapet runs at about chest height on both sides of the
Floyd | bridge; on both sides the top of the parapet is starting to crumble,
Floyd | and weeds are growing in the cracks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push parapet" 		

Floyd | Bridge                                                          5/321
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH PARAPET
Floyd |
Floyd | Only the top of the parapet is crumbling, the rest seems securely
Floyd | fixed to the bridge, and you have neither the strength nor the
Floyd | motivation to dislodge it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get weeds" 		

Floyd | Bridge                                                          5/322
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The weeds don’t look worth meddling with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Outskirts of Town                                               5/323
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts of Town
Floyd | A pair of granite cottages mark the northern edge of the town, the
Floyd | bulk of which lies to the south.  To the north the road crosses a
Floyd | small stone bridge, while a wide path winds up the grassy hill to the
Floyd | west.  The way east is barred by the impenetrable woodland behind the
Floyd | cottages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x cottages" 		

Floyd | Outskirts of Town                                               5/324
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COTTAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | The two cottages here are rather larger than most of those in the
Floyd | town; they are also detached, and stand a little way back from the
Floyd | road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Path Up Castle Hill                                             5/325
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Path Up Castle Hill
Floyd | Half-way up the grassy hillside, the path up from the east turns
Floyd | sharply north as it continues up the slope.  The bend in the path
Floyd | affords an excellent view over the town below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Are we going to go visit the Duke?"
		DavidW says, "or Imelda or both"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x town" 		

Floyd | Path Up Castle Hill                                             5/326
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | From the vantage point of Castle Hill it becomes even more apparent
Floyd | that the town is little more than a collection of mean stone buildings
Floyd | arranged around the cross-shaped street layout.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Top of Castle Hill                                              5/327
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Castle Hill
Floyd | The top of Castle Hill affords an excellent view over much of the
Floyd | southern part of the island, but the view to the north is blocked by
Floyd | the castle, which occupies most of the space up here.  The archway
Floyd | leading into the castle lies directly to the north, while the path
Floyd | leading back down to the hill runs south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Under the Arch                                                  5/328
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the Arch
Floyd | At first sight this archway is impressive; not only is it at least
Floyd | eight feet wide and twelve high, it’s a good nine feet deep,
Floyd | indicating the thickness of the wall at this point.  Its
Floyd | impressiveness as a piece of military architecture is, however,
Floyd | somewhat diminished once you notice the lack of anything that looks
Floyd | like a gate or portcullis.  Two pairs of rusty hinges embedded in the
Floyd | walls indicate where some gates might once have hung, and an equally
Floyd | rusty drum by the east wall looks as if it might once have been part
Floyd | of a mechanism for raising and lowering a portcullis.  The arch is
Floyd | oriented north-south, leading out of the castle to the south and into
Floyd | it to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard stands in the middle of the arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		kpaquette52 says, "I think that ClubFloyd goes a lot faster without me because my screen reader keeps skipping lines."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd | Under the Arch                                                  5/329
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | He’s both dressed and equipped in a manner more appropriate to the
Floyd | reign of the third Henry than the third George.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard is carrying a halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard shuffles from one foot to another.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says (to kpaquette), "I moved through a bunch of rooms there so it might have been a lot of text at once."
		DavidW says, "We basically walked up a hill to the castle door."
		kpaquette52 asks, "uh shouldn't we save because the guard might want to kill us?"
		djfletch says, "we think it is a pretty nice game for not killing you, but yes we should probably keep a few saves anyway"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "/tmp/cf3" 		

Floyd | Under the Arch                                                  5/329
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > /TMP/CF3
Floyd |
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I don't remember what the last save point was called. Was it cf2 before?"
		Jacqueline says, "He got it right."
		DavidW says, "yay"
		kpaquette52 asks, "can I command Floyd or should someone else?"
		djfletch says, "good, I was guessing a bit but the earlier ones were quite near the start anyway"
		DavidW says (to kpaquette52), "Go ahead."
kpaquette52 says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >

		DavidW says, "no no. We just saved"
		kpaquette52 asks, "what do I name it?"
		DavidW says, "We already saved."
		djfletch says, "no problem, I'll just call it /tmp/cf3 again"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "/tmp/cf3" 		

Floyd | Under the Arch                                                  5/329
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > /TMP/CF3
Floyd |
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "done"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd | Under the Arch                                                  5/330
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | He’s both dressed and equipped in a manner more appropriate to the
Floyd | reign of the third Henry than the third George.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard is carrying a halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to guard" 		

Floyd | Under the Arch                                                  5/331
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | “Good day to you,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | “If you say so,” he grunts.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could tell him about yourself.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		kpaquette52 says, "sorry."
		Jacqueline says, "You're fine, Katie. You don't have to apologize."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tell him about me" 		

Floyd | Under the Arch                                                  5/332
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HIM ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m Lieutenant James Corby, Royal Navy,” you announce.  “A
Floyd | short time
Floyd | ago I rescued Lady Inalda from an attacker, and she asked me to come
Floyd | to call on her here.”
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard looks you up and down, then gives you a curt nod, “You’re
Floyd | expected, lieutenant,” he informs you.  “Just carry straight on
Floyd | across
Floyd | the courtyard and you’ll find the Duke in the Great Hall.  Last I
Floyd | heard Lady Inalda was with him.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		kpaquette52 asks, "Okay so where are we?"
		DavidW says, "Outside the Duke's castle."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask guard about duke" 		

Floyd | Under the Arch                                                  5/333
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GUARD ABOUT DUKE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Is the Duke in?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “So far as I know, he is,” he tells you.  “He’s usually in the
Floyd | Great
Floyd | Hall at this time.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's southwest of the town."
kpaquette52 says (to Floyd), "x halbert" 		

Floyd | Under the Arch                                                  5/334
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HALBERT
Floyd |
Floyd | (x halberd)
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient weapon would be quite ineffective against even a small
Floyd | French raiding-party, but it’s more than adequate for preventing the
Floyd | entrance of the odd unarmed intruder or two.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "hmm, when was the third Henry?"
		kpaquette52 says, "I think we should probably get the sword."
		djfletch says, "1207-1272 apparently"
		DavidW says, "The halberd belongs to the guard. I doubt very much he'll give it to us."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask guard about inalda" 		

Floyd | Under the Arch                                                  5/335
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GUARD ABOUT INALDA
Floyd |
Floyd | “Is Lady Inalda at home?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “So far as I know,” he tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		kpaquette52 says, "I'm no help at all because I've never played this before and ihad to leave for lunch"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask guard about halberd" 		

Floyd | Under the Arch                                                  5/336
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GUARD ABOUT HALBERD
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m on duty,” he replies stiffly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
kpaquette52 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, "Okay, gotta go get ready and go volunteer and stuff. I may be around some, but regardless, I'm looking forward the transcipt. This is a great game."
		djfletch says, "bye"
		djfletch says, "ok this guard doesn't seem interesting"
		djfletch says, "going in to the castle"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/337
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard watches you depart.
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Courtyard
Floyd | Too small to count as a bailey, the courtyard is completely enclosed
Floyd | by the castle wall.  An archway leads out of the courtyard to the
Floyd | south, while to the north stands a misshapen keep.  What looks like a
Floyd | stable block rests against the western wall, and a long crude
Floyd | building, perhaps a barrack block for the castle guard, occupies the
Floyd | east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/338
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall
Floyd | This great hall has at least pretensions of grandeur.  For one thing,
Floyd | it is large and draughty.  For another, it is impressively bedecked
Floyd | with banners, shields, swords and even the odd suit of armour; but the
Floyd | impression made is of faded mediaeval glory rather than modern
Floyd | potency.  A wide staircase leads up to the north, and passages lead
Floyd | off to east and west, while the main exit is back out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Duke William is standing in the middle of the hall, looking at you
Floyd | expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Lieutenant Corby, how good of you to call!” Lady Inalda declares.
Floyd |
Floyd | Turning to her cousin she adds, “William, this is the man I was
Floyd | telling you about – the one who rescued me earlier this morning.”
Floyd |
Floyd | The Duke eyes you carefully, then gives a curt nod.  “I see; then it
Floyd | would seem we owe you a debt of gratitude, lieutenant.  Lady Inalda
Floyd | tells me that you were washed ashore on this island only this morning;
Floyd | in that case I imagine you must be left destitute and without any
Floyd | means of supporting yourself; is that assumption correct?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could say yes or no, or tell him about Julia.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think I did this part."
		* kpaquette52 has left the channel.
		DavidW says, "I'd tell him about Julia"
		djfletch says, "agreed"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tell him about julia" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/339
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HIM ABOUT JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well, a kind young lady called Julia Trelawney found me on the
Floyd | shore,
Floyd | took me back to her house and not only gave me a bowl of hot soup to
Floyd | revive me, but a gold coin so I could stay at the Red Dragon Inn for a
Floyd | while,” you tell him, “Hopefully that should last me until I find a
Floyd | boat off the island and rejoin my ship.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “That was indeed kind of Miss Trelawney,” the Duke nods, “But
Floyd | there
Floyd | are no boats off this island, and one gold coin won’t keep you for
Floyd | long.  However, I may be able to improve your prospects, lieutenant;
Floyd | you could enter my service – you sound like the sort of man I could
Floyd | use.” He pauses for a brief moment to gauge your reaction, then adds,
Floyd | “But first I’d need some concrete pledge of loyalty.”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask what he wants of you, or refuse.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "this sounds like a decisiony thing"
		djfletch says, "I'm going to try not to commit to anything too much"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask what he wants of me" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/340
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WHAT HE WANTS OF ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you want of me?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “You may have heard of the blight that’s afflicting this isle,”
Floyd | he
Floyd | begins.  “It’s causing food shortages, and that’s encouraging
Floyd | smuggling.  I have my suspicions about who’s behind it, but I need
Floyd | proof.  That’s where you come in, I want you to obtain proof of
Floyd | who’s
Floyd | behind this smuggling racket and then bring it to me.  Will you do
Floyd | that?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could say yes or no, ask him about smuggling, or ask why you.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, we saved not too long ago."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about smuggling" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/341
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “Can you tell me more about this smuggling problem, your grace?”
Floyd | you
Floyd | ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Ideally, Valon should be self-sufficient,” he explains.  “We
Floyd | cannot
Floyd | rely on contact with the outside world to supply our needs.  Smuggling
Floyd | in goods from the outside – however desirable they may seem – only
Floyd | undermines our self-sufficiency.  Don’t think me an unreasonable man,
Floyd | lieutenant, I realize that the odd little luxury or two does no harm,
Floyd | but it’s grown too big, and it needs to be controlled.  So – will
Floyd | you
Floyd | help?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "interesting"
		djfletch says, "they do have some route in from outside"
		djfletch says, "or it means they wreck ships and get stuff that way"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask why me" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/342
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WHY ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “Why me?” you ask, “I’m a stranger here!”
Floyd |
Floyd | “And that’s precisely why you’re the best person for the job,”
Floyd | he
Floyd | replies with a thin smile.  “Everyone else on the island is too well
Floyd | known; what’s more their loyalties are too well known.  On
Floyd | the other hand, right now no one knows where you stand.  People may
Floyd | tell you things they’d never tell anyone known to work for me.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/342
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could say yes or no, ask him about smuggling, or ask why you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
RootShell arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about smuggling" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/343
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “What’s being smuggled in?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Just about anything we can’t produce here,” he replies, “and
Floyd | maybe
Floyd | some things we can.  Strong drink, cloth, metal goods, non-local
Floyd | foodstuffs – anything the scoundrels think they have a market for.
Floyd | It
Floyd | wouldn’t matter if it were just a trickle, but it’s become a flood!
Floyd | Anyway, I can’t imagine you’ll have much difficulty identifying
Floyd | stuff
Floyd | that wasn’t produced on Valon, lieutenant; then all you need to do is
Floyd | to trace it back to its source.  So, will you do that for me?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about smuggling" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/344
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’ve told you all you need to know,” he replies.  “The
Floyd | question is,
Floyd | will you help me catch these smugglers?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask why me" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/345
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WHY ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “But what makes you think I’m qualified to do this sort of work?”
Floyd | you
Floyd | want to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | “You’re an officer of the crown,” he replies, “a natural
Floyd | supporter of
Floyd | the establishment, loyal to those in authority, and as a naval officer
Floyd | a natural enemy of smugglers, I should have thought.  You also must
Floyd | have some intelligence to have gained a naval commission.  I have
Floyd | every confidence in you, lieutenant.  So, will you take on the job?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask why me" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/346
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WHY ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The Duke has made it fairly clear why he thinks you’re the man for
Floyd | the
Floyd | job: he thinks your profession puts you naturally on his side, while
Floyd | your being a stranger should make it easier to get people to tell you
Floyd | things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I'm thinking it's ok to say yes here but not necessarily do anything"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/347
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | “Yes, I’ll do what I can, your grace.” you reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Good,” he replies.  “If you can do this little thing I shall see
Floyd | to
Floyd | it that you’re well rewarded.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about reward" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/348
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT REWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | “Your grace mentioned a reward,” you venture.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Yes, I did, lieutenant,” he agrees.  “Find me proof of who’s
Floyd | behind
Floyd | the smuggling, and I shall see to it that you are very comfortably set
Floyd | up in my service.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
RootShell says, "hello" 		djfletch says (to RootShell), "hello"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask duke about blight" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/349
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DUKE ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “What can you tell me about the blight, your grace?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It’s a pesky nuisance,” he grumbles.  “It makes the islanders
Floyd | complain of being short of food.  Well, they will just have to tighten
Floyd | their belts.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to RootSheel), "hi. We're a few hours into Blighted Ise. I've played before, so I can't do much."
		DavidW says, "er Isle"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask duke about mist" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/350
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DUKE ABOUT MIST
Floyd |
Floyd | “This mist that surrounds the island – what is it, do you think?”
Floyd | you
Floyd | ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I don’t know, lieutenant,” he replies, “but at least I know
Floyd | that I do
Floyd | not know.  One thing I do know is that not everything said about that
Floyd | mist can be true.  For one thing, it does not seem to me to be a mist
Floyd | in the ordinary sense of that word.  For another, I do not believe it
Floyd | to be so impossible to penetrate as it is said to be; someone
Floyd | knows how to get through it, they’re just not telling the rest of
Floyd | us.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask duke about castle" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/351
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DUKE ABOUT CASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | “How old is this castle, your grace?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Several generations,” he replies vaguely.  “It was built by my
Floyd | ancestors when they first came to this isle.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask duke about mill" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/352
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DUKE ABOUT MILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You don’t know him well enough to engage him in idle chatter, and he
Floyd | doesn’t look the sort of man who would welcome it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask duke about meg" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/353
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DUKE ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you know of the woman they call mad Meg, your grace?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Of course I know of her; the whole island knows of her,” he
Floyd | replies.
Floyd | “Perhaps some fool has told you she’s a witch, but that is just
Floyd | ignorant superstition.  The woman is quite harmless.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/354
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall
Floyd | This great hall has at least pretensions of grandeur.  For one thing,
Floyd | it is large and draughty.  For another, it is impressively bedecked
Floyd | with banners, shields, swords and even the odd suit of armour; but the
Floyd | impression made is of faded mediaeval glory rather than modern
Floyd | potency.  A wide staircase leads up to the north, and passages lead
Floyd | off to east and west, while the main exit is back out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Duke William stands in the middle of the hall, regarding you coolly.
Floyd | Lady Inalda meanwhile stands at your side, facing him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x banners" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/355
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANNERS
Floyd |
Floyd | On closer inspection some of the banners look faded, some tattered,
Floyd | and many both.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x armour" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/356
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ARMOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | The antique suits of armour look like they may have afforded some
Floyd | measure of protection against sword and mace, but not one of them
Floyd | would stop a musket ball.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
RootShell gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. 		
RootShell arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask duke about sword" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/357
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DUKE ABOUT SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’ve come across the strangest thing, your grace,” you tell him,
Floyd | “a
Floyd | sword buried in the hollow just to the southwest of the castle.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well, should you manage to unbury it, perhaps you could bring it
Floyd | here
Floyd | to add to my collection,” he suggests, glancing up at the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask duke about pipe" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/358
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DUKE ABOUT PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don’t know him well enough to engage him in idle chatter, and he
Floyd | doesn’t look the sort of man who would welcome it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/359
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hardly go wandering around upstairs uninvited under the very
Floyd | nose of the Duke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask duke about julia" 		

Floyd | Great Hall                                                      5/360
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DUKE ABOUT JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you think about Julia, your grace?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I think you ask too many questions, lieutenant,” he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/361
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Duke William watches you leave.  Lady Inalda follows you out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Courtyard
Floyd | Too small to count as a bailey, the courtyard is completely enclosed
Floyd | by the castle wall.  An archway leads out of the courtyard to the
Floyd | south, while to the north stands a misshapen keep.  What looks like a
Floyd | stable block rests against the western wall, and a long crude
Floyd | building, perhaps a barrack block for the castle guard, occupies the
Floyd | east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lady Inalda stops in the middle of the courtyard and motions you to
Floyd | join her.
Floyd |
Floyd | “A word, if you please, lieutenant,” she says.  “I don’t know
Floyd | whether
Floyd | you truly intend to do as my cousin asks, but perhaps there is
Floyd | something you might do for me.”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask what she wants, or ask her about smuggling.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask what she wants" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/362
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WHAT SHE WANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you want of me, my lady?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “The most serious threat facing us right now is the blight,” she
Floyd | tells
Floyd | you.  “And it’s not just the food shortages, it is all that flows
Floyd | from
Floyd | them, as Cadan Pascoe’s attack this morning has brought home to me.
Floyd | Something must be done about it, but I feel so limited in
Floyd | what I can do without help.  You on the other hand – well, perhaps
Floyd | being new here and more knowledgeable about the world beyond Valon,
Floyd | perhaps you could go and take a look at the blight and see if you can
Floyd | tell what might be behind it.  And while you’re at it, perhaps you
Floyd | could see if you can make any sense of this.” She hands you a sheet
Floyd | of
Floyd | parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "intrigue!"
		djfletch says, "ooh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x parchment" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/363
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | The parchment bears a poem that reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | “Where copper, iron and tin are found,
Floyd | and ores extracted underground,
Floyd | there is a path the mountain through,
Floyd | which can be found by purpose true:
Floyd | true as knight’s on holy quest,
Floyd | true as one who gives his best,
Floyd | true lies the route that shall not fail
Floyd | him who seeks the Holy Grail.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "blimey"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about parchment" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/364
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | “Where did you get this?” you ask, indicating the parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I came across it in the castle archives a few months back.” she
Floyd | tells
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about blight" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/365
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you know about the blight?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That it has turned valuable farmland into barren waste,” she tells
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about smuggling" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/366
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you think about the smuggling that’s apparently going on
Floyd | round here, my lady?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “To be honest, lieutenant, I am not so concerned about it as my
Floyd | cousin
Floyd | is,” she tells you.  “At least, I cannot see that any great harm is
Floyd | being done by it.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/367
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | She has already told you that she’s not so concerned about the
Floyd | smuggling as her cousin is, and that she cannot see that any great
Floyd | harm is being done by it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/367
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about the blight, the Holy Grail, or the poem.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about grail" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/368
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT GRAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | “Tell me, my lady, are there any Grail legends connected with this
Floyd | island?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Funny you should ask that,” she replies.  “I vaguely recall
Floyd | hearing
Floyd | something as a child, but I never paid it much attention since; it
Floyd | just sounded too much like a child’s fairy-tale, or else a popular
Floyd | legend told by the inhabitants of a small island to make themselves
Floyd | feel important.  You know the sort of thing, the chalice Christ used
Floyd | at the Last Supper, the Holy Grail, passed through our blessed Isle of
Floyd | Valon.  I’m sure there’s nothing in it.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Valon == Avalon?"
		djfletch says, "hmmmmm"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/369
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Lady Inalda has already told you that she vaguely recalls hearing some
Floyd | wild tale about the Holy Grail coming to Valon as a child, but that
Floyd | she dismisses it as a childish legend.  There seems no point in
Floyd | pursuing the subject any further with her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about poem" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/370
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT POEM
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you have any idea what this poem means?” you ask her.
Floyd |
Floyd | “There’s an old mine to the north of town,” she tells you.  “It
Floyd | looks
Floyd | like it could have something to do with that.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about poem" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/371
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT POEM
Floyd |
Floyd | “You think this poem could indicate a way through the Ridge?” you
Floyd | suggest.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It does seem to suggest that, lieutenant,” she agrees, “but it
Floyd | is not
Floyd | entirely clear, is it?  Anyway, I’d like you to find out what you
Floyd | can,
Floyd | but please don’t take any risks.  I want you to come back and tell me
Floyd | anything you discover; so please be careful.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about poem" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/372
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT POEM
Floyd |
Floyd | “Did your father and uncle follow this poem when they took their
Floyd | expedition?” you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I don’t think so,” she shakes her head.  “No one said anything
Floyd | about
Floyd | a mine at the time, and I don’t think they ever saw that
Floyd | parchment.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about expedition" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/373
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT EXPEDITION
Floyd |
Floyd | “Can you tell me about...” you begin.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Wait!  What was that?” She asks, cocking her head to one side.
Floyd | Then,
Floyd | after a moment, she continues, “Sorry, I thought I heard
Floyd | something.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about father" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/374
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT FATHER
Floyd |
Floyd | “What happened to your father?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Two years ago my uncle, the previous Duke, announced that he had
Floyd | found a way past the Ridge and that he was going to lead an expedition
Floyd | to the north end of the island to find out what lay behind the
Floyd | blight;” she replies.  “My father went with him; they never
Floyd | returned.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about ridge" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/375
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT RIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you make of the Ridge, my lady?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I think it strange that there should be such a barrier across the
Floyd | island,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/376
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you she thinks it’s strange that there should be
Floyd | such a barrier across the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about uncle" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/377
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT UNCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | “What sort of man was your uncle?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “The former Duke, you mean?” she asks.  “He was proud, noble,
Floyd | courageous and determined.  He was sure of his right to rule, but
Floyd | equally sure that such a right came with obligations.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/378
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | She has already told you that her uncle, the former Duke, was proud,
Floyd | noble, courageous and determined; a man sure of his right to rule, but
Floyd | equally sure that such a right carried obligations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about william" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/379
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT WILLIAM
Floyd |
Floyd | She doesn’t seem prepared to talk about him right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about poem" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/380
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT POEM
Floyd |
Floyd | There’s probably not a lot more you can ask her about it right now.
Floyd | She doesn’t know what the poem means, but thinks it may indicate a
Floyd | way
Floyd | through the Ridge via an old mine.  She’d like you to investigate,
Floyd | but
Floyd | wants you to be careful; she wants you to come back and tell her
Floyd | whatever you discover.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/380
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about the blight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about blighty" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/381
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BLIGHTY
Floyd |
Floyd | “Now, what about...” you begin.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Later, lieutenant,” she interrupts you.  “I’m a bit
Floyd | preoccupied right
Floyd | now.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about blight" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/382
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “What effect has the blight had?” you want to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It has halved the island’s agricultual production,” she sighs.
Floyd | “I am
Floyd | sure you can work out the consequences of that for yourself,
Floyd | lieutenant:” she adds, “fear and hunger – and a lot more people
Floyd | taking
Floyd | up fishing!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about fishing" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/383
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT FISHING
Floyd |
Floyd | “I imagine fishing must be quite an important industry here,” you
Floyd | remark.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Indeed so,” she agrees.  “It is our principal source of food;
Floyd | beef,
Floyd | lamb and poultry are rare delicacies these days.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about blight" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/384
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you have any idea what caused the blight, my lady?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “No,” she replies shortly, “and neither does anyone else, in my
Floyd | opinion.  Oh, you’ll probably hear some wild theories, but no one
Floyd | really knows.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/385
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “Does anyone have any idea what to do about the blight?” you
Floyd | inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | In reply she gives a bitter laugh, “Since no one understands its
Floyd | cause, you can hardly expect them to come up with a cure,
Floyd | lieutenant!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/386
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You’ve run out of things you can usefully ask her about the blight.
Floyd | She’s already indicated that in her view no one knows either its
Floyd | cause
Floyd | or its cure, and that its effect has been to turn valuable farmland
Floyd | into barren waste, thereby halving the island’s agricultural
Floyd | production and causing fear and hunger as a result.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/387
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Although from the outside the barracks don’t exactly give the
Floyd | impression of being overcrowded, the chances are that some of the
Floyd | Duke’s guards are living there, and you don’t want to tangle with
Floyd | them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/388
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | “The way out is that way, lieutenant,” Lady Inalda observes,
Floyd | pointing
Floyd | to the south with a faint smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/389
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Courtyard
Floyd | Too small to count as a bailey, the courtyard is completely enclosed
Floyd | by the castle wall.  An archway leads out of the courtyard to the
Floyd | south, while to the north stands a misshapen keep.  What looks like a
Floyd | stable block rests against the western wall, and a long crude
Floyd | building, perhaps a barrack block for the castle guard, occupies the
Floyd | east wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lady Inalda is standing facing you in the middle of the courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x stable" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/390
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The stable block is a low wooden building running along the inside of
Floyd | the west wall, and abutting the tower at the southwestern corner of
Floyd | the keep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x tower" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/391
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | The stubby round tower sticks up at the southwestern corner of the
Floyd | keep, abutting the stable block.  A single window high up in the tower
Floyd | overlooks the courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x keep" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/392
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Either the keep was never completed, or parts have been added on
Floyd | almost at random, since the building (which in any case is probably
Floyd | little more than a glorified manor house) has a decidedly lopsided
Floyd | appearance.  The greatest affront to symmetry is the single round
Floyd | tower standing at the southwestern corner, but the entire building is
Floyd | ugly, though large, as if its designers couldn’t agree whether it was
Floyd | intended for defence, grandeur or comfort and accordingly botched all
Floyd | three objectives.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/393
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The stubby round tower sticks up at the southwestern corner of the
Floyd | keep, abutting the stable block.  A single window high up in the tower
Floyd | overlooks the courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "inalda, bye" 		

Floyd | Castle Courtyard                                                5/394
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > INALDA, BYE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Take care now, lieutenant, and be sure to come back and tell me when
Floyd | you have something to report,” Lady Inalda tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Under the Arch                                                  5/395
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the Arch
Floyd | The archway is at least eight feet wide and twelve high.  It’s also a
Floyd | good nine feet deep, indicating the thickness of the wall at this
Floyd | point.  Two pairs of rusty hinges embedded in the walls indicate where
Floyd | some gates might once have hung, and an equally rusty drum by the east
Floyd | wall looks as if it might once have been part of a mechanism for
Floyd | raising and lowering a portcullis.  The arch is oriented north-south,
Floyd | leading out of the castle to the south and into it to the north.  But
Floyd | of the gate and portcullis themselves there is no sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard stands in the middle of the arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard eyes you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of RootShell), "If you're still here, would you like me to post a transcript of the game thus far?"
		djfletch says, "going to check a few more unexplored exits"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Top of Castle Hill                                              5/396
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Castle Hill
Floyd | The top of Castle Hill affords an excellent view over much of the
Floyd | southern part of the island, but the view to the north is blocked by
Floyd | the castle, which occupies most of the space up here.  The archway
Floyd | leading into the castle lies directly to the north, while the path
Floyd | leading back down to the hill runs south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sure"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Path Up Castle Hill                                             5/397
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Path Up Castle Hill
Floyd | Half-way up the grassy hillside, the path up from the east turns
Floyd | sharply north as it continues up the slope.  The bend in the path
Floyd | affords an excellent view over the town below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outskirts of Town                                               5/398
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts of Town
Floyd | A pair of granite cottages mark the northern edge of the town, the
Floyd | bulk of which lies to the south.  To the north the road crosses a
Floyd | small stone bridge, while a wide path winds up the grassy hill to the
Floyd | west.  The way east is barred by the impenetrable woodland behind the
Floyd | cottages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | North Street                                                    5/399
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | North Street
Floyd | The street is narrow here, barely wide enough for two people to pass,
Floyd | and looks just as narrow as it continues to north and south.  An
Floyd | ancient stone chapel stands immediately to the east, opposite a
Floyd | terrace of mean little cottages hugging the west side of the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Inside the Chapel                                               5/400
Floyd | Exits: north   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Chapel
Floyd | This little chapel is about as bare as a place of Christian worship
Floyd | gets.  The rough stone walls are unplastered, and the pews little more
Floyd | than plain wooden benches.  The stone altar at the east end is quite
Floyd | unadorned, although presumably something is put on it when worship is
Floyd | in progress.  The street exit is to the west, but another, smaller
Floyd | open doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Transcript up to this point, in case you are still around, RS:"
		DavidW says, "Most of the north area is unexplored, and of course, there is a mine. Parts of town and the southeast corner of the island were overlooked."
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x altar" 		

Floyd | Inside the Chapel                                               5/401
Floyd | Exits: north   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ALTAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The altar is almost totally unadorned; presumably it is stripped bare
Floyd | between services.  An indication of its antiquity is not simply that
Floyd | it is made of stone, unlike the wooden communion tables of civilized
Floyd | Protestant churches, but that the faint carving on the front looks
Floyd | extremely worn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x carving" 		

Floyd | Inside the Chapel                                               5/402
Floyd | Exits: north   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CARVING
Floyd |
Floyd | Although the carving is extremely faded, you can just discern the
Floyd | outline of a chalice of possibly ancient pattern.  Although this is by
Floyd | no means an inappropriate symbol for an altar it strikes you as a
Floyd | little unusual; if anything, you might have expected a cross.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Holy Grail, I assume."
		djfletch says, "yeah"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x pews" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEWS
Floyd |
Floyd | Clearly not designed for comfort, the pews are about as barely
Floyd | functional as plain wooden benches can be; about the one thing to be
Floyd | said in their favour is that it would be almost impossible to fall
Floyd | asleep on them however tedious the sermon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | south wall: The south wall of the chapel is of rough, undressed
Floyd | stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | north wall: Like the other walls, the north wall is of
Floyd | undressed stone; a small open doorway in the wall leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | east wall: The altar rests near the east wall; otherwise it is
Floyd | made of rough undressed stone, just like the others.
Floyd |
Floyd | west wall: Apart from the fact that the way back out to the
Floyd | street is set in the west wall, it is just like the other three: made
Floyd | of rough, unplastered stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pews" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH PEWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing on the pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under pews" 		

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Floyd | Exits: north   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER PEWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unusual under the pews.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestry
Floyd | This small chamber apparently does duty as dressing-room and office
Floyd | for the parish priest.  A row of cupboards, presumably containing
Floyd | vestments and altar furniture, lines the north wall, while a small
Floyd | desk nestles against the east one.  The way back into the chapel lies
Floyd | south, but a large wooden door leads west.  A small metal hook is set
Floyd | into the wall next to this door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A plain wooden chair rests by the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the small wooden desk is a sermon.  On the hook is a large iron
Floyd | key.
Floyd |
Floyd | The priest is sitting working at his desk.  He looks up at your
Floyd | entrance and remarks, “So – another sinner come to join my
Floyd | flock!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "TADS 3 games tend to have the most descriptive walls in IF games."
		djfletch says, "heh"
		djfletch says, "also, wow, still more npcs"
		DavidW says, "oh yeah, there's a few. At least four more on this side of the Ridge you have yet to meet."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it's impressive."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x priest" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PRIEST
Floyd |
Floyd | He is a thin, austere man, dressed in a long black cassock.  A few
Floyd | wisps of white hair dangle about his scalp.  Piercing dark eyes stare
Floyd | out either side of a nose that’s as thin and sharp as a shark’s
Floyd | fin,
Floyd | and there’s something tight and mean about his mouth.  He is sitting
Floyd | on the plain wooden chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The priest is wearing a long black cassock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "he seems evil"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to priest" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO PRIEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have the priest’s attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about the blight, Mrs Pascoe, mad Meg, or himself,
Floyd | or tell him about yourself.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, the priest is an unpleasant sort."
		Jacqueline says (to Priest), "We're a sinner? It takes one to know one, buddy."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about blight" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “What can you tell me about the blight?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It’s causing terrible hardship here,” he replies.  “Life here
Floyd | is hard
Floyd | enough for most people as it is.  The loss of one of the island’s two
Floyd | farms has been a terrible blow.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask him about chapel" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT CHAPEL
Floyd |
Floyd | “Your chapel looks very ancient,” you remark.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I think it must be,” he agrees.  “I have kept it just as I found
Floyd | it,
Floyd | since the islanders feel it should be preserved just as it always has
Floyd | been, and no one can remember a time before it was here.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask him about carving" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT CARVING
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s an unusual carving on the front of your altar, isn’t
Floyd | it?” you
Floyd | remark.  “Some sort of chalice, isn’t it?  I’d have expected a
Floyd | cross.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “So would I – if that,” the priest concurs, “but then, the
Floyd | altar is
Floyd | very ancient, and the chalice is a symbol of Holy Communion.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about meg" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “Who is this mad Meg person?” you want to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | “She is a creature of hell, an evil witch, born out of wedlock and
Floyd | possessed by demons,” the priest tells you, his eyes bulging with
Floyd | fury.  “If the blight is not due to her witchcraft it is God’s
Floyd | punishment for not putting her to death!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about himself" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | “And you are...?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Father Andrew,” he tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about me" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “I don’t propose to discuss that now,” he replies stiffly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tell him about me" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HIM ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “By the way, I’m Lieutenant James Corby, Royal Navy,” you
Floyd | introduce
Floyd | yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | “So – a royalist,” he remarks, with mild disapproval.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about royalists" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT ROYALISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | “Perhaps we can discuss that some other time,” he suggests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about duke" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT DUKE
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you make of Duke William?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “A proud man,” Father Andrew sighs, “a thorough-going Norman
Floyd | aristocrat, more concerned with his rights as ruler than for the
Floyd | welfare of the people he rules.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask him about mist" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT MIST
Floyd |
Floyd | “Can you tell me about the sea-mist?” you request.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Maybe,” he replies concomittally, “but not just at this
Floyd | minute.” He
Floyd | glances meaningfully at his unfinished sermon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about sermon" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT SERMON
Floyd |
Floyd | “Is that your sermon for Sunday?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s right,” he agrees, adding, “It still needs a lot of
Floyd | work; I
Floyd | believe in taking great care over my sermons.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Lovely chap."
		Jacqueline rolls her eyes.
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about grail" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT GRAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’d like to ask you about the Holy Grail,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I daresay you would, but that doesn’t mean I’d like to answer
Floyd | right
Floyd | now,” he replies, glancing pointedly at his sermon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about ridge" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT RIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you think about the Ridge?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Nothing I’d care to share with you just at this moment,” he
Floyd | replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask him about god" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT GOD
Floyd |
Floyd | “How should God be worshipped?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “In spirit and in truth,” he replies at once.  “By repenting of
Floyd | our
Floyd | sins and trusting in his mercy.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "repent" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPENT
Floyd |
Floyd | The story doesn’t understand that command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask him about julia" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | “I take it you know Julia Trelawney?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Of course; I know everyone on the island, and everyone on the island
Floyd | knows the Trelawneys,” he replies.  “She is not as careful for her
Floyd | immortal soul as I might wish, but she’s a pleasant person, and one
Floyd | who always pulls her weight.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask him about key" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | “Can I borrow that key, please?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “No,” he replies.  “What lies beyond that door is not for your
Floyd | eyes.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		Jacqueline says, "WELL THEN"
		djfletch says, "this is about the fourth building we need to sneak back into when no-one is around"
		DavidW asks, "Should we ask about smuggling?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about smuggling" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’ve heard there’s some smuggling going on round here,” you
Floyd | say.
Floyd | “Would you happen to know anything about that, Father Andrew?”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Smuggling, you say?” he replies.  “I suppose some may call it
Floyd | that.
Floyd | Others might call it supplying the wants of the needy.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “Don’t you consider smuggling a sin, Father Andrew?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I might if I considered it smuggling,” he replies, “but maybe
Floyd | the sin
Floyd | rests with those who consider it so.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about smuggling" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “Are you saying you approve of smuggling?” you ask him.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I did not say that,” he points out.  “What I do say is that
Floyd | since the
Floyd | blight came most of my flock can barely keep body and soul together.
Floyd | Without what you call ‘smuggling’ there’s many here who’d go
Floyd | under,
Floyd | and it’s not just my flock’s eternal welfare that concerns me –
Floyd | though
Floyd | it would be well for many of the sinners on the island to have longer
Floyd | to repent before they meet their maker!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “The Duke seems to think that there’s some smuggling going on,”
Floyd | you
Floyd | point out.
Floyd |
Floyd | “So you’ve been talking to the Duke!” he declares.  “It is only
Floyd | Duke
Floyd | William’s avarice that makes him speak of ‘smuggling’, by which
Floyd | he
Floyd | means that someone somewhere has the temerity to import what the rest
Floyd | of us need without donating the lion’s share to the castle coffers.
Floyd | Our Duke would store up treasure for himself here on earth while his
Floyd | subjects go hungry and naked.  You may guess what his heavenly reward
Floyd | may be!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "yes, we've been trying to get his subjects to go naked, but so far no luck"
		Jacqueline says, "..."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about smuggling" 		
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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “So you think that what the Duke calls ‘smuggling’ is simply the
Floyd | legitimate importation of goods that people here need,” you surmise.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I do,” Father Andrew nods.  “I’m sure some luxuries are
Floyd | brought in
Floyd | too, but I don’t begrudge my flock the occasional luxury – God
Floyd | knows
Floyd | their lives are hard enough.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think we've tried to strip since the dunking in the prologue, actually."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “So do you know who is behind this – importation?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I know many things that I may not repeat,” he tells you.  “That
Floyd | goes
Floyd | with being a priest.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to have exhausted this line of questioning for now.  It’s
Floyd | clear, if a little surprising, that Father Andrew approves of the
Floyd | so-called smuggling, and that he has little respect for the Duke’s
Floyd | attempts to suppress it.  In the priest’s view, the “smugglers”
Floyd | are
Floyd | simply alleviating the material hardship of the islanders’ lives.
Floyd | Father Andrew may well know who the smugglers are, but if so he’s not
Floyd | saying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read sermon" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ SERMON
Floyd |
Floyd | Reading the sermon reveals that while God is mentioned a few times,
Floyd | such concepts as love, joy and salvation don’t get much of a mention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestry
Floyd | This small chamber apparently does duty as dressing-room and office
Floyd | for the parish priest.  A row of cupboards, presumably containing
Floyd | vestments and altar furniture, lines the north wall, while a small
Floyd | desk nestles against the east one.  The way back into the chapel lies
Floyd | south, but a large wooden door leads west.  A small metal hook is set
Floyd | into the wall next to this door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A plain wooden chair rests by the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the small wooden desk is a sermon.  On the hook is a large iron
Floyd | key.
Floyd |
Floyd | Father Andrew is seated at his desk, but has turned to face you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x cupboards" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CUPBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | They’re plain-fronted wooden cupboards that presumably contain
Floyd | vestments, altar furniture, and other such ecclesiastical equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a sloping top, and is quite narrow, with only just enough room
Floyd | to write on.  On the small wooden desk is a sermon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Father Andrew turns back to his desk and resumes work on his sermon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get key" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | “Thou shalt not steal!” barks Father Andrew, knocking your hand
Floyd | aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "heh, worth a try"
		DavidW says, "sinner"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first trying to open the large wooden door)
Floyd | The large wooden door seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about the blight, Mrs Pascoe, mad Meg, or himself,
Floyd | or tell him about yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about mrs pascoe" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MRS PASCOE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Excuse me,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | Father Andrew turns in his chair and looks up at you.  “Yes?” he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Where can I find Mrs Pascoe?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “She’ll be working in the fish-house I imagine, down by the
Floyd | jetty,” he
Floyd | tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | He’s already told you that she’s probably working in the fish-house
Floyd | down by the jetty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "haven't been there yet"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about meg" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “What else can you tell me about this Meg person?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “She lives out of town, somewhere in the forest to the north, like
Floyd | the
Floyd | wild creature she is,” Father Andrew tells you.  “I tell you this,
Floyd | young man, if you want to atone for your past sins and escape the
Floyd | wrath of God, you must do what none of the sinners here have yet dared
Floyd | to do: confront the evil witch and put her to death!  Burning her at
Floyd | the stake would be proper, but I am sure that God in His mercy will
Floyd | find acceptable whatever means of putting her to death you can manage:
Floyd | ‘Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live!’”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "correct, you haven't."
		DavidW says, "eep, the priest is suggesting murder now."
		djfletch says, "I was wondering if he would give us a quest."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about witches" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT WITCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Father Andrew remains silent, merely raising one eyebrow as if to
Floyd | indicate that your question really wasn’t worth the bother of asking,
Floyd | let alone the bother of answering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about meg" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “If this Meg is so obviously an evil witch, how come no one else
Floyd | wants
Floyd | to put her to death?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “The Duke will not allow it; he protects her,” Father Andrew tells
Floyd | you.  “If he knew his duty to God he would order her to be burned!
Floyd | But instead...”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “Are you quite sure this Meg woman is a witch?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Quite sure,” he nods emphatically.  “She has brought the blight
Floyd | upon
Floyd | us, and is constantly mixing potions and casting spells in that forest
Floyd | of hers.  Young man, seize this opportunity to save your soul: seek
Floyd | this woman out and slay her!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “What makes you so sure that it’s Meg who’s responsible for the
Floyd | blight?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “You are new here, so I must make allowance for your questioning,”
Floyd | he
Floyd | replies.  “If you had been here as long as I, her guilt would be
Floyd | obvious to you.  Just ask the Pascoes, whose land was ruined by the
Floyd | blight.  Or go and look at the blighted land for yourself – it’s
Floyd | not
Floyd | far to walk.  I tell you, nothing natural can have caused the land to
Floyd | die like that, and there’s only one person on this island who
Floyd | practises witchcraft – that Meg!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
kpaquette52 hollers, "Inky" 		djfletch says, "also she weighs the same as a duck"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask about murder" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MURDER
Floyd |
Floyd | “Wouldn’t killing mad Meg be a sin?” you wonder.  “‘Thou
Floyd | shalt do no
Floyd | murder’ as the good book says.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Killing that witch would not be murder!” he thunders, “or else
Floyd | the
Floyd | good book would not command the death of witches!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about lust" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT LUST
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you think of lust?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It’s sinful, obviously,” he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about meg" 		

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Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “But is there any real evidence connecting this Meg with the
Floyd | blight?”
Floyd | you venture to ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | Father Andrew regards you steadily for a few moments, then replies,
Floyd | “If you want convincing, go and speak to Mrs Pascoe; she can tell her
Floyd | story better than I.”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him who Mrs Pascoe is.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about meg" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/449
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | You have heard enough of Father Andrew’s views on mad Meg: so far as
Floyd | he’s concerned she’s the worst sinner on the island, a witch who
Floyd | should not be allowed to live; killing her would, in his view,
Floyd | therefore help atone for your past sins.  He’s also told you that she
Floyd | lives in the forest to the north of town, and that (in his opinion)
Floyd | she’s demon-possessed and was born out of wedlock.  Finally, he
Floyd | suggests you speak to Mrs Pascoe about her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask who mrs pascoe is" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/450
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WHO MRS PASCOE IS
Floyd |
Floyd | “Who is this Mrs Pascoe?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Her husband had a farm up just south of the Ridge,” he explains.
Floyd | “Mad Meg used to live with them.  When they realized she was a witch,
Floyd | they threw her out.  It was shortly after then that the blight came,
Floyd | but it was only their land that was affected.  In the end they had to
Floyd | leave the farm – nothing could live there.  They were left absolutely
Floyd | destitute, of course.  Now Jennifer Pascoe has been reduced to gutting
Floyd | fish while her husband mends the fishermen’s nets.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/450
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about the blight, or himself, or tell him about
Floyd | yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about himself" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/451
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | “And what do you do here, apart from holding services?” you ask him
Floyd |
Floyd | “Pray for the people, visit the sick – all the things a good priest
Floyd | should do,” he tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/452
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “How long have you been on the island; were you born here?” you
Floyd | ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “No, I wasn’t born here,” he tells you.  “I was on a ship that
Floyd | foundered, and fetched up here about twenty years ago,” he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about ship" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/453
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | “I was hoping you could tell me something about ships,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | “And I was hoping to get this sermon written,” he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about himself" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/454
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | “What did you do before you came to this island?” you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I was a chaplain to Cromwell’s army,” he tells you, “but when
Floyd | the
Floyd | Restoration came it seemed politic to go elsewhere.  The wind of
Floyd | change that blew in Charles II wasn’t going to be kind to my sort.”
Floyd |
Floyd | You refrain from pointing out that he seems to be referring to events
Floyd | 145 years ago, suspecting that he might not be quite right in the
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "iiiiinteresting"
		DavidW says, "took the game long enough to present that wrinkle"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about himself" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/455
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | He’s already told you a bit about himself: as part of his priestly
Floyd | duties he prays for the islanders and visits the sick; he came here
Floyd | about twenty years ago when his ship foundered.  He says he had been a
Floyd | chaplain to Cromwell’s forces and was fleeing England at the
Floyd | Restoration; since Charles II came to the throne 145 years ago this
Floyd | hardly seems likely, so you decide to stop pressing him any further,
Floyd | in case he’s a little unhinged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about cromwell" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/456
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT CROMWELL
Floyd |
Floyd | “Did you say you were a chaplain to Cromwell’s army?  Do
Floyd | you
Floyd | mean Oliver Cromwell?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s right; what other Cromwell had an army?  Surely not Thomas!
Floyd | But I know why you look so askance at the thought - you’re a
Floyd | royalist!
Floyd | Well, you and I shall never agree on that score, but such differences
Floyd | are of little moment here, so perhaps we should let the matter drop.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask him about cromwell" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/457
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT CROMWELL
Floyd |
Floyd | When you asked he confirmed that he was indeed a chaplain to Oliver
Floyd | Cromwell’s army, but seemed to think that the only reason you queried
Floyd | it was because your sympathies are royalist.  He can’t possibly be
Floyd | that old, of course, but in the face of his assertions there seems
Floyd | nothing for it but to accept his suggestion to let the matter drop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/457
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about the blight, or tell him about yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tell him about myself" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/458
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HIM ABOUT MYSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | “I fell overboard last night and ended up being washed up here – it
Floyd | was a miracle I survived!” you tell him.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Your story is not so unusual here,” he replies calmly.  “Though
Floyd | as
Floyd | for the miracle – well, perhaps the providence of God has preserved
Floyd | you for a purpose.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/459
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You have already introduced yourself to him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about blight" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/460
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “What caused the blight, do you think?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It’s nothing natural, that’s for certain,” he tells you.
Floyd | “As I told
Floyd | you, it’s either that witch Meg’s sorcery or divine retribution for
Floyd | it.  Either way, it is mad Meg’s fault, and she should be punished
Floyd | for
Floyd | it.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/461
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “What can be done about the blight?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Is it not obvious?” he replies.  “To remove the blight you must
Floyd | remove its cause.  As I have already told you, the witch must die.
Floyd | You would serve God and the people of this island well if you killed
Floyd | her.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/462
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | He has already told you that the blight is causing terrible hardship
Floyd | on the island, that it clearly isn’t a natural phenomenon, and that
Floyd | it’s either a direct result of mad Meg’s sorcery or a divine
Floyd | punishment for allowing the witch, Meg, to live.  He has also
Floyd | suggested that the way to cure the blight is to remove its cause,
Floyd | namely Meg, and that you would do both God and the islanders a service
Floyd | by killing her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Vestry                                                          5/462
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind right now to discuss with Father
Floyd | Andrew.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You probably want to talk to Jenny next. She's easy to find."
		Jacqueline says, "Man, this game."
		Jacqueline says, "It's a giant, mysterious onion."
		djfletch says, "ok, I know where the jetty is at least"
		DavidW says, "Wait until you try to get apples for Sally."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Inside the Chapel                                               5/463
Floyd | Exits: north   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Father Andrew turns back to his desk and resumes work on his sermon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Chapel
Floyd | This little chapel is about as bare as a place of Christian worship
Floyd | gets.  The rough stone walls are unplastered, and the pews little more
Floyd | than plain wooden benches.  The stone altar at the east end is quite
Floyd | unadorned, although presumably something is put on it when worship is
Floyd | in progress.  The street exit is to the west, but another, smaller
Floyd | open doorway leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | North Street                                                    5/464
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | North Street
Floyd | The street is narrow here, barely wide enough for two people to pass,
Floyd | and looks just as narrow as it continues to north and south.  An
Floyd | ancient stone chapel stands immediately to the east, opposite a
Floyd | terrace of mean little cottages hugging the west side of the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Crossroads                                                      5/465
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | This crossroads, at what may be the centre of the town, is formed by
Floyd | meeting of roads to north, south, east and west.  All four roads lead
Floyd | between grim, grey buildings; the road to the east looks quite short,
Floyd | while that to the west leads up a distant hill.  The roads to north
Floyd | and south look as if they run on quite a way, but just a short way to
Floyd | the south you can see a hanging inn-sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South Street                                                    5/466
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | South Street
Floyd | The west side of this long, grubby street is dominated by the Red
Floyd | Dragon Inn, while on the opposite side squats a row of bleak stone
Floyd | cottages.  The street continues to north and south over well-worn
Floyd | cobbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Steep Track                                                     5/467
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Track
Floyd | Leading down from the town to the north towards a stone jetty to the
Floyd | south, this steep track is little more than a well-trodden path along
Floyd | the edge of the barren scrubland that extends to the east.  A narrow
Floyd | side-track runs off through a thicket to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Scrubland                                                       5/468
Floyd | Exits: west   northeast   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Scrubland
Floyd | This large area of scrubland slopes down alongside a steep track to
Floyd | the west, and ends at clifftops to northeast and southeast.  The area
Floyd | is deserted and little grows here but some scraggy grass, impoverished
Floyd | by the thin, stony soil.  A long wooden fence runs along much of the
Floyd | northern boundary of this largely wasted space, but otherwise it is
Floyd | open to the elements.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I'll leave this for now"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Steep Track                                                     5/469
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Track
Floyd | Leading down from the town to the north towards a stone jetty to the
Floyd | south, this steep track is little more than a well-trodden path along
Floyd | the edge of the barren scrubland that extends to the east.  A narrow
Floyd | side-track runs off through a thicket to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Jetty                                                           5/470
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Jetty
Floyd | The steep track from the north comes to an end at this bleak stone
Floyd | jetty, which is flanked by a large wooden building to the east and the
Floyd | beach stretching out along the bay to the west.  The jetty juts just a
Floyd | short way out into the water, and both from the smell and from the
Floyd | fish fragments lying about, obviously serves as a landing stage for
Floyd | the island’s fishermen.  No boats are tied up here at the moment, but
Floyd | there are several a short way out to sea in the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be an exaggeration to say that the smell of rotting fish is
Floyd | overpowering, since you are not overpowered by it, but it is certainly
Floyd | inescapable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/471
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Fish House
Floyd | The fish house looks as much like a long wooden shed from the inside
Floyd | as it does from the outside.  A pair of long wooden benches run along
Floyd | the walls, covered in fish in various stages of being processed.  The
Floyd | way out is back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large group of women are at work gutting fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman working closest to the entrance keeps throwing odd glances
Floyd | at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of raw fish is almost overpowering.
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman nearest the entrance looks up from her work.  “Yes?” she
Floyd | asks.
Floyd | “Was there anything you wanted?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask her about mad Meg, or ask her who she is.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her who she is" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/472
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER WHO SHE IS
Floyd |
Floyd | “And who might you be?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m Jennifer Pascoe, Samuel Pascoe’s wife, if it’s any
Floyd | business of
Floyd | yours,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tell her about me" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/473
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HER ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m Lieutenant James Corby, Royal Navy,” you tell her.  “I
Floyd | fell
Floyd | overboard last night and found myself washed ashore on this island
Floyd | this morning.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m sure I know nothing about no left tenants, nor no Royal
Floyd | Navy,”
Floyd | she mutters, “but you aren’t the first to be washed ashore here and
Floyd | you won’t be the last – just another mouth to feed when times are
Floyd | hard
Floyd | enough as it is; so don’t you expect no sympathy from me!”
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of raw fish is almost overpowering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about meg" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/474
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you know anything about the woman they call ‘mad Meg’?” you
Floyd | inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Her?” she almost spits.  “Oh, I knows about mad Meg all right.
Floyd | Cuckoo in the nest, she were.  Raised her as my own, I did, when her
Floyd | own mother didn’t want her.  But her mother knew what she were doing
Floyd | when she got rid of her!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/475
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you have something in particular against Meg?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do I have something against her!” she laughs scornfully.  “At
Floyd | first I
Floyd | thought she were just a little soft in the head.  Couldn’t help that,
Floyd | not her fault, I thought, so I were kind to her.  Then I learned
Floyd | better: she’s a witch.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/476
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “Why do you think Meg’s a witch?” you want to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Besides her saying all those strange things, and mixing all those
Floyd | strange potions, you mean?” she asks.  “Besides her meddling with
Floyd | things best left alone?  Well, it were what she did to my son that
Floyd | finally opened my eyes, that’s what.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/477
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “What did Meg do to your son that so upset you?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “She bewitched him, that’s what,” Jennifer Pascoe replies.
Floyd | “Reckon
Floyd | she bewitched my Sam a bit too, since he never saw through her.  I
Floyd | mean what she made him do – my son, I mean – it weren’t right,
Floyd | and
Floyd | it’s not as if she’s that pretty after all.  Of course she lied
Floyd | about
Floyd | it afterwards, claimed my boy tried to rape her.  I ask you!  Calling
Floyd | my own boy a liar!  Well, she couldn’t stay after that!”
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of raw fish is almost overpowering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "what a nice woman,"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/478
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “You think Meg seduced your son, and that makes her a witch?” you
Floyd | ask
Floyd | incredulously.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Bewitched – she bewitched him,” Jennifer Pascoe replies.  “But
Floyd | it
Floyd | didn’t end there.  After we threw her out she cursed our land, and
Floyd | year on year after that we watched it die as the blight took hold,
Floyd | until we were left with nothing.  She’s a witch, all right.  Ought to
Floyd | be burned at the stake by rights, just as Father Andrew says.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Sam said the loss of the farm unhinged Jenny."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/479
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You doubt any useful purpose will be served by pursuing this topic
Floyd | with her.  It’s clear she thinks Meg is a witch, partly because she
Floyd | thinks Meg bewitched her son into having sexual intercourse with her
Floyd | (so far as you can gather from her slightly confused account) but
Floyd | mainly because she thinks Meg cursed her husband’s land and brought
Floyd | the blight upon it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about blight" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/480
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “What can you tell me about the blight?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It destroyed us, that’s what!” she snaps.  “A slow creeping
Floyd | death,
Floyd | bit by bit.  It killed the land – you must know that – but it
Floyd | nearly
Floyd | killed us too, and I don’t just mean the near starvation.  In the
Floyd | last
Floyd | year before we had to move out, we all felt sickly and weak – my hair
Floyd | even started to fall out.  If we hadn’t gone when we did, we’d have
Floyd | ended up like the soil!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "new theory: radiation sickness"
		DavidW says, "hm. That sounds... yeah, that"
		djfletch says, "probably from alien UFOs"
		DavidW asks, "We already have Avalon stuff and possible time weirdness; you want aliens too?"
		djfletch says, "sure, why not"
		DavidW says, "heh heh"
		djfletch says, "or it could be this mysterious island was used by the French for nuclear testing"
		DavidW says, "afk for a minute or so"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about blight" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/481
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “So you think the blight drains the life-force out of everything?”
Floyd | you
Floyd | enquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s just what it does,” she nods.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline laughs.
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about island" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/482
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT ISLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | “Haven’t you got anything better to do than stand here asking me
Floyd | questions?” she asks sourly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about sword" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/483
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | “I can’t see any reason why I should tell you about that,” she
Floyd | replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/483
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about the blight, or herself, or tell her about her
Floyd | son.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm totally down with the Grail and Avalon and time weirdness and witches and UFOs."
		Jacqueline asks, "Why not?"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about blight" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/484
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you have any ideas what might have caused the blight?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I know exactly what caused it, it were that witch – mad Meg!”
Floyd | she
Floyd | declares.  “The girl put a curse on our land, that’s what did it.
Floyd | If
Floyd | you don’t believe, just ask yourself this: why did the blight stop
Floyd | after destroying our farm – why was it only our land that was
Floyd | destroyed?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "By the way, tell me when we get to the part with the werewoves."
		Jacqueline says, "er, werewolves."
		Fang says, "maybe there is a more prosaic explanation"
		Fang says, "like maybe cadder was just a terrible farmer"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm sure there is."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, radiation from a naturally occuring source."
		djfletch says, "true, there is apparently a mine somewhere"
		Fang says, "or maybe Meg was a horticulturalist responsible for the fertility of the soil in the first place"
		Fang says, "so once they got rid of her, without her potions"
		Fang asks, "things went back to natural?"
		Jacqueline says, "Or... well, I'm hopeful that at the end we'll have a speech from Father Andrew that ends with a screeching, 'And I'd have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for Lt Corby!'"
		DavidW says, "back"
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about blight" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/485
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already given you her opinion: she thinks the blight is the
Floyd | result of Meg cursing her husband’s land.  She also thinks it drains
Floyd | the life-force out of everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of raw fish is almost overpowering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about her" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/486
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HER
Floyd |
Floyd | “How long have you been working here for?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Depends what you mean,” she grunts.  “If you mean today, then
Floyd | since
Floyd | dawn.  If you mean in all, then it’s been about two years now, ever
Floyd | since we lost the farm.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about her" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/487
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HER
Floyd |
Floyd | “How do you enjoy the work here?” you enquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It’s smelly and messy and I hate it,” she tells you, “but
Floyd | it’s the
Floyd | best I can get.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about her" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/488
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HER
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you that she’s been working in the fish-house
Floyd | for
Floyd | two years and that she hates it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fang says (to Floyd), "ask her about son" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/489
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT SON
Floyd |
Floyd | “I think I’ve met your son, but not under the happiest of
Floyd | circumstances,” you say.  “He was trying to rob Lady Inalda.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s a lie!” Jennifer Pascoe cries.  “Or else you don’t
Floyd | know your
Floyd | arse from your elbow.  My son wouldn’t do a thing like that.
Floyd | You’ve
Floyd | gone and muddled him with someone else, that’s what!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You can smell the fish."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about ridge" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/490
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT RIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | “You’re just wasting my time with questions like that!” she
Floyd | complains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "smell fish" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/491
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of raw fish is almost overpowering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get fish" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/492
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You’re quite content to leave the fish to the women.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/492
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind right now to discuss with Jennifer
Floyd | Pascoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/493
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Fish House
Floyd | The fish house looks as much like a long wooden shed from the inside
Floyd | as it does from the outside.  A pair of long wooden benches run along
Floyd | the walls, covered in fish in various stages of being processed.  The
Floyd | way out is back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large group of women are at work gutting fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jennifer Pascoe is standing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of raw fish is almost overpowering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask about sam" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/494
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SAM
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’ve met your husband, just a little way down the beach mending
Floyd | nets,” you tell her.  “How is he coping, do you think?”
Floyd |
Floyd | “How do you think he’s coping?” she retorts bitterly.  “How
Floyd | would you
Floyd | cope if you lost everything and were reduced to working for a
Floyd | pittance?  Oh, he does his best – he always did his best – but his
Floyd | spirit is broke, poor man.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about duke" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/495
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT DUKE
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you think of the Duke?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “He cares for no one but himself,” she replies, “except that
Floyd | fancy
Floyd | cousin of his – and he cares for her far too much, if you take my
Floyd | meaning.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yikes."
		djfletch says, "oh really"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about inalda" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/496
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INALDA
Floyd |
Floyd | She doesn’t seem to be very receptive to your attempts to tell her
Floyd | what her son did to Lady Inalda.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about duke" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/497
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT DUKE
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you that the Duke cares for no one but himself,
Floyd | except that he cares for his cousin far too much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oops, I keep called Inalda 'Imelda'."
		DavidW says, "er calling"
		djfletch says, "well, I think I'm going to give up for today"
		DavidW says, "I guess now you can check out the area east of the scrubland, or the farms, or the mine, or the bakery, or revisit places."
		djfletch says, "I'll let someone else take over if they want to."
		djfletch says, "It's been a pretty cool game so far."
		DavidW says, "There's no one to take over, really. We can save here and continue next week."
		djfletch says, "yeah, happy to do that"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "/tmp/cf4" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/497
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > /TMP/CF4
Floyd |
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Fang says, "I hope these /tmp/ files are preserved"
		DavidW says, "hope so"
		* katie-paquette has joined the channel.
katie-paquette arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		djfletch says, "yeah, they might not be"
		Fang asks, "then might something be done?"
		djfletch says, "If anyone has access to copy it somewhere, do that."
		katie-paquette says, "I thought I was no use but nowI'm thinking maybe I was."
		DavidW says, "I only know how to upload games. I have no access otherwise."
		djfletch says, "If not, well, there's a reasonable chance it would be ok for a week I think."
		Allen says, "on a typical linux install, they'll be there for at least several days"
		katie-paquette asks, "So are we still playing the same game?"
		Jacqueline says, "I've sent a note to vimes. I'll make sure we preserve them."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, continue this next week, then?"
		djfletch says, "thanks"
		DavidW says (to katie), "well, we were just stopping, but yeah, the same game."
		Jacqueline says (to Katie), "And yes, I think we'll continue it next week. I'll post a temporary transcript for people to read."
		DavidW says, "After the castle, we talked to a priest, and then Jenny."
		Allen says, "since I'm taking off work tomorrow, I may play through this game myself"
		Jacqueline asks (of Katie), "If you're on Facebook or Twitter, there's a way to get updated about ClubFloyd. Are you on Facebook or Twitter?"
		Jacqueline asks (of Allen), "It's a very good game, isn't it?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm really enjoying it."
		DavidW says, "Eric Eve's an excellent author."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
		Allen says, "yeah, it's very solid. Not many games are these days"
		katie-paquette says, "I'm on Facebook."
		Jacqueline says, "I think this may well prove to be my favorite of his."
		DavidW says, "This game has some replay value to it as well, because of the multiple solutions."
		katie-paquette says (to Jacqueline), "I have a facebook account"
		[LINK]
		Jacqueline says, "Yes, that's the link. You can like the page and get updates about what we're playing each week, as well as notifications when transcripts get posted."
		katie-paquette says, "hang on. I'm going to try not to log off but create a new tab so I can get to my Facebook account."
		Jacqueline says, "See you all next week for the continuation of Blighted Isle."
		djfletch says, "bye"
djfletch has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
		DavidW says (to djfletch), "Thanks for all your help!"
		DavidW says, "oops, too late"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Yeah, he did a lot of work today!"
		

		

		
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***** NEXT SESSION! ***** 		
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		djfletch says, "hello hello"
		djfletch tries to remember all the stuff that was happening in this game
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		djfletch says, "cool"
		djfletch says, "I have a rough map so I know some of the places we haven't been to yet"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. I guess it is that time."
		Jacqueline says, "By the way, the game is already loaded and restored to the correct restore file."
		Jacqueline asks, "So I guess we were talking to Sam's wife, Jennifer, right?"
		Jacqueline says, "In the fish house."
		djfletch says, "right"
		Jacqueline says, "And fwiw, I can only play for 2.5 or so hours today, because I have plans with some dude named Lucian Smith."
		Jacqueline says, "And inky."
		djfletch says, "ok"
		Jacqueline says, "But if at that point people still want to play that will be fine."
		Jacqueline says, "Just letting you know that you'll lose me at that point."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Fish House                                                      5/497
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind right now to discuss with Jennifer
Floyd | Pascoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Should we move on?"
vimes 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, "I seem to remember we milked all the topics we'd wanted to discuss."
		djfletch says, "probably. I think one big thing might be to try and find Meg the witch."
		Jacqueline says, "Oooh. yay"
		djfletch says, "she's probably vaguely northish but maybe I'll go a roundabout way and fill in a couple of places we haven't been to yet."
		Jacqueline says, "So... you said you had a map, so I am kind of relying on you to navigate us."
		Jacqueline says, "Sounds good."
		djfletch says, "no problem"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Jetty                                                           5/498
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Jennifer Pascoe resumes sorting through her pile of fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jetty
Floyd | The steep track from the north comes to an end at this bleak stone
Floyd | jetty, which is flanked by a large wooden building to the east and the
Floyd | beach stretching out along the bay to the west.  The jetty juts just a
Floyd | short way out into the water, and both from the smell and from the
Floyd | fish fragments lying about, obviously serves as a landing stage for
Floyd | the island’s fishermen.  No boats are tied up here at the moment, but
Floyd | there are several a short way out to sea in the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be an exaggeration to say that the smell of rotting fish is
Floyd | overpowering, since you are not overpowered by it, but it is certainly
Floyd | inescapable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | East End of Bay                                                 5/499
Floyd | Exits: east   northeast   northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Bay
Floyd | The beach comes to an end at the stone jetty which lies just to the
Floyd | east.  In the opposite direction the bay stretches off in a wide arc
Floyd | to the northwest, while a narrow track runs up through a thicket to
Floyd | the northeast.  A little way out to sea is a fleet of fishing boats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x fleet" 		

Floyd | East End of Bay                                                 5/500
Floyd | Exits: east   northeast   northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLEET
Floyd |
Floyd | A large, if motley, collection of boats stands out a short way from
Floyd | shore in the sea.  The nets hanging over the sides of the nearest
Floyd | boats make it quite obvious that they are engaged in fishing.
Floyd | Clearly, not all the island’s fishermen are busily engaged in
Floyd | drinking
Floyd | the Red Dragon dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Steep Track                                                     5/501
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Track
Floyd | Leading down from the town to the north towards a stone jetty to the
Floyd | south, this steep track is little more than a well-trodden path along
Floyd | the edge of the barren scrubland that extends to the east.  A narrow
Floyd | side-track runs off through a thicket to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok that connects back"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | East End of Bay                                                 5/502
Floyd | Exits: east   northeast   northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Bay
Floyd | The beach comes to an end at the stone jetty which lies just to the
Floyd | east.  In the opposite direction the bay stretches off in a wide arc
Floyd | to the northwest, while a narrow track runs up through a thicket to
Floyd | the northeast.  A little way out to sea is a fleet of fishing boats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Middle of Bay                                                   5/503
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of Bay
Floyd | The beach stretches away to both northwest and southeast from here,
Floyd | its approximate mid-point.  A short way to the north the ground climbs
Floyd | sharply up a hill, while out to sea a collection of fishing-boats is
Floyd | stretched out across the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small green toolbox lies on the beach beside a fishing net.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small green toolbox contains a screwdriver.
Floyd |
Floyd | Samuel Pascoe is sitting on the beach mending the net.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | North End of Bay                                                5/504
Floyd | Exits: east   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of Bay
Floyd | A steep cliff blocks the way north, and the sea lies to the west, but
Floyd | you can go up a hill to the east, while the beach continues to the
Floyd | southeast.  Out to sea a collection of boats bob around fishing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x boats" 		

Floyd | North End of Bay                                                5/505
Floyd | Exits: east   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOATS
Floyd |
Floyd | A large, if motley, collection of boats stands out a short way from
Floyd | shore in the sea.  The nets hanging over the sides of the nearest
Floyd | boats make it quite obvious that they are engaged in fishing.
Floyd | Clearly, not all the island’s fishermen are busily engaged in
Floyd | drinking
Floyd | the Red Dragon dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x cliff" 		

Floyd | North End of Bay                                                5/506
Floyd | Exits: east   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | The cliff is like a bony finger thrust out into the sea; more
Floyd | prosaically it’s a narrow rocky promontory that blocks the way north,
Floyd | too high and too steep to climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok nothing much here"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Summit                                                          5/507
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west   northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Summit
Floyd | The summit of this low hill is fairly flat, and continues to the
Floyd | northwest.  To the north, it descends quite rapidly into a hollow,
Floyd | while to south and east it slopes down towards the beach, and grass
Floyd | gives way to sand.  To the east are the faint traces of the track
Floyd | which become a street running back down towards the centre of the
Floyd | town.  Although you’re not that high up, you get a clear view over
Floyd | the
Floyd | sea from here, truncated by the ever-present mist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | West Hill                                                       5/508
Floyd | Exits: east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | West Hill
Floyd | This looks like the roughest part of town, with the road surface
Floyd | equally pitted up the hill to the west and down to the east.  The
Floyd | cottages on either side of the street look more thrown together than
Floyd | built, being rough and tiny.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | West Street                                                     5/509
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | West Street
Floyd | To the east the street is fairly level, but a short distance to the
Floyd | west it starts to climb a shallow hill.  At this point the street runs
Floyd | between a small bakery to the north, and a narrow alley to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of baking bread wafts from the bakery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/510
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Yard
Floyd | This small back yard is walled in on all sides, although a narrow
Floyd | alley runs off to the north, and the back door to the tavern lies
Floyd | east.  Next to the back door is the mouth of a chute, which is
Floyd | presumably to allow beer barrels to be rolled down into the cellar
Floyd | beneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several barrels are stacked in a corner of the yard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "we saw this room out of the tavern window"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x barrels" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/511
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARRELS
Floyd |
Floyd | The barrels are stacked quite carefully, just a little way from the
Floyd | wall behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search barrels" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/512
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH BARRELS
Floyd |
Floyd | The barrels are stacked too high.  You’d first have to dismantle the
Floyd | stack to get at one of the barrels, and that seems like far too much
Floyd | unnecesary labour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "x chute" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/513
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can’t see very far into it; from here it’s just a dark hole;
Floyd | but
Floyd | it does look about the right size to roll in a large barrel on its
Floyd | side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "climb barrels" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/514
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB BARRELS
Floyd |
Floyd | The barrels are stacked too high.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push barrels" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/515
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BARRELS
Floyd |
Floyd | The barrels are too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think the game will drive us back here at some point, possibly."
		djfletch says, "yes, seems like it must be for something"
		djfletch says, "I wonder if we can go down the chute"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "enter chute" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/516
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s not really big enough, and you’re not sure how safe it would
Floyd | be
Floyd | if it was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x barrel" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/517
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | The barrels are stacked quite carefully, just a little way from the
Floyd | wall behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unstack barrel" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/517
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNSTACK BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “unstack” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I was wondering if we could pull a Bilbo Baggins, but possibly not."
		djfletch says, "heh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in barrel" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/518
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | The barrels are stacked too high.  You’d first have to dismantle the
Floyd | stack to get at one of the barrels, and that seems like far too much
Floyd | unnecesary labour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Also, afk a brief sec... keep going though. (Just pouring coffee)"
		djfletch says, "I'll go to this bakery"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | West Street                                                     5/519
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | West Street
Floyd | To the east the street is fairly level, but a short distance to the
Floyd | west it starts to climb a shallow hill.  At this point the street runs
Floyd | between a small bakery to the north, and a narrow alley to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of baking bread wafts from the bakery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "wait why was east a direction?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/520
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Yard
Floyd | This small back yard is walled in on all sides, although a narrow
Floyd | alley runs off to the north, and the back door to the tavern lies
Floyd | east.  Next to the back door is the mouth of a chute, which is
Floyd | presumably to allow beer barrels to be rolled down into the cellar
Floyd | beneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several barrels are stacked in a corner of the yard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/521
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first trying to open the back door)
Floyd | The back door seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x back door" 		

Floyd | Back Yard                                                       5/522
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BACK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | West Street                                                     5/523
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | West Street
Floyd | To the east the street is fairly level, but a short distance to the
Floyd | west it starts to climb a shallow hill.  At this point the street runs
Floyd | between a small bakery to the north, and a narrow alley to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of baking bread wafts from the bakery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/524
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Bakery
Floyd | It feels distinctly warm in here, even though only one of the ovens
Floyd | running along the rear wall is lit.  No wares are on display: both the
Floyd | shelves against the east wall and the serving counter towards the rear
Floyd | are totally bare, apart from a light dusting of what could be traces
Floyd | either of flour or of sawdust.  To the south lies the way out back to
Floyd | the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | A baker is bent over one of the ovens, with his back to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | There’s a strong smell of baking bread.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to baker" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/525
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO BAKER
Floyd |
Floyd | “Excuse me,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baker turns to face you.  “If ’tis bread th’art after,
Floyd | th’art out
Floyd | of luck,” he tells you.  “This batch is all for the castle.”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, or tell him about yourself.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about himself" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/526
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | “So you’re the island’s baker,” you surmise.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s right, sir,” he agrees.  “Alan Biddock’s the name.  I
Floyd | wasn’t
Floyd | always the baker here, mind; I used to be a seafaring man myself – a
Floyd | ship’s cook.  But – shame to say I had a bit too much to drink when
Floyd | we
Floyd | were having a bit of a celebration, like; then there was this great
Floyd | tempest, see, and I fell overboard and got washed ashore here – just
Floyd | like thee, sir.”
Floyd |
Floyd | There’s a strong smell of baking bread.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about bread" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/527
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BREAD
Floyd |
Floyd | “You’re baking a batch of bread?” you surmise.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s right,” he says, “for the castle.  The Duke insists
Floyd | that the
Floyd | castle must come first, and I’m so short of flour... well, I’m so
Floyd | short of flour I’d give a silver coin for a sackful now, I would.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about me" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/528
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “Wait!” he interrupts you, sniffing the air.  “Canst thou smell
Floyd | burning?” He turns round and fiddles with his oven for a couple of
Floyd | moments, before coming back to you having quite forgotten your
Floyd | question.  “Apologies, sir; but I must not let this batch spoil.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about myself" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/529
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MYSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | He scratches his beard and begins, “Well, it’s like this, sir; or
Floyd | maybe it’s more like that.  The truth is...” he tales off as he
Floyd | loses
Floyd | the thread of his own thoughts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about ship" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/530
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | “What was your ship like?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well, sir, I was the cook rather than the captain, if thou seest my
Floyd | meaning, so I cannot give thee every nautical detail, but she was a
Floyd | new ship and a fast one, smaller than the Spaniards, and able to show
Floyd | them a clean pair of heels after snapping at them – and her cannon
Floyd | packed quite a bite!” he tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | There’s a strong smell of baking bread.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about spaniards" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/531
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SPANIARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Alan Biddock scratches his beard in puzzlement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about castle" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/532
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT CASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Can you tell me anything about the castle?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Maybe I can,” he answers, “and maybe I won’t.”.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
katie-paquette goes home. 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about castle" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/533
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT CASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you think about the castle?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “What indeed?” he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about duke" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/534
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT DUKE
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you think of Duke William?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Like his father before him, he fancies himself a nobleman in the
Floyd | grand style, not realizing how petty his demesne is, and how slight
Floyd | his achievements,” Alan Biddock replies.  “But though he be vain,
Floyd | he
Floyd | is not uncommon vicious.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about meg" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/535
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you know anything about the woman they call mad Meg?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well, they do say she’s a witch,” he replies, “and many there
Floyd | are
Floyd | that blame her for the blight.  As for me, well, I hardly know her,
Floyd | only set eyes on her once or twice; she be comely enough, but strange
Floyd | too, I reckon.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about blight" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/536
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you know of the blight?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That it has made grain hard to come by,” he replies laconically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about smuggling" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/537
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “So tell me, as one seaman to another, is there any sea-going
Floyd | activity
Floyd | of any sort round here – apart from fishing?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I know not what thou mean’st, sir,” he replies.  “What kind of
Floyd | seafaring could there be, when thou canst not penetrate the mist?  And
Floyd | there’s not many round here takes to boats for pleasure!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sure, sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/538
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “I had heard there were smugglers at work,” you tell him.  “If
Floyd | that’s
Floyd | true then there must be some way through the mist.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Thou art right this far: there could be no one smuggling without
Floyd | getting through that stuff,” he agrees.
Floyd |
Floyd | There’s a strong smell of baking bread.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/539
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “So, do you know of any smuggling round here?” you ask him.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Now, what would I want with smugglers?” he retorts.  “Joe Fanton
Floyd | grows the corn, it gets ground in the mill, and I bake it into bread
Floyd | here, with no shortage of people willing to buy.  There’s no
Floyd | smuggling
Floyd | in any of that – all home grown and home produced.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/540
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “People often want more than bread,” you point out.  “Maybe other
Floyd | things are brought in from the outside?”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Maybe,” he replies.  “Man shall not live by bread alone, as
Floyd | Moses
Floyd | tells us.  But then I’m no busybody; I don’t go poking my nose into
Floyd | others’ affairs.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/541
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to drop the subject; if Alan Biddock knows anything about
Floyd | any smuggling he’s clearly not willing to tell you about it; about
Floyd | the
Floyd | only thing he’s possibly let slip is that anyone who is smuggling
Floyd | would have to have found a way through the “enchanted” mist
Floyd | that’s
Floyd | keeping everyone else confined to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about priest" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/542
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT PRIEST
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you make of Father Andrew?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “A bit too Protestant for my taste,” he replies, “but then I
Floyd | always
Floyd | did prefer the old ways – not that I go along with the Pope sending
Floyd | the Spaniards at us, thou understandest.  This priest may be
Floyd | well-meaning but he is also – a trifle angular, shall we say.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "He sure speaks like he's been here for a few centuries."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about julia" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/543
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you make of Julia Trelawney?” you ask.  “I assume you
Floyd | know
Floyd | her?”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Reckon about everyone on this island knows the Trelawneys,” he
Floyd | tells
Floyd | you.  “Now, young Mistress Trelawney seems like one who knows her own
Floyd | mind, pleasant enough, but not to be dallied with lightly, I’d
Floyd | say.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about sally" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/544
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you know Sally Penhaligon?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “The lass that keeps the shop?  Yes I know her, well enough.  Good
Floyd | enough woman, I reckon, but already spoken for,” he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/544
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about himself, or tell him about yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about himself" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/545
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | “So how long have you been on this island?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Ah – must be nigh on ten years now,” he replies, scratching his
Floyd | beard.  “We’d just fought a battle against a great Spanish fleet
Floyd | – and
Floyd | given those Dago papists a right drubbing!  Philip’s beard was more
Floyd | than singed that time, I’ll wager!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tell him about me" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/546
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HIM ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m also a seaman; Lieutenant Corby, of the Niobe,” you
Floyd | tell
Floyd | him.  “Like you, I fell overboard in a storm and fetched up here.  I
Floyd | wasn’t drunk, though; the captain ordered me to the masthead with my
Floyd | telescope, and I lost my footing.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “I fancy many a soul here has a similar story to tell, sir,” he
Floyd | replies.  “Them or their parents or grandsires.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about himself" 		

Floyd | Bakery                                                          5/547
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You’re not sure what more you can ask him after his last answer.
Floyd | He’s
Floyd | already told you that he was a ship’s cook before he fell overboard
Floyd | in
Floyd | a storm and, after being washed ashore, became the island’s baker;
Floyd | but
Floyd | he went on to suggest that he was a cook in the fleet that fought the
Floyd | Spanish Armada, which seems so implausible that you hardly know what
Floyd | to think.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok, let's try somewhere else"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Maybe he hasn't been here that long."
		Jacqueline says, "Weird."
		Jearl asks, "was here anyone else who seemed from another time?"
		Jearl says, "just trying to get caught up"
		Jacqueline says, "So far I think it's just Father Meanie that's ancient."
		Jearl says, "I guess the island and/or the storm exists in multiple times"
		djfletch says, "yes, he was another one"
		djfletch says, "most of the other people were vague about how long they had been here"
		Jacqueline asks, "So you think it's a time vortex?"
		Jacqueline asks, "And not some Scooby Doo villian with a fog machine and a projector?"
		djfletch says, "if it is they've gone to a lot of trouble"
		FloatingInfo says, "Well, we'd need a time vortex to bring in a Scooby Doo villain with a fog machine and a projector..."
		djfletch says, "maybe this is all an elaborate simulation by the British Navy for training new officers"
		Jacqueline says (to FloatingInfo), "Exactly my thinking."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, yeah, proceed elsewhere."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | West Street                                                     5/548
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Alan Biddock gives you a curt nod and returns to his oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Street
Floyd | To the east the street is fairly level, but a short distance to the
Floyd | west it starts to climb a shallow hill.  At this point the street runs
Floyd | between a small bakery to the north, and a narrow alley to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of baking bread wafts from the bakery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Crossroads                                                      5/549
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | This crossroads, at what may be the centre of the town, is formed by
Floyd | meeting of roads to north, south, east and west.  All four roads lead
Floyd | between grim, grey buildings; the road to the east looks quite short,
Floyd | while that to the west leads up a distant hill.  The roads to north
Floyd | and south look as if they run on quite a way, but just a short way to
Floyd | the south you can see a hanging inn-sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North Street                                                    5/550
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | North Street
Floyd | The street is narrow here, barely wide enough for two people to pass,
Floyd | and looks just as narrow as it continues to north and south.  An
Floyd | ancient stone chapel stands immediately to the east, opposite a
Floyd | terrace of mean little cottages hugging the west side of the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Outskirts of Town                                               5/551
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts of Town
Floyd | A pair of granite cottages mark the northern edge of the town, the
Floyd | bulk of which lies to the south.  To the north the road crosses a
Floyd | small stone bridge, while a wide path winds up the grassy hill to the
Floyd | west.  The way east is barred by the impenetrable woodland behind the
Floyd | cottages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge                                                          5/552
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | The bridge is narrow, but in a reasonable state of repair apart from
Floyd | the parapet, which is starting to crumble in places.  From the brow of
Floyd | the bridge you can see a stream racing eastwards to power a mill.  To
Floyd | the south the road runs back into town, while to the north it turns
Floyd | into a farm-track.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Farm Track                                                      5/553
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Farm Track
Floyd | This short length of farm track comes to an end at the narrow stone
Floyd | bridge just to the south and peters out into open country a short way
Floyd | north.  Its main purpose seems to be to serve the large water-mill
Floyd | that stands immediately to the east.  On the opposite side of the
Floyd | track a stream flows briskly past to the south before turning east
Floyd | under the bridge; beyond the stream lurks the bulk of Castle Hill, its
Floyd | face too steep to climb even if you could somehow cross the stream to
Floyd | reach it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/554
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheat Field
Floyd | Ripe wheat sways gently in the breeze the length and breadth of this
Floyd | large level field.  Some way off to the west lies a farmyard, while
Floyd | directly to the east stands a large wood.  To the north the field
Floyd | eventually runs into open pasture; to the south, a rough farm track
Floyd | leads back towards the town.
Floyd |
Floyd | A farmer is at work, harvesting the wheat with a scythe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok this is a new place"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to farmer" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/555
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hello, there!” you greet him.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hello,” he replies, a little suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about the blight, himself, Meg, Cadan Pascoe, or
Floyd | smuggling, or tell him about yourself.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about himself" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/556
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | “And you are...?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Joe Fanton,” he tells you.  “I own this farm – and run most of
Floyd | it
Floyd | myself!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
katie-paquette arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		FloatingInfo asks, "Is djfletch the driver or is it available for everyone to do commands?"
		djfletch says, "no just jump in, I was just moving us around because I've got a map"
		FloatingInfo says, "Ah"
		katie-paquette says (to Jacqueline), "I'm sorry butI've read some of the transcript but I kind of need a transcript without the formatting and in a microsoft word document."
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "tell joe about me" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/557
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL JOE ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’m Lieutenant James Corby, Royal Navy,” you introduce yourself.
Floyd | “I
Floyd | was washed ashore here this morning.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Washed ashore were you?” he replies.  “Well, you weren’t the
Floyd | first
Floyd | and you won’t be the last.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about blight" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/558
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “What can you tell me about the blight, Mr Fanton?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “The blight?” he echoes scornfully.  “Well, it ruined old Pascoe,
Floyd | and
Floyd | that’s for sure.  Mercifully it hardly touched my land – reckon God
Floyd | must be smiling on me.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/559
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you have any ideas what the blight might be, or what caused
Floyd | it?”
Floyd | you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | Joe Fanton shakes his head.  “I never saw the likes of it before, I
Floyd | can tell you that.  At first we thought it was hard winters, but it
Floyd | affected Pascoe’s crops more’an mine, and that made no sense.  Then
Floyd | we
Floyd | thought his crops had got some kind o’ plant disease, so we called it
Floyd | the blight.  But it’s pretty obviously the soil that’s sick, like
Floyd | it’s
Floyd | had all the goodness drained out of it, and I can’t think of anything
Floyd | that would do that.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about cadan" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/560
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT CADAN
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you know Cadan Pascoe?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Of course I know Cadan Pascoe,” he replies.  “His father Sam was
Floyd | my
Floyd | neighbour till the blight came.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of katie), "Can you read the polished transcripts that are on the website? Like the one for Heist?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about cadan" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/561
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT CADAN
Floyd |
Floyd | “What’s your opinion of Cadan Pascoe?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “A bit of a wild lad, but hard-working enough,” he tells you.
Floyd | “He
Floyd | always pulled his weight on his father’s farm – looked forward to
Floyd | running it himself one day, I’ll be bound.  I think he took it even
Floyd | harder than his parents when the blight drove them off.  But I don’t
Floyd | feel that sorry for him, to be honest; I never really took to him, see
Floyd | – there’s something not right about him.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about cadan" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/562
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT CADAN
Floyd |
Floyd | “Did you know Cadan Pascoe attacked Lady Inalda earlier today?” you
Floyd | ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Did he now?” Joe Fanton declares.  “I always thought he had a
Floyd | wild
Floyd | streak in him, but I never thought he’d go that far!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about cadan" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/563
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT CADAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He’s already told you that he considers Cadan Pascoe to be
Floyd | hard-working; he pulled his weight on his father’s farm, and probably
Floyd | looked forward to running it himself one day; he took it even harder
Floyd | than his parents when the blight forced them to leave.  Joe Fanton
Floyd | thinks Cadan Pascoe has a wild streak, but was surprised to learn that
Floyd | he’s gone as far as attacking Lady Inalda.  But even before you told
Floyd | Joe Fanton about the attack on Lady Inalda he said he thought there
Floyd | was something not quite right about Cadan.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/563
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about the blight, himself, Meg, or smuggling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about blight" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/564
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “Could the source of the blight be over the far side of the Ridge?”
Floyd | you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Could be,” he allows.  “No one knows what’s there, do they?
Floyd | But then
Floyd | that’s just explaining one mystery by another, seems to me.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about blight" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/565
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Joe Fanton has probably told you as much about the blight as he can:
Floyd | he says it ruined Pascoe’s land but spared his, that it at first
Floyd | seemed like a crop disease but turned out to be a sickness of the
Floyd | soil, with all the goodness being drained out of it.  He can’t think
Floyd | of anything that would have that effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about himself" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/566
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | “And have you lived here all your life, Mr Fanton?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s right,” he tells you.  “I inherited this farm from my
Floyd | father,
Floyd | as he did from his.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about meg" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/567
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you know Meg – the one they call mad Meg?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I see her from time to time,” he tells you.  “She keeps herself
Floyd | to
Floyd | herself mostly, and that’s fine by me, after all she’s a – well,
Floyd | she
Floyd | may be, you know what people say.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about meg" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/568
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do people say about Meg?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well, some say she’s a healer, and others say she’s a witch.
Floyd | Not
Floyd | that I understand these things, mind, but it never hurts to be too
Floyd | careful!” he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about meg" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/569
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “Have you ever known Meg do any witch-like things, like casting
Floyd | spells?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well – no, but then I’m not sure I’d know a witch’s spell if
Floyd | I saw
Floyd | one,” he confesses, “but she is mighty strange, that I can tell
Floyd | you.
Floyd | It’s not natural for a young woman to live all her own in a wood,
Floyd | keeping out of folks’ way.  And the way she’s been spending her
Floyd | time
Floyd | lately – well!” he shakes his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about meg" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/570
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “How has Meg been spending her time lately?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Up at Pascoe’s farm – or what’s left of it,” he tells you.
Floyd | “I know
Floyd | she was raised there, and I know she left under a cloud, but there’s
Floyd | nothing left there now but dead soil and dust, so what she can be
Floyd | spending all that time there for...” he shakes his head and sighs,
Floyd | “Well, it seems mighty strange to me, but I often see her go up that
Floyd | way.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Useful info."
		djfletch says, "yeah, don't remember hearing that before"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about meg" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/571
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can’t think of anything else to ask him about her right now:
Floyd | he’s
Floyd | told you that some think her a witch, and some a healer, and though he
Floyd | doesn’t know one way or the other, he feels it best to play safe and
Floyd | stay clear of her.  He’s never seen Meg cast a spell or do anything
Floyd | obviously witch-like, but then he’s not sure he’d recognize it if
Floyd | he
Floyd | did.  He does think her rather odd, both because she lives all alone
Floyd | in the wood, and because she’s spending a lot of time up at
Floyd | Pascoe’s
Floyd | farm, even though there’s nothing left there now but a barren waste.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tell about meg" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/572
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL ABOUT MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “Maybe you can tell me about that when I haven’t got a field of
Floyd | ripe
Floyd | wheat to harvest,” he suggests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tell about me" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/573
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You’ve already introduced yourself, and you don’t get the
Floyd | impression
Floyd | that Joe Fanton wants to hear your life story right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about smuggling" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/574
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “I don’t suppose you know anything about any smuggling that’s
Floyd | meant to
Floyd | be going on round here,” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I might, and then again I might not,” he replies warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger goes home. 		
Roger has disconnected. 		Jacqueline says, "Was just curious if the tell dynamic mattered much."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about smuggling" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/575
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | He’s clearly not going to say anything on that subject until you win
Floyd | his confidence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/575
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "ask joe about joe" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/576
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JOE ABOUT JOE
Floyd |
Floyd | “You must be quite busy here,” you remark.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That I am,” he nods, in a tone of voice that almost implies,
Floyd | “too
Floyd | busy to be wasting time chatting with the likes of you.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about mill" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/577
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT MILL
Floyd |
Floyd | “Does anyone use the mill?” you ask.  “It looked deserted when I
Floyd | visited it earlier!”
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s probably because the miller has virtually no grain left to
Floyd | mill until I get the harvest in,” Joe Fanton explains, “so
Floyd | there’s not
Floyd | much for him to do there.  He also has a boat, so he’s probably out
Floyd | fishing.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "What's he want/need? I had to skim for a sec, but I didn't catch anything that might be an open door toward gaining his trust."
		djfletch says, "not sure"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about himself" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/578
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | He’s already told you that his name is Joe Fanton and that he
Floyd | inherited this farm from his father, who inherited it from
Floyd | his father.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		FloatingInfo says, "There's always improving his crop output somehow."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/578
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind right now to discuss with Joe
Floyd | Fanton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about wheat" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/579
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT WHEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | “Will you have a good grain harvest this year, do you think?” you
Floyd | ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Good enough,” he replies.  “At least, good enough for normal
Floyd | times –
Floyd | enough to feed half the island, give or take.  Not enough to make up
Floyd | for the lack of Pascoe’s grain, though.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/580
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | He’s already told you he expects a reasonable grain harvest, but not
Floyd | enough to make up the shortfall due to the loss of Pascoe’s land.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "I know! If we got rid of the blight we could crack this smuggling ring!"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry. I'll just sit here in the corner for my sarcasm."
		Jearl says, "all I could imagine he wants is for hlp with the harvest -- maybe if we found a scyhe we could pitch in"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x wheat" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/581
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WHEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Ripe wheat sways gently in the breeze the length and breadth of this
Floyd | large level field.  Some way off to the west lies a farmyard, while
Floyd | directly to the east stands a large wood.  To the north the field
Floyd | eventually runs into open pasture; to the south, a rough farm track
Floyd | leads back towards the town.
Floyd |
Floyd | Joe Fanton is resting on his scythe, waiting for you to speak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Jearl), "Oh, good point."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help him" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/581
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP HIM
Floyd |
Floyd | The story doesn’t understand that command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "there was a sack in the mill, maybe he would want that to put grain in"
		djfletch says, "or if we get that sword that was stuck in the ground we can use that as a scythe"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about scythe" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/582
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SCYTHE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Is there any chance you could tell me about...” you start.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Is there any chance folks’ll let me alone long enough to get the
Floyd | harvest in before people here start starving?” he interrupts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about harvest" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/583
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HARVEST
Floyd |
Floyd | He’s already told you he expects a reasonable grain harvest, but not
Floyd | enough to make up the shortfall due to the loss of Pascoe’s land.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "let's explore some more"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/584
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Joe Fanton resumes his reaping.
Floyd |
Floyd | Farm Yard
Floyd | The yard is an expanse of dried mud open to the east, but enclosed on
Floyd | the other three sides.  To the west stands a large old farmhouse,
Floyd | while an equally antiquated barn lies to the south.  A thick hedgerow
Floyd | runs along the north side, but a wooden gate half-way along allows
Floyd | access through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "we know the baker would give us a silver for a sack of flour, if we could solve the mill puzzle..."
		Jearl says, "I'm wondering if running around for errand money is ever actually important, though"
		Jearl says, "I suppose we could be dead set on sleeping with the barmaid"
Roger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline asks, "Gosh, where should the priorities lie? And with whom?"
		Jearl says, "this is as close to an open-world game I've seen in an IF"
		Jearl says, "so yeah, hard to know!"
		Jacqueline says, "I really want to find meg."
		Jearl says, "yeah"
		djfletch says, "we had an earring to give someone too"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/585
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a plain brass key, a flint, a brass lamp, a bunch of
Floyd | flowers, a small gold ear-ring, and an old sheet of parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flowers have quite a sweet, delicate scent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "I think it's Julia's IIRC"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x barn" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/586
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARN
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s a large wooden building, standing tall on the south side of the
Floyd | yard, which has been weathered almost black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x hedgerow" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/587
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEDGEROW
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks healthy enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x farmhouse" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/588
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FARMHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The large, weathered farmhouse looks as if it has stood there for many
Floyd | years; it also looks like it should make a much more comfortable
Floyd | family home than most of the cottages in town.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Barn                                                            5/589
Floyd | Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Apart from a row of wooden casks along the south wall the barn seems
Floyd | strangely empty; presumably it’ll fill up more after the harvest, but
Floyd | right now it’s just a large empty space, about forty feet long by
Floyd | fifteen wide.  The only way out is through the door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wooden ladder leans against a wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x casks" 		

Floyd | Barn                                                            5/590
Floyd | Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CASKS
Floyd |
Floyd | They look ordinary enough, but from their smell it would appear that
Floyd | Joe Fanton has a sideline in brewing ale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "x ladder" 		

Floyd | Barn                                                            5/591
Floyd | Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The ladder is reasonably long, but looks portable enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "drink ale" 		

Floyd | Barn                                                            5/592
Floyd | Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK ALE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can’t do that to a smell of fermenting ale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in cask" 		

Floyd | Barn                                                            5/593
Floyd | Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN CASK
Floyd |
Floyd | There’s no reason to disturb them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "take ladder" 		

Floyd | Barn                                                            5/594
Floyd | Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "this could be for sneaking out of our room in the tavern"
		Roger says, "Now we can scale those barrels"
		Jearl says, "oh ho"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd | Barn (standing on the ladder)                                   5/595
Floyd | Exits: north   out
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first dropping the ladder)
Floyd | Okay, you’re now standing on the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Barn                                                            5/596
Floyd | Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | (off the ladder)
Floyd | Okay, you’re no longer on the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get ladder" 		

Floyd | Barn                                                            5/597
Floyd | Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/598
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Farm Yard
Floyd | The yard is an expanse of dried mud open to the east, but enclosed on
Floyd | the other three sides.  To the west stands a large old farmhouse,
Floyd | while an equally antiquated barn lies to the south.  A thick hedgerow
Floyd | runs along the north side, but a wooden gate half-way along allows
Floyd | access through.
Floyd |
Floyd | Joe Fanton enters from the east.  “Hello,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | In reply, Joe Fanton merely grunts.
Floyd |
Floyd | “And just where do you think you’re going with that there ladder,
Floyd | young man?” he demands.  “Put it back where you found it!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "bah"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask joe about ladder" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/599
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JOE ABOUT LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | “Is there any chance I could borrow your ladder for a short while,
Floyd | please?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | He eyes you suspiciously, and for a moment you think he’s either
Floyd | going
Floyd | to refuse right out or ask you to do a day’s reaping in return, but
Floyd | instead he replies, “My little girl is sick with fever.  If you can
Floyd | find a cure for her, I’ll let you borrow my ladder.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "She's got chronic soupcanitis"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask joe about girl" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/600
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JOE ABOUT GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | “What exactly is the matter with your daughter?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Like I said, she has a fever,” he tells you.  “It came on
Floyd | yesterday,
Floyd | and it seems terrible fierce.  She can’t eat a thing and she’s been
Floyd | moaning like a wild thing all night.  My wife’s doing all she can to
Floyd | nurse her, but she’s getting no better.  We’re both worried out of
Floyd | our
Floyd | wits – but I must get the harvest in, the whole island’s depending
Floyd | on
Floyd | it, so what can I do?  So it would take a huge weight off my mind if
Floyd | someone would cure her.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "If only we knew a healer"
		FloatingInfo asks, "Meg?"
		Jacqueline says, "This is starting to feel like a task shuffle, yeah."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask joe about girl" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/601
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JOE ABOUT GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | “Why do you think I can help?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Because you’re here and you want something in return,” he
Floyd | replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/602
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the gate)
Floyd | Joe Fanton blocks your path, making a vaguely threatening gesture with
Floyd | his scythe.  “You’re not going anywhere till you put my ladder back
Floyd | where you found it,” he tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Barn                                                            5/603
Floyd | Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Joe Fanton watches you depart.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Apart from a row of wooden casks along the south wall the barn seems
Floyd | strangely empty; presumably it’ll fill up more after the harvest, but
Floyd | right now it’s just a large empty space, about forty feet long by
Floyd | fifteen wide.  The only way out is through the door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop ladder" 		

Floyd | Barn                                                            5/604
Floyd | Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/605
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Farm Yard
Floyd | The yard is an expanse of dried mud open to the east, but enclosed on
Floyd | the other three sides.  To the west stands a large old farmhouse,
Floyd | while an equally antiquated barn lies to the south.  A thick hedgerow
Floyd | runs along the north side, but a wooden gate half-way along allows
Floyd | access through.
Floyd |
Floyd | Joe Fanton is standing in the yard clasping his scythe while eyeing
Floyd | you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Cow Field                                                       5/606
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Cow Field
Floyd | At a rough estimate this field must be a couple of acres.  It is
Floyd | completely enclosed by hedgerows – presumably to keep the cattle in
Floyd | –
Floyd | but there are gates through the hedges to north, south, east and west.
Floyd | Lush grass covers the ground, which is pretty much flat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A herd of cows is gathered at one end of the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | You make sure to close the gate behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x cows" 		

Floyd | Cow Field                                                       5/607
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You’ve spent too much of your life at sea to be any kind of expert on
Floyd | cattle, so you’ve no way of identifying the breed.  It does occur to
Floyd | you, however, that if the island is kept stocked with cows there must
Floyd | be a bull or two around, so although these cows look placid enough,
Floyd | you think it best not to interfere with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "moo" 		

Floyd | Cow Field                                                       5/607
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOO
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “moo” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "moo" 		

Floyd | Cow Field                                                       5/607
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOO
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “moo” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "timing"
		FloatingInfo says, "Wow, we both came up with the same somewhat bizarre command"
		djfletch says, "natural reaction to cows"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tip cow" 		

Floyd | Cow Field                                                       5/607
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIP COW
Floyd |
Floyd | The story doesn’t understand that command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok, moving again"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Four Acre Pasture                                               5/608
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the east gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Four Acre Pasture
Floyd | You’re not sure that this pasture is actually four acres, but that
Floyd | seems about right and you like the sound of it, so that’s what you
Floyd | decide to call it.  The pasture is open to north and south, but is
Floyd | bounded by a hedgerow to the west and a forest to the east.  A track
Floyd | leads eastwards into the forest while a wooden gate allows passage
Floyd | west through the hedgerow.
Floyd |
Floyd | A flock of sheep is grazing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A young shepherd is wandering round the field, tending to the sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | You make sure to close the gate behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the sheep wanders to a new patch of grass.  The others follow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "baa" 		

Floyd | Four Acre Pasture                                               5/608
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > BAA
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “baa” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "doesn't this game implement ANY animal noises?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to shepherd" 		

Floyd | Four Acre Pasture                                               5/609
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO SHEPHERD
Floyd |
Floyd | Every time you approach him to speak with him, the young shepherd
Floyd | retreats to the opposite side of the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "x shepherd" 		

Floyd | Four Acre Pasture                                               5/610
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHEPHERD
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks very young, little more than a boy, with a tousled mop of
Floyd | brown hair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x sheep" 		

Floyd | Four Acre Pasture                                               5/611
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | They look every bit as white and woolly as you would expect.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the sheep move a little way across the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd | Four Acre Pasture                                               5/612
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s just a plain five-barred wooden gate.  It’s closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Overgrown Forest Track                                          5/613
Floyd | Exits: east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest Track
Floyd | This narrow track is in some danger of becoming overgrown.  It is
Floyd | still possible to follow the track to east or west, but it would be
Floyd | quite impossible to proceed in any other direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Broad Forest Path                                               5/614
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Broad Forest Path
Floyd | The main path leads north and south through the forest; it’s easily
Floyd | wide enough for three or four people to walk abreast.  A much narrower
Floyd | track runs off to the west, so overgrown that it would be quite easy
Floyd | to miss.  An equally narrow track sneaks off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Oval Clearing                                                   5/615
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd | northeast   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Oval Clearing
Floyd | This sizeable clearing, roughly oval in shape, is situated at the
Floyd | junction of several paths leading to north, south, west, northeast and
Floyd | southeast.  At the centre of the clearing stands a large wooden hut,
Floyd | which can be entered to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "aaah so many rooms"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "enter hut" 		

Floyd | Oval Clearing                                                   5/616
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd | northeast   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER HUT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first trying to open the door)
Floyd | The door seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd | Oval Clearing                                                   5/617
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd | northeast   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You knock on the door but no one answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x hut" 		

Floyd | Oval Clearing                                                   5/618
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd | northeast   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HUT
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s a single-storey building of reasonably solid construction, a
Floyd | little under twenty feet long and ten deep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Woodland Path                                                   5/619
Floyd | Exits: east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Woodland Path
Floyd | This part of the wood feels shaded almost to the point of being
Floyd | claustrophobic; the trees round about grow so densely together that
Floyd | the only viable options for travel are to follow the path east or
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/620
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheat Field
Floyd | Ripe wheat sways gently in the breeze the length and breadth of this
Floyd | large level field.  Some way off to the west lies a farmyard, while
Floyd | directly to the east stands a large wood.  To the north the field
Floyd | eventually runs into open pasture; to the south, a rough farm track
Floyd | leads back towards the town.
Floyd |
Floyd | Joe Fanton is at work, harvesting the wheat with a scythe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Woodland Path                                                   5/621
Floyd | Exits: east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Woodland Path
Floyd | This part of the wood feels shaded almost to the point of being
Floyd | claustrophobic; the trees round about grow so densely together that
Floyd | the only viable options for travel are to follow the path east or
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Oval Clearing                                                   5/622
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd | northeast   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Oval Clearing
Floyd | This sizeable clearing, roughly oval in shape, is situated at the
Floyd | junction of several paths leading to north, south, west, northeast and
Floyd | southeast.  At the centre of the clearing stands a large wooden hut,
Floyd | which can be entered to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Orchard                                                         5/623
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchard
Floyd | It can hardly be an accident that apple trees predominate in this
Floyd | area, so presumably it was once planned as an orchard, although it now
Floyd | seems more like a southern extension of the wood.  It is perhaps the
Floyd | spread of undergrowth that creates the impression of a gradual return
Floyd | to nature; although sporadic attempts have been made to clear it to
Floyd | ease access to the trees, elsewhere it grows thick, tangled and
Floyd | impenetrable, with the result that though the trees are widely spaced
Floyd | you can only go through them to north, south or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd | Orchard                                                         5/624
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | The trees here are laden with apples ripe for picking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get apple" 		

Floyd | Orchard                                                         5/625
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The apples are out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb tree" 		

Floyd | Orchard                                                         5/626
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | The last time you tried climbing something that tall and upright it
Floyd | ended in disaster; you’re in no hurry to repeat the experience.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "this must be the ladder-using location"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, hm, yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "And if only the ladder guy had come here first, he wouldn't need us."
		Jacqueline says, "Apple a day keeps the doctor away, and all that."
		djfletch says, "for somewhere with a famine this island has a lot of apples and wheat and sheep and cows"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | North Bank of Stream                                            5/627
Floyd | Exits: north   northeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | North Bank of Stream
Floyd | The stream runs swiftly by towards the east, racing away from the
Floyd | large mill, the back end of which effectively blocks your path west.
Floyd | A short way back from the stream to the north lies a large orchard –
Floyd | or at least, a large number of apple trees forming the southern end of
Floyd | the wood.  You can follow the bank a short way to the east, but only
Floyd | until the stream begins plunging down its final descent into the sea,
Floyd | so you will effectively be diverted to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x stream" 		

Floyd | North Bank of Stream                                            5/628
Floyd | Exits: north   northeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | (the stream)
Floyd | The stream descends a sharp fall to the west, and then continues to
Floyd | race eastward.  It’s too wide to cross, being almost large enough to
Floyd | count as a small river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd | North Bank of Stream                                            5/629
Floyd | Exits: north   northeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You kneel down by the water’s edge and cup a handful of water from
Floyd | the
Floyd | stream.  It tastes cool and fresh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | East Cliff                                                      5/630
Floyd | Exits: north   west   northwest
Floyd | southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | East Cliff
Floyd | This part of the cliff is some way above the sea; it is thus also some
Floyd | way above the large bay directly to the south, and there seems to be
Floyd | no way down into that bay from here.  Instead you can skirt the bay to
Floyd | the southwest, or continue northwards along the cliff top.  There are
Floyd | also paths running into the wood to west and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Oval Clearing                                                   5/631
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd | northeast   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Oval Clearing
Floyd | This sizeable clearing, roughly oval in shape, is situated at the
Floyd | junction of several paths leading to north, south, west, northeast and
Floyd | southeast.  At the centre of the clearing stands a large wooden hut,
Floyd | which can be entered to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Cliff Path                                                      5/632
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd | southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Path
Floyd | The main path runs north-south along the cliff top, affording an
Floyd | excellent view of the sea all the way.  Other paths run west and
Floyd | southwest into the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | East Cliff                                                      5/633
Floyd | Exits: north   west   northwest   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | East Cliff
Floyd | This part of the cliff is some way above the sea; it is thus also some
Floyd | way above the large bay directly to the south, and there seems to be
Floyd | no way down into that bay from here.  Instead you can skirt the bay to
Floyd | the southwest, or continue northwards along the cliff top.  There are
Floyd | also paths running into the wood to west and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Cliff Path                                                      5/634
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Path
Floyd | The main path runs north-south along the cliff top, affording an
Floyd | excellent view of the sea all the way.  Other paths run west and
Floyd | southwest into the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Dead Beach                                                      5/635
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead Beach
Floyd | The sand on this beach looks as dead as the dusty soil inland to the
Floyd | west.  The northern end of the beach is blocked by the mountain range,
Floyd | the eastern end of which juts out into the sea; to the south, however,
Floyd | the cliff is accessible via a gentle slope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "feel sand" 		

Floyd | Dead Beach                                                      5/636
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > FEEL SAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing out of the ordinary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "this must be the blight zone"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Dead Wood                                                       5/637
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead Wood
Floyd | This must once have been part of the forest that you can see to the
Floyd | south, but this section is now dead.  Lifeless stumps protrude from
Floyd | the sickly soil, surrounded by fallen trunks and branches, all alike
Floyd | leeched a pale grey as if turned to ash by some terrible fire.  But
Floyd | there are no scorch marks or other signs of burning, so you’re sure
Floyd | no
Floyd | flames caused this.  The ground has been half cleared, perhaps with
Floyd | the most usable of the dead wood taken for kindling, but there’s been
Floyd | no systematic attempt to clear the area; given the sorry state of the
Floyd | soil there’d be no point.  The barren land continues to east and
Floyd | west,
Floyd | while a path leads due south into the still living forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		FloatingInfo says, "One of them."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x stumps" 		

Floyd | Dead Wood                                                       5/638
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STUMPS
Floyd |
Floyd | The barren stumps, which are starting to rot, are all that’s left of
Floyd | the trees that once grew here.  It looks as if most of the trees may
Floyd | have been cut down to salvage the wood from them before the blight
Floyd | rendered them useless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/tmp/cf5" 		

Floyd | Dead Wood                                                       5/638
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > /TMP/CF5
Floyd |
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Just in case the radiation exposure kills us."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get branch" 		

Floyd | Dead Wood                                                       5/638
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see no branch here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x branches" 		

Floyd | Dead Wood                                                       5/638
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRANCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see no branches here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Eastern Wasteland                                               5/639
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd | northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Wasteland
Floyd | The barren wasteland continues to east and west, hemmed in between the
Floyd | mountain range to the north and dense forest to the south.
Floyd | Immediately to the north is the entrance to an old mine.  The only
Floyd | possible way up the mountain would be via the foothills to the
Floyd | northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I'll see if the map connects back up before charging into this mine"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Blasted Heath                                                   5/640
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Blasted Heath
Floyd | If anything once grew here there’s no sign of it now; the barren,
Floyd | desolate ground stretches as far as you can see to east and west,
Floyd | although there’s a grassy pasture some way off to the south.  To the
Floyd | north lie the foothills of a ridge of tall mountains running east-west
Floyd | across the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Four Acre Pasture                                               5/641
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Four Acre Pasture
Floyd | The pasture is open to north and south, but is bounded by a hedgerow
Floyd | to the west and a forest to the east.  A track leads eastwards into
Floyd | the forest while a wooden gate allows passage west through the
Floyd | hedgerow.
Floyd |
Floyd | A flock of sheep is grazing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The young shepherd is wandering round the field, tending to the sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Blasted Heath                                                   5/642
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Blasted Heath
Floyd | If anything once grew here there’s no sign of it now; the barren,
Floyd | desolate ground stretches as far as you can see to east and west,
Floyd | although there’s a grassy pasture some way off to the south.  To the
Floyd | north lie the foothills of a ridge of tall mountains running east-west
Floyd | across the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Abandoned Farm                                                  5/643
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Farm
Floyd | This was obviously the centre of what was once a farm; an abandoned
Floyd | farmhouse stands on the north side of this patch of barren wasteland
Floyd | (which continues for many furlongs to east and west).  Some way off to
Floyd | the south a wooden gate allows access through a sickly hedgerow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "This reminds me of a post-apocalyptic Sodor"
		djfletch says, "we haven't found any blighted steam engines yet"
		Jearl says, "meg must be around here someplace"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/644
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Western Wasteland
Floyd | There is total desolation here: nothing but dead, grey soil all across
Floyd | the flat landscape, finally merging with a marsh to the north.  Some
Floyd | way to the east lies a derelict farmhouse, while to the west the land
Floyd | slopes down into a small bay.  The only signs of living vegetation are
Floyd | off in the far distance to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange woman is busily studying the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "shout YOO HOO! MEGGGG!" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/644
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOUT YOO HOO! MEGGGG!
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “YOO” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, that's her."
		Jacqueline says, "No need to shout, I'll wager."
		Jacqueline says, "There has been a lot of buildup for this moment."
		Jacqueline says, "Now I'm sort of afraid to approach her, have all that anticipation end."
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/645
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Her precise age is hard to judge, she could be in her twenties or
Floyd | thirties.  Her face is round but not unattractive, and her figure is
Floyd | not too plump, but her most striking feature is the mass of frizzy
Floyd | mouse-coloured hair that tumbles over her shoulders and most of the
Floyd | way down her back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "talk to woman" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/646
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hello there,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hello, I’m Meg,” she introduces herself, “and yes, before you
Floyd | ask,
Floyd | I’m the one they call ‘mad Meg’, but I hope you’ll make up your
Floyd | own
Floyd | mind about my sanity.”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask her about the blight, the island, herself, or Cadan
Floyd | Pascoe, ask her what she’s doing, or tell her about Joe Fanton’s
Floyd | daughter, yourself, or the priest.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's funny how descriptions of women are often based on how attractive they may or may not be."
		Jacqueline says, "Not funny amusing, to be clear."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tell her about me" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/647
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HER ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | “My name’s James Corby, by the way,” you say.  “Lieutenant
Floyd | James
Floyd | Corby, of His Britannic Majesty’s frigate Niobe.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Sounds like a bit of a mouthful to me,” she complains, “so
Floyd | I’ll just
Floyd | call you James and you can call me Meg.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "As predicted: so far, quite likeable."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about her" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/648
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT HER
Floyd |
Floyd | “Tell me about yourself, Meg,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | “What would you like to know?” she smiles lightly.  “Well – I
Floyd | live by
Floyd | myself in a hut in the woods, so people think me strange.  I’ve
Floyd | learned how to use a few herbs for healing, so people call me a witch.
Floyd | And – well, maybe I don’t always see things the way most people
Floyd | seem
Floyd | to.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/649
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “Are you happy, living all by yourself in the wood, or do you get
Floyd | lonely?” you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Perhaps it’s for the best,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/650
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “How do you come to be living all by yourself, away from the town?”
Floyd | you want to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | “It suits me, and it suits the townsfolk,” she shrugs.  “We get
Floyd | on
Floyd | better at a distance.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I know how she feels."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/651
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “Don’t you have any family?” you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “None to speak of,” she tells you.  “I have no husband or
Floyd | children if
Floyd | that’s what you mean, and I was born out of wedlock.  My father never
Floyd | acknowledged me, and my mother – well, both my parents are dead
Floyd | now.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/652
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already told you as much as she wants to for now: she lives
Floyd | alone in the woods, but people come to her for simple healing with
Floyd | herbs.  She has no family to speak of since she was born out of
Floyd | wedlock and her parents are both dead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about herbs" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/653
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HERBS
Floyd |
Floyd | “Meg, what do you know about...?” you try to ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Not now,” she stops you with a shake of the head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "FLOWERS TO WOMANS"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tell meg about fever" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/654
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MEG ABOUT FEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | “I’ve just been talking to Joe Fanton,” you tell her, “He’s
Floyd | very
Floyd | worried about his little girl.  Apparently she has a high fever – he
Floyd | asked me to cure her, but I wouldn’t know where to start!”
Floyd |
Floyd | “And you think I might,” she surmises.  “I might at that.  I
Floyd | imagine
Floyd | he hoped you’d come to me – he just didn’t want to make a direct
Floyd | approach himself, because I have a reputation as a – well.  I think I
Floyd | can mix a little something that should cure her, but not till I get
Floyd | home. And there’s something I’d like you to do for me first; will
Floyd | you
Floyd | do that?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could say yes or no, or ask what she wants you to do.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl asks, "finally a start to the quest chain?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask what" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/655
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WHAT
Floyd |
Floyd | “What do you want me to do?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Collect some more seaweed,” she replies briskly.  “The best
Floyd | place is
Floyd | the shore just to the west of here.  I’m sure the seaweed is doing
Floyd | some good, but I could do with another pair of hands.  Will you do
Floyd | that for me?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/656
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | “Sure – why not?” you agree.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Really?” she replies.  “You do surprise me!  I thought – well,
Floyd | never
Floyd | mind what I thought, it doesn’t really matter unless and until I see
Floyd | you come back with an armful of seaweed!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "I feel like the guy on the Bachelor, with this bunch of lowers and all of these women around in various qualities"
		Jearl says, "flowers*"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/657
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a plain brass key, a flint, a brass lamp, a bunch of
Floyd | flowers, a small gold ear-ring, and an old sheet of parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flowers have quite a sweet, delicate scent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach had sung the body electric. Unfortunately, your power bill reflects that. 		
Zach has disconnected. 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "give flowers to meg" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/658
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE FLOWERS TO MEG
Floyd |
Floyd | “You promised you’d bring me some seaweed,” she reminds you.
Floyd | “Prove
Floyd | to me that you’re a man of your word!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		FloatingInfo says, "Still haven't given the earring to Julia yet."
		Jacqueline says, "We will, we will."
		Jacqueline says, "Let's go get the seaweed."
		inky says, "the catch is that gettin kicked off blighted isle by the guy is probably actually a win"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Small Bay                                                       5/659
Floyd | Exits: south   east   northeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | “Goodbye!” she calls after you, before returning to her inspection
Floyd | of
Floyd | the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Bay
Floyd | The water lapping the sand seems to be the only thing moving here;
Floyd | just about everything else is as dead as the wasteland lying directly
Floyd | east, unless you count the few feeble strands of seaweed dying on the
Floyd | rocks.  To the northeast the bay ends in a treacherous-looking marsh,
Floyd | while to the south it is bounded by a cliff jutting out into the sea.
Floyd | The slope up to the cliff-top looks a relatively easy climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | The odour of rotting seaweed assaults your nostrils.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get seaweed" 		

Floyd | Small Bay                                                       5/660
Floyd | Exits: south   east   northeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SEAWEED
Floyd |
Floyd | Those few pathetic strands of dying weed are obviously not worth
Floyd | bothering with.  Meg must want more seaweed than that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x cliff" 		

Floyd | Small Bay                                                       5/661
Floyd | Exits: south   east   northeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | The cliff enclosing the southern end of the beach juts out into the
Floyd | sea; the slope leading up to the top of the cliff looks easy to climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | The odour of rotting seaweed assaults your nostrils.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd | Small Bay                                                       5/662
Floyd | Exits: south   east   northeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The flowers have quite a sweet, delicate scent.
Floyd |
Floyd | The odour of rotting seaweed assaults your nostrils.
Floyd |
Floyd | You’ve spent enough of your life at sea scarcely to notice how it
Floyd | smells usually, but this sea smells distinctive, and somehow
Floyd | wrong.  It’s hard to put your finger on it precisely: it
Floyd | smells salty as you would expect, but there’s something else, the
Floyd | kind
Floyd | of sharp, bitter smell – almost a taste – that you’d associate
Floyd | with a
Floyd | brewing thunderstorm were there any other sign of a storm brewing, but
Floyd | there isn’t, and even then it’s not quite that smell
Floyd | either.
Floyd | Your eyes are drawn to the mist a few hundred yards out from shore, as
Floyd | if sensing that that is somehow to blame.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "try the neighbouring rooms I suppose"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | West Cliff                                                      5/663
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You scramble up the slope and arrive at the cliff-top.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Cliff
Floyd | Although there is no clear boundary between this irregular area and
Floyd | the large field of barley lying directly to the east, no attempt has
Floyd | been made to cultivate this broad stretch of land at the top of the
Floyd | cliff, and it has instead been left to wild grass and weeds.  To a
Floyd | first approximation this clifftop is a semicircle overlooking the sea
Floyd | to the west and small bays to north and south, both of which look
Floyd | accessible down reasonably gentle slopes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Secluded Cove                                                   5/664
Floyd | Exits: north   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Secluded Cove
Floyd | High cliffs hem in this cove on every side except the west, which is
Floyd | open to the sea.  To south and east the cliffs are too steep to climb,
Floyd | but the slope up to the north cliff looks gentler.  There’s also a
Floyd | narrow cave entrance to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mass of slimy green seaweed lies on the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "cave!"
		djfletch says, "surely a prime location for smuggling in"
		FloatingInfo exclaims, "and possibly seaweed!"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get seaweed" 		

Floyd | Secluded Cove                                                   5/665
Floyd | Exits: north   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SEAWEED
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up a few pieces of the nasty stuff, but find you can’t bear
Floyd | to hang on to it, let alone pick up a large pile to carry away with
Floyd | your bare hands; in any case, it would be too awkward to carry like
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "time to strip off!"
		FloatingInfo asks, "Wasn't there a sack somewhere?"
		Jearl says, "I hope there's a container on this island besides that one sack at the mill"
Jearl says (to Floyd), "search seaweed" 		

Floyd | Secluded Cove                                                   5/666
Floyd | Exits: north   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH SEAWEED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can’t see anything in the seaweed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "can't think of any other containers that we've seen so far"
		Jearl says, "I don't suppose we're allowed to use out pants"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | Secluded Cove                                                   5/667
Floyd | Exits: north   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You look a bit bedraggled from your watery misadventure, but otherwise
Floyd | unscathed.  But then you’re young and healthy, with a complexion
Floyd | tanned by years at sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a plain brass key, a flint, a brass lamp, a bunch of
Floyd | flowers, a small gold ear-ring, and an old sheet of parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flowers have quite a sweet, delicate scent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "our*. James'."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "remove pants" 		

Floyd | Secluded Cove                                                   5/667
Floyd | Exits: north   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE PANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | The word “pants” is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "aw"
		djfletch says, "going to try the cave"
		Jearl says, "aye aye"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Cave (in the dark)                                              5/668
Floyd | Exits: northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave (in the dark)
Floyd | You can’t see much in here, apart from the cave exit to the
Floyd | northwest,
Floyd | but the space feels confined.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd | Cramped Little Cave                                             5/669
Floyd | Exits: northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the flint)
Floyd | You light the lamp by striking a spark from the flint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cramped Little Cave
Floyd | 'Cave' is almost an exaggeration; this space is little more than a
Floyd | hollow in the rock with barely enough room to stand.  It’s not quite
Floyd | true to say that you could touch opposite walls of the cave with arms
Floyd | outstretched, but it’s not far from the truth.  The way back out is
Floyd | to
Floyd | the northwest, while a narrow tunnel at the rear of the cave runs off
Floyd | to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lamp starts to flicker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl asks, "save?"
		djfletch says, "good idea"
katie-paquette unidles. 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "/tmp/cf6" 		

Floyd | Cramped Little Cave                                             5/669
Floyd | Exits: northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > /TMP/CF6
Floyd |
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Cramped Little Cave                                             5/670
Floyd | Exits: northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You daren’t go exploring any further in the dark with a lamp that
Floyd | might go out at any moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lamp grows dim.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "bah"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "extinguish lamp" 		

Floyd | Cave (in the dark)                                              5/671
Floyd | Exits: northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXTINGUISH LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You douse the lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a moment or two for your eyes to adjust to the poor light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Secluded Cove                                                   5/672
Floyd | Exits: north   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Secluded Cove
Floyd | High cliffs hem in this cove on every side except the west, which is
Floyd | open to the sea.  To south and east the cliffs are too steep to climb,
Floyd | but the slope up to the north cliff looks gentler.  There’s also a
Floyd | narrow cave entrance to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mass of slimy green seaweed lies on the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Is this the lamp from the room at the inn?"
		Jearl says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "meh"
		Jearl says, "must need more oil"
		Jacqueline says, "As long as we don't need... a new... battery."
		Jearl says, "man, the 'for want of a nail'iness of it all"
		djfletch asks, "oil from the shop, which wanted - the apples I think?"
		Jearl says, "we need the ladder for apples, and we need a cure for the ladder, and we need seaweed for the cure"
		Jearl says, "the only task I recall that we could complete fight now is returning the earring"
		FloatingInfo asks, "And we need what for the sack for the seaweed?"
		Jearl says, "right*"
		Jearl says, "I don't want to fight Julia, she seems nice"
		Jearl says, "the sack was just out of reach. another use for the ladder maybe"
		FloatingInfo exclaims, "but we can't get the ladder without the cure without the seaweed without the sack!"
		djfletch says, "I still have a couple of places we haven't been in"
		Jearl says, "unless there's another container like a bucket someplace"
		Jearl says, "I think the sack will be for flour"
		Jearl says, "I guess we keep exploring, then"
		FloatingInfo says, "Well, let's keep our eyes open for another container while we explore."
		djfletch says, "ok, going to see the marsh and barley field"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | West Cliff                                                      5/673
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | West Cliff
Floyd | Although there is no clear boundary between this irregular area and
Floyd | the large field of barley lying directly to the east, no attempt has
Floyd | been made to cultivate this broad stretch of land at the top of the
Floyd | cliff, and it has instead been left to wild grass and weeds.  To a
Floyd | first approximation this clifftop is a semicircle overlooking the sea
Floyd | to the west and small bays to north and south, both of which look
Floyd | accessible down reasonably gentle slopes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Barley Field                                                    5/674
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Barley Field
Floyd | You’re no farmer, but it looks to you as if the barley is starting to
Floyd | ripen.  The field is bounded by hedgerows to east, south, and north,
Floyd | but the northern hedgerow has almost died away to nothing, and no
Floyd | longer forms a barrier to progress north, while a wooden gate allows
Floyd | access to the east.  To the west the field carries on towards a cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/675
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Western Wasteland
Floyd | There is total desolation here: nothing but dead, grey soil all across
Floyd | the flat landscape, finally merging with a marsh to the north.  Some
Floyd | way to the east lies a derelict farmhouse, while to the west the land
Floyd | slopes down into a small bay.  The only signs of living vegetation are
Floyd | off in the far distance to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meg is busily studying the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/676
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | There may be a way through the marsh, but you’re not sure, and
Floyd | you’re
Floyd | afraid there may be hidden quicksand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "The fact that we, a seafarin' man, can't buck up and carry around some stinky seaweed, is pretty unbelievably annoying, I feel."
		Jacqueline says, "But I guess it's all about the puzzle."
		inky says, "seafarin' man with delicate hands"
		djfletch asks, "should we ask Meg about stuff while we're here, or try other places?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/676
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about the blight, seaweed, the island, or Cadan
Floyd | Pascoe, ask her what she’s doing, or tell her about yourself, or the
Floyd | priest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask meg about seaweed" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/677
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEG ABOUT SEAWEED
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hello again,” you greet her.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Hello again, James,” she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Where did you say I could find some seaweed?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “In the bay just to the west,” she tells you.  “You should find
Floyd | plenty
Floyd | washed up on the shore.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "an officer and a gentleman, and one who notices smells so much he missed his calling as a perfumier"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask meg about blight" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/678
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEG ABOUT BLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | “How about you go and bring me some seaweed before we discuss
Floyd | that?”
Floyd | she suggests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask what she's doing" 		

Floyd | Western Wasteland                                               5/679
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WHAT SHE'S DOING
Floyd |
Floyd | “All talk and no action?” she asks.  “There’s a little task you
Floyd | agreed
Floyd | to do for me, remember?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok ok"
		djfletch says, "let's see if we are allowed to climb the mountains, and if not, go back to Julia's house"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Abandoned Farm                                                  5/680
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | “Goodbye!” she calls after you, before returning to her inspection
Floyd | of
Floyd | the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Farm
Floyd | This was obviously the centre of what was once a farm; an abandoned
Floyd | farmhouse stands on the north side of this patch of barren wasteland
Floyd | (which continues for many furlongs to east and west).  Some way off to
Floyd | the south a wooden gate allows access through a sickly hedgerow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Blasted Heath                                                   5/681
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Blasted Heath
Floyd | If anything once grew here there’s no sign of it now; the barren,
Floyd | desolate ground stretches as far as you can see to east and west,
Floyd | although there’s a grassy pasture some way off to the south.  To the
Floyd | north lie the foothills of a ridge of tall mountains running east-west
Floyd | across the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Foothills                                                       5/682
Floyd | Exits: south   northeast   northwest
Floyd | southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Foothills
Floyd | These foothills are not particularly high, but they rise well above
Floyd | the level of the vast barren plain to the south.  Compared with the
Floyd | mountain range to the north they are mere molehills, however.  The
Floyd | mountains look as if they would be exceedingly hard to climb, and
Floyd | there’s no way you could attack the face immediately to the north,
Floyd | but
Floyd | there are possible ways up to northeast and northwest; alternatively
Floyd | you can return to the plain to the south or southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Northwest Mountain Path                                         5/683
Floyd | Exits: northeast   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Northwest Mountain Path
Floyd | Clear above the foothills below, you can see straight across the plain
Floyd | to Castle Hill.  The path slopes down the barren mountainside to the
Floyd | southeast, but branches up to northeast and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl asks, "whoops, did we try going in the Pascoe farmhouse?"
		djfletch says, "oh, don't think so"
		Jearl says, "was looking for more clues in the transcript"
		djfletch says, "will check it again on the way back"
		Jearl says, "buena"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | West End of Ledge                                               5/684
Floyd | Exits: east   northeast   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Ledge
Floyd | The ledge tapers down to almost nothing here, although you could move
Floyd | along it to the east.  You could also either climb up the path to the
Floyd | northeast or descend down to the southeast.  The view over the plain
Floyd | below is quite stunning, but you’d appreciate it more if you didn’t
Floyd | find it so vertigo-inducing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mountain Ledge                                                  5/685
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd | southeast   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Mountain Ledge
Floyd | The narrow ledge continues to east and west; its centre affords a
Floyd | breathtaking view over the plain below.  From here it is possible to
Floyd | descend the mountain to the southeast or southwest, and although it’s
Floyd | very steep, it also looks possible to climb higher up to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Sheer Slope                                                     5/686
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Sheer Slope
Floyd | The higher you climb this section of slope, the steeper it becomes,
Floyd | until it becomes so sheer that only an expert mountaineer would be
Floyd | willing to attempt it, and you don’t even consider yourself an
Floyd | inexpert mountaineer.  So from here there’s nothing to do but admire
Floyd | the view or go back down, which looks possible both down the
Floyd | alarmingly steep slope to the south or the rather gentler path to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x view" 		

Floyd | Sheer Slope                                                     5/687
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VIEW
Floyd |
Floyd | The northern end of the plain is a grey barren waste, almost
Floyd | featureless apart from an abandoned farmhouse.  Further to the
Floyd | southwest lie the neat square fields of a still working farm, opposite
Floyd | a band of dark green woodland to the southeast.  Beyond the woodland
Floyd | you can just make out parts of a stream and a tiny building that must
Floyd | be the mill.  In the far distance Castle Hill rises up out of the
Floyd | plain to dominate the southern part of the island.  From this great
Floyd | height you can just make out the castle complex on top of the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | West End of Ledge                                               5/688
Floyd | Exits: east   northeast   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Ledge
Floyd | The ledge tapers down to almost nothing here, although you could move
Floyd | along it to the east.  You could also either climb up the path to the
Floyd | northeast or descend down to the southeast.  The view over the plain
Floyd | below is quite stunning, but you’d appreciate it more if you didn’t
Floyd | find it so vertigo-inducing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mountain Ledge                                                  5/689
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west   southeast
Floyd | southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Mountain Ledge
Floyd | The narrow ledge continues to east and west; its centre affords a
Floyd | breathtaking view over the plain below.  From here it is possible to
Floyd | descend the mountain to the southeast or southwest, and although it’s
Floyd | very steep, it also looks possible to climb higher up to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | East End of Ledge                                               5/690
Floyd | Exits: east   west   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Ledge
Floyd | At this point the ledge becomes enclosed by rock walls to north,
Floyd | south, and east.  There’s no way up from here, but a narrow cave
Floyd | entrance leads through the eastern rock wall, and an equally narrow
Floyd | funnel offers a way down to the southwest through the southern one.
Floyd | The ledge continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Northeast Mountain Path                                         5/691
Floyd | Exits: northeast   northwest   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast Mountain Path
Floyd | The path climbs steeply up from the southwest and affords a stunning
Floyd | view over the plain below.  It continues up through a narrow funnel to
Floyd | the northeast, while a second path climbs up to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
djfletch arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		djfletch says, "dammit"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | East End of Ledge                                               5/692
Floyd | Exits: east   west   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | With some difficulty, you manage to clamber up through the funnel, and
Floyd | find yourselve emerging onto the end of a ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Ledge
Floyd | This section of ledge is enclosed by rock walls to north, south, and
Floyd | east.  There’s no way up from here, but a narrow cave entrance leads
Floyd | through the eastern rock wall, and an equally narrow funnel offers a
Floyd | way down to the southwest through the southern one.  The ledge
Floyd | continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cave (in poor light)                                            5/693
Floyd | Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave (in poor light)
Floyd | You sense that this cave is a fair size, but about the only thing you
Floyd | can see is the exit out to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | East End of Ledge                                               5/694
Floyd | Exits: east   west   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Ledge
Floyd | This section of ledge is enclosed by rock walls to north, south, and
Floyd | east.  There’s no way up from here, but the narrow cave entrance from
Floyd | which you’ve just emerged leads through the eastern rock wall, and an
Floyd | equally narrow funnel offers a way down to the southwest through the
Floyd | southern one.  The ledge continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok so looks like nothing much except this cave up here"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Northeast Mountain Path                                         5/695
Floyd | Exits: northeast   northwest   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Northeast Mountain Path
Floyd | The path climbs steeply up from the southwest and affords a stunning
Floyd | view over the plain below.  It continues up through a narrow funnel to
Floyd | the northeast, while a second path climbs up to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Foothills                                                       5/696
Floyd | Exits: south   northeast   northwest   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Foothills
Floyd | These foothills are not particularly high, but they rise well above
Floyd | the level of the vast barren plain to the south.  Compared with the
Floyd | mountain range to the north they are mere molehills, however.  The
Floyd | mountains look as if they would be exceedingly hard to climb, and
Floyd | there’s no way you could attack the face immediately to the north,
Floyd | but
Floyd | there are possible ways up to northeast and northwest; alternatively
Floyd | you can return to the plain to the south or southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl asks, "what's left? the mine?"
		djfletch says, "that's all round here I think"
		djfletch says, "probably be dark as well but we might as well check"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Eastern Wasteland                                               5/697
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west   northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Wasteland
Floyd | The barren wasteland continues to east and west, hemmed in between the
Floyd | mountain range to the north and dense forest to the south.
Floyd | Immediately to the north is the entrance to an old mine.  The only
Floyd | possible way up the mountain would be via the foothills to the
Floyd | northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mine Entrance (in poor light)                                   5/698
Floyd | Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Mine Entrance (in poor light)
Floyd | The light from the entrance to the south doesn’t penetrate far into
Floyd | the mine; to the north lies only darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I wonder if this connects to the cave. Although I don't know why that would help when we can get to both ends anyway."
		djfletch says, "back towards the village then"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Eastern Wasteland                                               5/699
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west   northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Wasteland
Floyd | The barren wasteland continues to east and west, hemmed in between the
Floyd | mountain range to the north and dense forest to the south.
Floyd | Immediately to the north is the entrance to an old mine.  The only
Floyd | possible way up the mountain would be via the foothills to the
Floyd | northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Blasted Heath                                                   5/700
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Blasted Heath
Floyd | If anything once grew here there’s no sign of it now; the barren,
Floyd | desolate ground stretches as far as you can see to east and west,
Floyd | although there’s a grassy pasture some way off to the south.  To the
Floyd | north lie the foothills of a ridge of tall mountains running east-west
Floyd | across the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Four Acre Pasture                                               5/701
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Four Acre Pasture
Floyd | The pasture is open to north and south, but is bounded by a hedgerow
Floyd | to the west and a forest to the east.  A track leads eastwards into
Floyd | the forest while a wooden gate allows passage west through the
Floyd | hedgerow.
Floyd |
Floyd | A flock of sheep is grazing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The young shepherd is wandering round the field, tending to the sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/702
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheat Field
Floyd | Ripe wheat sways gently in the breeze the length and breadth of this
Floyd | large level field.  Some way off to the west lies a farmyard, while
Floyd | directly to the east stands a large wood.  To the north the field
Floyd | eventually runs into open pasture; to the south, a rough farm track
Floyd | leads back towards the town.
Floyd |
Floyd | Joe Fanton is at work, harvesting the wheat with a scythe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Joe Fanton advances to a new patch of ground and starts reaping there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oh forgot the abandoned place, I'll try there first"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/703
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Farm Yard
Floyd | The yard is an expanse of dried mud open to the east, but enclosed on
Floyd | the other three sides.  To the west stands a large old farmhouse,
Floyd | while an equally antiquated barn lies to the south.  A thick hedgerow
Floyd | runs along the north side, but a wooden gate half-way along allows
Floyd | access through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Cow Field                                                       5/704
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cow Field
Floyd | At a rough estimate this field must be a couple of acres.  It is
Floyd | completely enclosed by hedgerows – presumably to keep the cattle in
Floyd | –
Floyd | but there are gates through the hedges to north, south, east and west.
Floyd | Lush grass covers the ground, which is pretty much flat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A herd of cows is gathered at one end of the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | You make sure to close the gate behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Abandoned Farm                                                  5/705
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the north gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Farm
Floyd | This was obviously the centre of what was once a farm; an abandoned
Floyd | farmhouse stands on the north side of this patch of barren wasteland
Floyd | (which continues for many furlongs to east and west).  Some way off to
Floyd | the south a wooden gate allows access through a sickly hedgerow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You make sure to close the gate behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Abandoned Farm                                                  5/706
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | It doesn’t look safe to go inside; the floorboards could well be
Floyd | rotten and the ceilings ready to collapse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oh well"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Cow Field                                                       5/707
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cow Field
Floyd | At a rough estimate this field must be a couple of acres.  It is
Floyd | completely enclosed by hedgerows – presumably to keep the cattle in
Floyd | –
Floyd | but there are gates through the hedges to north, south, east and west.
Floyd | Lush grass covers the ground, which is pretty much flat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A herd of cows is gathered at one end of the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | You make sure to close the gate behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Farm Yard                                                       5/708
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the south gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Farm Yard
Floyd | The yard is an expanse of dried mud open to the east, but enclosed on
Floyd | the other three sides.  To the west stands a large old farmhouse,
Floyd | while an equally antiquated barn lies to the south.  A thick hedgerow
Floyd | runs along the north side, but a wooden gate half-way along allows
Floyd | access through.
Floyd |
Floyd | You make sure to close the gate behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Wheat Field                                                     5/709
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheat Field
Floyd | Ripe wheat sways gently in the breeze the length and breadth of this
Floyd | large level field.  Some way off to the west lies a farmyard, while
Floyd | directly to the east stands a large wood.  To the north the field
Floyd | eventually runs into open pasture; to the south, a rough farm track
Floyd | leads back towards the town.
Floyd |
Floyd | Joe Fanton is at work, harvesting the wheat with a scythe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Farm Track                                                      5/710
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Farm Track
Floyd | This short length of farm track comes to an end at the narrow stone
Floyd | bridge just to the south and peters out into open country a short way
Floyd | north.  Its main purpose seems to be to serve the large water-mill
Floyd | that stands immediately to the east.  On the opposite side of the
Floyd | track a stream flows briskly past to the south before turning east
Floyd | under the bridge; beyond the stream lurks the bulk of Castle Hill, its
Floyd | face too steep to climb even if you could somehow cross the stream to
Floyd | reach it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Bridge                                                          5/711
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | The bridge is narrow, but in a reasonable state of repair apart from
Floyd | the parapet, which is starting to crumble in places.  From the brow of
Floyd | the bridge you can see a stream racing eastwards to power a mill.  To
Floyd | the south the road runs back into town, while to the north it turns
Floyd | into a farm-track.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Outskirts of Town                                               5/712
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts of Town
Floyd | A pair of granite cottages mark the northern edge of the town, the
Floyd | bulk of which lies to the south.  To the north the road crosses a
Floyd | small stone bridge, while a wide path winds up the grassy hill to the
Floyd | west.  The way east is barred by the impenetrable woodland behind the
Floyd | cottages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | North Street                                                    5/713
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | North Street
Floyd | The street is narrow here, barely wide enough for two people to pass,
Floyd | and looks just as narrow as it continues to north and south.  An
Floyd | ancient stone chapel stands immediately to the east, opposite a
Floyd | terrace of mean little cottages hugging the west side of the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Crossroads                                                      5/714
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | This crossroads, at what may be the centre of the town, is formed by
Floyd | meeting of roads to north, south, east and west.  All four roads lead
Floyd | between grim, grey buildings; the road to the east looks quite short,
Floyd | while that to the west leads up a distant hill.  The roads to north
Floyd | and south look as if they run on quite a way, but just a short way to
Floyd | the south you can see a hanging inn-sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | A furiously barking little dog comes yapping up to you, then
Floyd | disappears off to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | East Street                                                     5/715
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | East Street
Floyd | Pressed in between a rough stone wall to the north and a small shop to
Floyd | the south this short, narrow street runs east back towards the coast
Floyd | and west towards the centre of town.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Long Gravel Path                                                5/716
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Gravel Path
Floyd | The main path continues to east and west as far as you can see, rising
Floyd | slightly to the latter as it heads inland.  A long hedge blocks the
Floyd | way south, but just at this point of the path a rutted track runs off
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "not sure if we ever went north here"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Disused Quarry                                                  5/717
Floyd | Exits: south   northeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Disused Quarry
Floyd | Although it seems to be no longer in use, this looks like it could be
Floyd | the source of much of the local building materials.  One effect of the
Floyd | quarrying is that you have ended up in a deep dip from which the only
Floyd | practicable ways out are back up the rutted track to the south, or
Floyd | else up the steep path to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A flat square stone lies on the ground, perhaps as a remnant of the
Floyd | quarrying operations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x stone" 		

Floyd | Disused Quarry                                                  5/718
Floyd | Exits: south   northeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s roughly square, about two inches thick and six inches to a side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd | Disused Quarry                                                  5/719
Floyd | Exits: south   northeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd | Disused Quarry                                                  5/720
Floyd | Exits: south   northeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s roughly square, about two inches thick and six inches to a side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "what can we do with a stone square?"
		djfletch asks, "throw it at the sack?"
		Jearl says, "when your problem is a nail, everything looks like a hammer"
		Jearl says, "I mean sure, worth a shot"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Headland                                                        5/721
Floyd | Exits: northwest   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Headland
Floyd | To the east the sea stretches out as far as you can see – which is
Floyd | only as far as the bank of mist.  To north and south the ground falls
Floyd | away too sharply to be negotiated by human beings; a large bay lies to
Floyd | the north, with a stream running into it from the west, while directly
Floyd | to the south is a small cove.  A steep path leads down into the quarry
Floyd | to the southwest, while a broad trail leads to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Jearl), "heh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | South Bank of Stream                                            5/722
Floyd | Exits: southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | South Bank of Stream
Floyd | Directly to the north a broad stream runs briskly past on its way to
Floyd | the sea, while directly to the south the ground falls straight down
Floyd | into a mined-out quarry, a fall far too steep to negotiate from here.
Floyd | Impenetrable woodland blocks the way west, leaving southeast as the
Floyd | only possible direction of travel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bunch of blackberries is growing at the edge of the wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get blackberries" 		

Floyd | South Bank of Stream                                            5/723
Floyd | Exits: southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BLACKBERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully pick the blackberries, being careful not to crush them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "x blackberries" 		

Floyd | South Bank of Stream                                            5/724
Floyd | Exits: southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLACKBERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | The berries look ripe, juicy and good to eat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I don't remember anyone asking for blackberries."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Headland                                                        5/725
Floyd | Exits: northwest   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | Headland
Floyd | To the east the sea stretches out as far as you can see – which is
Floyd | only as far as the bank of mist.  To north and south the ground falls
Floyd | away too sharply to be negotiated by human beings; a large bay lies to
Floyd | the north, with a stream running into it from the west, while directly
Floyd | to the south is a small cove.  A steep path leads down into the quarry
Floyd | to the southwest, while a broad trail leads to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Disused Quarry                                                  5/726
Floyd | Exits: south   northeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Disused Quarry
Floyd | Although it seems to be no longer in use, this looks like it could be
Floyd | the source of much of the local building materials.  One effect of the
Floyd | quarrying is that you have ended up in a deep dip from which the only
Floyd | practicable ways out are back up the rutted track to the south, or
Floyd | else up the steep path to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Long Gravel Path                                                5/727
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Gravel Path
Floyd | The main path continues to east and west as far as you can see, rising
Floyd | slightly to the latter as it heads inland.  A long hedge blocks the
Floyd | way south, but just at this point of the path a rutted track runs off
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Garden                                                          5/728
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | Most of this sizeable garden is given over to vegetable plots.  To the
Floyd | east it comes to an abrupt end overlooking the cove, accessible via a
Floyd | rough flight of stone steps.  At its northern end stands a large stone
Floyd | house, from the front of which a gravel path heads off to the west,
Floyd | while along the garden’s southern boundary runs a long wooden fence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Garden                                                          5/729
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first trying to open the front door)
Floyd | The front door seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd | Garden                                                          5/730
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens revealing Julia standing just inside.  “Hello again,
Floyd | Mr
Floyd | Corby,” she greets you.  “Do come in!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/731
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow Julia inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Parlour
Floyd | The parlour is of a good size, but not so big as to forfeit a certain
Floyd | rustic cosiness.  The large open fireplace looks as if it could
Floyd | sustain quite a blaze in winter, though it’s currently unlit.  The
Floyd | furniture is plain but functional.  The front door is to the south,
Floyd | with other doorways to north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia is standing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/732
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a plain brass key, a flint, a brass lamp, a bunch of
Floyd | flowers, a small gold ear-ring, an old sheet of parchment, a flat
Floyd | square stone, and a bunch of blackberries.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flowers have quite a sweet, delicate scent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "give earring to julia" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/733
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE EARRING TO JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small gold ear-ring)
Floyd | “Is this yours, by any chance?” you ask, showing her the small gold
Floyd | ear-ring you found.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Why yes, I believe it is,” she replies.  “Where did you find
Floyd | it?”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Out by the marker stone, on a promontory over to the west.” you
Floyd | tell
Floyd | her.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I must have dropped it there when I went for a walk a couple of days
Floyd | ago,” she tells you.  “Well, thank you so much for finding it!”
Floyd |
Floyd | So saying, she takes it from you and puts it on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "give flowers to julia" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/734
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE FLOWERS TO JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | “Here, these are for you,” you say, handing her the bunch of
Floyd | flowers,
Floyd | “just a little thank you for looking after me earlier this
Floyd | morning.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “They’re lovely!” she declares.  “Why, thank you very much, Mr
Floyd | Corby!”
Floyd |
Floyd | “I must just put these in a vase,” Julia announces, indicating the
Floyd | flowers she’s carrying.  Julia leaves to the north.  She returns a
Floyd | few
Floyd | moments later, without the flowers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/733
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Taking back one turn: “give flowers to julia”.
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Parlour
Floyd | The parlour is of a good size, but not so big as to forfeit a certain
Floyd | rustic cosiness.  The large open fireplace looks as if it could
Floyd | sustain quite a blaze in winter, though it’s currently unlit.  The
Floyd | furniture is plain but functional.  The front door is to the south,
Floyd | with other doorways to north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia is standing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline coughs and holds out her hand to Julia. "Don't you want to repay us?"
		djfletch says, "yeah, what's that about"
		djfletch says, "I suppose she did feed us earlier on"
		djfletch says, "I don't know whether to give her these flowers."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask julia about earring" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/734
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JULIA ABOUT EARRING
Floyd |
Floyd | She’s already thanked you for returning her lost ear-ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/734
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could tell her about the Duke, or Lady Inalda, or ask her about
Floyd | smuggling, or Duke William.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about smuggling" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/735
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you know anything about any smuggling going on round here?” you
Floyd | ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I know that pretty much everyone round here – the Duke included
Floyd | –
Floyd | depends on the goods the smugglers bring in,” she tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "oh hey this game. Can't participate. Played it this week while sick and found 3 different endings (sorta)"
		FloatingInfo says, "I think the flowers are a gift for whoever you want to woo."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about smuggling" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/736
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “Do you have any idea who’s behind the smuggling?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Me?  No,” she shakes her head.  “It’s not my sort of thing.
Floyd | I’m just
Floyd | happy to let them get on with it – whoever they are.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/736
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could tell her about the Duke, or Lady Inalda, or ask her about
Floyd | smuggling, or Duke William.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tell her about duke" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/737
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL HER ABOUT DUKE
Floyd |
Floyd | “I met the Duke, you know,” you tell her, “and he wants me to
Floyd | find out
Floyd | who’s behind some smuggling racket on the island.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Does he now!” she exclaims.  “And do you intend to do as he
Floyd | asks?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could say yes or no.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		FloatingInfo asks, "Where's the "not sure yet" option?"
		djfletch says, "yeah, not sure we should decide yet"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask her about duke" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/738
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HER ABOUT DUKE
Floyd |
Floyd | “No, don’t try to change the subject,” she tells you.  “I want
Floyd | to know
Floyd | whether you intend to the Duke’s bidding on these smugglers.  So,
Floyd | will
Floyd | you do as he asks?”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "man"
		Jacqueline asks, "can we save?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >

		Jacqueline asks, "What are we up to? CF6 now?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "/tmp/cf7" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/738
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > /TMP/CF7
Floyd |
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I think I did cf6 before"
		Jacqueline nods.
		katie-paquette exclaims, "Katie is back!"
		djfletch says, "I suppose we can tell her no but we don't have to do it"
		djfletch says, "I mean she doesn't seem to mind about smuggling, so that maybe keeps her happy"
		djfletch says, "or we can just wander off"
		Jearl says, "yeah, I personally don't think stopping the smugglers is in our best interests anyway, and the villagers seem to like the Trelawneys getted than the Duke, for what that's worth politically"
		Jearl says, "getted? better."
		djfletch says, "ok let's say no and see what happens"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/739
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | “No, I don’t fancy being the Duke’s spy; I’m a naval officer,
Floyd | loyal to
Floyd | King George, not some dukeling’s lackey.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Good for you!” she smiles.  “Perhaps too you’ve seen through
Floyd | the
Floyd | Duke’s motive in setting you this little task?”
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could say yes or no.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "well, I don't know what his motive was"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/740
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | “No, not really,” you admit, “He said smuggling is damaging the
Floyd | local
Floyd | economy, but it seems to me that it’s the blight that’s doing
Floyd | that.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Quite so,” she agrees.  “As I see it, the Duke doesn’t want to
Floyd | suppress the smuggling at all; he simply wants to control it.  Even he
Floyd | can see that we couldn’t cope here at all without the stuff the
Floyd | smugglers bring in.  The Duke just wants the profits for himself.
Floyd | Anything else he told you is just so much baloney.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Katie), "You missed a question from me earlier: Can you read the final transcripts that are posted to the site? Like the one for Heist?"
		katie-paquette says (to Jacqueline), "Yes I can."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, so it's just the raw one I posted this week, with all the crazy formatting, that is difficult. Got it."
		djfletch says, "hmm what now - I've noticed I still have a couple of unexplored exits to the south of the village, so I'll look at those unless anyone has a plan"
		djfletch says, "maybe talk to Julia a bit more in case she'll give us a new quest"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/740
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask her about smuggling, or Duke William, or tell her about
Floyd | Lady Inalda.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		katie-paquette says (to I), "would like a copy of the transcript of last week's transcript in a .doc format."
		FloatingInfo asks, "Wait, was the word "baloney" used like that back then?"
		djfletch says, "huh, don't know"
		Jacqueline says (to katie), "Yeah, I don't really have a way to do that. Eventually the entire transcript will get posted just like the one for Heist, though."
		Jacqueline says (to FloatingInfo), "Good point. I'm not sure about baloney."
		Jacqueline says, "The only thing I know is that it has a first and last name."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about smuggling" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/741
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “I don’t suppose you have any ideas on how I could go about finding
Floyd | out who the smugglers are,” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I thought you said you weren’t going to act as the Duke’s
Floyd | spy,” she
Floyd | points out.  “But still, I suppose whoever’s doing it has to land
Floyd | the
Floyd | goods somewhere – probably somewhere as remote as possible, which
Floyd | probably means one of those coves up in the wastelands, just this side
Floyd | of the Ridge.  I suppose you could go up there now and root around for
Floyd | clues – marks in the sand, that kind of thing – but they probably
Floyd | operate at night, so when you’ve found the likeliest spot you’d
Floyd | need
Floyd | to wait there all night to see if you can catch the smugglers at it.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		katie-paquette says (to Jacqueline), "Okaythen I'lljust wait."
		djfletch says, "that means the cave I bet"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about smuggling" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/742
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SMUGGLING
Floyd |
Floyd | “You don’t have any ideas who the smugglers might be?”
Floyd | you
Floyd | persist.
Floyd |
Floyd | “No, no idea at all,” she shakes her head, “and I wouldn’t tell
Floyd | you if
Floyd | I had, in case you change your mind and go and tell someone you
Floyd | shouldn’t.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about duke" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/743
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT DUKE
Floyd |
Floyd | “Does this island really need a duke to rule it?” you
Floyd | wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | “That’s a good question,” she agrees.  “Of course the Ducs de
Floyd | Valon,
Floyd | as they like to call themselves, have always claimed to bring the
Floyd | benefits of law and order to the island.  Perhaps there’s an element
Floyd | of truth to that, but their idea of law and order seems to be mostly
Floyd | duties and taxes.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/744
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “What else can you tell me about Duke William?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “I suppose he’s kind of handsome, in an arrogant aristocratic sort
Floyd | of
Floyd | way,” she tells you, “though his cousin, Lady Inalda, is a real
Floyd | beauty.  Don’t go getting any ideas there though – William fancies
Floyd | her
Floyd | for himself.” She shakes her head, “Too much inbreeding in that
Floyd | family
Floyd | if you ask me.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/745
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “Is Duke William such a bad ruler?” you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | “He’s not a tyrant – he doesn’t rape and murder the serfs, if
Floyd | that’s
Floyd | what you mean,” she replies, “but I can’t honestly say he does a
Floyd | lot
Floyd | of good, either.  I wouldn’t go so far myself, but I have heard some
Floyd | people call him a parasite.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “There aren’t any Jacobins here, I hope!” you declare.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Jacobins?” she queries.  “Oh no, we’re quite isolated from
Floyd | events in
Floyd | France!”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/746
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to leave that topic alone for now.  You’ve already
Floyd | gathered
Floyd | that Julia isn’t that impressed with Duke William, without actually
Floyd | calling him a bad ruler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about inalda" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/747
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INALDA
Floyd |
Floyd | “Tell me about Lady Inalda,” you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | “She’s the daughter of the Duke’s uncle – the old Duke’s
Floyd | brother, that
Floyd | is.” she tells you.  “She’s said to be the most beautiful woman
Floyd | on the
Floyd | island, and maybe she is.  But as for what she’s like underneath –
Floyd | I
Floyd | really don’t know.  She always seems a bit aloof to me.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/748
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | “What else can you tell me about the beautiful Inalda?” you
Floyd | enquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | “What’s to say?  Her mother is meant to be still alive – but
Floyd | apparently she’s a bed-ridden invalid and hasn’t been seen outside
Floyd | the
Floyd | castle in years.” Julia informs you.  “As for Inalda, half the men
Floyd | on
Floyd | the island seem to fancy her, but she never shows much in return; if
Floyd | she has a heart, she certainly doesn’t wear it on her sleeve.”
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "so there's a mother somewhere"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about inalda" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/749
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INALDA
Floyd |
Floyd | “And will Inalda wed her cousin?” you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | “He wants it.  What she wants is something she keeps to herself,”
Floyd | Julia replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "maybe she wants flowers, or blackberries"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask about inalda" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/750
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INALDA
Floyd |
Floyd | There doesn’t seem too much more to ask at this stage, and you
Floyd | don’t
Floyd | want to give Julia the impression that you’ve become fixated on
Floyd | Inalda.  It’s clear enough that Julia regards the Duke’s cousin as
Floyd | a
Floyd | rather remote figure, an enigmatic beauty perhaps.  It seems the Duke
Floyd | wants to marry her, but Julia doesn’t seem to know what Inalda wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/750
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could tell her about Lady Inalda.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tell about inalda" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/751
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL ABOUT INALDA
Floyd |
Floyd | “When I went into town I found Cadan Pascoe attacking Lady Inalda!”
Floyd | you tell her.  “Fortunately I managed to frighten him off.”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Good heavens!” she declares.  “Was Lady Inalda all right?”
Floyd |
Floyd | “Yes, she was fine,” you reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well, I trust she was suitably grateful!” Julia remarks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "ah, maybe she'll have insight into this Grail legend"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/751
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind right now to discuss with Julia.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "aw"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/752
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Parlour
Floyd | The parlour is of a good size, but not so big as to forfeit a certain
Floyd | rustic cosiness.  The large open fireplace looks as if it could
Floyd | sustain quite a blaze in winter, though it’s currently unlit.  The
Floyd | furniture is plain but functional.  The front door is to the south,
Floyd | with other doorways to north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia is standing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Kitchen                                                         5/753
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is quite large, and conveys something of the same rustic
Floyd | flavour as the parlour, which lies just to the south.  A plain wooden
Floyd | door, painted black, is set in the north wall next to a large
Floyd | wood-burning stove.  An even larger wooden table occupies most of the
Floyd | space in the middle of the kitchen, together with a conveniently
Floyd | placed wooden chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia is standing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hrm. I'm going to have to go soonish. Keep playing, though. I'll just catch up via transcript later. And if y'all want to go a third week on this, no problemo."
		katie-paquette exclaims, "Text is flying again!"
		djfletch says (to Jacqueline), "ok"
		djfletch says, "I'll probably carry on for a little while at least, see where we get to"
		FloatingInfo says, "I don't want to miss anything but I don't want to go on for a long time today either."
		Jearl says, "I need to stop in a bit as well. I'm pretty much stumped for what to do next anyway"
		Jearl says, "aside from go and exchange gossip with everyone again and hrow that stone at the sack"
		katie-paquette says, "I'm staying."
		djfletch says, "I'll go and check a couple of exits in the hope of completing the map"
		Jearl asks, "will she get mad if we try to ransack her house?"
		djfletch says, "(apart from dark places and a whole bunch of locked doors)"
		Jearl says, "yeah"
Allen arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		katie-paquette says, "I don't know."
		djfletch says, "I think before she wouldn't let us go in one of the rooms"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Kitchen                                                         5/754
Floyd | Exits: north   south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You hardly feel you can start wandering uninvited into other parts of
Floyd | the house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "yeah like that"
		Jearl says, "well, that answers that"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/755
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Parlour
Floyd | The parlour is of a good size, but not so big as to forfeit a certain
Floyd | rustic cosiness.  The large open fireplace looks as if it could
Floyd | sustain quite a blaze in winter, though it’s currently unlit.  The
Floyd | furniture is plain but functional.  The front door is to the south,
Floyd | with other doorways to north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia is standing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/756
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You hardly feel you can go wandering round the house uninvited.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" 		

Floyd | Front Parlour                                                   5/757
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | It’s currently unlit, but it looks like one could get quite a blaze
Floyd | burning in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Garden                                                          5/758
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | “Well, bye for now then; no doubt I shall see you again soon,”
Floyd | Julia
Floyd | bids you farewell.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | Most of this sizeable garden is given over to vegetable plots.  To the
Floyd | east it comes to an abrupt end overlooking the cove, accessible via a
Floyd | rough flight of stone steps.  At its northern end stands a large stone
Floyd | house, from the front of which a gravel path heads off to the west,
Floyd | while along the garden’s southern boundary runs a long wooden fence.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia closes the front door from the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Long Gravel Path                                                5/759
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Gravel Path
Floyd | The main path continues to east and west as far as you can see, rising
Floyd | slightly to the latter as it heads inland.  A long hedge blocks the
Floyd | way south, but just at this point of the path a rutted track runs off
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | East Street                                                     5/760
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You set off to the west, and after a brisk walk up the slope you find
Floyd | yourself on the eastern outskirts of the town.
Floyd |
Floyd | East Street
Floyd | Pressed in between a rough stone wall to the north and a small shop to
Floyd | the south this short, narrow street runs east back towards the coast
Floyd | and west towards the centre of town.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Crossroads                                                      5/761
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | This crossroads, at what may be the centre of the town, is formed by
Floyd | meeting of roads to north, south, east and west.  All four roads lead
Floyd | between grim, grey buildings; the road to the east looks quite short,
Floyd | while that to the west leads up a distant hill.  The roads to north
Floyd | and south look as if they run on quite a way, but just a short way to
Floyd | the south you can see a hanging inn-sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two men smelling strongly of fish stride past to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South Street                                                    5/762
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | South Street
Floyd | The west side of this long, grubby street is dominated by the Red
Floyd | Dragon Inn, while on the opposite side squats a row of bleak stone
Floyd | cottages.  The street continues to north and south over well-worn
Floyd | cobbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Steep Track                                                     5/763
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Track
Floyd | Leading down from the town to the north towards a stone jetty to the
Floyd | south, this steep track is little more than a well-trodden path along
Floyd | the edge of the barren scrubland that extends to the east.  A narrow
Floyd | side-track runs off through a thicket to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Scrubland                                                       5/764
Floyd | Exits: west   northeast   southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Scrubland
Floyd | This large area of scrubland slopes down alongside a steep track to
Floyd | the west, and ends at clifftops to northeast and southeast.  The area
Floyd | is deserted and little grows here but some scraggy grass, impoverished
Floyd | by the thin, stony soil.  A long wooden fence runs along much of the
Floyd | northern boundary of this largely wasted space, but otherwise it is
Floyd | open to the elements.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (South)                                               5/765
Floyd | Exits: north   northwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Top (South)
Floyd | This must be the southeastern tip of the island, thrusting out just a
Floyd | short way into the sea, only a dozen feet below to east and south.
Floyd | Immediately to the west you look down on the roof of the fish house,
Floyd | with the jetty a little way beyond and the beach further in the
Floyd | distance.  The only way inland lies to the northwest, while the cliff
Floyd | top continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (North)                                               5/766
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Top (North)
Floyd | From up here on the cliff you have a spectacular view over the sea a
Floyd | hundred feet below, but as ever it’s cut short by the mist a few
Floyd | hundred yards out from the shore.  You can also see down into a cove
Floyd | to the north, although there’s no way to reach it from here.  But
Floyd | perhaps the most striking feature of this part of the cliff is the
Floyd | thick grass that covers it; something about the soil causes it to grow
Floyd | in a spectrum of greens from almost yellow to virtually turquoise,
Floyd | creating an effect akin to a patterned carpet.  The cliff top
Floyd | continues to the south, while to the southwest lies a large expanse of
Floyd | scrubland.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x grass" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (North)                                               5/767
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The grass here looks none too healthy, consisting as it does of
Floyd | patches of yellow and green.  For a moment you fancy that the
Floyd | alternating patches of colour are spelling out the word COME, but when
Floyd | you blink and look again the patches just look random again, and you
Floyd | feel sure you must have imagined it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch asks, "huh what?"
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (North)                                               5/768
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The grass here looks none too healthy, consisting as it does of
Floyd | patches of yellow and green.  For a moment you fancy that the
Floyd | alternating patches of colour are spelling out the word NORTH, but
Floyd | when you blink and look again the patches just look random again, and
Floyd | you feel sure you must have imagined it.  Yet this is the second time
Floyd | you think you saw something there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (North)                                               5/769
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The grass here looks none too healthy, consisting as it does of
Floyd | patches of yellow and green.  For a moment you fancy that the
Floyd | alternating patches of colour are spelling out the word TO, but when
Floyd | you blink and look again the patches just look random again, and you
Floyd | feel sure you must have imagined it.  This is beginning to feel just a
Floyd | little spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (North)                                               5/770
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The grass here looks none too healthy, consisting as it does of
Floyd | patches of yellow and green.  For a moment you fancy that the
Floyd | alternating patches of colour are spelling out the word MEET, but when
Floyd | you blink and look again the patches just look random again, and you
Floyd | feel sure you must have imagined it.  This is starting to become more
Floyd | than a little spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (North)                                               5/771
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The grass here looks none too healthy, consisting as it does of
Floyd | patches of yellow and green.  For a moment you fancy that the
Floyd | alternating patches of colour are spelling out the word YOUR, but when
Floyd | you blink and look again the patches just look random again, and you
Floyd | feel sure you must have imagined it.  You begin to wonder if your mind
Floyd | has been affected by your night in the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "DOOOOM"
		FloatingInfo says, "I was thinking destiny. Let's see who's right."
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (North)                                               5/772
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The grass here looks none too healthy, consisting as it does of
Floyd | patches of yellow and green.  For a moment you fancy that the
Floyd | alternating patches of colour are spelling out the word DESTINY, but
Floyd | when you blink and look again the patches just look random again, and
Floyd | you feel sure you must have imagined it.  You wonder if you dare look
Floyd | again; how can your imagination be playing such tricks on you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "haha good guess"
		FloatingInfo asks, "should we save before looking again?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "/tmp/cf8" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (North)                                               5/772
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > /TMP/CF8
Floyd |
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
FloatingInfo says (to Floyd), "x grass" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (North)                                               5/773
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The grass here looks none too healthy, consisting as it does of
Floyd | patches of yellow and green.  For a moment you fancy that the
Floyd | alternating patches of colour are spelling out the word COME, but when
Floyd | you blink and look again the patches just look random again, and you
Floyd | feel sure you must have imagined it.  At least, that’s what you keep
Floyd | trying to tell yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (North)                                               5/774
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Top (North)
Floyd | From up here on the cliff you have a spectacular view over the sea a
Floyd | hundred feet below, but as ever it’s cut short by the mist a few
Floyd | hundred yards out from the shore.  You can also see down into a cove
Floyd | to the north, although there’s no way to reach it from here.  But
Floyd | perhaps the most striking feature of this part of the cliff is the
Floyd | thick grass that covers it; something about the soil causes it to grow
Floyd | in a spectrum of greens from almost yellow to virtually turquoise,
Floyd | creating an effect akin to a patterned carpet.  The cliff top
Floyd | continues to the south, while to the southwest lies a large expanse of
Floyd | scrubland.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "welp, we could just try to walk north, now that we have a save"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (North)                                               5/775
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can’t go that way.  Obvious exits lead south, back to the
Floyd | southern
Floyd | end of the cliff top; and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "aw"
		djfletch says, "I suppose it means north through the mountains"
		Jearl says, "probably"
		djfletch says, "ok so I think we've been to all the locations now"
		djfletch says, "the accessible ones"
		djfletch says, "so pick a puzzle to try! Or we could give up here for today."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | Cliff Top (North)                                               5/776
Floyd | Exits: south   southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a plain brass key, a flint, a brass lamp, a bunch of
Floyd | flowers, an old sheet of parchment, a flat square stone, and a bunch
Floyd | of blackberries.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flowers have quite a sweet, delicate scent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jearl says, "I'll defer to whoever wants to pick something; I need to go have lunch"
		Jearl says, "good luck and catch you next week"
		FloatingInfo says, "I think we can be done."
Jearl When you see it, you have the tendency to eat this beauty ( with your eyes ) 		djfletch says, "ok, seems like it might be a good time to stop"
		

		

		
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***** NEXT SESSION! ***** 		
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		katie-paquette says (to Jacqueline), "You can take over from here."
		DavidW enters that into the minutes.
		Jacqueline giggles.
		Jacqueline says, "I would like to make a motion that we wait until djf or jearl show up."
		Jacqueline says, "And that if they are not here by 9:15 we discuss playing something else."
		DavidW says, "Seconded."
		DavidW asks, "wait, 9:15? What time zone are you in now?"
		djfletch says, "aha, I am here now"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "So you are!"
		katie-paquette says, "Okay."
		Jacqueline says, "Should we wait for jearl, or was she uber late last time? I forget."
		djfletch says, "hmm, can't remember"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, okay, so here's the deal."
		Jacqueline says, "There's a bug that could make Blighted Isle unwinnable."
		Jacqueline says, "The version of Blighted Isle we were using has a bug that Eric just found out about this week."
		Jacqueline says, "He fixed it, and we have an updated file."
		Jacqueline says, "But of course we've already played a bunch of it, and our save file won't work on this new game."
		Fang says, "oh darn"
		Jacqueline says, "So he has sent me a version with a bunch of sekret debugging commands in it."
		Fang asks, "what was the bug?"
		Jacqueline says, "We can skip the intro, teleport around the map, purloin things, locate things, etc."
		Jacqueline says (to Fang), "It had something to do with a cairn."
		Jacqueline asks, "Had you all hit that yet?"
		Nitku says, "The details are here: [LINK]"
		Jacqueline says, "Oho. How helpful Nitku is."
		djfletch says, "I don't remember a cairn."
		Fang says, "I kinda forgot where we were, so I'll lurk"
		DavidW says, "I suppose you guys ruptured the warp coil, in other words."
josinalvo arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Jacqueline says, "Well, possibly we opened a rift in the fabric of space-time."
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "So I propose we use the new version and only use the commands to catch us up."
		FloatingInfo asks, "Is this bug completely unavoidable?"
		Fang says, "no, let's play the old unwinnable version, then we can keep playing FOOOOREVER"
		Jacqueline says, "I asked Eric that, and he replied:"
		Jacqueline | As I recall (it’s a long time since I’ve done anything with Blighted Isle), there should be an alternative route through the game that should make it finishable – at least, so far as doing what needs to be done with the cairn is concerned (which is where the other player encountered a problem). You may still find you can’t repair the bridge, however.
Binder arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Jacqueline says, "Also, I am this morning again having trouble restoring to your last save file. Which is why I say we use this new one."
		says, "To keep things sekret, I will whisper the God commands to Floyd so you aren't tempted to use them for evil."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load blightedisle3" 		

Floyd | Thanks for playing Blighted Isle - hope you've enjoyed it!Welcome to
Floyd | the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		
Floyd says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." 		Nitku asks, "is it purloin and goto?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load blightedisle3" 		

Floyd | VM Error: error reading fileWelcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation,
Floyd | library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Jacqueline says, "OH MY GOD"
		FloatingInfo says, "Hmm...I'd go with using the new version, but I'm concerned that the debug commands might make things even worse."
		Binder says, "Were we to hear the Ur-tongue our ears would melt and our brain boil"
		Jacqueline says, "SRSLY"
		Jacqueline says, "Looks like the new version doesn't load and all my cool speeches were for naught."
		Jacqueline says, "Let me see if it runs locally on my machine."
		Binder says, "Cool speeches are their own reward."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. It totally runs on my machine. Let me reupload it."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load blightedisle4" 		

Floyd | VM Error: error reading fileWelcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation,
Floyd | library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Jacqueline says, "Weirdness."
		Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "One of those is right, and one of them is not, but now we will not know."
		DavidW says, "Unless the new Blighted Isle uses a version of T3 that Floyd's terp is too old for."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, that may be it."
		Jacqueline says, "vimes is going to be doing some work on Floyd's T terp, but he was waiting for us to be done with Blighted Isle first."
		Nitku says, "or it just doesn't run debug builds"
Jearl arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "Possibly, but I wouldn't think so."
		Nitku says, "yeah, it's unlikely"
		katie-paquette says (to Jearl), "You're finally here."
Limax arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Limax has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Limax arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jearl says, "I'm sorry, had some pet drama"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, now let me see if I can load last week's, because earlier I was having issues, and last week I had to phone vimes' house to get our game to load."
		Jacqueline asks (of Jearl), "Oh noes. All good now?"
Limax has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Jearl says, "yeah, just spent a few minutes chasing a chicken around"
		Jacqueline says, "Bock, bock."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load blightedisle" 		

Floyd | VM Error: error reading fileWelcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation,
Floyd | library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd | Blighted Isle
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Blighted IsleBlighted Isle by Eric Eve; version 2.0 (2007-09-02)
Floyd |
Floyd | Press I for instructions (recommended for new players).
Floyd |
Floyd | Press R to restore an existing saved game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press Q to quit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press any other key to start a new game.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Blighted IsleYour part in Napoleon's downfall is about to come to an
Floyd | untimely end.
Floyd |
Floyd | The storm raging across the Bay of Biscay has forced Cornwallis to
Floyd | stand out to sea, giving an opportunity for a French captain with more
Floyd | daring than most to try to slip past the blockade.  While Nelson is
Floyd | chasing Villeneuve across the Atlantic, the Channel fleet is closely
Floyd | blockading Brest to ensure that Ganteaume can't escape to join him; if
Floyd | he did Bonaparte's invasion plans would perilously close to fruition.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the meantime, you are left swimming around in the Bay of Biscay.  It
Floyd | can't be more than a couple of minutes before you drown.  For a moment,
Floyd | you almost imagine you see the inscription on your own grave:
Floyd |
Floyd | R.I.P.  Lieutenant James Corby, RN
Floyd | 1780 - 1805
Floyd | Lost at sea in the service of his country
Floyd | (mainly as a result of his own clumsiness)
Floyd |
Floyd | The storm-tossed waves thunder all around you.  The Niobe is nowhere in
Floyd | sight; neither is that other ship.  The sky is so black that even
Floyd | without the salt water stinging your eyes you could scarcely see a
Floyd | thing.  Already your sea-soaked clothes are starting to drag you under,
Floyd | and you feel so very, very cold.  It would be so much easier to give up
Floyd | the futile struggle, to accept the sea's icy embrace, and yield to the
Floyd | everlasting sleep of your watery grave.  For surely there can be no
Floyd | hope of rescue now.
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet it was only a moment ago that you took your unplanned tumble
Floyd | over the side of the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Blighted IsleTing!  Ting!  Two bells in the middle watch: ten hours
Floyd | since sighting the strange sail and giving chase.
Floyd |
Floyd | It wasn't yet clear that the strange sail was a French warship, but
Floyd | your captain was taking no chances, and so the Niobe, 38, had set off
Floyd | in hot pursuit.  She was carrying all the sail a frigate safely could
Floyd | in such a storm, but still the strange vessel was maintaining its lead,
Floyd | and it was all the Niobe could do to keep pace with her.  But the
Floyd | weather had been steadily worsening; the storm was becoming a gale, and
Floyd | there was a real danger that the Niobe would lose a spar - or worse -
Floyd | unless she shortened sail.  So you dispatched the midshipman of the
Floyd | watch to seek the captain's permission to do just that.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then came the totally unexpected hail from the masthead:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Land ho!  Fine on the starboard bow!"
Floyd |
Floyd | That was absurd; there shouldn't have been any land within a dozen
Floyd | leagues.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarterdeck of HMS Niobe
Floyd | The deck around you was little more than a mass of shadow and outline
Floyd | in the dark, with the only point of light coming from the binnacle just
Floyd | in front of you.  You were aware of the mizzen mast towering above you
Floyd | nearby, but as much from the howl of the wind in the rigging as from
Floyd | anything you could see.
Floyd |
Floyd | The helmsman was standing nearby at the wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | You were almost deafened by the howling gale screaming in the rigging
Floyd | and lashing up the waves all round the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/tmp/cf8" 		

Floyd | Failed: this is not a valid saved position file.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Nitku asks, "was Benny Hill music playing?"
		Jearl says, "haha, if only"
		Jacqueline says, "That does not bode well. Let me go look at the transcript."
		Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "heehee"
		Nitku says, "what a missed opportunity"
		Jearl says, "just indignant clucking"
		Jacqueline says, "Man. That is definitely your save file name."
		Jacqueline says, "So, two options."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/tmp/cf8" 		

Floyd | Failed: this is not a valid saved position file.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "hmm, my fault for not telling anyone to grab a copy of it. I thought about that at one time then forgot again."
		Jacqueline says, "Option one is I call the vimes helpline."
		Jacqueline says, "Option two is we give up on this and pursue a new game."
		Fang says, "I'm happy with 2"
		Jacqueline asks (of nitku), "In that thread you linked to, did Eric post a link to the latest version, for people who might want to play it?"
		Nitku says, "yes"
		Binder says, "Aw, man, I hate to bug people offline. Two, as well."
		Limax says, "Cool. We have 13"
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Well, I did it last week and he was cool with it. But yeah."
		Jearl says, "I don't mind starting a new one, Blighted Isle was kind of big to keep the whole thing in mind at once"
		Jacqueline exclaims (at Jearl), "I agree, though I was loving the game!"
		Binder says (to Jacqueline), "I know, I still think it's a bummer."
		djfletch says, "option two might be best. If we have the save from two weeks ago we could probably catch up from there pretty quickly, but I don't think it's worth it if we might hit bugs anyway."
		Jearl says, "I might play it on my own with more notes"
		Limax says, "I agree with Binder"
		Taleslinger asks, "Did you beat Isle?"
		Jacqueline lies (to Taleslinger), "Yep!"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
IFDB Spelunking 2 or,
Dungeons and Douchebags; divers Interactive Fictions
rendered by Sam Kabo Ashwell
As played on ifMUD on January 26, 2014

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 not a transcript of IFDB Spelunking II. ClubFloyd did in fact play the game, but IFDB Spelunking II will not be released until later in 2014. It is currently still in beta, and the author has asked that we hold the transcript until the game is released. So this page is a placeholder. The actual beta transcript will be posted after the game is released.




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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Wrenlaw by Ryan Veeder
As played on ifMUD on February 2, 2014

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 Wrenlaw written by Ryan Veeder. Wrenlaw was released in 2013. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

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 (to Floyd), "load sleepmask wrenlaw" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wrenlaw
Floyd | An Interactive Afternoon by Ryan Veeder
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130429 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Bike rack
Floyd | The coordinates you have are incomplete. They only narrow it down to
Floyd | this general area. And, although it's not a big park, the thing you're
Floyd | looking for is very small. Probably.
Floyd |
Floyd | Between the train tracks and the softball field there's barely any
Floyd | room for a trail, and the bike rack here is almost lost in the
Floyd | overgrowth. Presumably somebody will come by at some point and prune
Floyd | the bushes, but today you're the only one around.
Floyd |
Floyd | The trail leads south from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish locking up your bike and shove the key in your pocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Coordinates?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Your "hiking gear" is indistinguishable from what you wear to class
Floyd | every day: jacket, T-shirt, whatever. Your shoes and jeans are
Floyd | basically clean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x coordinates" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COORDINATES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Right now you've got your bike key and a scrap of paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Scrawled in blue ink:
Floyd |
Floyd | 41.664, -91.562
Floyd | blue box
Floyd |
Floyd | During the couple of days that you've been wondering about the origin
Floyd | of these clues, it has been difficult for you to distinguish your
Floyd | well-reasoned guesses from your hopeless delusions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read coordinates" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ COORDINATES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Draconis says, "I'm surprised it doesn't accept COORDINATES as a synonym."
		Jacqueline shrugs.
		Jacqueline asks, "So, we're geocaching?"
		Draconis asks, "Except we don't know who gave us the clues?"
		Draconis says, "Very odd."
		Binder says, "Maybe we're looking for a TARDIS"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Draconis says, "(By the way, are the <em> tags from Floyd or the game itself?)"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x rack" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The bike rack is a frame of thick metal bars, and your bike is
Floyd | attached to it fairly securely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x bike" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BIKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Yours is not the most reliable bicycle in the world, but it's still
Floyd | more trustworthy than, say, a car. At least when your bike betrays
Floyd | you, it's fairly up-front about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x lock" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | If you think about it, you could use a bike lock to lock up almost
Floyd | anything. But, now that you think about it, you can't think of
Floyd | anything else you need to lock up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "heh"

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TRAIN TRACKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The tracks run along the crest of the hill, north to south, from
Floyd | who-knows-where to who-knows-where.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says (to Draconis), "I think it is Floyd's way of showing the text styles"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x trail" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TRAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | This stretch of the trail is still cheap asphalt, and there are a few
Floyd | loose chunks and potholes. Other trails in other parks are maintained
Floyd | better.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "In case anyone's client parses HTML, </em>"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, sorry. I missed your question. The tags are a wrapper we've asked Floyd to run, mostly so the final transcript looks like the game was meant to look."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | From far away comes a sound like thunder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Hey why is everything on ifmud less important"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, Sleepmask gives us a status line, which we otherwise would not get from Floyd."
		Binder says, "Good thing Floyd is a sleeptalker."
		Jacqueline says, "I gotta say I'm not feeling the narrative drive, here."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x gps" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GPS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SOFTBALL FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody's playing any softball today. It's too wet, or too cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Please don't bring up sleeptalking or sleepwalking. I had a freaky sleepwalking incident with my cat this week."
		Jacqueline says, "Fortunately he has not done it since."
		Draconis asks, "I guess we have to go south?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of the woods
Floyd | The bike trail turns here, giving as wide a berth as possible to both
Floyd | the softball field and the woods. Cradled in the curve of the asphalt
Floyd | is a pool of rainwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the trail, a low balance beam and an accompanying
Floyd | informative sign have been pounded into the ground, both encrusted
Floyd | with lichen. Behind them rise the woods to the south, as infinitely
Floyd | dense and expansive as they can manage given the limited space
Floyd | available.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "Yes, south, but as a general rule we like to agree on room changes as a group first."
		Binder throws the rest of his prepared remarks in to the trash.
		Draconis says, "Oh, sorry."
		Jacqueline says, "Just so that if someone was about to examine something in that room or something they're not taken off-guard."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x sign" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | The sign describes some exercises for the athletically inclined to try
Floyd | out using the balance beam. You can imagine the Parks Department
Floyd | designing a dozen of these Fitness Stations, erecting this one, and
Floyd | then running out of funding. Or running out of enthusiasm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking around at the back and the base of the sign doesn't yield any
Floyd | clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x beam" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEAM
Floyd |
Floyd | It's still kind of damp, but you could probably sit on it. You've sat
Floyd | on it before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		dddddd says, "me was about to x the bushes there"
		Jacqueline says, "I get the impression this is a real park Ryan has coded."
		Binder says, "This beam is known to us."
		Draconis says, "I get the feeling we're supposed to sit on the beam."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure, why not."
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, not sure why? But sure, why not."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "sit on beam" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON BEAM
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a seat and look up into the sky above the softball field.
Floyd |
Floyd | [...]

		Binder asks (of Jacqueline), "Why not sure?"
		Draconis asks, "What does [...] mean?"
		Draconis asks, "Is Floyd waiting for a keypress?"
djfletch pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd | The bursts of lightning would hang in the air for unnatural lengths of
Floyd | time, so that you could make them out in great detail—but when the
Floyd | thunder finally came, it was very quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | This was two years ago. Maybe you were talking about something. No,
Floyd | you remember you were sitting in silence, watching the storm pass as
Floyd | if it were a parade.
Floyd |
Floyd | But then she leaned over so that her head was on your right shoulder,
Floyd | which was unexpected, so you thought What do I do now? and
Floyd | then you put your right arm around her. And she said "Thank you,"
Floyd | which at the time did not strike you as odd.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eventually the rain was not falling far away: it was falling on the
Floyd | softball field, and then on the two of you, so you ran off.
Floyd |
Floyd | [...]

		Binder says, "Apparently [...] means 'a space of time passes'"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I guess it does (in this game)"
		Jacqueline says, "Or that."
Draconis pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd | You stand up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Wow."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "remember storm" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMEMBER STORM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Man, I miss that girl's head on my shoulder."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | What a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "balance on beam" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "remember her" 		

Floyd | > BALANCE ON BEAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The first few steps seem easy, but then you topple off the side.
Floyd | Hopefully nobody saw you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMEMBER HER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "uh oh, we're drunk"
Binder says (to Floyd), "walk straight line" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > WALK STRAIGHT LINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Yup, drunk."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "diagnose" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIAGNOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x pool" 		Jacqueline asks, "Do we know that >REMEMBER is a verb, or are we just hoping it is?"

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing water like this pool here is a vector for mosquitos. But it's
Floyd | probably too early for mosquitos anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "splash water" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > SPLASH WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "jump in puddle" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP IN PUDDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says (to Jacqueline), "no, I was just trying to see"
		Jacqueline nods.
		Draconis asks, "Should we get in the pool?"

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK INTO POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Perhaps it would trigger another memory."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get in pool" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IN POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems unnecessary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Anti-climax."

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The pool of rainwater feels pretty normal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "look in pool" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "We under-rate the value of still water."
		Jacqueline says, "So true."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | That would be a bad idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of the woods
Floyd | The bike trail turns here, giving as wide a berth as possible to both
Floyd | the softball field and the woods. Cradled in the curve of the asphalt
Floyd | is a pool of rainwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the trail, a low balance beam and an accompanying
Floyd | informative sign have been pounded into the ground, both encrusted
Floyd | with lichen. Behind them rise the woods to the south, as infinitely
Floyd | dense and expansive as they can manage given the limited space
Floyd | available.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x lichen" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LICHEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The lichen is growing mostly around the bases of the beam and the
Floyd | sign. It gets by where it can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "eat lichen" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT LICHEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the lichen)
Floyd | Even if you could separate the lichen from the beams, you still
Floyd | wouldn't have much of a use for it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "East?"
		Binder says, "Oh, so this ISN'T nethack? Huh."
		Binder says, "Yeah, I like east. The sun lives there."
		Draconis says, "I don't see much else to do here."
Binder says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outfield
Floyd | Here is where the curve of the outfield fence gets close to a small
Floyd | rise in the bike path. The incline is such that the asphalt is a
Floyd | little drier here than it is to the east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lonely drinking fountain stands just off the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Just so you all know, my connection is kinda laggy for some reason."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x fountain" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The drinking fountain seems to be of an older vintage than the other
Floyd | park amenities. Maybe it's from the seventies.
Floyd |
Floyd | Apparently it's activated by turning the knob on the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x knob" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KNOB
Floyd |
Floyd | It's made of scuffed stainless steel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "turn it" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | A moment after you turn the knob, the fountain begins to produce a
Floyd | feeble trickle of water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a sip from the fountain. The water is lukewarm, and it tastes
Floyd | like a piece of aluminum foil. Somehow you swallow it down.
Floyd |
Floyd | The drinking fountain peters out and stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Been there."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x fence" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | The fence curves from over there in what you guess is left field to
Floyd | way over there in what would have to be right field. The nearest fence
Floyd | post is missing its cap thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, we have no GPS?"
		Binder says, "We have a bike lock key and a piece of paper. We are the worst geocachers evar"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x fence post" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FENCE POST
Floyd |
Floyd | These posts should each have a cap on top of them, but this one
Floyd | doesn't, so the circular hole on top is open to the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "use bike key as sextant" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE BIKE KEY AS SEXTANT
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to use the bike key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bike trail)
Floyd | This stretch of the trail is still cheap asphalt, and there are a few
Floyd | loose chunks and potholes. Other trails in other parks are maintained
Floyd | better.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure how this paper is supposed to help us if we have no way of knowing what coordinates we're presently at."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x circular hole" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CIRCULAR HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | These posts should each have a cap on top of them, but this one
Floyd | doesn't, so the circular hole on top is open to the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Apparently we know our absolute position."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in circular hole" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN CIRCULAR HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not a blue box, but it does seem like a good place to hide
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, there's nothing inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Which might be why we always know which way is north."
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		Binder says, "Maybe we have an eyePhone the PC didn't bother to mention."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, there is that."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb fence" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB FENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | The softball field strikes you as a lousy place to continue your
Floyd | search.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although, if you did climb over the fence and head north, what would
Floyd | you find? Past the field there's the mall, and then the Interstate,
Floyd | and the hilly country where you fell off your bike that one time.
Floyd |
Floyd | And from the ultimate North come the cold winds that bring snow and
Floyd | make life miserable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder exclaims, "Or possibly we're a homing pigeon. Surprise!"
		Jacqueline says, "We are using the lichen on the balance beams to determine which way north is, I'm sure."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIME
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder exclaims, "We hate snow!"
Binder says (to Floyd), "look north" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x field" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody's playing any softball today. It's too wet, or too cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get post" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET POST
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't possess the strength to yank that post out of the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Just one thing I want to check."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | Wrenlaw
Floyd | An Interactive Afternoon by Ryan Veeder
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130429 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //6492CD86-BE5B-4B84-A2DA-27734CB908B3//
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (6b) / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That is actually a great description (for climbing the fence)."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, oh oh."
		Jacqueline says, "I did that thing I do."
		Binder says, "uh oh"
		Jacqueline says, "Where I ... no, wait, I downloaded this from IFDB, we should be fine."
DavidW arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Binder says, "Phew"
		Draconis asks, "Wait, what?"
		DavidW says, "(It's afternoon already? How'd that happen?)"
		djfletch asks, "try another room?"
		Jacqueline says, "(Sometimes I accidentally download from, like, the comp site, which isn't updated, and we play an old version, and then I get a perturbed note (or, rather, a note from a perturbed author) wanting to know why I didn't have Floyd play the latest version."
		Binder says (to DavidW), "The NFL compresses pre-game time in order to stretch out commercial runtime in the afternoon."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "We are not that far in, you could recap the toyshop pretty easily."
		DavidW asks (of Binder), "The what?"
		Jacqueline says (to djf), "Sure."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Outfield
Floyd | Here is where the curve of the outfield fence gets close to a small
Floyd | rise in the bike path. The incline is such that the asphalt is a
Floyd | little drier here than it is to the east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lonely drinking fountain stands just off the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "I'm surprised that Ryan reimplemented "Facing"."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm hoping we find a plot or something in the next room, myself."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bench
Floyd | The bike trail turns from west to south here, and outside the curve is
Floyd | a cozy bench, which for whatever reason sits facing east, toward the
Floyd | highway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the bench is a chipped blue garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Right now you've got your bike key and a scrap of paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search can" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The garbage can is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x bench" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown, the benches all have big uncomfortable armrests sticking out
Floyd | of them to discourage people from sleeping on them, but this one is
Floyd | just a plain old bench. There's a panel set into the back with a
Floyd | dedication.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "read panel" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | DONATED BY
Floyd | HARMONY SILAS
Floyd |
Floyd | She sounds nice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under bench" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "sleep on bench" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP ON BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Your "hiking gear" is indistinguishable from what you wear to class
Floyd | every day: jacket, T-shirt, whatever. Your shoes and jeans are
Floyd | basically clean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a seat on the bench and stare down at your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | [...]

		
Binder pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, so, we haven't talked in a while, and I was wondering what was
Floyd | going on with you. I mean, there was also something else I wanted to
Floyd | talk to you about, a specific issue, which is causing me some stress I
Floyd | guess. I'm walking in a straight line right now, and, unless something
Floyd | happens, I have to keep on walking in a straight line. This is how I'm
Floyd | dealing with my stress. But I thought maybe if I had a chance to talk
Floyd | to you then I could get some of this specific issue worked out. Sorry
Floyd | to bother you. Please call me back."
Floyd |
Floyd | And your legs kept on walking, in a straight line, up an unfamiliar
Floyd | street, with your head down, with your phone clenched in your fist.
Floyd | Time seemed to pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then you heard a clap of thunder, and it occurred to you that you
Floyd | should turn around and get home, but then it occurred to you that it
Floyd | was necessary to continue walking in a straight line.
Floyd |
Floyd | There was a long flash of lightning, and as you finally looked up you
Floyd | realized you were in the cemetery, surrounded by gravestones, and up
Floyd | ahead was the statue of the Black Angel, perhaps facing you, perhaps
Floyd | with its back to you. Now it was dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your phone buzzed. She wasn't calling you back; she had sent a text
Floyd | message. And the text of the message was: "?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [...]

		Binder asks, "Wait the Black Angel? This is Iowa City?"
		Draconis asks, "Weren't we unable to walk in a straight line earlier?"
		DavidW says, "I'm quite lost, having no context for this."
		Binder says (to Draconis), "That was me clowning, coincidentally."
		Jacqueline says, "There are lots of black angel markers in cemeteries everywhere."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You blink a couple times and stand up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says (to Draconis), "maybe we have to be more stressed before we can walk in a straight line"
		Jacqueline asks, "So this is a game about sitting down places to remember backstory?"
		Binder says, "So far it is."
		Binder says, "I'm hoping we can find that TARDIS"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "text girl" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > TEXT GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "(Sorry, Ryan, when you read this. I am running on little sleep and evidently snarky this morning.)"
		Draconis asks, "Did we try to sit on the bike?"
		Draconis says, "That might do something."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x highway" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HIGHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Herds of cars zoom left and right, and what's on the other side? East
Floyd | of here is just bars, and then frat houses, and on the very
Floyd | easternmost edge of your understanding of this city is a cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | But mostly the East is full of huge crowds of people, who are
Floyd | unbearable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read paper" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Scrawled in blue ink:
Floyd |
Floyd | 41.664, -91.562
Floyd | blue box
Floyd |
Floyd | During the couple of days that you've been wondering about the origin
Floyd | of these clues, it has been difficult for you to distinguish your
Floyd | well-reasoned guesses from your hopeless delusions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		dddddd says, "so we're looking for a blue box"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "guess" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > GUESS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "plugh" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | Nope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "plover" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLOVER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "No magic for you, one year."
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Bench
Floyd | The bike trail turns from west to south here, and outside the curve is
Floyd | a cozy bench, which for whatever reason sits facing east, toward the
Floyd | highway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the bench is a chipped blue garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "I wonder if the xyzzy earlier actually did something."
		DavidW says, "Are those GPS coordinates? I don't see Google Maps in our inventory."
		Binder says, "No idea."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under can" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "We are not actually sure."
		Binder says, "Um. But."
		Binder says, "I ... feel vindicated"
		Jacqueline says, "That is, we're not sure why we don't have a GPS."
		Binder says, "If those ARE GPS coordinates they are in fact in Iowa City"
		Draconis says, "Next to the end of a trail, actually."
		Draconis says, "At least according to Google."
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Oh, nice."
		Binder says, "So it's quite possibly the Black Angel I was thinking of."
		Draconis says, "And the trail leads southeast."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Binder says, "This is suddenly kind of spooky for me on a personal level."
		DavidW says, "Can someone summarize what I missed? I really don't like trying to @recap and catch up that way when there's hundred of lines."
		dddddd says, "I fell the blue box thing it's more important than the numbers."
		Jacqueline) Binder says, "And so now I know exactly how to win this game!"
		Binder says, "My version of winning involves fleeing Iowa City and forgetting all about what's her name."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "We have been wandering around this park without a GPS looking for a blue box and we sat down in a couple of places and each time had a memory about a girl."
		Draconis says (to DavidW), "We've been following a trail for a little bit and gotten two flashbacks about this girl."
		djfletch says (to DavidW), "we don't know what's supposed to be in the blue box"
		Jacqueline says, "In one spot, she put her head on our shoulder and we put our arm around her and she said thank you."
		djfletch says, "probably this girl's severed head"
		DavidW says, "hm. Rather vague."
		Draconis says (to DavidW), "I think you saw the other one."
		Draconis says (to DavidW), "It was the wall of text right after you came in."
		Jacqueline says, "And in the other we called her in an emo mood and said that we were going to walk in a straight line unless something happens because we want to talk to her about a particular issue and could she please call us back kthxbai and she didn't call back she just texted a question mark to us."
		Jacqueline says, "And there've been some references to thunder."
		Jacqueline asks, "Have we missed anything?"
		Draconis asks, "It's currently storming, isn't it?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x sky" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SKY
Floyd |
Floyd | The sky is pretty clear, for now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Or not."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | From far away comes a sound like thunder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "It was storming in the first flashback"
		DavidW says, "I suppose we just wander? I don't have a map, of course, so I don't know where we've been."
		Binder says, "Today it's just cold and damp"
		Binder says, "It's been a linear path"
		Draconis says, "IIRC we went south, then east."
		djfletch says, "we went east twice"
		DavidW says, "Let's not go east. That's where the gloom beavers live."
		djfletch asks, "ok, south then?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crosswalk
Floyd | It's theoretically possible to get across the highway here, but you
Floyd | have yet to see it done. The white lines of the crosswalk are more
Floyd | like a blueprint for an imaginary bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bike trail supposedly continues on the other side of the highway.
Floyd | Realistically, though, you can follow it north, or take a narrow,
Floyd | unpaved track between tufts of grass to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Let me guess: we need to continue south."
		DavidW says, "South again, I think"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x grass" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The grass still looks pretty damp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x grass" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The grass still looks pretty damp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x track" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x unpaved" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > X UNPAVED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x cars" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CARS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "look south" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x crosswalk" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROSSWALK
Floyd |
Floyd | The crosswalk consists of a button that reads "PUSH FOR WALK SIGNAL",
Floyd | a pair of white lines across the highway, and a signal at the other
Floyd | end that will always, always say "DON'T WALK".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "haha"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the button, and wonder if this time your action will have any
Floyd | influence on the outside world.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x signal" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The amber letters of the signal across the highway say "DON'T WALK".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The amber letters of the signal across the highway say "DON'T WALK".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The amber letters of the signal across the highway say "DON'T WALK".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "hit button" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Don't be brutish.
Floyd |
Floyd | An incredibly loud motorcycle speeds by, and you lose your train of
Floyd | thought for a few seconds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The button doesn't work."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "destroy the stupid button" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > DESTROY THE STUPID BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x motorcycle" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOTORCYCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Crosswalk
Floyd | It's theoretically possible to get across the highway here, but you
Floyd | have yet to see it done. The white lines of the crosswalk are more
Floyd | like a blueprint for an imaginary bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bike trail supposedly continues on the other side of the highway.
Floyd | Realistically, though, you can follow it north, or take a narrow,
Floyd | unpaved track between tufts of grass to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | An unseen crow emits a series of angry caws.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The motorcycle was an atmospheric message, surely. Just go south."
Binder says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Grate
Floyd | You find yourself in a low, damp area, partially hidden from the road
Floyd | above. A stream runs out of the woods here and noisily disappears into
Floyd | a grate under the highway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could scramble up north, to the bike path, or you could walk along
Floyd | the creek to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An empty potato chip bag is stuck up against the grate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | The force of the water is pushing it up against the grate, but it's
Floyd | too big to squeeze through the holes. It's trapped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Take the bag?"
		Binder asks, "that poor poor bag?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x grate" 		

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | A metal frame blocks off the tunnel under the highway so that only the
Floyd | stream can get through. The words "CITY WATER" are embossed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Currently the flow of the stream is impeded somewhat by the empty
Floyd | potato chip bag that's pressed up against the grate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Water is very important to us, apparently."
Binder says (to Floyd), "get bag" 		

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You fish out the bag and unclog the stream, which gurgles gratefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Did we happen to see a well house of some sort earlier?"
		Draconis says, "The keys might be in there."
		DavidW says, "I think we should take the empty potato chip bag and ... (gasp) put it in the trash can."
Binder says (to Floyd), "tell stream you're welcome" 		

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL STREAM YOU'RE WELCOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in tunnel" 		

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN TUNNEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "search grate" 		

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "open grate" 		

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The grate doesn't have any hinges. It's a permanent installation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "open grate" 		

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The grate doesn't have any hinges. It's a permanent installation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Right now you've got an empty potato chip bag, your bike key, and a
Floyd | scrap of paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | This bag is a damp, greasy mess, and to a certain extent you regret
Floyd | ever having pulled it out of the stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "woo, 50% inventory increase"
		Jacqueline says, "Binder, you need to get out more."
		Binder asks, "What, and leave my pile of objects behind?"

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK INSIDE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing in there but the tiniest soggy crumbs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It belongs in the trash can, I'm sure. We'll get all sorts of civic fuzzies."
		Jacqueline says, "The park ranger will be happy."
		Binder says, "fiiiiiine"
Binder says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crosswalk
Floyd | It's theoretically possible to get across the highway here, but you
Floyd | have yet to see it done. The white lines of the crosswalk are more
Floyd | like a blueprint for an imaginary bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bike trail supposedly continues on the other side of the highway.
Floyd | Realistically, though, you can follow it north, or take a narrow,
Floyd | unpaved track between tufts of grass to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bench
Floyd | The bike trail turns from west to south here, and outside the curve is
Floyd | a cozy bench, which for whatever reason sits facing east, toward the
Floyd | highway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the bench is a chipped blue garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "put bag in trash" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Do it! Do it!"

Floyd | > PUT BAG IN TRASH
Floyd |
Floyd | You stuff the bag into the garbage, which is where it belongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no score in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Told ya"
		Jacqueline says, "See? That's where it belongs."
		Binder says, "Doing good always makes me feel so bad."
		Jacqueline says, "Don't you feel better about your... oh."
inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Draconis says (to inky), "Hello."
		Binder says, "I guess we have no searing memories of throwing trash away with Her."
		DavidW says, "Anyway, we can follow the stream now."
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "We are playing a game about sitting on things and being emo and cleaning up local waterways."
		djfletch says, "yeah, try another room"
		Binder says, "They made me do the cleaning up. I was under duress."
Binder says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crosswalk
Floyd | It's theoretically possible to get across the highway here, but you
Floyd | have yet to see it done. The white lines of the crosswalk are more
Floyd | like a blueprint for an imaginary bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bike trail supposedly continues on the other side of the highway.
Floyd | Realistically, though, you can follow it north, or take a narrow,
Floyd | unpaved track between tufts of grass to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Grate
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Grate
Floyd | You find yourself in a low, damp area, partially hidden from the road
Floyd | above. The stream runs out of the woods here and noisily disappears
Floyd | into a grate under the highway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could scramble up north, to the bike path, or you could walk along
Floyd | the creek to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Broken bottles
Floyd | This clearing is bounded by a fallen log on the west side and a
Floyd | boulder on the other. The ground around the rock is littered with
Floyd | shards of glass; even with shoes on, you watch your steps carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path along the stream runs east and west, but there might also be
Floyd | a way north, through the vegetation that covers the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get glass" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET GLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are too many tiny pieces to try and clean up, even if you had
Floyd | gloves. The most you can do is try and kick them under the boulder,
Floyd | where they're less likely to get stepped on.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you're kicking shards around, you notice one unbroken bottle.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear some small mammals scratching around up in the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "get bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ooh"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The scratched blue glass is basically opaque, and the bottle is empty,
Floyd | but it feels heavier than it should. Apparently "Schmetz" is the name
Floyd | of the liquid that used to be inside of this. The labeling is not very
Floyd | specific about what "Schmetz" is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l in bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > L IN BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The blue bottle is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "schmetz" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCHMETZ
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "I wish we had gloves, I don't want to get Schmetz poisoning from handling this."
		DavidW says, "That could've been a magic word."
		Draconis says, "According to Google Translate, it's German for SCHMETZ."
		dddddd says, "everything is blue, I'm blue"
Taleslinger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if it's really Schlitz, but he couldn't get them to agree to a mutually acceptable financial agreement for product placement."
		Binder says, "dooba dee dooba die"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "smash bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMASH BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your blows are ineffectual. It's a sturdy bottle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x mammals" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAMMALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "damn we feeble"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Broken bottles
Floyd | This clearing is bounded by a fallen log on the west side and a
Floyd | boulder on the other. The ground around the rock is littered with
Floyd | shards of glass; even with shoes on, you watch your steps carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path along the stream runs east and west, but there might also be
Floyd | a way north, through the vegetation that covers the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The creek burbles peacefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x log" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can imagine the scene easily: Drunk kids take a seat on the log;
Floyd | when their bottles are empty, they toss them at the boulder. Drunk
Floyd | kids don't care about getting their five cent deposit back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x boulder" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's taller than you are, made from rough speckled black and white and
Floyd | grey stone, cut out of a mountain or something, back in the days of
Floyd | the caveman.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Sit on the log for another flashback?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb boulder" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB BOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You could probably manage that. Sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump up the lower side, get some traction with your shoes, and
Floyd | scramble up to the top of the boulder. You cross your legs and look
Floyd | out across the woods from your perch. The view isn't appreciably
Floyd | different.
Floyd |
Floyd | But next to you, spraypainted in green on the rock, is a message:
Floyd | HEY.
Floyd |
Floyd | So you say "hey" back, and then you slide back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, we can get 5 cents for this bottle?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "sit on log" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You sit on the log and stare at the side of the boulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | [...]

		Binder says, "here we go"
Draconis pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Binder pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Then the song was over, and you could hear each other talk for a few
Floyd | seconds.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why aren't you drinking?" she asked. A satisfactory answer did not
Floyd | spring to mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you wanna dance?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No."
Floyd |
Floyd | She rolled her eyes. "Well, you should try something new.
Floyd | It's good to get out of your comfort zone."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I should do things that I don't want to do, just because I don't want
Floyd | to do them?" you tried to ask, but the music started up again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well I'm gonna dance. Watch my drink!" she shouted, and she ran off,
Floyd | so you sat and stared at her glass for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | [...]
Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You allow yourself a heavy sigh before standing up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "timing"
Taleslinger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		inky says (to Jacqueline), "#belated a game about being emo and sitting on things and cleaning up local waterways? this is just an Everybody Dies ripoff"
		katie-paquette says, "JAWS has been skipping around again."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push log" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Well, except no one has died."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under log" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can we sit on the boulder?"
		Draconis asks, "We tried that, didn't we?"
		Binder says, "We can climb it but it cycles us back down"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "sit on boulder" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON BOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not that you don't have the energy to climb the boulder again;
Floyd | it's just that it probably wouldn't be worth the effort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We climbed it. Slightly different."
		Jacqueline says, "We climbed the boulder and sat on it as a result."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "hey" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > HEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "hey me" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > HEY ME
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Now that's an error message you don't see every day."
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps HEY is a magic word that teleports us here?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think you are giving this game more credit for magic than it merits."
		Jacqueline says, "Though of course I've been wrong lots of times before."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "yes, probably. I'm keeping options open until disproven."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Broken bottles
Floyd | This clearing is bounded by a fallen log on the west side and a
Floyd | boulder on the other. The ground around the rock is littered with
Floyd | shards of glass; even with shoes on, you watch your steps carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path along the stream runs east and west, but there might also be
Floyd | a way north, through the vegetation that covers the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Well, XYZZY causes thunder."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x north" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x vegetation" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VEGETATION
Floyd |
Floyd | Who knows what kind of bushes these are. They're thick on the ground
Floyd | and impossible to walk through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "A choice of directions, huzzah"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x stream" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The stream is running swiftly and noisily right now, on account of
Floyd | last night's big storm. Most days it's probably not much of a stream
Floyd | at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder asks, "Shall we try for north?"
		katie-paquette says, "There goes my screen reader skipping again."
		DavidW says, "Let's wander. North is fine."
		Draconis says (to Binder), "Not really a choice, the vegetation is impenetrable."
Binder says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tent
Floyd | Oh, this is creepy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bushes thin out near the top of the hill, and in the center of the
Floyd | clearing is a small tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large branch, apparently blown down by the storm, leans against the
Floyd | tent flap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reflecting on this detail, you conclude that this tent must be—is
Floyd | definitely, probably, unoccupied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says (to Draconis), "Apparently opinions differ."
		Draconis says, ">SIT ON TENT"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x branch" 		

Floyd ]  Tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a big leafy one, obviously freshly snapped off its tree. Nobody
Floyd | could have gotten in or out since last night without moving it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "get branch" 		

Floyd ]  Tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull the branch off of the tent and, in an effort to command some
Floyd | control over your weird situation, toss it into the depths of the
Floyd | woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Take THAT, nature."
		DavidW says, "Perhaps sit in the tent."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "knock on tent" 		

Floyd ]  Tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON TENT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Screaming into the outdoors is not as cathartic as you'd hoped. You
Floyd | feel vaguely embarrassed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bird is singing an extremely repetitive song: "Seeee-saw. Seeee-saw.
Floyd | Seeee-saw". Over and over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Should we open it?"
		Draconis asks, "The tent, I mean?"
		djfletch says, "open it!"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "open tent" 		

Floyd ]  Tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN TENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull open the tent flap, but then you let it fall again. For a
Floyd | second, everything seems very quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The faint sound of a police siren reaches your ears from across town
Floyd | somewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'd just enter it."
		Draconis asks, "Should we?"
		Binder says, "ofc we should"
Binder says (to Floyd), "enter tent" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER TENT
Floyd |
Floyd | With extreme gingerness, you unzip the flap, poke your head in, and
Floyd | enter the tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the tent
Floyd | A single beam of sunlight cuts through a hole in the western wall,
Floyd | illuminating a shambolic mass of books, notepads, and newspapers
Floyd | strewn across the floor. Everything is stained and crumpled by
Floyd | moisture to some degree.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of it all is a low stool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "If it's too horrifying to even hold the flap open?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x stool" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | It doesn't look like anybody's ideal stool, but it's probably more
Floyd | comfortable than the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
katie-paquette has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Binder says (to Floyd), "sit stool" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh look, a place to sit."
Binder says (to Floyd), "sit on stool" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You hunch down on the stool, and the sun gets in your eyes. Why didn't
Floyd | you bring your sunglasses?
Floyd |
Floyd | Actually, this reminds you of something...
Floyd |
Floyd | [...]

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "sit on stool" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Or not. You get off the stool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Ha ha ha ha ha"
		Binder exclaims, "psyche!"
		DavidW asks, "oh, we need sunglasses?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get books" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's creepy enough that you're inside of this tent at all. Physically
Floyd | messing with this person's stuff would be too gross.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x books" 		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The books look like mostly poetry, written by guys with names like
Floyd | "Blaise Fontanelle". One is lying open to a page with a stanza
Floyd | circled:
Floyd |
Floyd | Ay, que lo que soy siga existiendo y cesando de existir,
Floyd | y que mi obediencia se ordene con tales condiciones de
Floyd | hierro...
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, then.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the tent
Floyd | A single beam of sunlight cuts through a hole in the western wall,
Floyd | illuminating a shambolic mass of books, notepads, and newspapers
Floyd | strewn across the floor. Everything is stained and crumpled by
Floyd | moisture to some degree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a stool here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "we are clearly repressing this memory because it's too horrifying"

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOTEPADS
Floyd |
Floyd | Let's see. Here's a really lousy drawing of a squirrel, here's a
Floyd | diagram of a triangle with some calculations next to it, and over here
Floyd | is an actual note, written in plain English.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x newspapers" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NEWSPAPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're local papers, going back a few months, based on what you can
Floyd | see without touching anything. Whoever owns this tent likes to do
Floyd | crosswords, but not Sudoku. Hmm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | the presence in the pores
Floyd | of a grapefruit rind
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, that's a Stephen Malkmus song!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, ""Oh, what I'm still exists and ceasing to exist, and that my obedience is ordered with such conditions iron ...""
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x triangle" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TRIANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Apparently it was necessary to prove some fact about the dimensions of
Floyd | this triangle—for a while, and then it wasn't so important anymore,
Floyd | since the author didn't finish the calculations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x calculations" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CALCULATIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Apparently it was necessary to prove some fact about the dimensions of
Floyd | this triangle—for a while, and then it wasn't so important anymore,
Floyd | since the author didn't finish the calculations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x squirrel" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SQUIRREL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's probably supposed to be a squirrel. Whatever it is, it isn't
Floyd | happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Aw, man, this tent belongs to some kind of ... GRAD STUDENT"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "calculate dimensions of triangle" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > CALCULATE DIMENSIONS OF TRIANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "prove fact about dimensions of triangle" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROVE FACT ABOUT DIMENSIONS OF TRIANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "y'know, this tent probably belongs to our future self -- who left it in the past."

Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the tent
Floyd | A single beam of sunlight cuts through a hole in the western wall,
Floyd | illuminating a shambolic mass of books, notepads, and newspapers
Floyd | strewn across the floor. Everything is stained and crumpled by
Floyd | moisture to some degree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a stool here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get stool" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | But that's someone else's stool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "I do like a shambolic mass, it's true."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Right now you've got a blue bottle, your bike key, and a scrap of
Floyd | paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | the presence in the pores
Floyd | of a grapefruit rind
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, that's a Stephen Malkmus song!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "hm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bottle on stool" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BOTTLE ON STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the blue bottle on the stool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh well. Nothing got hit with a blue light spot."
		Binder says, "Very Indy"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "wrenlaw" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > WRENLAW
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You never know."
		Binder asks, "Out again?"
		Draconis says, "Sure."
		DavidW says, "yes, out please."
Binder says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tent
Floyd | The bushes thin out near the top of the hill, and in the center of the
Floyd | clearing is a small tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder asks, "south then west, maybe?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Tent
Floyd | The bushes thin out near the top of the hill, and in the center of the
Floyd | clearing is a small tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We should follow the stream more, yes please."
Binder says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Broken bottles
Floyd | This clearing is bounded by a fallen log on the west side and a
Floyd | boulder on the other. The ground around the rock is littered with
Floyd | shards of glass; even with shoes on, you watch your steps carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path along the stream runs east and west, but there's also a way
Floyd | north, through the vegetation that covers the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Culvert
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Culvert
Floyd | The stream runs out of a culvert here, from beneath the hill and the
Floyd | train tracks to the west. The runoff from last night's storm flows
Floyd | swiftly and musically.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ways out of the woods are north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cricket hops out of your way and disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x stream" 		

Floyd ]  Culvert
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The stream is running swiftly and noisily right now, on account of
Floyd | last night's big storm. Most days it's probably not much of a stream
Floyd | at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x culvert" 		

Floyd ]  Culvert
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CULVERT
Floyd |
Floyd | The circular tunnel is wide enough to handle the worst floods. You
Floyd | could probably walk through fairly comfortably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "North, then?"
		Binder says, "I'd like to try going in to the culvert"
		Draconis says, "I think west will be more plot-important."
		Binder says, "Because it's inobvious."
		DavidW asks, "Is it saying we could enter the culvert? Do we need light?"
		Binder says, "It's implying we could"
		DavidW says, "We should at least try entering."
		Binder says, "Sure."
Binder says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | You look ahead with a scrunched-up neck and fail to keep your shoes
Floyd | out of the water. The curved floor is harder to walk on than you would
Floyd | have thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tunnel leads east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "yell" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd |
Floyd | > YELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your screams echo up and down the tunnel, but then you're alone again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "yay an echo"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hey" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd |
Floyd | > HEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "echo" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd |
Floyd | > ECHO
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | You look ahead with a scrunched-up neck and fail to keep your shoes
Floyd | out of the water. The curved floor is harder to walk on than you would
Floyd | have thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tunnel leads east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "continue west, please"
Binder says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You make your uncomfortable way toward the light of day.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ditch
Floyd | Sunlight finds you at the bottom of a rocky ditch. The stream flows
Floyd | noisily between the rocks, past your feet, and into the culvert to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mounted on a post stuck between the rocks is a small blue birdhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder asks, "blue box?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x birdhouse" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x birdhouse" 		

Floyd | > X BIRDHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull yourself out of the stream and approach the birdhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | On closer inspection, it can't really be a birdhouse. The circular
Floyd | entryway is blocked off on the inside; there's no way for any birds to
Floyd | get in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Based on the weathering of the paint, it might have been put up here a
Floyd | year or two ago, if you had to guess. A word is written in black magic
Floyd | marker across the back: WRENLAW. The plank on top is attached
Floyd | with a hinge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BIRDHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The circular entryway is blocked off on the inside; there's no way for
Floyd | any birds to get in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Based on the weathering of the paint, it might have been put up here a
Floyd | year or two ago, if you had to guess. A word is written in black magic
Floyd | marker across the back: WRENLAW. The plank on top is attached
Floyd | with a hinge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This game, so blue."
		Draconis asks, "Should we open it?"
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
		Binder says, "Well it's the name of the work so uh sure"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip open the "lid" of the birdhouse, revealing a tiny
Floyd | screwdriver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "AHA-wat"
		Draconis says, "That was...anticlimactic."
		DavidW says, "curious"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get screwdriver" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SCREWDRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | As you lift the screwdriver into the sunlight, your mind lurches with
Floyd | something like recognition—but the feeling passes, and you can't
Floyd | remember what it reminded you of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Uh oh gettin lurchy all up in here"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x screwdriver" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCREWDRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's thinner than a pen. The handle is blue; the Philips-head bit at
Floyd | the end is so tiny and delicate, it almost isn't there.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea why anyone would put this in a fake birdhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Have we seen anything to unscrew?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x bit" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Well if we can undo screwing the girl who messed up our mind, maybe"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get house" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The birdhouse is nailed to the post, and the post is stuck irrevocably
Floyd | in the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I haven't. Tiny screwdrivers might be used for eyeglasses, though."
		djfletch says, "maybe we can fix our bike later if it breaks"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in house" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The imitation birdhouse is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close house" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the imitation birdhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Right now you've got a tiny screwdriver, a blue bottle, your bike key,
Floyd | and a scrap of paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | The bike lock manufacturers saw fit to make this key impossible to fit
Floyd | on any normal key ring, which is a pain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "fill bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > FILL BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Can we put the screwdriver in the bottle?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get water" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Floyd has undo, right?"
		Jacqueline says, "He does, yeah."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "put water in bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WATER IN BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | First you take the stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "put screwdriver in bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SCREWDRIVER IN BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | If you ever got it in, would you be able to get it out?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The scratched blue glass is basically opaque, and the bottle is empty,
Floyd | but it feels heavier than it should. Apparently "Schmetz" is the name
Floyd | of the liquid that used to be inside of this. The labeling is not very
Floyd | specific about what "Schmetz" is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "And fwiw, >SAVE may not be working yet. vimes has had a lot going on and hasn't been able to look into our recent issues."
Binder says (to Floyd), "fill bottle with water" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > FILL BOTTLE WITH WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scratches" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCRATCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "empty bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > EMPTY BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "pour bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "ClubFloyd Without a SAVE-ty Net"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "drink schmetz" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK SCHMETZ
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "drink bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There might be a drop left. You lean back, invert the bottle over your
Floyd | mouth, and start shaking.
Floyd |
Floyd | A single drop falls out and on to your tongue. It burns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Wow, I didn't expect that to work."
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Yeah, we're rebels."
		Binder says (to Jacqueline), "Um, rebels do NOT tidy up parks."
		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "...ew."
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "THIS ONE DOES"
		Binder says, "hee hee"
		djfletch says, "I think we should try the room we haven't been in yet, in case it's got an unscrewable thing."
		Draconis says (to Binder), "We're rebelling against the standard expectation of what a rebel does!"
jojo arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
Draconis says (to jojo), "Hello." 		Binder says, "So this is a rebellion of squares. Got it."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Ditch
Floyd | Sunlight finds you at the bottom of a rocky ditch. The stream flows
Floyd | noisily between the rocks, past your feet, and into the culvert to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mounted on a post stuck between the rocks is a imitation birdhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder asks, "Sure, back east through the culvert and then north out of the forest?"
		Binder says, "Or maybe up from here"
		djfletch says, "hmm, maybe"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing up all these rocks probably wouldn't be worth the effort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Ditch
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing up all these rocks probably wouldn't be worth the effort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Possibly over the river and through the woods to nobody's house we go."
		Binder says, "Well, rules that out."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | You look ahead with a scrunched-up neck and fail to keep your shoes
Floyd | out of the water. The curved floor is harder to walk on than you would
Floyd | have thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tunnel leads east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Culvert
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You stagger eagerly toward familiar ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | Culvert
Floyd | The stream runs out of a culvert here, from beneath the hill and the
Floyd | train tracks to the west. The runoff from last night's storm flows
Floyd | swiftly and musically.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ways out of the woods are north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mouth still tastes nasty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mud
Floyd | This may have been a bad idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | What seemed at first to be a clear path has revealed itself as a
Floyd | clinging morass. The mud squeaks angrily every time you lift a foot;
Floyd | when you step down, it rises up to your ankles. Occasionally it slips
Floyd | beneath you, and you're forced to swing your arms in the air like an
Floyd | idiot to avoid falling on your face in the muck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This viscous pit sits between two hills: one to the east, too thick
Floyd | with bushes to offer any purchase, and one to the west, which you
Floyd | happen to know has a railroad track running across the top. But the
Floyd | only clear ways out are north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sensing your approach, a sparrow chirps a warning and flies away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Half-sunk in the mire is a styrofoam cooler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
katie-paquette has arrived. 		DavidW says, "Sit on it!"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x cooler" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COOLER
Floyd |
Floyd | The styrofoam walls are unnecessarily thick. Probably this was used to
Floyd | transport some live bait, or some beers, or first one and then the
Floyd | other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Bait before beer, you're in the clear."
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh gosh, our mouth still tastes nasty. Did you poison us?"
		Binder says, "Beer before bait, you're going fishing late."
		DavidW asks, "Also, why is this cooler not blue?"
		Binder says, "We're going to under a dread smetzformation"
		Jacqueline asks, "Or does our mouth just taste predictably nasty from drinking alcohol from someone else's bottle that was left outside for weeks?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cooler" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COOLER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's already open. You have no idea where the lid is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "look in cooler" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN COOLER
Floyd |
Floyd | The styrofoam cooler is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "sit on cooler" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON COOLER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can sit down on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "get cooler" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COOLER
Floyd |
Floyd | The mud relinquishes its prize with a long, sickening squelch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. Maybe we can't sit on it, then."
		Binder brandishes the cooler over his head triumphantly.
		Binder says, "Take THAT, mud."
		DavidW says, "drip drip"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Mud
Floyd | What seemed at first to be a clear path has revealed itself as a
Floyd | clinging morass. The mud squeaks angrily every time you lift a foot;
Floyd | when you step down, it rises up to your ankles. Occasionally it slips
Floyd | beneath you, and you're forced to swing your arms in the air like an
Floyd | idiot to avoid falling on your face in the muck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This viscous pit sits between two hills: one to the east, too thick
Floyd | with bushes to offer any purchase, and one to the west, which you
Floyd | happen to know has a railroad track running across the top. But the
Floyd | only clear ways out are north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		katie-paquette exclaims, "I am on my braillenote now. Hopefully This works!!"

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Your "hiking gear" is indistinguishable from what you wear to class
Floyd | every day: jacket, T-shirt, whatever. Your shoes and jeans are wet,
Floyd | muddy, and covered in cockleburs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "mm cockleburs"
		Binder asks, "north?"
		DavidW says, "Try north, I guess."
Binder says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of the woods
Floyd | The bike trail turns here, giving as wide a berth as possible to both
Floyd | the softball field and the woods. Cradled in the curve of the asphalt
Floyd | is a pool of rainwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the trail, a low balance beam and an accompanying
Floyd | informative sign have been pounded into the ground, both encrusted
Floyd | with lichen. Behind them rise the woods to the south, as infinitely
Floyd | dense and expansive as they can manage given the limited space
Floyd | available.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "It's our old friend, beam"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x sign" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | The sign describes some exercises for the athletically inclined to try
Floyd | out using the balance beam. You can imagine the Parks Department
Floyd | designing a dozen of these Fitness Stations, erecting this one, and
Floyd | then running out of funding. Or running out of enthusiasm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, this is a previous location?"
jojo goes home. 		Binder says, "I thik so."
		Binder says, "+n"
		djfletch says, "possibly west from the last room was an exit too"
		Binder says, "Going north to confirm/refute."
Binder says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bike rack
Floyd | Between the train tracks and the softball field there's barely any
Floyd | room for a trail, and the bike rack here is almost lost in the
Floyd | overgrowth. Presumably somebody will come by at some point and prune
Floyd | the bushes, but today you're the only one around.
Floyd |
Floyd | The trail leads south from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bike is still here, locked up to the bike rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Yup, here's where we began"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x bike" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BIKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Yours is not the most reliable bicycle in the world, but it's still
Floyd | more trustworthy than, say, a car. At least when your bike betrays
Floyd | you, it's fairly up-front about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "disassemble bike" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > DISASSEMBLE BIKE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x rack" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The bike rack is a frame of thick metal bars, and your bike is
Floyd | attached to it fairly securely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Wish I was mapping."
		inky says, "or napping"
		djfletch asks, "can I see if it lets us go west from Mud?"
		Binder says (to djfletch), "OK by me."
		DavidW says, "To the train track? Worth a try."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of the woods
Floyd | The bike trail turns here, giving as wide a berth as possible to both
Floyd | the softball field and the woods. Cradled in the curve of the asphalt
Floyd | is a pool of rainwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the trail, a low balance beam and an accompanying
Floyd | informative sign have been pounded into the ground, both encrusted
Floyd | with lichen. Behind them rise the woods to the south, as infinitely
Floyd | dense and expansive as they can manage given the limited space
Floyd | available.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mud
Floyd | What seemed at first to be a clear path has revealed itself as a
Floyd | clinging morass. The mud squeaks angrily every time you lift a foot;
Floyd | when you step down, it rises up to your ankles. Occasionally it slips
Floyd | beneath you, and you're forced to swing your arms in the air like an
Floyd | idiot to avoid falling on your face in the muck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This viscous pit sits between two hills: one to the east, too thick
Floyd | with bushes to offer any purchase, and one to the west, which you
Floyd | happen to know has a railroad track running across the top. But the
Floyd | only clear ways out are north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | It occurs to you that you don't know for sure what's on the other side
Floyd | of the railroad tracks. Now is probably a good time to find out...
Floyd |
Floyd | Train tracks
Floyd | You stand on the train tracks and look down the hill. The sun is
Floyd | setting over a huge green golf course. There are no golfers; the
Floyd | fairways are spread out just for you, to lead you to whatever comes
Floyd | next.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what's beyond this golf course. The West is a realm
Floyd | of potential because in the West is the freedom of the unknown, the
Floyd | undecided. You can be anyone, because nobody there knows who you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could do it right now. You could walk down this hill and off of
Floyd | the map, into something brand new.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Going off the map probably ends the game."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x tracks" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd | But not today. You have other things to take care of today.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mud
Floyd | What seemed at first to be a clear path has revealed itself as a
Floyd | clinging morass. The mud squeaks angrily every time you lift a foot;
Floyd | when you step down, it rises up to your ankles. Occasionally it slips
Floyd | beneath you, and you're forced to swing your arms in the air like an
Floyd | idiot to avoid falling on your face in the muck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This viscous pit sits between two hills: one to the east, too thick
Floyd | with bushes to offer any purchase, and one to the west, which you
Floyd | happen to know has a railroad track running across the top. But the
Floyd | only clear ways out are north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oh"
		djfletch says, "well I suppose we try that, or just get back on our back and go home with our new screwdriver"
		djfletch says, "back -> bike"
		Binder says, ". o O ( get bike on our back? what would THAT help? )"
katie-paquette says (to Floyd), "x cockleburs" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COCKLEBURS
Floyd |
Floyd | A bunch of those horrible barbed seed things are stuck to your jeans
Floyd | and your shoelaces. You'll have to pull them off when you get home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we should explore more. There must be locations unseen."
		Binder says, "Surely there's something to take apart somewhere."
		djfletch says, "I don't have any obvious exits left"
Binder says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Keeping close to the eastern hill, you're able to grab onto some
Floyd | branches to keep your balance, but the bushes have grown too close
Floyd | together for you to climb up from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "harumph"
		DavidW says, "Try non-obvious exits then."
		dddddd says, "The no-bird-thing seems important (it has the name on it, and looks like _the_ blue box). Getting the screwdriver: /and you can't remember what it reminded you of/. On the tent... (the only sitting without clear memories): /Actually, this reminds you of something... Or not. You get off the stool./"
		djfletch says, "conceivably another south from outfield, but if it is it might just go to the tent"
		Binder says, "Roam and try, I'm mulling."
		djfletch says (to dddddd), "hmm, yes"
		dddddd says, "maybe now we can remember"
		djfletch says, "let me see if this exit exists and if not we can go back to the tent the long way"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of the woods
Floyd | The bike trail turns here, giving as wide a berth as possible to both
Floyd | the softball field and the woods. Cradled in the curve of the asphalt
Floyd | is a pool of rainwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the trail, a low balance beam and an accompanying
Floyd | informative sign have been pounded into the ground, both encrusted
Floyd | with lichen. Behind them rise the woods to the south, as infinitely
Floyd | dense and expansive as they can manage given the limited space
Floyd | available.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		katie-paquette exclaims, "It works on the braillenote apex!"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outfield
Floyd | Here is where the curve of the outfield fence gets close to a small
Floyd | rise in the bike path. The incline is such that the asphalt is a
Floyd | little drier here than it is to the east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lonely drinking fountain stands just off the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The bushes at the edge of the woods here are too thick to go tromping
Floyd | through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "HM"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of the woods
Floyd | The bike trail turns here, giving as wide a berth as possible to both
Floyd | the softball field and the woods. Cradled in the curve of the asphalt
Floyd | is a pool of rainwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the trail, a low balance beam and an accompanying
Floyd | informative sign have been pounded into the ground, both encrusted
Floyd | with lichen. Behind them rise the woods to the south, as infinitely
Floyd | dense and expansive as they can manage given the limited space
Floyd | available.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mud
Floyd | What seemed at first to be a clear path has revealed itself as a
Floyd | clinging morass. The mud squeaks angrily every time you lift a foot;
Floyd | when you step down, it rises up to your ankles. Occasionally it slips
Floyd | beneath you, and you're forced to swing your arms in the air like an
Floyd | idiot to avoid falling on your face in the muck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This viscous pit sits between two hills: one to the east, too thick
Floyd | with bushes to offer any purchase, and one to the west, which you
Floyd | happen to know has a railroad track running across the top. But the
Floyd | only clear ways out are north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Culvert
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Culvert
Floyd | The stream runs out of a culvert here, from beneath the hill and the
Floyd | train tracks to the west. The runoff from last night's storm flows
Floyd | swiftly and musically.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ways out of the woods are north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Broken bottles
Floyd | This clearing is bounded by a fallen log on the west side and a
Floyd | boulder on the other. The ground around the rock is littered with
Floyd | shards of glass; even with shoes on, you watch your steps carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path along the stream runs east and west, but there's also a way
Floyd | north, through the vegetation that covers the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tent
Floyd | The bushes thin out near the top of the hill, and in the center of the
Floyd | clearing is a small tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | A squirrel sees you and bolts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		katie-paquette exclaims, "yea!"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the tent
Floyd | A single beam of sunlight cuts through a hole in the western wall,
Floyd | illuminating a shambolic mass of books, notepads, and newspapers
Floyd | strewn across the floor. Everything is stained and crumpled by
Floyd | moisture to some degree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a stool here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "ha ha squirrel bolts. I guess that's why he needs all those nuts"
		djfletch says, "haha"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x stool" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | It doesn't look like anybody's ideal stool, but it's probably more
Floyd | comfortable than the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Katie), "Cool. Glad to hear the braillenote apex can handle it."

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You sit on the stool again, and the sun gets in your eyes again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh! Now you remember!
Floyd |
Floyd | [...]

		Binder exclaims, "!"
		djfletch says, "hurrah"
Binder pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You picked up your sunglasses, and the right lens fell out. Jessica
Floyd | gasped.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is it broken?" She was concerned, but she didn't lean over to look.
Floyd | You were able to notice this while appearing to give all your
Floyd | attention to your sunglasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, the screw is just loose." You sighed. "I don't think I have a
Floyd | screwdriver for tiny sunglasses screws, is the thing."
Floyd |
Floyd | The two of you contemplated this state of affairs in silence for a
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then Jessica spoke up. "I wish I had a tiny screwdriver I could give
Floyd | you," she said (and she seemed much more broken up about it than you
Floyd | were), "but I don't."
Floyd |
Floyd | You grinned. "What, are you trying to make this a metaphor for our
Floyd | relationship?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiled, and hugged you for the second-to-last time, and said,
Floyd | "Sure. If you want."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or read a note from the AUTHOR?
Floyd | >

		inky says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "So it was a screw for eyeglasses."
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Binder says, "Well I found that an unexpectedly devestating ending."
		dddddd asks, "author?"
		Binder says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Ryan Veeder"
		Binder says, "No, I think..."
Binder says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
Floyd |
Floyd | In the interest of saving you some time, I'd like to let you know that
Floyd | the "geocache" described in this game does not exist, as far as I
Floyd | know.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for playing Wrenlaw.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or read a note from the AUTHOR?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Allen asks, "just getting up... what game today?"
		djfletch asks, "can we conclude that she gave us the coordinates?"
		djfletch asks, "and this screwdriver is a message?"
		Jacqueline says, "I guess we can if it lets you sleep. But I think we can never be sure and will eternally wrestle with the enigma, djf."
		Binder says, "If only it were that simple."
		dddddd asks, "so the note is from her, right?"
		djfletch says, "it seems likely to me"
		Binder says, "I wonder if anyone will actually go place this geocache now, to refute the author note."
		Jacqueline says, "Who knows? Oh, it's ARTSY"
		Jacqueline says (to Binder), "hahaha"
		Jacqueline asks (of Binder), "You are well-positioned to do that, aren't you? Do you have a blue box?"
		djfletch says, "I'm sort of tempted to put a review on google maps at these coordinates."
		Binder says, "I do have resources including People in Iowa City, yes."
		Jacqueline says, "Ryan would actually probably get a kick out of that."
		Jacqueline asks, "Is he in Iowa City?"
Allen arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		djfletch asks, "anyway, who wants to undo and see if we can walk across the train tracks?"
		Binder says (to djfletch), "I think that would be an excellent use of gMap reviews."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the tent
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Tent
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tent
Floyd | The bushes thin out near the top of the hill, and in the center of the
Floyd | clearing is a small tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Broken bottles
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Broken bottles
Floyd | This clearing is bounded by a fallen log on the west side and a
Floyd | boulder on the other. The ground around the rock is littered with
Floyd | shards of glass; even with shoes on, you watch your steps carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path along the stream runs east and west, but there's also a way
Floyd | north, through the vegetation that covers the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sensing your approach, a sparrow chirps a warning and flies away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Culvert
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Culvert
Floyd | The stream runs out of a culvert here, from beneath the hill and the
Floyd | train tracks to the west. The runoff from last night's storm flows
Floyd | swiftly and musically.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ways out of the woods are north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cricket hops out of your way and disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mud
Floyd | What seemed at first to be a clear path has revealed itself as a
Floyd | clinging morass. The mud squeaks angrily every time you lift a foot;
Floyd | when you step down, it rises up to your ankles. Occasionally it slips
Floyd | beneath you, and you're forced to swing your arms in the air like an
Floyd | idiot to avoid falling on your face in the muck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This viscous pit sits between two hills: one to the east, too thick
Floyd | with bushes to offer any purchase, and one to the west, which you
Floyd | happen to know has a railroad track running across the top. But the
Floyd | only clear ways out are north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A squirrel sees you and bolts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No, not today. Someday. Eventually. Definitely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "DENIED"
		djfletch asks, "hmm, could we have done it the first time?"
		Binder says, "Escaping West from Iowa City is, in fact, the only way to win Iowa City."
		DavidW asks, "So, the bottle and the cooler have no puzzle purpose at all?"
		djfletch says (to DavidW), "hmm, nothing obvious"
		djfletch says, "unless it's different if we took the cooler to the tent without the screwdriver, or something"
		DavidW says, "West from Mud led to Train Tracks, but only once, and only to see it. The next command, regardless of intent, returned us to Mud."
		djfletch asks, "but what if we had gone west again immediately instead of doing something else?"
		djfletch says, "probably the same but maybe not"
		Binder says, "Looking at its entry on ifdb, the one tag it has is 'short'."
		DavidW says, "Maybe."
		Binder says, "Seems accurate to me."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of the woods
Floyd | The bike trail turns here, giving as wide a berth as possible to both
Floyd | the softball field and the woods. Cradled in the curve of the asphalt
Floyd | is a pool of rainwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the trail, a low balance beam and an accompanying
Floyd | informative sign have been pounded into the ground, both encrusted
Floyd | with lichen. Behind them rise the woods to the south, as infinitely
Floyd | dense and expansive as they can manage given the limited space
Floyd | available.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bike rack
Floyd | Between the train tracks and the softball field there's barely any
Floyd | room for a trail, and the bike rack here is almost lost in the
Floyd | overgrowth. Presumably somebody will come by at some point and prune
Floyd | the bushes, but today you're the only one around.
Floyd |
Floyd | The trail leads south from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bike is still here, locked up to the bike rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "unlock bike" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK BIKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the bike key)
Floyd | Are you ready to take off, then? [y/n]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe: probably the same but maybe not"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock your bike and hop on.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is all really strange. Whose tent was that? Why did they abandon
Floyd | it? Why did you go inside?
Floyd |
Floyd | At least the mystery of the blue box is solved, kind of. And now you
Floyd | have a tiny screwdriver, which is something you didn't have before.
Floyd |
Floyd | You squint into the sun, and then you turn your bike down gentle hills
Floyd | toward home.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Better luck next time. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or read a note from the AUTHOR?
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Ah, an ending with even less resolution, alluding to the sunglasses unspoken."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Bike rack
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wrenlaw
Floyd | An Interactive Afternoon by Ryan Veeder
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130429 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Bike rack
Floyd | The coordinates you have are incomplete. They only narrow it down to
Floyd | this general area. And, although it's not a big park, the thing you're
Floyd | looking for is very small. Probably.
Floyd |
Floyd | Between the train tracks and the softball field there's barely any
Floyd | room for a trail, and the bike rack here is almost lost in the
Floyd | overgrowth. Presumably somebody will come by at some point and prune
Floyd | the bushes, but today you're the only one around.
Floyd |
Floyd | The trail leads south from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish locking up your bike and shove the key in your pocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of the woods
Floyd | The bike trail turns here, giving as wide a berth as possible to both
Floyd | the softball field and the woods. Cradled in the curve of the asphalt
Floyd | is a pool of rainwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the trail, a low balance beam and an accompanying
Floyd | informative sign have been pounded into the ground, both encrusted
Floyd | with lichen. Behind them rise the woods to the south, as infinitely
Floyd | dense and expansive as they can manage given the limited space
Floyd | available.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "This was like a poem of flashback."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mud
Floyd | This may have been a bad idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | What seemed at first to be a clear path has revealed itself as a
Floyd | clinging morass. The mud squeaks angrily every time you lift a foot;
Floyd | when you step down, it rises up to your ankles. Occasionally it slips
Floyd | beneath you, and you're forced to swing your arms in the air like an
Floyd | idiot to avoid falling on your face in the muck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This viscous pit sits between two hills: one to the east, too thick
Floyd | with bushes to offer any purchase, and one to the west, which you
Floyd | happen to know has a railroad track running across the top. But the
Floyd | only clear ways out are north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Half-sunk in the mire is a styrofoam cooler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | It occurs to you that you don't know for sure what's on the other side
Floyd | of the railroad tracks. Now is probably a good time to find out...
Floyd |
Floyd | Train tracks
Floyd | You stand on the train tracks and look down the hill. The sun is
Floyd | setting over a huge green golf course. There are no golfers; the
Floyd | fairways are spread out just for you, to lead you to whatever comes
Floyd | next.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what's beyond this golf course. The West is a realm
Floyd | of potential because in the West is the freedom of the unknown, the
Floyd | undecided. You can be anyone, because nobody there knows who you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could do it right now. You could walk down this hill and off of
Floyd | the map, into something brand new.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Mud
Floyd | But not today. You have other things to take care of today.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mud
Floyd | What seemed at first to be a clear path has revealed itself as a
Floyd | clinging morass. The mud squeaks angrily every time you lift a foot;
Floyd | when you step down, it rises up to your ankles. Occasionally it slips
Floyd | beneath you, and you're forced to swing your arms in the air like an
Floyd | idiot to avoid falling on your face in the muck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This viscous pit sits between two hills: one to the east, too thick
Floyd | with bushes to offer any purchase, and one to the west, which you
Floyd | happen to know has a railroad track running across the top. But the
Floyd | only clear ways out are north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Half-sunk in the mire is a styrofoam cooler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "DENIED"
		djfletch says, "oh well"
		Binder says, "No vun escapes stalag Iowa City, djfletch Hogan"
Allen has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "I suppose attempting to cross the highway is also met with denial."
		Binder says, "Might be a nice bit of denial prose."
		Binder says, "I like the language in this one."
		Binder says, "Shambolic, morass, &c"
Binder says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the woods
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of the woods
Floyd | The bike trail turns here, giving as wide a berth as possible to both
Floyd | the softball field and the woods. Cradled in the curve of the asphalt
Floyd | is a pool of rainwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the trail, a low balance beam and an accompanying
Floyd | informative sign have been pounded into the ground, both encrusted
Floyd | with lichen. Behind them rise the woods to the south, as infinitely
Floyd | dense and expansive as they can manage given the limited space
Floyd | available.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outfield
Floyd | Here is where the curve of the outfield fence gets close to a small
Floyd | rise in the bike path. The incline is such that the asphalt is a
Floyd | little drier here than it is to the east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lonely drinking fountain stands just off the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bench
Floyd | The bike trail turns from west to south here, and outside the curve is
Floyd | a cozy bench, which for whatever reason sits facing east, toward the
Floyd | highway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the bench is a chipped blue garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't just walk out into traffic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Bench
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Bench
Floyd | The bike trail turns from west to south here, and outside the curve is
Floyd | a cozy bench, which for whatever reason sits facing east, toward the
Floyd | highway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the bench is a chipped blue garbage can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crosswalk
Floyd | It's theoretically possible to get across the highway here, but you
Floyd | have yet to see it done. The white lines of the crosswalk are more
Floyd | like a blueprint for an imaginary bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bike trail supposedly continues on the other side of the highway.
Floyd | Realistically, though, you can follow it north, or take a narrow,
Floyd | unpaved track between tufts of grass to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | According to the signal across the road, it's not safe to cross now.
Floyd | Based on the speed of traffic, you have to agree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "run" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUN
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to say which compass direction to go in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "run east" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUN EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | According to the signal across the road, it's not safe to cross now.
Floyd | Based on the speed of traffic, you have to agree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the button, and wonder if this time your action will have any
Floyd | influence on the outside world.
Floyd |
Floyd | An incredibly loud motorcycle speeds by, and you lose your train of
Floyd | thought for a few seconds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		dddddd says, "and, remember... /You push the button, and wonder if this time your action will have any influence on the outside world./"
		Binder says, "It seems like just moments ago."
Binder says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | According to the signal across the road, it's not safe to cross now.
Floyd | Based on the speed of traffic, you have to agree.
Floyd |
Floyd | An incredibly loud motorcycle speeds by, and you lose your train of
Floyd | thought for a few seconds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "leap traffic in single bound" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEAP TRAFFIC IN SINGLE BOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "owel, still not superhuman" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > OWEL, STILL NOT SUPERHUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "traffic, halt" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > TRAFFIC, HALT
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "part traffic sea" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > PART TRAFFIC SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		dddddd asks, "what about a suicide?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Crosswalk
Floyd | It's theoretically possible to get across the highway here, but you
Floyd | have yet to see it done. The white lines of the crosswalk are more
Floyd | like a blueprint for an imaginary bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bike trail supposedly continues on the other side of the highway.
Floyd | Realistically, though, you can follow it north, or take a narrow,
Floyd | unpaved track between tufts of grass to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		dddddd says, "too blue? :P"
dddddd says (to floyd), "suicide" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > SUICIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis heads back home. 		
dddddd says (to jump), "the bridge" 		
dddddd says (to floyd), "jump the bridge" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP THE BRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
dddddd says (to floyd), "jump into the highway" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP INTO THE HIGHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
dddddd says (to floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump up and down a couple times. Get the blood flowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Man, the emoness of this game has consumed you people."
dddddd disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Binder says, "I was born emo."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Crosswalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Crosswalk
Floyd | It's theoretically possible to get across the highway here, but you
Floyd | have yet to see it done. The white lines of the crosswalk are more
Floyd | like a blueprint for an imaginary bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bike trail supposedly continues on the other side of the highway.
Floyd | Realistically, though, you can follow it north, or take a narrow,
Floyd | unpaved track between tufts of grass to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "I think I've tried everything I want to."
		



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Pinched by Anonymous
As played on ifMUD on February 9, 2013

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 Pinched written by Anonymous. Pinched was released in 2013. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

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, "So, before we begin, I'd like to direct your attention to the bb post I made last week."
		Jacqueline says, "We are looking for more 2013 Xyzzy-eligibles that are playable on Floyd."
		Jacqueline says, "So, check out the list, kids, and send me your suggestions via mudmail."
		Jacqueline says, "Please. Please? Kthx."
		Jacqueline says, "So, on to today's game: Pinched."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask pinched" 		
Floyd >You ain't leaving, are you? ] Display Room 		

Floyd | 1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Display Room
Floyd | The room's about as big as Serenity's dining area, and it's stacked
Floyd | full of boxes. The boxes make an aisle from the front of the room to
Floyd | the back, and on the back wall there're some heavy black curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wedding gifts?" asks Kaylee, her eyes lighting up real pretty. Thinks
Floyd | we don't notice how her glance goes to Simon.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bride price," says Inara. "All this came from the groom. It's on
Floyd | display to show the public that the bride is being wed to someone of
Floyd | 'appropriate standing.'"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come now, 'Nara, don't be prickly," says Mal. "Sounds like the
Floyd | bride's right sympathetic to your own line of work."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Emily arrives, full of fun and funk. 		DavidW says, "I wonder what our line of work is."
		Taleslinger says, "I have four games on that list. Wow."
		Doug asks, "ooh, fanfic?"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "It would appear, yeah."
katie-paquette arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Marvin says, "I can't believe I got to the end of that whole wodge of text and still took ten seconds to realise what I was reading."
		DavidW says, "I don't recognize the source."
		Jacqueline says (to DavidW), "I believe this is Firefly fanfic, yeah."
		djfletch says, ">TAKE MY LOVE. TAKE MY LAND"
		DavidW asks, "That's a TV show, right?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's a short Joss Whedon series. Lasted only a single season."
Lionheart arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hi! This game has been tested, but anonymously. Enjoy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "hey it has a feelie"
		Jacqueline says, "To those who have shown up late, remember that you can @recap #toyshop"
		Jacqueline asks (of djf), "It has a feelie?"
		katie-paquette says, "I'm here."
		djfletch | [LINK]
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As fine a specimen of manhood as ever. Though I do miss my gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fact is," Simon says, "the bridal settlement has a long tradition. It
Floyd | was meant to insure that if a woman's husband died or divorced her,
Floyd | she'd still have a little independence. I always thought it was nice."
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee is staring at him hard, so he adds on, "...though now I think
Floyd | about it, it's antiquated and disrespects a woman's ability to look
Floyd | after herself. Lots of differences about Earth-That-Was."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "spotted it on the ifdb page"
		Doug asks, "so are we Jayne?"
		Marvin says, "I think so."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got on me :
Floyd |   a ticket stub
Floyd |
Floyd | Inara ignores all the back and forth and goes to the curtain. "Might
Floyd | as well see the center of the collection. Jayne, I think this will
Floyd | open whole new worlds of art appreciation for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | She draws the curtain back, and I'm faced with the strangest painting
Floyd | I ever saw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x painting" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks to be real old. Real old porn, that is. There's two ladies
Floyd | sitting naked in a bathtub, and one of them is reaching over and
Floyd | pinching the other one's nipple, all dainty like she's picking up a
Floyd | teacup.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...huh," Kaylee says. "That's not what I... huh."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x stub" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STUB
Floyd |
Floyd | It grants access to the bridal display of this wedding-to-be. Stiff
Floyd | purple square of paper with a lady drawn on it, and torn halfway
Floyd | across.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A genuine oil painting from Earth-that-was, in this condition, of
Floyd | this age, is worth more than this house and every other thing in it,"
Floyd | Inara says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm guessing that's not the painting that's supposed to be there."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask inara about painting" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK INARA ABOUT PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | I got three ways of conversin': ASK QUESTIONS, JOKE, and CAUSE A
Floyd | RUCKUS. That last one's my favorite.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You'll have to give me some lessons in appreciating art, Inara," says
Floyd | Mal. "Think there might be some significances to this piece that I'm
Floyd | not grasping the sense of."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is it just me or is something wrong with the eyebrows on those
Floyd | women?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's from the late 16th century," Simon says. "French. It depicts the
Floyd | king's mistress -- see there, she's holding a ring that he gave her.
Floyd | Her sister is in the bath too, and the nipple pinch is to show that
Floyd | the mistress is pregnant."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Still seems like a strange thing to give someone when you're getting
Floyd | married," Kaylee comments.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Job suits me," I say. "Be happy to store that in my bunk during the
Floyd | ride--"
Floyd |
Floyd | Inara steps on my toe, hard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ai ya!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I reckon we've admired this here bride price just about enough," says
Floyd | Mal. "What do you think, Inara? Time to leave the viewing?"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Jacqueline says, "This is rather good."
		DavidW says, "oh wait. The title is a pun on the theft and what's in the picture."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              7
Floyd |
Floyd | Pinched
Floyd | An interactive fanfiction by Anonymous
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 130116 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Street of New Reykjavik
Floyd | New Reykjavik is right up to the north part of this planet, as there's
Floyd | not much but water round the tropics. That being the case, it's
Floyd | freezing cold here half the ruttin' year, and from what you can hear
Floyd | told, mud the other half. This here is the freezing part. This street
Floyd | is all snow and ice, but the buildings ain't bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee, Mal, and Simon are along, loaded down with bags of this and
Floyd | that -- clothes for the wedding ball, electronics parts for the heist,
Floyd | groceries.
Floyd |
Floyd | "If it isn't Simon!"
Floyd |
Floyd | There's some little bit of a woman shouting from the other side of the
Floyd | street. Simon doesn't even look up and we all figure it must be
Floyd | someone else she's shouting at. But no.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Simon Tam!"
Floyd |
Floyd | She pushes her way out of the crowd on her side of the street and runs
Floyd | towards us. She's one good-looking girl, too, if you like 'em bundled
Floyd | up in a lot of furs and capes and with twinkly crap all over their
Floyd | boots. Simon doesn't look too delighted to see her, but the next
Floyd | minute she's hugging him and he kind of pats her shoulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Everyone, this is Lucy," he says. "She was in my year at medical
Floyd | school; we were partners in neuroregeneration lab. Lucy, this is--"
Floyd |
Floyd | Mal frowns at him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "--this is everyone," says Simon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to David), "Yep."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x lucy" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LUCY
Floyd |
Floyd | She's got long blonde hair and a narrow pointy little face. Tasty
Floyd | enough, though not much like either Kaylee or Inara.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I haven't seen you in so long!" Lucy's not hugging him any more, but
Floyd | she's still got his arm like she's fixing to take it home with her.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And I wasn't expecting to see anyone out here, either! I'm so far
Floyd | from home, it's ridiculous how lonely I get! And the weather! Snow 13
Floyd | months of the year! Are you here for the Jonsdotter-Wilkes wedding?
Floyd | Please say yes. You're the only person on this planet that's going to
Floyd | know the same dances as me. Do you still tango?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee makes a little tiny noise I might not hear if she weren't right
Floyd | next to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		katie-paquette says, "I guess not but kind of gross with the man and woman in a bathtub rubbing the woman's nipple."
		Jacqueline says, "I think it's two women, actually"
		Jacqueline asks, "Anyway, what now?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x kaylee" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KAYLEE
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee's chin is sticking out and she's getting real busy checking out
Floyd | something she's got stashed in her rucksack. Or possibly she's just
Floyd | moving stuff around in there. Don't look like she's takin' anything
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I-- don't know," Simon is saying. "That is, yes. Yes, I was invited.
Floyd | I'll be there. Sorry, it's just such a surprise to see you again,
Floyd | Luce."
Floyd |
Floyd | Lucy pouts. "If you followed the alumni newswaves, you'd've known I
Floyd | was living here now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "My mail has been very erotic lately," Simon says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Marvin says, "Ha."
		DavidW says, "We're still in prologue mode, I think."
		Doug says, "for those who don't know Firefly: Jayne is a big galoot hired gun with questionable morals. Mal is the captain, Simon's a doctor, Kaylee's an engineer, Inara is a courtesan"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x simon" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIMON
Floyd |
Floyd | He's almost got an expression on. Though I ain't sure I could put a
Floyd | name to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We'll have to catch up at the wedding," Lucy says. "I wish I could
Floyd | stay and trade stories now, but I'm already late--"
Floyd |
Floyd | "--there's a first." Simon's smiling for real now. Didn't know his
Floyd | face muscles stretched in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't be awful. I'll see you there. Save me one of your dippingest,
Floyd | most Argentine dances." She kisses his cheek and then she's gone
Floyd | again, and the air behind her smells like apples. Cold apples. The
Floyd | snow hasn't gone anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "And who is the PC?"
		katie-paquette says, "Oops! I nant two women I'm sorry. But it's still grose."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x mal" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAL
Floyd |
Floyd | He's dressed in his best suit, which makes me think he's going to
Floyd | burst something.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Care to explain what that was about?" Mal asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What, Lucy?" Simon is still grinning a little, though it's starting
Floyd | to fade. "She's an old friend of mine -- well, when I say friend, we
Floyd | kind of -- that is, we were never actually -- but I think she wanted
Floyd | -- if we hadn't been so busy we probably would have -- I mean I
Floyd | thought about --"
Floyd |
Floyd | Mal interrupts. "She gonna turn you in? What with the price on your
Floyd | head, and all. We didn't plan on people hereabout knowing your name."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lucy? She wouldn't. Besides, it didn't seem like she knows about
Floyd | that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Marvin says, "The PC is Jayne, the big galoot hired gun."
		katie-paquette says, "oops I meant to type meant in stead of nant"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask questions" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUESTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why-come you didn't see Lucy on the rutting guest list?" I demand.
Floyd | "You and Inara said you checked everyone that was coming."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wouldn't mind hearing the answer to that question my own self," says
Floyd | Mal pointedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't-- she must have been added late," Simon says. "She wasn't on
Floyd | the list when we looked."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "But we're a man? A man named Jayne?"
		djfletch says (to DavidW), "yup"
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. 		
Gerynar has disconnected. 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | "You and Inara got yourselves added late," I say. "Maybe Lucy's
Floyd | stealing the painting too."
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is just dandy," Mal says. "Someone want to explain to me how the
Floyd | plan is going to work now? We need me and Zoe on the pickup, and Wash
Floyd | and Book got to stay with the ship, whilst now it appears that Simon
Floyd | has to attend this party but not be of any use."
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon's jaw is working and he keeps kicking at the snow with the toe
Floyd | of his boot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask questions" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUESTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | "What about me?" I ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone turns to stare.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could do it. Do the sneaking part better than Simon could."
Floyd |
Floyd | "We can't add you now," Simon says, annoyed. "Even if Inara could get
Floyd | you an invitation, you'd need your own escort. And table manners."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll be Jayne's escort," says Kaylee. Guess she's pulled her head out
Floyd | of her bag now. "Did a good enough job at that ball on Persephone,
Floyd | didn't I? Still got the dress, even."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kaylee, this won't be--" Mal says, while Simon says, louder: "With
Floyd | Jayne?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee comes closer to me and holds my arm tight. "It's supposed to
Floyd | look like this, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		DavidW says, "I wonder if this is what Star Trek fanfic is like for people who've never watched the show."
		Doug says, "also, Kaylee has a crush on Simon"
		Doug says, "and vice versa"
djfletch pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 14
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunk
Floyd | This is my bunk. Not that you could tell that, from the quantity of
Floyd | gos-se thrown here and there.  Piled up in here is every
Floyd | garment we could find on the ship that looked like it might fit me and
Floyd | do well enough for the wedding banquet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got on me :
Floyd |   a grey pair of faded underpants (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x garments" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GARMENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunk
Floyd | Place hardly looks like mine now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Book's suitcase is on the floor, spilling out a grey pair of
Floyd | pinstriped pants, a grey scratchy shirt, and a white starchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a black pair of tight pants, a crimson pair of sharply
Floyd | creased pants, a frilly white poet shirt, and some jackets (white,
Floyd | trimmed crimson, and black sparkly) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thrown over the bed are a black silk shirt and a black cloak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "how was this game published?"
		Jacqueline asks, "What do you mean?"
		Jacqueline asks, "It was uploaded to the archive?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear crimson pants" 		Jacqueline says, "Oh, and there appears to be an account on IFDB called 'Anon'"

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR CRIMSON PANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the crimson pair of sharply creased pants)
Floyd | I try on the crimson pair of sharply creased pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come out whenever you're done in there!" yells Zoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, I'm dying to admire your sartorial splendor," says Wash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "just wondering how this game was released. was it part of a comp or anything? or just someone randomly decided to upload it anonymously?"
		Jacqueline says, "Just an indy release, middle of last January"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x frilly shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRILLY SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | Big flowy cuffs, and ruffles up the front on both sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x starchy shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STARCHY SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's thick white cloth, very smooth. It doesn't so much wrinkle as
Floyd | fold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "Book is a preacher"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x scratchy shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SCRATCHY SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks like the kind of thing the preacher would wear -- stiff cloth
Floyd | and a plain color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x black silk shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLACK SILK SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | Very plain-looking cut, but the cloth is thick and sort of shiny.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think I would try to avoid frilly and shiny for a theft."
		djfletch says, "hmm true"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear black silk shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BLACK SILK SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the black silk shirt)
Floyd | I shrug myself into the black silk shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Having a little trouble in there?" Simon shouts in. "Do you need help
Floyd | putting on your pants?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure! Send in Inara!" I shout back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But I'm not sure what else is in play. I don't know what's normal for the show or the character."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cause a ruckus" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAUSE A RUCKUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Don't think this here's the ideal time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunk
Floyd | Place hardly looks like mine now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Book's suitcase is on the floor, spilling out a grey pair of
Floyd | pinstriped pants, a grey scratchy shirt, and a white starchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a black pair of tight pants, a frilly white poet shirt,
Floyd | and some jackets (white, trimmed crimson, and black sparkly) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thrown over the bed is a black cloak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x sparkly" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPARKLY
Floyd |
Floyd | The coat is made of a slightly fuzzy black cloth, very dark and
Floyd | unreflective. Someone put little twinkly electroluminescent lights all
Floyd | over it, which sparkle and blink. I think it's meant to be some kind
Floyd | of star pattern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x white" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the frilly white poet shirt, the white funeral
Floyd | coat, or the white starchy shirt?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x white coat" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHITE COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | It goes to waist-length and it doesn't look like it's intended for a
Floyd | man who likes to live large when it comes to eating. Or shooting. Or
Floyd | doing anything messy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "probably we just put on some stuff and the other people will tell us if it is wrong"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x crimson" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRIMSON
Floyd |
Floyd | (the crimson pair of sharply creased pants)
Floyd | There's a line running down the front of each leg. Don't see why.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x trimmer crimson" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRIMMER CRIMSON
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x trimmed crimson" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRIMMED CRIMSON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a heavy coat with brass buttons and straight sleeves. Bright
Floyd | crimson.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "do we want the jacket to match the pants or will that make it look like a uniform?"
		djfletch says, "not sure"
		DavidW says, "I have no idea. We may have to wing it and see what happens."
		djfletch says, "the brass buttons make this sound like an army uniform"
		djfletch says, "let's just try it"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear crimson coat" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR CRIMSON COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the trimmed crimson coat with epaulettes)
Floyd | I dress, finishing a complete outfit of the trimmed crimson coat with
Floyd | epaulettes, the black silk shirt, and the crimson pair of sharply
Floyd | creased pants. Matching, but not too matching.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x cloak" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOAK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a long piece of heavy cloth with a pin to keep it shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear cloak" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR CLOAK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking off the trimmed crimson coat with epaulettes and
Floyd | grabbing the black cloak)
Floyd | I dress, finishing a complete outfit of the black cloak, the black
Floyd | silk shirt, and the crimson pair of sharply creased pants. Matching,
Floyd | but not too matching.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I thought that might go on top but it doesn't"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunk
Floyd | Place hardly looks like mine now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Book's suitcase is on the floor, spilling out a grey pair of
Floyd | pinstriped pants, a grey scratchy shirt, and a white starchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a black pair of tight pants, a frilly white poet shirt,
Floyd | and some jackets (white and black sparkly) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I emerge dressed in a black cloak, a black silk shirt, and a crimson
Floyd | pair of sharply creased pants. "Well?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very eighteenth century," says Wash approvingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon just raises his eyebrows. "That thing around your shoulders
Floyd | isn't a cape, Jayne," he says. "It wraps around your waist and pins in
Floyd | place."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You mean it's a skirt?" I demand.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Skirtlike garments for men have a long history, especially for formal
Floyd | occasions." I get the feeling he's enjoying this a little more than he
Floyd | should.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunk
Floyd | Place hardly looks like mine now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Book's suitcase is on the floor, spilling out a grey pair of
Floyd | pinstriped pants, a grey scratchy shirt, and a white starchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a black pair of tight pants, a frilly white poet shirt,
Floyd | and some jackets (white and black sparkly) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "remove cloak" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE CLOAK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got on me :
Floyd |   a black kilt
Floyd |   a trimmed crimson coat with epaulettes
Floyd |   a black silk shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a crimson pair of sharply creased pants (being worn)
Floyd |   a grey pair of faded underpants (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "remove kilt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE KILT
Floyd |
Floyd | But I'm not wearing the black kilt!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop kilt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP KILT
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear crimson coat" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR CRIMSON COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I dress, finishing a complete outfit of the trimmed crimson coat with
Floyd | epaulettes, the black silk shirt, and the crimson pair of sharply
Floyd | creased pants. Matching, but not too matching.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about this?" I ask, coming out of the room in a trimmed crimson
Floyd | coat with epaulettes, a black silk shirt, and a crimson pair of
Floyd | sharply creased pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | "As a rule you want your shirt to be a lighter color than the jacket
Floyd | or coat you're wearing over it," says Simon. "Give it another try."
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunk
Floyd | Place hardly looks like mine now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Book's suitcase is on the floor, spilling out a grey pair of
Floyd | pinstriped pants, a grey scratchy shirt, and a white starchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Also nearby: a black kilt, a black pair of tight pants, a frilly white
Floyd | poet shirt, and some jackets (white and black sparkly).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "haha"
		Doug says, "formal dress is always a hard puzzle"
		djfletch says, "hmm can we wear a black jacket and black shirt"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop crimson coat" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP CRIMSON COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking off the trimmed crimson coat with epaulettes)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear black jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BLACK JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the black twinkly coat)
Floyd | I dress, finishing a complete outfit of the black twinkly coat, the
Floyd | black silk shirt, and the crimson pair of sharply creased pants.
Floyd | Matching, but not too matching.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Wearing the black twinkly coat, the black silk shirt, and the crimson
Floyd | pair of sharply creased pants, I walk out for the group to see. "What
Floyd | do you think?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon shakes his head. "Your shirt and jacket can't be the same
Floyd | color," he says. "It makes you look like you're in service. As a rule,
Floyd | you want your bottom half to match one of the things you're wearing on
Floyd | your top half, and then the other thing you're wearing provides some
Floyd | color contrast. So you've got two colors total."
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunk
Floyd | Place hardly looks like mine now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Book's suitcase is on the floor, spilling out a grey pair of
Floyd | pinstriped pants, a grey scratchy shirt, and a white starchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Also nearby: a black kilt, a black pair of tight pants, a frilly white
Floyd | poet shirt, and some jackets (trimmed crimson and white).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "wear gray shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GRAY SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first removing the black twinkly coat)
Floyd | I take off the black twinkly coat and discard it. The lights flicker
Floyd | when it hits the ground, then come back on.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking off the black silk shirt and grabbing the grey scratchy
Floyd | shirt)
Floyd | I shrug myself into the grey scratchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "wear black coat" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BLACK COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the black twinkly coat)
Floyd | I dress, finishing a complete outfit of the black twinkly coat, the
Floyd | grey scratchy shirt, and the crimson pair of sharply creased pants.
Floyd | Not that I put much store by Simon, but I expect he'll say this get-up
Floyd | has too many colors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "oh, I guess black & gray are different colors then?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		djfletch says, "it sounded like we have to wear the same pants and jacket"
Doug says (to Floyd), "wear black pants" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BLACK PANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking off the crimson pair of sharply creased pants and
Floyd | grabbing the black pair of tight pants)
Floyd | I put on the black pants, and they do zip all right, but soon as I go
Floyd | to take a step they rip right up the back.
Floyd |
Floyd | So much for the fine craftsmanship of the planets nearer the Core.
Floyd | You'd think with the high technology and all they'd work out how to
Floyd | make pants that stay stuck together.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "whoops"
		djfletch says, "hurrah, slapstick"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunk
Floyd | Place hardly looks like mine now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Book's suitcase is on the floor, spilling out a grey pair of
Floyd | pinstriped pants and a white starchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see some rags, a black kilt, a frilly white poet shirt, and
Floyd | some jackets (trimmed crimson and white) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "is gray lighter than crimson?"
		DavidW says, "We're gonna end up with red jacket and pants with white frilly shirt at this rate."
		Doug says, "or... yeah"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Depends on the grey, I suspect."
		DavidW says, "We'll look like a popinjay."
Doug says (to Floyd), "wear crimson pants" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR CRIMSON PANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | I dress, finishing a complete outfit of the black twinkly coat, the
Floyd | grey scratchy shirt, and the crimson pair of sharply creased pants.
Floyd | Not that I put much store by Simon, but I expect he'll say this get-up
Floyd | has too many colors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "wear crimson jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR CRIMSON JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking off the black twinkly coat and grabbing the trimmed
Floyd | crimson coat with epaulettes)
Floyd | I take off the black twinkly coat and discard it. The lights flicker
Floyd | when it hits the ground, then come back on.
Floyd |
Floyd | I dress, finishing a complete outfit of the trimmed crimson coat with
Floyd | epaulettes, the grey scratchy shirt, and the crimson pair of sharply
Floyd | creased pants. Matching, but not too matching.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I emerge dressed in a trimmed crimson coat with epaulettes, a grey
Floyd | scratchy shirt, and a crimson pair of sharply creased pants. "Well?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "The red and the grey don't go together," says Zoe. "Bad color
Floyd | combination."
Floyd |
Floyd | I give Simon a disbelieving look. "That one's an unofficial rule, but
Floyd | she's right," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Save us some time if you told me all the rules at once," I say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But that wouldn't be funny!" protests Wash.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can't," Simon says. "Half of them I don't remember until I see you
Floyd | hideously mangling them."
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunk
Floyd | Place hardly looks like mine now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Book's suitcase is on the floor, spilling out a grey pair of
Floyd | pinstriped pants and a white starchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Also nearby: some rags, a black kilt, a frilly white poet shirt, and
Floyd | some jackets (black sparkly and white).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "haha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "wear white shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR WHITE SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the frilly white poet shirt)
Floyd | (first removing the trimmed crimson coat with epaulettes)
Floyd | (first taking off the grey scratchy shirt and grabbing the frilly
Floyd | white poet shirt)
Floyd | I pull on the poet shirt. I look like a gorram idiot. There ought to
Floyd | be some other way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I agree"
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got on me :
Floyd |   a trimmed crimson coat with epaulettes
Floyd |   a crimson pair of sharply creased pants (being worn)
Floyd |   a grey pair of faded underpants (being worn)
Floyd |   some shirts (frilly white (being worn), grey, and black)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "you agree there ought to be some other way?"
		djfletch says, "kilt with black jacket might be possible"
Doug says (to Floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | trimmed crimson coat with epaulettes: Dropped.
Floyd | grey scratchy shirt: Dropped.
Floyd | black silk shirt: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunk
Floyd | Place hardly looks like mine now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Book's suitcase is on the floor, spilling out a grey pair of
Floyd | pinstriped pants and a white starchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Also nearby: some shirts (black and grey), some jackets (trimmed
Floyd | crimson, black sparkly, and white), some rags, and a black kilt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Emily goes home. 		
Emily has disconnected. 		DavidW says, "well, ... from a fashion perspective, yes, there ought to be something unhideous to wear."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear kilt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR KILT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking off the crimson pair of sharply creased pants and
Floyd | grabbing the black kilt)
Floyd | I try on the black kilt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear grey shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GREY SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking off the frilly white poet shirt and grabbing the grey
Floyd | scratchy shirt)
Floyd | I shrug myself into the grey scratchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear black jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BLACK JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the black twinkly coat)
Floyd | I dress, finishing a complete outfit of the black twinkly coat, the
Floyd | grey scratchy shirt, and the black kilt. Matching, but not too
Floyd | matching.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "how about gray shirt, gray pants, black jacket?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about this?" I ask, coming out of the room in a black twinkly
Floyd | coat, a grey scratchy shirt, and a black kilt.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I like it," says Wash.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He's wearing a coat that lights up and flashes," Zoe says. "He's
Floyd | going to get shot the minute he attempts stealth."
Floyd |
Floyd | Wash takes another bite of bao. "Like I said, it's a great look."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's a fine jacket," Simon says to me, ignoring them. "If only it
Floyd | would stop the blinking."
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunk
Floyd | Place hardly looks like mine now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Book's suitcase is on the floor, spilling out a grey pair of
Floyd | pinstriped pants and a white starchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a black silk shirt, some jackets (trimmed crimson and
Floyd | white), and some rags here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "ok so you were right about not wearing sparkly stuff"
		DavidW says, "that's the key. Make the twinkles stop."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search black coat" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BLACK COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel the whole thing over carefully and finally I find it, sewn into
Floyd | the cuff: a little metal stud that can be pressed to turn the coat's
Floyd | lights on and off. The other cuff has the battery sewn in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "They stopped when we tossed it on the floor."
		Jacqueline says, "Momentarily, I mean."
		Doug says, "aha"
		Doug says, "DavidW wins"
		Jacqueline says, "Yep"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off black coat" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF BLACK COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I press the stud and the lights on the jacket go dark. About time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "now try"
Doug says (to Floyd), "l me" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As fine a specimen of manhood as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | Currently I'm dressed in the black twinkly coat, the grey scratchy
Floyd | shirt, and the black kilt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I emerge dressed in a black twinkly coat, a grey scratchy shirt, and a
Floyd | black kilt. "Well?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon blinks several times. "I-- yes, I suppose that works."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's he supposed to be, a highlander at a wake?" Wash asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep your knees together when you sit. Those short skirts get
Floyd | drafty," Zoe offers.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Well done!"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          60
Floyd |
Floyd | "How are we getting the painting out?" I ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're not," Mal says. "You're going to leave it there."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hee hee"
		Doug says, "wonder if the gray pinstriped pants would also have been acceptable"
		DavidW says, "oh, maybe."
Doug says (to Floyd), "press space" 		
Emily arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS SPACE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          60
Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Come again?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask questions" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUESTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know we've been moving towards a more user-friendly style of theft
Floyd | lately, but next you'll be wanting to steal stuff by maybe dusting and
Floyd | waxing it for the owner."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You don't wax paintings," says Mal, aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mal looks me in the eye. "You don't take anything out. There's too
Floyd | much security in the way. All you do is get back into the Display Room
Floyd | and tag the back of the painting with a micro-sized locator. That way
Floyd | you don't have to shut down the whole security system, just the one
Floyd | panel that senses if you take the painting off the wall. When you're
Floyd | done tagging, you turn security back on and everything looks right and
Floyd | shiny."
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon arrives from the passenger area. He's dressed real formally in
Floyd | black suit and a white shirt I'm sure wasn't on him when I went
Floyd | through his luggage that time him and River got taken by hill-folk.
Floyd | Guess he's been doing some shopping.
Floyd |
Floyd | He's also putting on some kind of lipstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oops Jacq already did"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | "No one mentioned the menfolk wear lipstick on this planet."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's not lipstick," says Simon, screwing up the tube. "It's just a
Floyd | sealant."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure, good thought," says Mal. "Easy to get your whole face chapped,
Floyd | this kind of weather."
Floyd |
Floyd | Book gives Simon a long funny look but says nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mal goes on. "When the painting is moved for assessment and storage --
Floyd | which is scheduled to happen in the small hours of the morning --
Floyd | we'll be able to trace it. Doing the trace during the wedding means
Floyd | there's the least chance for them to find the tag and take it off
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Simon and Inara scoped out this security team, worked out their
Floyd | habits. They'll be using several decoy transports for a cargo this
Floyd | valuable, but if we know which transport is the right one, we can lift
Floyd | the painting from there."
Floyd |
Floyd | Inara and Kaylee arrive at last, both dressed up and glossy. "Good,
Floyd | appears that the primping and fussin' is over," says Mal.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You both look very nice," says Book.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ain't got all night," says Mal. And so we're off.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                62
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bad news," Kaylee says, coming to my elbow and talking low. "I had to
Floyd | ditch the tool kit in the potted plant by the door."
Floyd |
Floyd | I've been this side of security for ten minutes already, and I'm
Floyd | already wishing we were at a different party.
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | This room is where everyone goes after they come through security,
Floyd | which is before you get to the real party. The fancier the party the
Floyd | more rooms you need to go through to get to it, evidently. Personally
Floyd | I like the kind that's held outdoors.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee is standing close by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Emily goes home. 		
Emily has disconnected. 		Doug says, "probably too early to CAUSE RUCKUS"
		Jacqueline says, "I am looking forward to that bit."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask questions" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUESTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | "You-- what? How in the fay-fay duh pee-yen are we supposed
Floyd | to do the job now?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fancy place like this, there's going to be something we can use to
Floyd | jimmy the security system and reset the wires," she says. "We'll just
Floyd | have to keep an eye open. But I didn't have a choice. Nearly got
Floyd | caught with the tools on me -- I only realized at the end they were
Floyd | running a full P-99 entry scan on the guests, and not just for weapons
Floyd | neither."
Floyd |
Floyd | "That don't seem hardly polite."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No! It's a full-body scan -- whoever's running security sees right
Floyd | through your clothes."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Everyone's?" Now that there's the kind of thing I ought to
Floyd | be doing for a living.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man in a purple jacket approaches. He's carrying a tray, and on the
Floyd | tray are a dozen or so full shotglasses. Stuck along the top of each
Floyd | one there's a metal stick with a cube of something on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ooh, tasties," Kaylee says, taking one eagerly and handing another to
Floyd | me. The man bows and moves away.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's quite a pungent aroma rising from this thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee pops hers in her mouth. "When you get it in your mouth," she
Floyd | says, chewing awkwardly, "you can't smell it as much."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Emily arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "drink" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to drink?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "shotglass" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOTGLASS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Run-time problem P10: Since the shotglass is not allowed the
Floyd | property "proper utensil", it is against the rules to try to use it.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, that burns. All the way down. Can feel the lining of my stomach.
Floyd |
Floyd | This party is going to be good.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee swallows. "I think that might have been fish. Once. In
Floyd | another lifetime." She tips her shotglass up and takes a long drink.
Floyd | Her eyes go wide again, but this time she's quieter about it.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Doug says, "wow, the drink is so strong it caused a bug"
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline says, "I don't think it matters much."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "push space" 		
djfletch pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        64
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a few minutes of milling around with the shotglasses, and then
Floyd | some men in purple uniforms tell us to go in to dinner. We've all got
Floyd | assigned tables. Mine and Kaylee's has got a little old lady about
Floyd | half the height of River, and her little old man husband who can't
Floyd | hear.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Simon told us to copy the other people at our table for how to eat,"
Floyd | Kaylee whispers to me. "But these two don't even have food."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not sure the old guy even has any teeth any more," I agree.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll copy you, then," says Kaylee. That's helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Tables
Floyd | You can tell this room's expensive, because it's got a glass roof in
Floyd | this climate, but it's warm inside. Warm like one of those hot planet
Floyd | beaches. There are trees scattered around the room and lights all
Floyd | twinkling all over them, and fountains, just to show off how much
Floyd | clean water this planet's got.
Floyd |
Floyd | The table in front of us is spread with gold-plated utensils
Floyd | (clothespin spoon, laser knife, toy-sized fork, metal straw,
Floyd | mini-mace, and flat spade) and a plate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old Man Guest and Old Lady Guest in a purple dress are sitting on
Floyd | their side of the table, smiling and nodding at us. They ain't eating
Floyd | a thing. Kaylee's trying not to have to say too much. It's a real
Floyd | sprightly party.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waiter serves some pea potato soup and a lavender sprig.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is for the aroma," says the waiter, lifting the sprig with
Floyd | gloved-up fingers. He tucks the lavender sprig into the clothespin of
Floyd | the clothespin spoon, and goes away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "a manners puzzle?"
		DavidW asks, "A table manners puzzle now?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "smell sprig" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL SPRIG
Floyd |
Floyd | It smells like grandma. Not mine. Someone else's.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old Man Guest turns to his wife. "Odd that we were fobbed off with
Floyd | this table," he says too loudly. "I wonder who was in charge of the
Floyd | seating arrangements. And whether they were revised badly at the last
Floyd | minute."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I did think we were supposed to be at the Glitnirs' table," agrees
Floyd | his wife. "But then we wouldn't have met these charming people." She
Floyd | practically has to shout that last part for him to hear it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I admire your good heart, my dear," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Mal made me swear not to say anything during the dinner course that I
Floyd | didn't absolutely have to. Think he made Kaylee promise to tell on me,
Floyd | too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x old man" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OLD MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Elderly fellow, very thin, dressed all in black. So much for all
Floyd | Simon's dressing rules. I think the old fellow's a bit deaf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "put straw in soup" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT STRAW IN SOUP
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the metal straw)
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You sure are a cute couple," says Old Lady Guest to me and Kaylee.
Floyd | "Where did you meet?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Um, a different planet," says Kaylee. "We've known each other a long
Floyd | time now."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Emily goes home. 		
Emily has disconnected. 		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x old woman" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OLD WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | She's shrunk so short she's like half a person tall, and she's wearing
Floyd | some kind of purple dress with tiny lights all around the neckline.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x soup" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SOUP
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks thick, white, and creamy. Doesn't look much different from
Floyd | Blue Sun Cream of Wheat, to tell the truth, only there's a green swirl
Floyd | of pureed peas to look decorative.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		katie-paquette asks, "I don't know what to do?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x spoon" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like any other custom-made gold-plated spoon, except there's
Floyd | a clothespin as part of the handle. Maybe so's you can take it home
Floyd | and hang up washing afterward. As a souvenir. There's a lavender sprig
Floyd | pinned onto the handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you see the bride gifts?" asks Old Lady Guest. "They're
Floyd | extraordinary. That painting... such an exquisite piece of work. No
Floyd | one makes things like that any more. The brushwork is so fine you can
Floyd | barely see it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You didn't think it was a little... strange?" Kaylee asks. "I mean,
Floyd | the... pinching?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Old Lady Guest shrugs. "Manners change."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat soup" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SOUP
Floyd |
Floyd | (with my hands)
Floyd | Had a cat once that would dip its paw in a glass of water and then
Floyd | lick off the drops. Didn't seem sanitary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get spoon" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Got it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat soup" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SOUP
Floyd |
Floyd | (with my hands)
Floyd | Had a cat once that would dip its paw in a glass of water and then
Floyd | lick off the drops. Didn't seem sanitary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "sigh"
		DavidW says, "maybe wave the spoon"
		Doug says, "eat soup with spoon"
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha - great bit about the cat"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat soup with spoon" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        75
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SOUP WITH SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I take a spoonful of the soup. By itself it tastes sort of ordinary,
Floyd | but the smell of the lavender kind of perks it up. Kaylee takes a sip
Floyd | of hers with her lavender-spoon and grins at me. Should've guessed
Floyd | she'd like her soup with flowers on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Once I've got the sense of what to do I eat nice and hearty. Or as
Floyd | hearty as I can. They believe in small bowls on this planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good to see that our hosts are ministering to the needs of the
Floyd | deprived," remarks Old Man Guest. I think someone told me his name but
Floyd | I forgot it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, are they?" asks Kaylee. "That's nice of them."
Floyd |
Floyd | Old Lady Guest smiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing that I've finished with my previous course, the ever-hovering
Floyd | waiters bring me a crab.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you plan to dance later?" asks Old Lady Guest of Kaylee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee looks at me, then says, "I don't know."
Floyd |
Floyd | I frown at her. No point in the girl getting ideas about making me
Floyd | embarrass myself. This day's bad enough already.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x crab" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRAB
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a whole crab, claws and eyes and everything. I'm relieved to say
Floyd | that it is dead. Most likely there's some way into the shell, but I
Floyd | don't know what that is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh great"
		DavidW says, "hee"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Tables
Floyd | You can tell this room's expensive, because it's got a glass roof in
Floyd | this climate, but it's warm inside. Warm like one of those hot planet
Floyd | beaches. There are trees scattered around the room and lights all
Floyd | twinkling all over them, and fountains, just to show off how much
Floyd | clean water this planet's got.
Floyd |
Floyd | Set at my place is a crab.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old Man Guest and Old Lady Guest in a purple dress are sitting on
Floyd | their side of the table, smiling and nodding at us. They ain't eating
Floyd | a thing. Kaylee's trying not to have to say too much.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are also gold-plated utensils (laser knife, itty-bitty fork,
Floyd | mini-mace, and flat spade) on the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wish I could still enjoy meals," says Old Lady Guest to the table at
Floyd | large. "But I have intestinal problems. Do you know what Mayhare's
Floyd | Disease does?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee shakes her head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I hope," says Old Man Guest, taking her hand, "that you are not
Floyd | regaling our dining companions with the intimate details of your bowel
Floyd | situation."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry," she says. "Sometimes I forget."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "guess we can't watch them eat."
		DavidW says, "Mace or laser knife, I guess."
Doug says (to Floyd), "crack crab" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRACK CRAB
Floyd |
Floyd | (with my fists)
Floyd | I give the crab a good hard thump with my closed fist. It skids off
Floyd | its plate and lettuce and lands on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waiter's eyes get very big. "Allow me to replace sir's crab," he
Floyd | says. And sure enough right away he puts another one on my plate, even
Floyd | uglier than before.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lilija is such a beautiful bride," observes Old Lady Guest.
Floyd |
Floyd | We smile and nod at that. I think nodding is probably safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "hit crab with mace" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT CRAB WITH MACE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the mini-mace)
Floyd | I hit the crab a couple times with the mini-mace, but all I manage to
Floyd | do is speckle its shell with many tiny dents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oops sorry"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cut crab with knife" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT CRAB WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the laser knife)
Floyd | I revv up the laser knife and start in on the surgery. It works just
Floyd | dandy on the shell and claws -- lays 'em right open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I want one"
		DavidW says, "Let's keep this laser."
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat crab" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CRAB
Floyd |
Floyd | (with my hands)
Floyd | My fingers are too big to get into that shell and pick out the meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat crab with mini-fork" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CRAB WITH MINI-FORK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat crab with fork" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CRAB WITH FORK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the toy-sized fork)
Floyd | I dig the toy-sized fork into the crab and manage to pull out a strip
Floyd | of the meat, and then another. It's... actually very good. Kind of
Floyd | sweet. Doesn't take long to fork out all the meat inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing that I've finished with my previous course, the ever-hovering
Floyd | waiters bring me some carrot juice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x juice" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's liquid. And orange, like a carrot. I'm pretty sure it is a
Floyd | carrot. In liquid form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "juice is an entire course?"
		* Sharpe has left the channel.
		DavidW asks, "drink it?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "drink juice" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK JUICE
Floyd |
Floyd | (with my hands)
Floyd | The rim of the glass is perforated all the way around. To make it
Floyd | harder to drink, I guess. I dribble a little on my grey scratchy
Floyd | shirt, but the good thing is I think it won't show. Still, need to
Floyd | find another way to drink the rest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "drink juice with straw" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK JUICE WITH STRAW
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe the straw interfered in some fashion but what I'm tasting here
Floyd | is carrots plus some kind of citrusy thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing that I've finished with my previous course, the ever-hovering
Floyd | waiters bring me a green glass dome.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x dome" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOME
Floyd |
Floyd | It's like a tiny dome over the food, only it's clear and glassy and
Floyd | sort of looks like you're supposed to eat it.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the green glass dome is some chopped raw fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Mal made me swear not to say anything during the dinner course that I
Floyd | didn't absolutely have to. Think he made Kaylee promise to tell on me,
Floyd | too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Should we care about that dribble on our jacket?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The coat is made of a slightly fuzzy black cloth, very dark and
Floyd | unreflective. Someone put little twinkly electroluminescent lights all
Floyd | over it, though they are mercifully switched off at the moment. I
Floyd | think it's meant to be some kind of star pattern.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a juiced battery and a control stud sewn in.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a juiced battery and a control stud sewn in the cuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Like, should we undo and then use the straw?"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I don't know."
		DavidW says, "We're zipping through this a bit."
		Jacqueline says, "Enh, guess we'll see."
		Doug says, "I don't see no stain"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Well said."
		Doug says, "let's eat the gorram sushi"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "eat dome with spade" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        89
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT DOME WITH SPADE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the flat spade)
Floyd | That looks a good bit too hard to just bite into.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "lift the dome?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "lift dome" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        89
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIFT DOME
Floyd |
Floyd | That first word, you get that from the Doctor? It don't mean anything
Floyd | I know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get dome" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        90
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DOME
Floyd |
Floyd | Got it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open dome" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        91
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOME
Floyd |
Floyd | I give the dome a good sharp blow with the side of my hand,
Floyd | martial-arts style. It goes skidding across the serving dish, but
Floyd | doesn't get far on account of this dish has high walls. Almost like it
Floyd | was meant to contain the blast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "hit dome with mace" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT DOME WITH MACE
Floyd |
Floyd | One good whack with the miniature mace and the dome cracks open and
Floyd | falls apart in a dozen or so curved shards. I could get used to the
Floyd | smashing-things method of eating. Suits me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat shard" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SHARD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Run-time problem P10: Since the shards of culinary glass is not
Floyd | allowed the property "proper utensil", it is against the rules to try
Floyd | to use it.
Floyd |
Floyd | (with my hands)
Floyd | I lift one of the shards to my tongue. It tastes kind of like candy.
Floyd | Also kind of like hot hot burning all the way down my tongue and up my
Floyd | nose. Ow. But tasty. A tasty ow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "eat fish with fork?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x fish" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a dark pink fish that hasn't been cooked at all, just chopped up
Floyd | fine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "maybe the shards are crystallized ginger or something"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat fish with fork" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        95
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT FISH WITH FORK
Floyd |
Floyd | I try to get some of the fish to stay on the toy-sized fork, but it's
Floyd | chopped so fine that I can't spear it, and the fork is so small that
Floyd | it won't scoop up the fish bits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, that's possible."
		DavidW says, "I guess the spade for this fish"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat fish with spade" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT FISH WITH SPADE
Floyd |
Floyd | The flat spade is so wide that it don't maneuver in the deep plate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "The spoon?"
		djfletch says, "the menu says tuna tartare under wasabi-ginger culinary glass"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat fish with spoon" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT FISH WITH SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | The overpowering scent of lavender combined with the chopped fish is
Floyd | strongly unappetizing. Not to mention I think Old Man Guest is
Floyd | laughing at me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "there's a menu?"
		djfletch says, "menu at [LINK]"
		DavidW says, "there's a feelie of the menu, yes."
Doug says (to Floyd), "remove lavender" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE LAVENDER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the lavender sprig)
Floyd | I try stripping off the lavender sprig. Which you might think was the
Floyd | kind of event that would liven a stuffy party like this right up, but
Floyd | somehow it doesn't turn out to amuse them all very much.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** We have been thrown out ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "dang"
		Doug says, "sudden death"
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        97
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Tables
Floyd | No, that ain't what happened. Let's back up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "gosh"
		DavidW says, "Sounds like remove means remove clothes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open spoon" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        98
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | The clothespin spoon don't really open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open clothespin" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        99
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CLOTHESPIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The clothespin don't really open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sprig" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SPRIG
Floyd |
Floyd | I tug the lavender sprig out of the clothespin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says (to DavidW), "oh, huh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat fish with spoon" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        101
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT FISH WITH SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I spoon up the tuna. Pretty sure that wasn't how I was supposed to do
Floyd | it, but don't much care.
Floyd |
Floyd | The next thing out is a cube of meat, just one not-very-big cube,
Floyd | skewered on the end of a long wire thing that stands up from the
Floyd | table. It's like food on an antenna.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Delicious"
		djfletch says, "maybe we should have put the fish on a shard"
		Doug says, "looking at the menu, I guess we were supposed to eat the "hakarl" cube on the drink"
		Doug says (to djfletch), "oh yeah, probably"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x cube" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        102
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Another cube of meat, this one a centimeter or two on the side. It's
Floyd | glazed with brown goo and looks like it's got bits of tree sticking to
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so now we have diddly-bopper meat?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get skewer" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        102
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SKEWER
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get wire" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        102
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET WIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get antenna" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        103
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ANTENNA
Floyd |
Floyd | I go to pick up the antenna, but one of the waiters leans over on my
Floyd | right. "Sir, the antenna is already adjusted to its ideal height."
Floyd |
Floyd | That's good to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "smoked lamb, "served hands-free""
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat meat" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I lean in close and bite the meat right off its antenna. Now this
Floyd | wouldn't be half bad if there were about fifty more of these little
Floyd | cubes. As it is... you call that a dish? Wonder if I could get someone
Floyd | else's cube too.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing that I've finished with my previous course, the ever-hovering
Floyd | waiters bring me a cool white yogurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, we just eat it, perhaps. No utensils."
		Doug says, "this course is "salad""
Doug says (to Floyd), "x yogurt" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X YOGURT
Floyd |
Floyd | Cool white stuff, looks like yogurt, only there's green and
Floyd | green-yellow and greenish-red powders layered in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Spade time, perhaps"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat yogurt with spade" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT YOGURT WITH SPADE
Floyd |
Floyd | With the flat spade I can just about manage to lift up a layer of the
Floyd | white stuff with some of the powder. It keeps trying to slip off. When
Floyd | I get it to my mouth it tastes like... lettuce. With creamy dressing.
Floyd | Only the whole texture is creamy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waiter brings, last, a chocolate sphere. It's all round and glossy
Floyd | like a ball, until he pours some kind of hot sauce over it. Then it
Floyd | melts partly away right there on the plate. He also gives me a plain
Floyd | ordinary spoon like any old ordinary person might use. Don't see why
Floyd | we couldn't have gotten one of those sooner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		katie-paquette says, "hmm."
		Doug says, "haha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x spoon" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (the clothespin spoon)
Floyd | It looks like any other custom-made gold-plated spoon, except there's
Floyd | a clothespin as part of the handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x plain spoon" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLAIN SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got on me :
Floyd |   a lavender sprig
Floyd | gold-plated utensils (flat spade, itty-bitty fork, laser knife,
Floyd | mini-mace, clothespin spoon, and metal straw)
Floyd |   a black twinkly coat (being worn)
Floyd |   a grey scratchy shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a black kilt (being worn)
Floyd |   a grey pair of faded underpants (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Tables
Floyd | You can tell this room's expensive, because it's got a glass roof in
Floyd | this climate, but it's warm inside. Warm like one of those hot planet
Floyd | beaches. There are trees scattered around the room and lights all
Floyd | twinkling all over them, and fountains, just to show off how much
Floyd | clean water this planet's got.
Floyd |
Floyd | Currently stuck in front of me is a chocolate sphere. It is
Floyd | accompanied by an ordinary spoon, a dining antenna, and some shards of
Floyd | culinary glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old Man Guest and Old Lady Guest in a purple dress are sitting on
Floyd | their side of the table, smiling and nodding at us. They ain't eating
Floyd | a thing. Kaylee's trying not to have to say too much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Tables
Floyd | You can tell this room's expensive, because it's got a glass roof in
Floyd | this climate, but it's warm inside. Warm like one of those hot planet
Floyd | beaches. There are trees scattered around the room and lights all
Floyd | twinkling all over them, and fountains, just to show off how much
Floyd | clean water this planet's got.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stuff I'm supposed to eat next is a chocolate sphere. It is
Floyd | accompanied by an ordinary spoon, a dining antenna, and some shards of
Floyd | culinary glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old Man Guest and Old Lady Guest in a purple dress are sitting on
Floyd | their side of the table, smiling and nodding at us. They ain't eating
Floyd | a thing. Kaylee's trying not to have to say too much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ordinary" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ORDINARY
Floyd |
Floyd | Compared with the other utensils it don't seem like it's hardly
Floyd | trying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "wonder if it's a trick"
		djfletch asks, "can we steal the antenna now?"
		DavidW asks, "eat dessert with ordinary spoon?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat sphere with ordinary" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SPHERE WITH ORDINARY
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the ordinary spoon)
Floyd | Gorram that's strong. There's chocolate, and some round red fruits I
Floyd | don't think I ever saw before, but mostly a lot of hot alcohol.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bunch of fooferaw after that: dinner's over but they've got
Floyd | speeches, and toasts, and some man with flowers on his hat gets up and
Floyd | tells some stories about a dog he had, who is like the bride somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee gets all happy and misty about that, so it must've been a good
Floyd | dog story. Don't much care about the things myself.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a good long time, though, we're allowed to leave the tables, and
Floyd | then it's all guests circulating and some of them dancing. Which is
Floyd | the time for me and Kaylee to make our move.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		DavidW says (to djf), "Perhaps"
		DavidW says, "Except Doug went first."
		Doug asks, "sorry, want to undo?"
		DavidW says, "yes please"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              112
Floyd |
Floyd | We're headin' into the hallway toward the display room when Kaylee
Floyd | gestures for me to hold still.
Floyd |
Floyd | I hear Lucy say, "So tell me, Simon Tam: what did you do to get the
Floyd | Alliance chasing you and that price on your head?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | This is a long, important-looking hallway. We were here before, during
Floyd | the public viewing of the bride price. The display room is just off to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the doorway east, there's a security panel set into the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lucy and Simon are a little way down the dim hall; Lucy has her back
Floyd | to us, but I think Simon knows we're here. Kaylee is beside me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        111
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Tables
Floyd | Imagination ran away with me again. Let's retry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We probably want to keep some of these utensils or other objects."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get glass" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET GLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | Got it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get antenna" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ANTENNA
Floyd |
Floyd | I go to pick up the antenna, but one of the waiters leans over on my
Floyd | right. "Sir, the antenna is already adjusted to its ideal height."
Floyd |
Floyd | That's good to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Tables
Floyd | You can tell this room's expensive, because it's got a glass roof in
Floyd | this climate, but it's warm inside. Warm like one of those hot planet
Floyd | beaches. There are trees scattered around the room and lights all
Floyd | twinkling all over them, and fountains, just to show off how much
Floyd | clean water this planet's got.
Floyd |
Floyd | Currently stuck in front of me is a chocolate sphere. It is
Floyd | accompanied by an ordinary spoon and a dining antenna.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old Man Guest and Old Lady Guest in a purple dress are sitting on
Floyd | their side of the table, smiling and nodding at us. They ain't eating
Floyd | a thing. Kaylee's trying not to have to say too much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get ordinary spoon" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        115
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ORDINARY SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Got it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        116
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | plate: Got it.
Floyd | chocolate sphere: Got it.
Floyd | dining antenna: I go to pick up the antenna, but one of the waiters
Floyd | leans over on my right. "Sir, the antenna is already adjusted to its
Floyd | ideal height."
Floyd |
Floyd | That's good to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "oh, plate"
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        117
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got on me :
Floyd |   a chocolate sphere
Floyd |   a plate
Floyd |     a dining antenna
Floyd |   some shards of culinary glass
Floyd |   a lavender sprig
Floyd |   a black twinkly coat (being worn)
Floyd |   a grey scratchy shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a black kilt (being worn)
Floyd |   a grey pair of faded underpants (being worn)
Floyd | gold-plated utensils (ordinary spoon, flat spade, teeny tiny fork,
Floyd | laser knife, mini-mace, clothespin spoon, and metal straw)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "are we pinching enough yet?"
		DavidW says, "I"
		djfletch says, "looks like we got it all, carry on"
		Roger asks, "earlier, did we try going regimental?"
		Doug asks, "regimental?"
		DavidW says, "I 'm wondering if we need to hide stuff somehow."
		djfletch says, "I don't think we ever tried crimson jacket+pants with white shirt"
		Roger says, "kilt and no underwear"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under kilt" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        118
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER KILT
Floyd |
Floyd | I peek at the grey pair of faded underpants. Yup, still there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "commando"
		DavidW says (to Roger), "ooh"
		djfletch says, "nope"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put plate under kilt" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        118
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PLATE UNDER KILT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put knife in coat" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        119
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KNIFE IN COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x coat" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The coat is made of a slightly fuzzy black cloth, very dark and
Floyd | unreflective. Someone put little twinkly electroluminescent lights all
Floyd | over it, though they are mercifully switched off at the moment. I
Floyd | think it's meant to be some kind of star pattern.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a juiced battery and a control stud sewn in.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a juiced battery and a control stud sewn in the cuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pocket" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pockets" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POCKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Well, maybe save and see what happens."
		Doug says, "might be overthinking it"
		DavidW says, "But I imagine the waiters grab everything."
Doug says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		Doug says, "oops, sorry, there's a save button isn't there"

Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status:

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Jacqueline says, "I was afraid of that."
		Doug says, "ack, sorry"
		Jacqueline says, "Should have mentioned that save has been broken."
		DavidW asks, "ack. What happened?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo" 		
Floyd says (to Doug), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." 		Jacqueline says, "Save broke three or so weeks ago."
		Jacqueline says, "I thought you knew, DW."
		Jacqueline says, "vimes has not had time to look into it."
		DavidW says, "No. Didn't know."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, I should have said something."
		Jacqueline says, "I nearly saved earlier, then didin't."
		Doug says, "no biggie as long as we can undo, I guess"
		Jacqueline says, "We can't. It's crashed."
		Doug says, "well, aside from that."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		djfletch says, "I remember it was broken on Blighted Isle but I thought that was a tads thing"
		djfletch says, "well, we can belt through it again from the start pretty quickly"
		DavidW says, "How did save stop working? I don't understand."
		Doug says, "we can try "regimental" this time if we want"
		Doug asks (of DavidW), "bit rot? gremlins?"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, when we were troubleshooting Blighted Isle we found something else that shouldn't happen, and in fixing that it all broke."
		Doug says, "Debug the Isle and Die"
		Jacqueline says, "And vimes has a lot going on right now and can't look at it right away."
		djfletch says, "oh well, not to worry"
		Jacqueline says, "So, first world problems - we have to operate without a net for another week or two."
		Roger says, "With the puzzles solved it should be quick"
		Jacqueline says, "You guys can power back to where you were easily enough."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Yeah"
		Doug says, "ok"
		Jacqueline says, "Just appoint a driver and go."
		Doug says, "I nominate DavidW"
		DavidW says, "I don't know if I remember the conversation parts."
		Doug says, "I have scrollback, I can do it"
		DavidW says, "sure."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Thanks. If you need me to post the transcript, I can do that as well."
Doug says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask pinched" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Display Room
Floyd | The room's about as big as Serenity's dining area, and it's stacked
Floyd | full of boxes. The boxes make an aisle from the front of the room to
Floyd | the back, and on the back wall there're some heavy black curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wedding gifts?" asks Kaylee, her eyes lighting up real pretty. Thinks
Floyd | we don't notice how her glance goes to Simon.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bride price," says Inara. "All this came from the groom. It's on
Floyd | display to show the public that the bride is being wed to someone of
Floyd | 'appropriate standing.'"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come now, 'Nara, don't be prickly," says Mal. "Sounds like the
Floyd | bride's right sympathetic to your own line of work."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x inara" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X INARA
Floyd |
Floyd | She's not bad to look at, but I prefer more of an affordable model.
Floyd | And one that isn't so interested in serving men tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fact is," Simon says, "the bridal settlement has a long tradition. It
Floyd | was meant to insure that if a woman's husband died or divorced her,
Floyd | she'd still have a little independence. I always thought it was nice."
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee is staring at him hard, so he adds on, "...though now I think
Floyd | about it, it's antiquated and disrespects a woman's ability to look
Floyd | after herself. Lots of differences about Earth-That-Was."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x curtain" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CURTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | They're made of heavy black material. And closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inara ignores all the back and forth and goes to the curtain. "Might
Floyd | as well see the center of the collection. Jayne, I think this will
Floyd | open whole new worlds of art appreciation for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | She draws the curtain back, and I'm faced with the strangest painting
Floyd | I ever saw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x painting" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks to be real old. Real old porn, that is. There's two ladies
Floyd | sitting naked in a bathtub, and one of them is reaching over and
Floyd | pinching the other one's nipple, all dainty like she's picking up a
Floyd | teacup.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...huh," Kaylee says. "That's not what I... huh."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		djfletch says, "I don't know if these bits needed you to ASK QUESTIONS or if it's just a fixed number of moves"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask questions" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUESTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is this anyhow?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's from the late 16th century," Simon says. "French. It depicts the
Floyd | king's mistress -- see there, she's holding a ring that he gave her.
Floyd | Her sister is in the bath too, and the nipple pinch is to show that
Floyd | the mistress is pregnant."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Still seems like a strange thing to give someone when you're getting
Floyd | married," Kaylee comments.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | "What a shock, Simon likes the painting with the sister issues," I
Floyd | say. Actually that wasn't so much of a joke.
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon just gets clenchy in the jaw region.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A genuine oil painting from Earth-that-was, in this condition, of
Floyd | this age, is worth more than this house and every other thing in it,"
Floyd | Inara says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Job suits me," I say. "Be happy to store that in my bunk during the
Floyd | ride--"
Floyd |
Floyd | Mal steps on my toe, hard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ai ya!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I reckon we've admired this here bride price just about enough," says
Floyd | Mal. "What do you think, Inara? Time to leave the viewing?"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		DavidW says, "It's possible we can 'z' through some sections, I'd guess."
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              6
Floyd |
Floyd | Pinched
Floyd | An interactive fanfiction by Anonymous
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 130116 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Street of New Reykjavik
Floyd | New Reykjavik is right up to the north part of this planet, as there's
Floyd | not much but water round the tropics. That being the case, it's
Floyd | freezing cold here half the ruttin' year, and from what you can hear
Floyd | told, mud the other half. This here is the freezing part. This street
Floyd | is all snow and ice, but the buildings ain't bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee, Mal, and Simon are along, loaded down with bags of this and
Floyd | that -- clothes for the wedding ball, electronics parts for the heist,
Floyd | groceries.
Floyd |
Floyd | "If it isn't Simon!"
Floyd |
Floyd | There's some little bit of a woman shouting from the other side of the
Floyd | street. Simon doesn't even look up and we all figure it must be
Floyd | someone else she's shouting at. But no.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Simon Tam!"
Floyd |
Floyd | She pushes her way out of the crowd on her side of the street and runs
Floyd | towards us. She's one good-looking girl, too, if you like 'em bundled
Floyd | up in a lot of furs and capes and with twinkly crap all over their
Floyd | boots. Simon doesn't look too delighted to see her, but the next
Floyd | minute she's hugging him and he kind of pats her shoulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Everyone, this is Lucy," he says. "She was in my year at medical
Floyd | school; we were partners in neuroregeneration lab. Lucy, this is--"
Floyd |
Floyd | Mal frowns at him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "--this is everyone," says Simon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I figure we might as well try to see some new questions/jokes"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I was thinking of editing the transcript, but if we do that I won't. Go for it."
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask questions" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUESTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Can't rightly think of a thing to ask now.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I haven't seen you in so long!" Lucy's not hugging him any more, but
Floyd | she's still got his arm like she's fixing to take it home with her.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And I wasn't expecting to see anyone out here, either! I'm so far
Floyd | from home, it's ridiculous how lonely I get! And the weather! Snow 13
Floyd | months of the year! Are you here for the Jonsdotter-Wilkes wedding?
Floyd | Please say yes. You're the only person on this planet that's going to
Floyd | know the same dances as me. Do you still tango?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee makes a little tiny noise I might not hear if she weren't right
Floyd | next to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "aw"
Doug says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is tango a word for 'be pompous and get in the way'?" But no one is
Floyd | listening to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I-- don't know," Simon is saying. "That is, yes. Yes, I was invited.
Floyd | I'll be there. Sorry, it's just such a surprise to see you again,
Floyd | Luce."
Floyd |
Floyd | Lucy pouts. "If you followed the alumni newswaves, you'd've known I
Floyd | was living here now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "My mail has been very erotic lately," Simon says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "haha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x simon" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIMON
Floyd |
Floyd | He's almost got an expression on. Though I ain't sure I could put a
Floyd | name to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We'll have to catch up at the wedding," Lucy says. "I wish I could
Floyd | stay and trade stories now, but I'm already late--"
Floyd |
Floyd | "--there's a first." Simon's smiling for real now. Didn't know his
Floyd | face muscles stretched in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't be awful. I'll see you there. Save me one of your dippingest,
Floyd | most Argentine dances." She kisses his cheek and then she's gone
Floyd | again, and the air behind her smells like apples. Cold apples. The
Floyd | snow hasn't gone anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "cause ruckus" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAUSE RUCKUS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can we get back to the ship now before we meet any more of Simon's
Floyd | former friends?" But as usual they're not listening to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Care to explain what that was about?" Mal asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What, Lucy?" Simon is still grinning a little, though it's starting
Floyd | to fade. "She's an old friend of mine -- well, when I say friend, we
Floyd | kind of -- that is, we were never actually -- but I think she wanted
Floyd | -- if we hadn't been so busy we probably would have -- I mean I
Floyd | thought about --"
Floyd |
Floyd | Mal interrupts. "She gonna turn you in? What with the price on your
Floyd | head, and all. We didn't plan on people hereabout knowing your name."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lucy? She wouldn't. Besides, it didn't seem like she knows about
Floyd | that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stands to reason she'd warn you if she was planning to turn you over
Floyd | to the feds."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mal gives me a very warning kind of look and I remember that might not
Floyd | be the best topic of conversation to be raising at this particular
Floyd | juncture.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That ain't our only concern," Mal says. "What I'm curious about is
Floyd | why you and 'Nara told me you had this job scoped out, you neglected
Floyd | to notice your old girlfriend on the guest list. And how you planned
Floyd | on playing your part in this escapade when she's going to be limpeted
Floyd | onto your side demanding another Argentine waltz every two minutes."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tango," Simon mutters. "I promise you, Mal, we checked that list in
Floyd | triple. She must have been added late."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask questions" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUESTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's a tango?"
Floyd |
Floyd | No answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is just dandy," Mal says. "Someone want to explain to me how the
Floyd | plan is going to work now? We need me and Zoe on the pickup, and Wash
Floyd | and Book got to stay with the ship, whilst now it appears that Simon
Floyd | has to attend this party but not be of any use."
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon's jaw is working and he keeps kicking at the snow with the toe
Floyd | of his boot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd ]  Street of New Reykjavik                              13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't see how Simon being no use is any different from any other time
Floyd | he's been along."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Jayne," Mal says. "You're going to get yourself up in fancy clothes
Floyd | and you're going to go to this thing. Be better at the security part
Floyd | than Simon anyhow."
Floyd |
Floyd | I get my ten percent for shooting things, not for dressing up like an
Floyd | idiot and definitely not for covering for Simon. I open my mouth to
Floyd | say that, but--
Floyd |
Floyd | "You get Simon's cut, seeing as it turns out he has a social
Floyd | engagement for the evening of the job and won't be able to work."
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon looks pasty and angry now. "He'll need an escort. And
Floyd | table manners."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask questions" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUESTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Simon can go alone, and Inara can come with me instead," I say.
Floyd | "Wouldn't object to some free companioning."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Inara is already on the list as Simon's guest," says Mal.
Floyd | "Arrangements don't allow for changing that."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll be Jayne's escort," says Kaylee. Guess she's pulled her head out
Floyd | of her bag now. "Did a good enough job at that ball on Persephone,
Floyd | didn't I? Still got the dress, even."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kaylee, this won't be--" Mal says, while Simon says, louder: "With
Floyd | Jayne?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee comes closer to me and holds my arm tight. "It's supposed to
Floyd | look like this, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Doug says, "not exactly a question"
		Jacqueline says, "No, but that other bit was new, wasn't it? Maybe not."
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 14
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunk
Floyd | This is my bunk. Not that you could tell that, from the quantity of
Floyd | gos-se thrown here and there.  Piled up in here is every
Floyd | garment we could find on the ship that looked like it might fit me and
Floyd | do well enough for the wedding banquet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "yeah, the dialogue changed a fair bit."
Doug says (to Floyd), "remove underpants" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE UNDERPANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Nah, no need.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "wear kilt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR KILT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "hm, I guess we have to wear it as a cloak first. or should we just skip it?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "wear pinstripe" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR PINSTRIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the grey pair of pinstriped pants)
Floyd | I put on the grey pair of pinstriped pants one leg at a time.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come out whenever you're done in there!" yells Zoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, I'm dying to admire your sartorial splendor," says Wash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "wear gray shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GRAY SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the grey scratchy shirt)
Floyd | I shrug myself into the grey scratchy shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Having a little trouble in there?" Simon shouts in. "Do you need help
Floyd | putting on your pants?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure! Send in Inara!" I shout back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Can't you just wear what you ended up wearing so that we can get to the party?"
		Doug says, "yep"
Doug says (to Floyd), "wear black jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BLACK JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (the black twinkly coat)
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the black twinkly coat)
Floyd | I dress, finishing a complete outfit of the black twinkly coat, the
Floyd | grey scratchy shirt, and the grey pair of pinstriped pants. Matching,
Floyd | but not too matching.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel the whole thing over carefully and finally I find it, sewn into
Floyd | the cuff: a little metal stud that can be pressed to turn the coat's
Floyd | lights on and off. The other cuff has the battery sewn in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "turn lights off" 		

Floyd ]  Bunk                                                 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN LIGHTS OFF
Floyd |
Floyd | I press the stud and the lights on the jacket go dark. About time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about this?" I ask, coming out of the room in a black twinkly
Floyd | coat, a grey scratchy shirt, and a grey pair of pinstriped pants.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My little boy, all grown up. We should take pictures," says Wash.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It doesn't exactly look tailor-made, but it should do," Simon
Floyd | concedes. "Now just don't say anything."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          21
Floyd |
Floyd | "How are we getting the painting out?" I ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're not," Mal says. "You're going to leave it there."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "cause ruckus" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAUSE RUCKUS
Floyd |
Floyd | "I thought Inara was on this boat to make you look
Floyd | respectable, but seems to me she's making you be respectable.
Floyd | And respectable's not what I can take a cut of."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mal looks me in the eye. "You don't take anything out. There's too
Floyd | much security in the way. All you do is get back into the Display Room
Floyd | and tag the back of the painting with a micro-sized locator. That way
Floyd | you don't have to shut down the whole security system, just the one
Floyd | panel that senses if you take the painting off the wall. When you're
Floyd | done tagging, you turn security back on and everything looks right and
Floyd | shiny."
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon arrives from the passenger area. He's dressed real formally in
Floyd | black suit and a white shirt I'm sure wasn't on him when I went
Floyd | through his luggage that time him and River got taken by hill-folk.
Floyd | Guess he's been doing some shopping.
Floyd |
Floyd | He's also putting on some kind of lipstick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
katie-paquette goes home. 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Might as well stay quiet and see what happens next.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mal goes on. "When the painting is moved for assessment and storage --
Floyd | which is scheduled to happen in the small hours of the morning --
Floyd | we'll be able to trace it. Doing the trace during the wedding means
Floyd | there's the least chance for them to find the tag and take it off
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Simon and Inara scoped out this security team, worked out their
Floyd | habits. They'll be using several decoy transports for a cargo this
Floyd | valuable, but if we know which transport is the right one, we can lift
Floyd | the painting from there."
Floyd |
Floyd | Inara and Kaylee arrive at last, both dressed up and glossy. "Good,
Floyd | appears that the primping and fussin' is over," says Mal.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You both look very nice," says Book.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ain't got all night," says Mal. And so we're off.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                23
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bad news," Kaylee says, coming to my elbow and talking low. "I had to
Floyd | ditch the tool kit in the potted plant by the door."
Floyd |
Floyd | I've been this side of security for ten minutes already, and I'm
Floyd | already wishing we were at a different party.
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | This room is where everyone goes after they come through security,
Floyd | which is before you get to the real party. The fancier the party the
Floyd | more rooms you need to go through to get to it, evidently. Personally
Floyd | I like the kind that's held outdoors.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee is standing close by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sounds like there's another thing the good doctor could have warned
Floyd | us about, if he weren't busy romancing his old school friend."
Floyd |
Floyd | She frowns. "Don't be mean."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why's he so interested in this job anyway?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know, I think he just wants to help the captain. And I think
Floyd | it's nice that he does." She adjusts her big skirt with one hand.
Floyd | "Fancy place like this, there's going to be something we can use to
Floyd | jimmy the security system and reset the wires," she says. "We'll just
Floyd | have to keep an eye open. But I didn't have a choice. Nearly got
Floyd | caught with the tools on me -- I only realized at the end they were
Floyd | running a full P-99 entry scan on the guests, and not just for weapons
Floyd | neither."
Floyd |
Floyd | "That don't seem hardly polite."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No! It's a full-body scan -- whoever's running security sees right
Floyd | through your clothes."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Everyone's?" Now that there's the kind of thing I ought to
Floyd | be doing for a living.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man in a purple jacket approaches. He's carrying a tray, and on the
Floyd | tray are a dozen or so full shotglasses. Stuck along the top of each
Floyd | one there's a metal stick with a cube of something on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ooh, tasties," Kaylee says, taking one eagerly and handing another to
Floyd | me. The man bows and moves away.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's quite a pungent aroma rising from this thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Kaylee is the most adorable thing ever."
		Jacqueline says, "But we knew that."
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat cube" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's sort of chewy and resistant and vinegary. Like pickled radish
Floyd | only much nastier.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee pops hers in her mouth. "When you get it in your mouth," she
Floyd | says, chewing awkwardly, "you can't smell it as much."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "drink glass" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK GLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "drink shot" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK SHOT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Run-time problem P10: Since the shotglass is not allowed the
Floyd | property "proper utensil", it is against the rules to try to use it.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, that burns. All the way down. Can feel the lining of my stomach.
Floyd |
Floyd | This party is going to be good.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee swallows. "I think that might have been fish. Once. In
Floyd | another lifetime." She tips her shotglass up and takes a long drink.
Floyd | Her eyes go wide again, but this time she's quieter about it.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        26
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a few minutes of milling around with the shotglasses, and then
Floyd | some men in purple uniforms tell us to go in to dinner. We've all got
Floyd | assigned tables. Mine and Kaylee's has got a little old lady about
Floyd | half the height of River, and her little old man husband who can't
Floyd | hear.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Simon told us to copy the other people at our table for how to eat,"
Floyd | Kaylee whispers to me. "But these two don't even have food."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not sure the old guy even has any teeth any more," I agree.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll copy you, then," says Kaylee. That's helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Tables
Floyd | You can tell this room's expensive, because it's got a glass roof in
Floyd | this climate, but it's warm inside. Warm like one of those hot planet
Floyd | beaches. There are trees scattered around the room and lights all
Floyd | twinkling all over them, and fountains, just to show off how much
Floyd | clean water this planet's got.
Floyd |
Floyd | The table in front of us is spread with a clothespin spoon, a laser
Floyd | knife, an teeny tiny fork, a metal straw, a mini-mace, a flat spade,
Floyd | and a plate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old Man Guest and Old Lady Guest in a purple dress are sitting on
Floyd | their side of the table, smiling and nodding at us. They ain't eating
Floyd | a thing. Kaylee's trying not to have to say too much. It's a real
Floyd | sprightly party.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waiter serves some pea potato soup and a lavender sprig.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is for the aroma," says the waiter, lifting the sprig with
Floyd | gloved-up fingers. He tucks the lavender sprig into the clothespin of
Floyd | the clothespin spoon, and goes away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat soup with spoon" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SOUP WITH SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the clothespin spoon)
Floyd | I take a spoonful of the soup. By itself it tastes sort of ordinary,
Floyd | but the smell of the lavender kind of perks it up. Kaylee takes a sip
Floyd | of hers with her lavender-spoon and grins at me. Should've guessed
Floyd | she'd like her soup with flowers on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Once I've got the sense of what to do I eat nice and hearty. Or as
Floyd | hearty as I can. They believe in small bowls on this planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good to see that our hosts are ministering to the needs of the
Floyd | deprived," remarks Old Man Guest. I think someone told me his name but
Floyd | I forgot it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, are they?" asks Kaylee. "That's nice of them."
Floyd |
Floyd | Old Lady Guest smiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing that I've finished with my previous course, the ever-hovering
Floyd | waiters bring me a crab.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "cut crab with knife" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT CRAB WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the laser knife)
Floyd | I revv up the laser knife and start in on the surgery. It works just
Floyd | dandy on the shell and claws -- lays 'em right open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat crab with fork" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CRAB WITH FORK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the itty-bitty fork)
Floyd | I dig the teeny tiny fork into the crab and manage to pull out a strip
Floyd | of the meat, and then another. It's... actually very good. Kind of
Floyd | sweet. Doesn't take long to fork out all the meat inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing that I've finished with my previous course, the ever-hovering
Floyd | waiters bring me some carrot juice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "drink juice with straw" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK JUICE WITH STRAW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the metal straw)
Floyd | Maybe the straw interfered in some fashion but what I'm tasting here
Floyd | is carrots plus some kind of citrusy thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing that I've finished with my previous course, the ever-hovering
Floyd | waiters bring me a green glass dome.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "hit dome with mace" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT DOME WITH MACE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the mini-mace)
Floyd | One good whack with the miniature mace and the dome cracks open and
Floyd | falls apart in a dozen or so curved shards. I could get used to the
Floyd | smashing-things method of eating. Suits me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat fish with shard" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT FISH WITH SHARD
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the shards of culinary glass)
Floyd | The fish tastes a tiny bit metallic, and then the flavor of the glass
Floyd | shard makes it all tangy and hot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The next thing out is a cube of meat, just one not-very-big cube,
Floyd | skewered on the end of a long wire thing that stands up from the
Floyd | table. It's like food on an antenna.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat cube" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | I lean in close and bite the meat right off its antenna. Now this
Floyd | wouldn't be half bad if there were about fifty more of these little
Floyd | cubes. As it is... you call that a dish? Wonder if I could get someone
Floyd | else's cube too.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing that I've finished with my previous course, the ever-hovering
Floyd | waiters bring me a cool white yogurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger asks, "ooh, could we mace the crab?"
		Jacqueline says, "We tried."
		Doug says (to Roger), "we tried that, didn't work"
		Jacqueline says, "No."
		Jacqueline says, "We must LASER it"
		DavidW says, "I think we tried and it just dented it."
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat yogurt" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT YOGURT
Floyd |
Floyd | (with my hands)
Floyd | Had a cat once that would dip its paw in a glass of water and then
Floyd | lick off the drops. Didn't seem sanitary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "oh well"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat yogurt with spoon" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT YOGURT WITH SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I spoon up the yogurt in the clothespin spoon. It tastes like a
Floyd | confused combination of potato soup, cheese, and lettucey bits, plus
Floyd | flowers. Think I was supposed to do this some other way, but I don't
Floyd | much care.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waiter brings, last, a chocolate sphere. It's all round and glossy
Floyd | like a ball, until he pours some kind of hot sauce over it. Then it
Floyd | melts partly away right there on the plate. He also gives me a plain
Floyd | ordinary spoon like any old ordinary person might use. Don't see why
Floyd | we couldn't have gotten one of those sooner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Old Man Guest turns to his wife. "Odd that we were fobbed off with
Floyd | this table," he says too loudly. "I wonder who was in charge of the
Floyd | seating arrangements. And whether they were revised badly at the last
Floyd | minute."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I did think we were supposed to be at the Glitnirs' table," agrees
Floyd | his wife. "But then we wouldn't have met these charming people." She
Floyd | practically has to shout that last part for him to hear it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I admire your good heart, my dear," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yogurt was with spade"
		Doug says, "yeah, but it sounded like not the optimal thing the last time. maybe we were supposed to take the lavender out again"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Tables                                        36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | flat spade: Got it.
Floyd | plate: Got it.
Floyd | ordinary spoon: Got it.
Floyd | chocolate sphere: Got it.
Floyd | dining antenna: I go to pick up the antenna, but one of the waiters
Floyd | leans over on my right. "Sir, the antenna is already adjusted to its
Floyd | ideal height."
Floyd |
Floyd | That's good to know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "ok, ready to finish the dessert for real this time?"
		djfletch says, "ok by me"
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks for doing that, Doug."
		Doug says, "sure"
		DavidW says, "shame we can't save."
		Doug says, "undo seems to work okay"
		Doug says, "also I think this game is meant to be short"
		DavidW says, "Continue"
		Doug says, "I doubt we'd need to branch far enough for save to be useful"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat chocolate with ordinary spoon" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CHOCOLATE WITH ORDINARY SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Gorram that's strong. There's chocolate, and some round red fruits I
Floyd | don't think I ever saw before, but mostly a lot of hot alcohol.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bunch of fooferaw after that: dinner's over but they've got
Floyd | speeches, and toasts, and some man with flowers on his hat gets up and
Floyd | tells some stories about a dog he had, who is like the bride somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee gets all happy and misty about that, so it must've been a good
Floyd | dog story. Don't much care about the things myself.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a good long time, though, we're allowed to leave the tables, and
Floyd | then it's all guests circulating and some of them dancing. Which is
Floyd | the time for me and Kaylee to make our move.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              37
Floyd |
Floyd | We're headin' into the hallway toward the display room when Kaylee
Floyd | gestures for me to hold still.
Floyd |
Floyd | I hear Lucy say, "So tell me, Simon Tam: what did you do to get the
Floyd | Alliance chasing you and that price on your head?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | This is a long, important-looking hallway. We were here before, during
Floyd | the public viewing of the bride price. The display room is just off to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the doorway east, there's a security panel set into the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lucy and Simon are a little way down the dim hall; Lucy has her back
Floyd | to us, but I think Simon knows we're here. Kaylee is beside me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, this whole situation is hi-larious.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I used to," Lucy says. "I carried you around in my heart for years."
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon says something under his breath, too low to hear over the music.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not saying I was lonely for company," she replies. "But you were
Floyd | always... the one that didn't happen. There's a glow in that."
Floyd |
Floyd | "If I told you, you'd be in danger," says Simon. "Trust me, this is
Floyd | not something you want to be a part of."
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's the problem, Simon," she says. "My feelings aren't reliable,
Floyd | and that's all I've got going for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x panel" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | This is obviously the access controlling the security in the Display
Floyd | Room. It's locked, but not very well. I should be able to jimmy it
Floyd | open, given something long and thin.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm really having to struggle to hear Lucy now, but she's still
Floyd | talking: "Everything else -- logic, common sense -- say turn you in.
Floyd | Let your trial sort it out if you're innocent."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, yes: trust the system rather than a person you know. That always
Floyd | works brilliantly."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I want to trust you," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon's looking down into her face very oddly. Fool boy looks like
Floyd | he's about to kiss her. On the mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "haha, maybe we did need the antenna."
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got on me :
Floyd |   a dining antenna
Floyd |   a plate
Floyd |   some shards of culinary glass
Floyd |   a black twinkly coat (being worn)
Floyd |   a grey scratchy shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a grey pair of pinstriped pants (being worn)
Floyd |   a grey pair of faded underpants (being worn)
Floyd | gold-plated utensils (flat spade, toy-sized fork, clothespin spoon,
Floyd | ordinary spoon, laser knife, mini-mace, and metal straw)
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon finishes bending down and kisses Lucy on the lips. Kaylee stands
Floyd | next to me, speechless. Her mouth is moving with things she wants to
Floyd | say, but nothing comes out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then Lucy slumps to the ground. Simon glances up past her at us. He
Floyd | looks embarrassed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh, we do have it."
		DavidW says, "spade might work too."
		Doug says, "ohh, that lipstick was poison"
		Doug says, "that's why Book stared"
		DavidW asks, "Which Bond film had the poison lipstick? Or was that a different series?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "jimmy panel with antenna" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JIMMY PANEL WITH ANTENNA
Floyd |
Floyd | Might as well wait until the good doctor is out of the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee turns to Simon. "This part of the job, we can do. You should be
Floyd | out there looking pretty."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes," Simon says. "Because society is proving such a comfortable
Floyd | place just now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You could dance with Inara," I say. "Probably worth a hundred credits
Floyd | a dance."
Floyd |
Floyd | "More, I imagine." He looks at Kaylee like he's got something else to
Floyd | say to her.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Three of us back here are a lot harder to explain than two," she
Floyd | says. "Me and Jayne, we might've just snuck back here for a romantic
Floyd | moment. Seems to be popular."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fine, I'm going." And he does -- after dragging his sleeping
Floyd | ex-girlfriend into a side room. Then me and Kaylee have the hallway to
Floyd | ourselves so we can do what we like.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "lotsa watching in this game. good thing the writing's good."
		djfletch says (to DavidW), "it's a reference to a Firefly episode"
		Jacqueline says, "The writing is quite good, yes."
		Doug says, "oh? huh"
		Doug says, "I don't remember poison lipstick in Firefly but could be"
		DavidW says, "I haven't seen any Firefly, but I know I've seen poison lipstick in something else."
		djfletch says, "whatshername that pretends to marry Mal"
		Doug | [LINK]
		Doug asks, "Christina Hendricks?"
		djfletch says, "yes"
		Doug says, "Saffron"
		Doug | Simon, the ship's doctor, explains that the drug is spread on a "seal on the lips" and that he frequently dealt with unconscious men being brought in on the night shift who had been drugged and robbed.
		Doug says, "nice callback."
		Doug says, "it was used on Gilligan's Island too, heh."
		Doug says, "and Get Smart"
		Doug says, "ok, sorry for the TV Tropes distraction..."
Doug says (to Floyd), "jimmy panel with antenna" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JIMMY PANEL WITH ANTENNA
Floyd |
Floyd | I bend the end of the antenna a little and then poke it into the lock
Floyd | hole. It resists a bit, but with a bit of work I'm able to pop the
Floyd | panel open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside there's a whole mess of wires.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We need to sever that wire." Kaylee points. It's too far up for her
Floyd | to reach easy, or she'd probably insist on doing it herself. But I can
Floyd | see what she means.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's all?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "We'll have to reattach the ends again later so they don't notice the
Floyd | security is humped. But we'll come back to that when we're done."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Laser knife?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "cut wire with knife" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT WIRE WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | The knife doesn't activate -- the battery must've run out of juice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, snap."
		DavidW asks, "ooh, does the jacket battery power up the knife?"
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks, author."
		Doug says, "maybe recharge it with our "juiced batter""
		Doug says, "+y"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "oh, good thought"
Doug says (to Floyd), "recharge knife with battery" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECHARGE KNIFE WITH BATTERY
Floyd |
Floyd | That first word, you get that from the Doctor? It don't mean anything
Floyd | I know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "charge knife" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CHARGE KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Again with the funny commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open knife" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | I unscrew the battery compartment at the end of the handle. There's a
Floyd | depleted battery inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take depleted" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DEPLETED
Floyd |
Floyd | Got it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "aha."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put juiced battery in knife" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT JUICED BATTERY IN KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first I'm gonna take the juiced battery)
Floyd |
Floyd | The battery's sewn in pretty good. I'd need something at least a
Floyd | little bit poky to unpick the stitches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "toy-fork?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut stitches with knife" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT STITCHES WITH KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | I slip the pointiest part of the laser knife into the stitches and
Floyd | pull them a bit loose. Then I give the battery a good hard tug and it
Floyd | comes free from the coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh. Or that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put juiced battery in knife" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT JUICED BATTERY IN KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close knife" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | I screw the battery compartment shut on the juiced battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut wire with laser" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT WIRE WITH LASER
Floyd |
Floyd | Very very carefully, I slice through the right wire and cut away a
Floyd | little of the shielding.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a faint thunk from within the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That should do it," Kaylee says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay"
		DavidW asks, "now what?"
		Doug applauds
djfletch says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Again with the funny commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | This is a long, important-looking hallway. We were here before, during
Floyd | the public viewing of the bride price. The display room is just off to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the doorway east, there's a security panel set into the wall.
Floyd | The security panel contains some wires.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see Kaylee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "weren't we supposed to reattach something?"
		DavidW says, "I think we're supposed to tag the painting to the east."
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask questions" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUESTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Can't rightly think of a thing to ask now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh, right, not until we do the marker"
Doug says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, this whole situation is hi-larious.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We have to fix this wire later, but I don't know how yet."
		Doug says, "I guess it's hard to write jokes for every scene"
Doug says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee comes along.
Floyd |
Floyd | Display Room
Floyd | The room's about as big as Serenity's dining area, and it's stacked
Floyd | full of boxes. The boxes make an aisle from the front of the room to
Floyd | the back, and on the back wall is hanging that strange-ass painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Also nearby: Kaylee.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We need this down from the wall," Kaylee says, lifting the painting
Floyd | down and setting it so that we can get at the back of the frame.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We've got to put a little hole in the wood," she says. "We don't need
Floyd | much, the tag's not but a couple of millimeters across. But we need to
Floyd | bury it in organic material or it'll be easier for them to find, even
Floyd | not knowing the frequency to wake it up."
Floyd |
Floyd | She gives me the tag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got on me :
Floyd |   a tracking tag
Floyd |   a depleted battery
Floyd |   a dining antenna
Floyd |   a plate
Floyd |   some shards of culinary glass
Floyd |   a black twinkly coat (being worn)
Floyd |   a grey scratchy shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a grey pair of pinstriped pants (being worn)
Floyd |   a grey pair of faded underpants (being worn)
Floyd | gold-plated utensils (flat spade, itty-bitty fork, clothespin spoon,
Floyd | ordinary spoon, laser knife, mini-mace, and metal straw)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "were we supposed to keep the cube of meat?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "hit wood with mace" 		

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT WOOD WITH MACE
Floyd |
Floyd | I hit the frame hard with the mini-mace. That suffices to put a neat
Floyd | little pinhole in the wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "the only thing that's organic are the culinary shards"
		djfletch says, "I think it just means the wood"
		Doug says, "ohh"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put tag in hole" 		Doug says, "okay then."

Floyd ]  Display Room                                         57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TAG IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We're done in here," says Kaylee. "Now we just need to fix the
Floyd | security panel again, and we can go." She motions with her head
Floyd | towards the exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I keep bouncing, so I may give up after one or two more. If I go silent, that'll be why."
Doug says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here," says Kaylee, lifting the painting back into its place. "Now
Floyd | it'll look like no one touched a thing."
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaylee comes along.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | This is a long, important-looking hallway. We were here before, during
Floyd | the public viewing of the bride price. The display room is just off to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the doorway east, there's a security panel set into the wall.
Floyd | In the security panel are some wires.
Floyd |
Floyd | Also nearby: Kaylee.
Floyd |
Floyd | "If I hadn't had to leave my tools, I could patch this up real quick,
Floyd | make it look like we were never even here," Kaylee says, looking
Floyd | ruefully at the nest of severed wires.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Did we rehang the painting, Kaylee?"
		DavidW says, "ok, we did"
		Jacqueline asks, "So now the wire?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, I dunno how to fix the wiring."
		djfletch asks, "oh, clothespin, right?"
		Doug asks, "metal straw?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put clothespin on wires" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CLOTHESPIN ON WIRES
Floyd |
Floyd | (first removing the lavender sprig)
Floyd | I'm not sure it's going to fit at first, but I manage to jam the
Floyd | little clothespin spoon into the box and clip the wires together with
Floyd | the clothespin. Kaylee's giggling.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Think it won't work?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, we've done worse patch jobs on Serenity," she says. "As long as
Floyd | you can close the panel with the spoon in it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "huh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "close panel" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | I push the security panel shut and it clicks in place. The spoon
Floyd | doesn't jam it at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lock it back up, and we'll be ready to go," Kaylee says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, close panel?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "lock it back up" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOCK IT BACK UP
Floyd |
Floyd | I got you as far as saying we should lock the security panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "lock it" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOCK IT
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the dining antenna)
Floyd | With the bent end of the antenna I refasten the lock on the security
Floyd | panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's it, then," says Kaylee. "All done."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yup. Hope that painting's worth what the Doc says it is."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now you're supposed to ask me to dance."
Floyd |
Floyd | Like that's happening.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
katie-paquette has arrived. 		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          61
Floyd |
Floyd | "So now. Where do we meet the buyer?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon and Inara look at each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's no buyer," Simon says softly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Area
Floyd | This here is where the crew has meals most nights, when River hasn't
Floyd | thrown all the foodstuffs overboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Also nearby: Zoe, Wash, Mal, Inara, Kaylee, Simon, and Shepherd Book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		djfletch says, "ok NOW we cause a ruckus"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cause a ruckus" 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "cause ruckus" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAUSE A RUCKUS
Floyd |
Floyd | "What the-- why'd we lift this thing if you don't have a buyer? Damn,
Floyd | no one learn anything from the Lassiter job? This painting's not
Floyd | 'xactly the kind of object you can just fence off on market day round
Floyd | the next cattle town."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now that is definitely true," says Mal. "Though we might be able to
Floyd | get something for the frame -- what do you think?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Simon gives it a long look, then shrugs. "It's not in the best of
Floyd | taste by today's standards. Maybe five, ten credits?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAUSE RUCKUS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nobody's selling nothing until someone tells me what is going on
Floyd | here."
Floyd |
Floyd | "We've been paid," says Simon, still all calm. "Not perhaps on the
Floyd | scale you were imagining, but quite a bit more than the average job
Floyd | this bird pulls off. You can even keep the painting if you want. Put
Floyd | it in your bunk. It's just a copy, though, I ought to warn you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		katie-paquette says, "My braillenote was acting up again."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x painting" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see nothin' like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "joke" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, this whole situation is hi-larious.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Actually," says Inara, "the whole job was by the bride's
Floyd | arrangement."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sensible thing if you ask me," says Zoe. "I wouldn't want that
Floyd | creepy-ass scene hanging on my bedroom wall either."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You see," says Inara, "the bride and the groom are very much in love.
Floyd | Unfortunately, the groom's family -- who live in a different system,
Floyd | by the way -- they're not wealthy enough to offer the sort of price
Floyd | the bride's family would approve of."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And that's where we come in," says Mal. "The groom's family sends a
Floyd | fake valuable painting, the bride's family puts it on display, and
Floyd | then after the ceremony--"
Floyd |
Floyd | "--but before anyone has time to get a second assessment done--" Simon
Floyd | adds.
Floyd |
Floyd | "--it is mysteriously stolen. Everyone blames her family's security,
Floyd | the bride and groom get to stay married."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very romantic," says Wash.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It is at that," says Zoe. "Honey, how come you didn't buy me a nice
Floyd | swindle for our wedding?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, wound up with 15% of something, at least.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     ***I guess that went all right***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, what happened?"
		Doug says, "I guess that went all right"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I see."
		Doug says, "want to undo? not sure there's an alternate ending"
		Jacqueline says, "Not sure, yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, sure, iffin ya want to"
Doug says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AMUSING
Floyd |
Floyd | The options you got are the ones on the list. Don't go making stuff
Floyd | up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "haha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          63
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Area
Floyd | No, that ain't what happened. Let's back up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask questions" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Area                                          63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUESTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | "But -- who paid us? Someone got it in for the bride and groom?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Actually," says Inara, "the whole job was by the bride's
Floyd | arrangement."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sensible thing if you ask me," says Zoe. "I wouldn't want that
Floyd | creepy-ass scene hanging on my bedroom wall either."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You see," says Inara, "the bride and the groom are very much in love.
Floyd | Unfortunately, the groom's family -- who live in a different system,
Floyd | by the way -- they're not wealthy enough to offer the sort of price
Floyd | the bride's family would approve of."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And that's where we come in," says Mal. "The groom's family sends a
Floyd | fake valuable painting, the bride's family puts it on display, and
Floyd | then after the ceremony--"
Floyd |
Floyd | "--but before anyone has time to get a second assessment done--" Simon
Floyd | adds.
Floyd |
Floyd | "--it is mysteriously stolen. Everyone blames her family's security,
Floyd | the bride and groom get to stay married."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very romantic," says Wash.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It is at that," says Zoe. "Honey, how come you didn't buy me a nice
Floyd | swindle for our wedding?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, wound up with 15% of something, at least.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     ***I guess that went all right***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I like the undo texts."
		Jacqueline says, "That was two hours, by the way."
		Jacqueline says, "Even short games are normal length on floyd. Though a broken save command helps."
		DavidW says, "ok. I guess that's sufficient for one day."
		dddddd exclaims, "This was very funny!"
		Jacqueline says, "I've emailed vimes to ask when things'll lighten up for him... considering putting ClubFloyd on hiatus until he has a chance to fix it."
		Jacqueline says, "Unless we want to just play, knowing we can't save."
		Doug says, "it woudl have been fine if we didn't try to save :)"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		djfletch says, "we could just play games that are Polite or whatever"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, thing is, we won't know."
		Doug says, "although hm, not sure what happens if you don't pick up the antenna."
		djfletch says, "yeah, I suppose they aren't all classified"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, vimes and I'll chat and I'll post an update later this week."
		djfletch says (to Doug), "maybe it lets you go back to the table"
		Jacqueline wonders how Katie has been playing and saving her games.
		djfletch says, "or use the fork instead if you had that"
		Doug says, "yeah"
		Doug says, "anyway, I enjoyed it, as a Firefly fan."
		Doug says, "and well-done as a game, except for the few bug messages (which didn't actually break anything)"
		djfletch says, "yeah, pretty good"
		Doug asks, "Jacq, how did you discover it?"
Marvin has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		katie-paquette asks, "Can I quit or not?"
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		maga says (to Doug), "she asked me to skim the XYZZY-eligible list for Floydable games that hadn't been Floyded"
		Jacqueline asks (of Doug), "The game?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "What maga said."
		Jacqueline asks, "Are you all going to go back and check out other paths, or can Katie have Floyd?"
		djfletch says, "I can't think of much else to try."
		Doug says, "I think it's pretty linear, except for some alternate dialogue. No plans to play again"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, haha - [LINK]"
		Jacqueline says, "There. There's your moment of zen."
		Jacqueline says, "And now I'll process the transcript."
		Doug says, "I'm surprised at the high quality given it was published anonymously with no apparent fanfare"
		djfletch says, "I thought it got the characters pretty well - the dialogue and incidental things you see people do."
		djfletch says, "and voice of Jayne of course"
		djfletch says, "needed some River beating people up, but you can't have everything"
		Doug says, "yeah, it certainly felt like a real episode, with the twist ending and all"
		Jacqueline says, "It did, yeah."



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NightFloyd Transcript:
Oxygen by Benjamin Sokal
As played on ifMUD on February 13, 2014

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 takes on significantly larger works of interactive fiction, knowing going in that each one will take multiple sessions (but not always, as you'll see in this transcript). 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 Oxygen written by Benjamin Sokal. Oxygen was released as part of the 2010 Interactive Fiction Competition, in which it took twelfth place. It went on to be nominated for a Best Individual Puzzle Xyzzy. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

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
		

Floyd | >Welcome to
Floyd | the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |  "Self-respect is to the soul as oxygen is to the body. Deprive a
Floyd |  person of oxygen, and you kill his body; deprive him of self-respect
Floyd |  and you kill his spirit."
Floyd |
Floyd |  - Thomas S. Szasz
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
firion pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | (press any key to continue)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Is sound enabled on your machine?
Floyd |
Floyd | (please type yes or no) >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | It's been a long day of squeezing and squirming through the corridors
Floyd | of the Aegis mining station. After four conduit repairs, three data
Floyd | integrity checks and a host of valve replacements, you're ready for a
Floyd | shower. It's work like this that could earn you a promotion...

		
Binder pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | shower. It's work like this that could earn you a promotion...BANG!
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, the station is rocked by an explosion.
Floyd |
Floyd | It knocks you off your feet and nearly down a jefferies tube, but you
Floyd | barely manage to hold on. Your toolbox slides into the tube and
Floyd | crashes 20 feet below. The sound echoes all around you, and then there
Floyd | is only dead silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | What the hell happened? Your thoughts turn to the striking miners, or
Floyd | turncoats as the Captain calls them. They had shut themselves off in
Floyd | the south wing two weeks ago, determined not to drill one more cent of
Floyd | ore until their terms were met: higher wages, reasonable working
Floyd | hours, more reliable drill suits.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Captain didn't bend, of course, and with the guile sure to win him
Floyd | a pay raise he shut the pressure hatches to the entire area. The 58
Floyd | workers would be completely isolated until the Empire sent in their
Floyd | negotiating squad, along with a replacement team.
Floyd |
Floyd | But what were the strikers trying to do, blow up the station?
Floyd | Something isn't right.
Floyd |
Floyd | You tuck in your technician uniform and take a breath. The Galactic
Floyd | Empire trained you to remain calm in crisis situations like this.
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere below, you hear the hiss of steam as a pipe bursts.
Floyd | It's gonna be a long night.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press any key to continue)

		Binder asks, "OK to go on?"
		Olly says, "Yes."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | Oxygen
Floyd | A Game of Survival by Benjamin Sokal
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 100930 / Inform 7 build 6E72 (I6/v6.31 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | [ First-time players may type "about" ]
Floyd |
Floyd | Conduit
Floyd | You crouch uncomfortably in this circular access conduit, just one
Floyd | small segment among thousands that make up the skeleton of Aegis
Floyd | Mining Station. A jefferies tube at the end of the conduit leads down,
Floyd | allowing access to lower levels of the station. The conduit continues
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A port access panel is closed, and a blank display console occupies
Floyd | the opposite wall. A power cable emerges from the bottom of the
Floyd | console. It isn't plugged into anything at the moment, however there
Floyd | is an outlet nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A screwdriver lies on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | I beg your pardon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oxygen
Floyd | Version 1.1 - September 2010
Floyd | [LINK]
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for playing Oxygen. This game uses standard Interactive
Floyd | Fiction conventions, and any commands unique to this game should be
Floyd | obvious to you when you need them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some conversational commands you may find useful are:
Floyd |
Floyd | talk to [someone] - initiates a conversation
Floyd | ask [someone] about [something] - asks someone about a topic or
Floyd | thing
Floyd | tell [someone] about [ something] or tell [someone] that [
Floyd | something] - tells someone about a topic or thing
Floyd | (note: you must use the words "about" or "that" in the above phrases)
Floyd |
Floyd | If you are in a conversation, you could also abbreviate asking or
Floyd | telling about as a [something] or t [something].
Floyd | Topics will bring up a list of topics you can discuss. You can
Floyd | also answer yes or no if you are asked a question, or
Floyd | apologize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oxygen makes use of sound, though it is not necessary to complete the
Floyd | game. Also, typing statusbar will switch the statusbar at the
Floyd | top of the screen off or on should you choose.
Floyd |
Floyd | Send constructive criticism, non-constructive criticism, or virtual
Floyd | dungbombs to: Ben@ShadowK.com
Floyd |
Floyd | (press any key to continue)

		Binder says, "Oh good we have an apologize verb."
Binder pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | Conduit
Floyd | You crouch uncomfortably in this circular access conduit, just one
Floyd | small segment among thousands that make up the skeleton of Aegis
Floyd | Mining Station. A jefferies tube at the end of the conduit leads down,
Floyd | allowing access to lower levels of the station. The conduit continues
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A port access panel is closed, and a blank display console occupies
Floyd | the opposite wall. A power cable emerges from the bottom of the
Floyd | console. It isn't plugged into anything at the moment, however there
Floyd | is an outlet nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A screwdriver lies on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | screwdriver: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...explosion in the service module! Damage reports coming in.
Floyd | Emergency crews please report..."
Floyd |
Floyd | The voice of the Chief of Operations emits from the static of your
Floyd | radio, which you realize has fallen down the jefferies tube along with
Floyd | most of your tools.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "So will "down" take us down the tube?"
		katie-paquette says, "I'm not revealing anymore until either after bowling or at ClubFloyd."
		Draconis asks, "What's our coordinate system?"
		Binder says, "I don't even know what our ordinate system is."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x cable" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The cable is ten feet long, more than enough to reach the nearby
Floyd | outlet. The end of the cable has a plastic shielding, preventing
Floyd | direct access to the wires inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a screwdriver
Floyd |   some work gloves (being worn)
Floyd |   a small black card
Floyd |   a piece of Oxium gum
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is Comp Squad. Backup systems coming online."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Comp, we aren't getting any diagnostic readings from the oxygen
Floyd | generators. Did you say backups were online?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Maybe we use the cable like a rope to climb down."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x oxium" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OXIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | Oxium gum helps keep you alert during long nights of working. The
Floyd | package reads: Provides essential nutrients, amino acids, and a
Floyd | burst of Oxy-Yum! to your days.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Check, diagnostics are inoperative. Duty roster shows technician
Floyd | Zanders in the forward access conduits. Zanders, do you copy? We need
Floyd | you to check the status of the oxygen generators from one of the
Floyd | nearby consoles."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh no, you mean captain corndog? If he's our last hope we're in
Floyd | trouble. He probably left hours ago to put some hard work in at the
Floyd | pub. That, or he fell down a jefferies tube."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Hey aren't we Captain Corndog"
		Draconis asks, "Are we Technician Zanders?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Your badge reads "Zanders", but the guys call you corndog. Actually
Floyd | they used to call you corndog. Ever since you made the mistake of
Floyd | divulging your ambitions for a promotion, you're now captain corndog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Apparently."
		Binder exclaims, "That's us!"
		Draconis asks, "Are there any consoles nearby?"
		Binder says, "Indeed there is."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Conduit
Floyd | You crouch uncomfortably in this circular access conduit, just one
Floyd | small segment among thousands that make up the skeleton of Aegis
Floyd | Mining Station. A jefferies tube at the end of the conduit leads down,
Floyd | allowing access to lower levels of the station. The conduit continues
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A port access panel is closed, and a blank display console occupies
Floyd | the opposite wall. A power cable emerges from the bottom of the
Floyd | console. It isn't plugged into anything at the moment, however there
Floyd | is an outlet nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is the Chief. Listen, looks like the turncoats must have
Floyd | been trying to break their way outta the aft section through the
Floyd | service module connectors. They weren't successful though, blew the
Floyd | tubes and whoever was in them out into space. Serves the bastards
Floyd | right - but we'll let the cap'n deal with the remaining ones. So far
Floyd | no reports of serious damage, but data is still coming in. Corndog - I
Floyd | mean, Zanders - Please report immediately on the status of the oxygen
Floyd | generators. If you don't respond then you better have three broken
Floyd | legs to show for it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "plug in console" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUG IN CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the end of the cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | You plug the power cable into the outlet. However, the console does
Floyd | not respond. The power to this outlet must have been lost, so you'll
Floyd | need to find another power source.
Floyd |
Floyd | You unplug the cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		katie-paquette says, "It's not a coordinate or an ordinate."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x panel" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The access panel is closed, and the cover screwed into place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Olly says, "Be back."
Olly is borne away by a squadron of flying toads. 		
Binder says (to Floyd), "open cover" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You unscrew and open the cover. Inside the panel is a tangle of
Floyd | circuitry and wires. A small book that had been stored inside the
Floyd | panel falls out when you open it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Fido heads back home. 		
Fido has disconnected. 		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (First taking the book)
Floyd |
Floyd | You scan the technical manual, looking for any information that may be
Floyd | useful. Some of the sections are bookmarked, and one of them reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | Standard Crew Complement
Floyd |
Floyd | Miners: 58
Floyd | Technicians: 24
Floyd | Administrative: 12
Floyd | Command: 8
Floyd | Total: 102
Floyd |
Floyd | [ type "read book" look at the next bookmarked page ]
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio buzzes from below as various repair teams report their
Floyd | progress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Sweet, a hidden library."
		katie-paquette says, "It's nt technlogy either."
Binder says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You scan the technical manual, looking for any information that may be
Floyd | useful. Some of the sections are bookmarked, and one of them reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | The Aegis Mining Station plays an important role in providing the
Floyd | Galactic Empire with materials necessary for interstellar travel.
Floyd | However the Aegis asteroid field, which contains the important
Floyd | intersteller drive composites, is inconveniently located in the middle
Floyd | of the Horsehead nebula.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "That is inconvenient."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You scan the technical manual, looking for any information that may be
Floyd | useful. Some of the sections are bookmarked, and one of them reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a full three months for even the fastest ship to reach
Floyd | Aegis from the nearest starbase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "I like that it reminds us with every page turn that we're doing this holding on to the power cable."
		Draconis says, "I think that's the status line."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You scan the technical manual, looking for any information that may be
Floyd | useful. Some of the sections are bookmarked, and one of them reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | The station's primary oxygen storage tank can store enough oxygen
Floyd | to keep a full crew alive for over six months.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder starts doing some Cold Equations.
		Draconis asks, "What are cold equations?"
		katie-paquette says, "It doesn't have to to do with a power cable either."
		Binder says, "Well, it's an old sf story."
		Draconis asks, "Are those the inverses of the heat transfer equations?"
		Binder says, "In a way."
		Binder says, "They've enumerated the crew count, the time it would take a rescue to get here, and the amount of oxygen normally stored here."
		Binder says, "So I'm expecting those numbers to matter."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You scan the technical manual, looking for any information that may be
Floyd | useful. Some of the sections are bookmarked, and one of them reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | The fore override is determined by the primary and secondary
Floyd | override slots in the fore conduit, while a corresponding conduit on
Floyd | the opposite side of the station controls the aft override.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Sounds like SUSPENDED."
		katie-paquette says, "No."
		Draconis says, "Oh, sorry, Katie."
		Draconis says, "We're playing a game on Floyd."
		katie-paquette says, "No."
Binder says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The last bookmarked page falls out of the book as you turn to the
Floyd | page. You pick it up and read it:
Floyd |
Floyd | Oxygen Thruster Overrides
Floyd | fore/aft override     oxygen distribution
Floyd | theta/any                40/10    
Floyd | delta/gamma              50/25    
Floyd | gamma/delta              25/50    
Floyd | delta/delta              0/0      
Floyd | gamma/gamma              25/25    
Floyd | any/nil                  40/0     
Floyd |
Floyd | The diagram seems simple enough, if only you understood what it meant.
Floyd | Who knew skipping one day of class could have consequences?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ you now have the diagram and may look at it anytime ]
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone makes a joke about a dog on a stick from the radio, but you've
Floyd | already begun tuning the messages out in order to concentrate on what
Floyd | needs to be done next.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Uh. Hum. I guess I'm glad we've got the html markup to help me sort of understand this table."
		Draconis says, "It looks like those columns use Glulx user styles."
		Draconis says, "I wonder what they're supposed to be."
		Binder says, "It's all Greek to me."
		Binder asks, "Shall we take the plunge?"
		Draconis says, "Sure."
Binder says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to climb down the tube, relieved to be vertical at least.
Floyd | But you quickly realize that you're not going anywhere. A pipe has
Floyd | exploded, sending scalding orange steam across the tube a few feet
Floyd | below your junction.
Floyd |
Floyd | You return to the cramped conduit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Or not."
		Draconis says, "Theta implies an angle."
katie-paquette arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Draconis says, "Delta implies a difference."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Conduit
Floyd | You crouch uncomfortably in this circular access conduit, just one
Floyd | small segment among thousands that make up the skeleton of Aegis
Floyd | Mining Station. A jefferies tube at the end of the conduit leads down,
Floyd | allowing access to lower levels of the station. The conduit continues
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A port access panel is open, and a blank display console occupies the
Floyd | opposite wall. A power cable emerges from the bottom of the console.
Floyd | It isn't plugged into anything at the moment. You are holding the
Floyd | other end of the cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "And I have no idea about gamma."
Draconis says (to katie-paquette), "Hello." 		Binder says, "It implies the Hulk"
katie-paquette says (to Floyd), "get octagon" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET OCTAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x card" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small black card)
Floyd | Override cards look like thin circuitboards. They are individually
Floyd | programmed with different codes or algorithms. This one is black and
Floyd | has the word GAMMA printed on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder asks, "OK, new plan. South?"
		Draconis says, "South sounds good."
Binder says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | That corridor leads to the opposite end of the station and into even
Floyd | more awkward tunnels. If you want to go there, you should at least
Floyd | wait until your business is done here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
katie-paquette says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Conduit
Floyd | You crouch uncomfortably in this circular access conduit, just one
Floyd | small segment among thousands that make up the skeleton of Aegis
Floyd | Mining Station. A jefferies tube at the end of the conduit leads down,
Floyd | allowing access to lower levels of the station. The conduit continues
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A port access panel is open, and a blank display console occupies the
Floyd | opposite wall. A power cable emerges from the bottom of the console.
Floyd | It isn't plugged into anything at the moment. You are holding the
Floyd | other end of the cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Oh that must be a Gamma override card"
		Binder says, "hm"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a thruster override chart
Floyd |   a technical manual
Floyd |   a power cable
Floyd |   a screwdriver
Floyd |   some work gloves (being worn)
Floyd |   a small black card
Floyd |   a piece of Oxium gum
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x panel" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The inside of the panel is a tangle of circuitry and wiring. Among the
Floyd | circuitry are two small slots. The upper slot is labeled "stability
Floyd | control" and the lower is labeled "waste disposal systems". A small
Floyd | blue card rests in the upper slot, and a small red card rests in the
Floyd | lower slot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the slots some live wires are exposed, their sheaths having worn
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "OHO"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get all cards" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ALL CARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | small blue card: You give the blue override card a tug, but you can't
Floyd | quite get it out of slot. It appears to be stuck, or jammed in
Floyd | tightly. That may be for the best though, as stability control is
Floyd | vital to the station's structural integrity.
Floyd | small red card: You slide the small red card out from the lower slot.
Floyd | For a moment you wait to see if anything changes, but nothing happens.
Floyd | The card was probably not providing an essential service to those
Floyd | systems, and you can make better use of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | On closer inspection, you note the word DELTA printed on the
Floyd | small red card.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Right. Nice."
		Draconis says, "Ooh, a delta!"
		Binder high5s Draconis.
Binder says (to Floyd), "x diagram" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DIAGRAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The paper shows a diagram:
Floyd |
Floyd | Oxygen Thruster Overrides
Floyd | fore/aft override     oxygen distribution
Floyd | theta/any                40/10    
Floyd | delta/gamma              50/25    
Floyd | gamma/delta              25/50    
Floyd | delta/delta              0/0      
Floyd | gamma/gamma              25/25    
Floyd | any/nil                  40/0     
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "drop cable" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Maybe now we can south."
		Draconis says, "It looks like the combination of cards determines how the oxygen is distributed."
		Draconis says, "If only we had an override."
		Binder says, "We'll find one."
Binder says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x wires" 		

Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | That corridor leads to the opposite end of the station and into even
Floyd | more awkward tunnels. If you want to go there, you should at least
Floyd | wait until your business is done here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WIRES
Floyd |
Floyd | The exposed wires provide power to some of the station's auxilliary
Floyd | systems. Replacing old wiring has long been on your to-do list, but
Floyd | more urgent things always seem to come up - like saving the station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "oop sosrry"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "cut wires" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT WIRES
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have anything to cut the wires with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Does this imply they can be cut?"
		Binder asks, "Maybe?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Conduit
Floyd | You crouch uncomfortably in this circular access conduit, just one
Floyd | small segment among thousands that make up the skeleton of Aegis
Floyd | Mining Station. A jefferies tube at the end of the conduit leads down,
Floyd | allowing access to lower levels of the station. The conduit continues
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A port access panel is open, and a blank display console occupies the
Floyd | opposite wall. A power cable emerges from the bottom of the console.
Floyd | It isn't plugged into anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "plug in cable" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUG IN CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the end of the cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | The outlet doesn't work. There's no power.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is repair team six. The tunnels have collapsed here on level
Floyd | four. It'll be at least an hour before we can reach the forward access
Floyd | conduits."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "look down" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a long way down to the bottom of the tube. A steam pipe has
Floyd | erupted, sending scalding orange steam across the tube a few feet
Floyd | below your junction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "unscrew outlet" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNSCREW OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | The outlet is built into the wall in such a way that you can't remove
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x steam" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STEAM
Floyd |
Floyd | A jet of escaping steam shoots across the jefferies tube a few feet
Floyd | below your junction. Judging by its orange hue, it may be corrosive as
Floyd | well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Is there anything unscrewable around here?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Conduit
Floyd | You crouch uncomfortably in this circular access conduit, just one
Floyd | small segment among thousands that make up the skeleton of Aegis
Floyd | Mining Station. A jefferies tube at the end of the conduit leads down,
Floyd | allowing access to lower levels of the station. The conduit continues
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A port access panel is open, and a blank display console occupies the
Floyd | opposite wall. A power cable emerges from the bottom of the console.
Floyd | It isn't plugged into anything at the moment. You are holding the
Floyd | other end of the cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "The port access panel was."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x console" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The console indicates the status of the oxygen storage and transfer
Floyd | system. Oxygen can be moved from the main storage tank into either the
Floyd | forward or the aft storage tanks depending on the station's needs.
Floyd | Right now the console is blank, as there is no power running into it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beside the main display are two small slots. The left slot is labeled
Floyd | "primary console override" and the right is labeled "secondary console
Floyd | override".
Floyd |
Floyd | A power cable emerges from the bottom of the console. It isn't plugged
Floyd | into anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "plug console into panel" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUG CONSOLE INTO PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | There really isn't much point in trying to stuff something into the
Floyd | access panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "hey check it out, overrides"
		Draconis says, "But no power."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a power cable
Floyd |   a small red card
Floyd |   a thruster override chart
Floyd |   a technical manual
Floyd |   a screwdriver
Floyd |   some work gloves (being worn)
Floyd |   a small black card
Floyd |   a piece of Oxium gum
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
katie-paquette says, "bedtime. I have never played Oxygen before." 		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x gloves" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GLOVES
Floyd |
Floyd | These heavy-duty gloves protect your hands from harm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to katie-paquette), "Good night!" 		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "reach down" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "touch steam" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH STEAM
Floyd |
Floyd | That would be terribly foolish. Not only is it hot, it could very well
Floyd | be corrosive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
katie-paquette goes home. 		Draconis says, "But we have gloves!"
		Binder says, "the steam doesn't know that"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get radio" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET RADIO
Floyd |
Floyd | It's at the bottom of the jefferies tube.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Maybe it's voice controlled like in Spider and Web?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "say tango" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY TANGO
Floyd |
Floyd | (to yourself)
Floyd | Hearing voices again?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "I didn't really expect that to work."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of thin air a little girl pops. "I just can't believe it! After
Floyd | seven books we find out that Harry Potter is the heir to Slytherin,
Floyd | Ron decides to become a pygmy puff breeder in Australia, and Hermoine
Floyd | is a boy! What a rip-off!" Exasperated, she disappears in a poof.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Wtf?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "plugh" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "Well we're clearly oxygen deprived and hallucinating."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Conduit
Floyd | You crouch uncomfortably in this circular access conduit, just one
Floyd | small segment among thousands that make up the skeleton of Aegis
Floyd | Mining Station. A jefferies tube at the end of the conduit leads down,
Floyd | allowing access to lower levels of the station. The conduit continues
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A port access panel is open, and a blank display console occupies the
Floyd | opposite wall. A power cable emerges from the bottom of the console.
Floyd | It isn't plugged into anything at the moment. You are holding the
Floyd | other end of the cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Should we chew the oxy-gum stuff?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x outlet" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a standard profile outlet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "stick screwdriver in outlet" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > STICK SCREWDRIVER IN OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | With reckless abandon you jam the screwdriver into the outlet, however
Floyd | nothing happens. Humm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "Wow. I can't believe that's implemented."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x cable" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The cable is ten feet long, more than enough to reach the nearby
Floyd | outlet. The end of the cable has a plastic shielding, preventing
Floyd | direct access to the wires inside. You are holding the cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x shielding" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHIELDING
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the cable has a plastic shielding that prevents you from
Floyd | accessing the actual wires inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio buzzes from below as various repair teams report their
Floyd | progress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "remove shielding" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE SHIELDING
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to pull the shielding off the cable, but it's too strong.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "cut cable" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have anything to cut that with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "cut console" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting that up would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "cut me" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting you up would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "smash console" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMASH CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You were never one to be violent when it's not necessary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oxygen
Floyd | Version 1.1 - September 2010
Floyd | [LINK]
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you for playing Oxygen. This game uses standard Interactive
Floyd | Fiction conventions, and any commands unique to this game should be
Floyd | obvious to you when you need them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some conversational commands you may find useful are:
Floyd |
Floyd | talk to [someone] - initiates a conversation

		
Floyd ask [someone] about [something] - asks someone about a topic or 		

Floyd | thing

		
Floyd tell [someone] about [ something] or tell [someone] that [ 		

Floyd | something] - tells someone about a topic or thing
Floyd | (note: you must use the words "about" or "that" in the above phrases)
Floyd |
Floyd | If you are in a conversation, you could also abbreviate asking or
Floyd | telling about as a [something] or t [something].
Floyd | Topics will bring up a list of topics you can discuss. You can
Floyd | also answer yes or no if you are asked a question, or
Floyd | apologize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oxygen makes use of sound, though it is not necessary to complete the
Floyd | game. Also, typing statusbar will switch the statusbar at the
Floyd | top of the screen off or on should you choose.
Floyd |
Floyd | Send constructive criticism, non-constructive criticism, or virtual
Floyd | dungbombs to: Ben@ShadowK.com
Floyd |
Floyd | (press any key to continue)

		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | Conduit
Floyd | You crouch uncomfortably in this circular access conduit, just one
Floyd | small segment among thousands that make up the skeleton of Aegis
Floyd | Mining Station. A jefferies tube at the end of the conduit leads down,
Floyd | allowing access to lower levels of the station. The conduit continues
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A port access panel is open, and a blank display console occupies the
Floyd | opposite wall. A power cable emerges from the bottom of the console.
Floyd | It isn't plugged into anything at the moment. You are holding the
Floyd | other end of the cable.
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. 		
Draconis says (to Floyd), "hint" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HINT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hints are not presently available for this game. A walkthrough is
Floyd | available, however. If you just need a little nudge or pointer in the
Floyd | right direction, you can try asking other IFers who have played this
Floyd | game for advice (there are discussion forums located at various points
Floyd | online) or feel free to e-mail me at Ben@ShadowK.com.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x tube" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | The jefferies tube allows access to the lower levels of the station.
Floyd | There is a ladder for climbing down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x ladder" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The ladder appears firmly attached to the jefferies tube. It leads
Floyd | down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The steam erupting from the broken pipe makes it impossible to descend
Floyd | the jefferies tube more than a few feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You return to the cramped conduit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Conduit
Floyd | You crouch uncomfortably in this circular access conduit, just one
Floyd | small segment among thousands that make up the skeleton of Aegis
Floyd | Mining Station. A jefferies tube at the end of the conduit leads down,
Floyd | allowing access to lower levels of the station. The conduit continues
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A port access panel is open, and a blank display console occupies the
Floyd | opposite wall. A power cable emerges from the bottom of the console.
Floyd | It isn't plugged into anything at the moment. You are holding the
Floyd | other end of the cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "look south" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The conduit continues south as far as you can see, which is not very
Floyd | far due to the flickering emergency lighting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (Down the jefferies tube)
Floyd |
Floyd | The steam erupting from the broken pipe makes it impossible to descend
Floyd | the jefferies tube more than a few feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You return to the cramped conduit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way. The only exits are through the tunnel to the
Floyd | south or down the jefferies tube.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to examine?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | That corridor leads to the opposite end of the station and into even
Floyd | more awkward tunnels. If you want to go there, you should at least
Floyd | wait until your business is done here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "drop cable" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | That corridor leads to the opposite end of the station and into even
Floyd | more awkward tunnels. If you want to go there, you should at least
Floyd | wait until your business is done here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "complete business" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMPLETE BUSINESS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Conduit
Floyd | You crouch uncomfortably in this circular access conduit, just one
Floyd | small segment among thousands that make up the skeleton of Aegis
Floyd | Mining Station. A jefferies tube at the end of the conduit leads down,
Floyd | allowing access to lower levels of the station. The conduit continues
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A port access panel is open, and a blank display console occupies the
Floyd | opposite wall. A power cable emerges from the bottom of the console.
Floyd | It isn't plugged into anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x panel" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The inside of the panel is a tangle of circuitry and wiring. Among the
Floyd | circuitry are two small slots. The upper slot is labeled "stability
Floyd | control" and the lower is labeled "waste disposal systems". A small
Floyd | blue card rests in the upper slot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the slots some live wires are exposed, their sheaths having worn
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x wires" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WIRES
Floyd |
Floyd | The exposed wires provide power to some of the station's auxilliary
Floyd | systems. Replacing old wiring has long been on your to-do list, but
Floyd | more urgent things always seem to come up - like saving the station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "cross wires" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > CROSS WIRES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "twist wires" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd |
Floyd | > TWIST WIRES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't turn them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "join wires" 		

Floyd ]                              Conduit
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JOIN WIRES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "get cable" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the end of the cable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "connect cable to wires" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > CONNECT CABLE TO WIRES
Floyd |
Floyd | The cable could definitely take power from the exposed live wires.
Floyd | However, the end of the cable is shielded. You'd have to remove the
Floyd | shielding to attach it to the wires.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "oic"
Binder says (to Floyd), "lower cable down tube" 		

Floyd ]                 Conduit (holding the power cable)
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOWER CABLE DOWN TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lower the end of the cable into the jefferies tube. It's just long
Floyd | enough to reach the hot and corrosive jet of steam. After a moment you
Floyd | pull it back up. The shielding has been removed, exposing the metal
Floyd | inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Binder says, "YAY"
		Binder says, "I broke something. Now I feel good about myself."
Binder says (to Floyd), "connect cable to wires" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CONNECT CABLE TO WIRES
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully connect the ends of the stripped wire to the live wires
Floyd | in the access panel. The display console gives a beep in response as
Floyd | if to acknowledge your success.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Chief here. We're showing activity from the display console in
Floyd | the service conduits. Is that you Zanders? Hold on here...this looks
Floyd | like trouble. Readings from your console show a slow leak from the
Floyd | primary oxygen reserves. Zanders, we've got diagnostics but can't do
Floyd | anything about the leak from here. You'll need to use the console to
Floyd | re-route the oxygen into the forward reserve tank. If you don't, we'll
Floyd | be out of air well before the next deep space transport arrives. We're
Floyd | sending a repair crew to the area, but do what you can."
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn to the now functioning console. The data does confirm a slow
Floyd | leak. This isn't your area of expertise (life support being one of the
Floyd | few systems you don't know inside and out), but you think that
Floyd | initiating the required transfer should be relatively simple.
Floyd | Inserting an override card into one of the console slots should begin
Floyd | moving the oxygen into the forward tank. It would take over 500 zPsi
Floyd | units of oxygen to save the entire station, but since the striking
Floyd | miners are sealed in the rear of the station, you should need far less
Floyd | than that to save the fore section.
Floyd |
Floyd | As for the strikers, they're gonna be outta luck. Their rear oxygen
Floyd | reserve is as empty as the forward reserve that you now depend on...

		
Binder pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                      Oxygen Storage: 978 zPsi
Floyd ]             Fore Reserve: 0 zPsi  Aft Reserve: 0 zPsi
Floyd ]              Fore Override: none   Aft Override: none
Floyd ]                       Oxygen transfer in: 3
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x diagram" 		

Floyd ]                      Oxygen Storage: 977 zPsi
Floyd ]             Fore Reserve: 0 zPsi  Aft Reserve: 0 zPsi
Floyd ]              Fore Override: none   Aft Override: none
Floyd ]                       Oxygen transfer in: 2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DIAGRAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The paper shows a diagram:
Floyd |
Floyd | Oxygen Thruster Overrides
Floyd | fore/aft override     oxygen distribution
Floyd | theta/any                40/10    
Floyd | delta/gamma              50/25    
Floyd | gamma/delta              25/50    
Floyd | delta/delta              0/0      
Floyd | gamma/gamma              25/25    
Floyd | any/nil                  40/0     
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                      Oxygen Storage: 976 zPsi
Floyd ]             Fore Reserve: 0 zPsi  Aft Reserve: 0 zPsi
Floyd ]              Fore Override: none   Aft Override: delta
Floyd ]                       Oxygen transfer in: 1
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a small red card
Floyd |   a thruster override chart
Floyd |   a technical manual
Floyd |   a screwdriver
Floyd |   some work gloves (being worn)
Floyd |   a small black card
Floyd |   a piece of Oxium gum
Floyd |
Floyd | The console beeps. You notice that the aft override display on the
Floyd | console has changed from "none" to "delta". This can only mean one
Floyd | thing: someone in the aft section of the station - one of the miners -
Floyd | is trying to re-route oxygen into their holding tank by initiating
Floyd | their own override.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x red" 		

Floyd ]                      Oxygen Storage: 876 zPsi
Floyd ]             Fore Reserve: 0 zPsi  Aft Reserve: 40 zPsi
Floyd ]              Fore Override: none   Aft Override: delta
Floyd ]          Oxygen burst initiated (Fore 0 Aft 40 Waste 60)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RED
Floyd |
Floyd | Override cards look like thin circuitboards. They are individually
Floyd | programmed with different codes or algorithms. This one is red and has
Floyd | the word DELTA printed on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a whoosh as a burst of oxygen is funneled through nearby
Floyd | pipes. The remaining oxygen in storage has decreased dramatically! It
Floyd | also appears that the miners are trying to manipulate the overrides as
Floyd | well - right now they have their override (the aft override) set as
Floyd | delta. You can only control the fore override from where you are, and
Floyd | the combination of the two overrides determines where the oxygen is
Floyd | routed (thank Empire you at least made some of your training classes).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "insert red" 		

Floyd ]                      Oxygen Storage: 876 zPsi
Floyd ]             Fore Reserve: 0 zPsi  Aft Reserve: 40 zPsi
Floyd ]              Fore Override: none   Aft Override: delta
Floyd ]          Oxygen burst initiated (Fore 0 Aft 40 Waste 60)
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSERT RED
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "insert delta" 		

Floyd ]                      Oxygen Storage: 876 zPsi
Floyd ]             Fore Reserve: 0 zPsi  Aft Reserve: 40 zPsi
Floyd ]              Fore Override: none   Aft Override: delta
Floyd ]          Oxygen burst initiated (Fore 0 Aft 40 Waste 60)
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSERT DELTA
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "put delta in slot" 		

Floyd ]                      Oxygen Storage: 876 zPsi
Floyd ]             Fore Reserve: 0 zPsi  Aft Reserve: 40 zPsi
Floyd ]              Fore Override: none   Aft Override: delta
Floyd ]          Oxygen burst initiated (Fore 0 Aft 40 Waste 60)
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DELTA IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Which slot do you mean, the left or right console slots or one of the
Floyd | slots in the access panel?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "put delta in left console slot" 		

Floyd ]                      Oxygen Storage: 875 zPsi
Floyd ]             Fore Reserve: 0 zPsi  Aft Reserve: 40 zPsi
Floyd ]              Fore Override: delta  Aft Override: delta
Floyd ]                       Oxygen transfer in: 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DELTA IN LEFT CONSOLE SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | The small red card fits snugly in the slot. You notice that the fore
Floyd | override on the display console has changed from "none" to "delta".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x console" 		

Floyd ]                      Oxygen Storage: 874 zPsi
Floyd ]             Fore Reserve: 0 zPsi  Aft Reserve: 40 zPsi
Floyd ]              Fore Override: delta  Aft Override: delta
Floyd ]                       Oxygen transfer in: 2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The console indicates the status of the oxygen storage and transfer
Floyd | system. Oxygen can be moved from the main storage tank into either the
Floyd | forward or the aft storage tanks depending on the station's needs.
Floyd | Numbers at the top of the console indicate the amount of oxygen stored
Floyd | in the main tank, fore and aft tanks, and any overrides that change
Floyd | how oxygen is to be distributed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beside the main display are two small slots. The left slot is labeled
Floyd | "primary console override" and the right is labeled "secondary console
Floyd | override". A small red card rests in the first (primary) slot.
Floyd |
Floyd | A power cable emerges from the bottom of the console and is attached
Floyd | to the exposed wire in the access panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "x diagram" 		

Floyd ]                      Oxygen Storage: 873 zPsi
Floyd ]             Fore Reserve: 0 zPsi  Aft Reserve: 40 zPsi
Floyd ]              Fore Override: delta  Aft Override: delta
Floyd ]                       Oxygen transfer in: 1
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DIAGRAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The paper shows a diagram:
Floyd |
Floyd | Oxygen Thruster Overrides
Floyd | fore/aft override     oxygen distribution
Floyd | theta/any                40/10    
Floyd | delta/gamma              50/25    
Floyd | gamma/delta              25/50    
Floyd | delta/delta              0/0      
Floyd | gamma/gamma              25/25    
Floyd | any/nil                  40/0     
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, this is Jim Dennison, advocate for the miners in aft. We
Floyd | picked up your radio channel and we know that you're trying to
Floyd | re-route the oxygen to save the station. Regulations state we must
Floyd | work together to maximize oxygen for all parties involved. I'm obliged
Floyd | to remind you that a breach in worker-empire regulatory code K-253
Floyd | could have severe legal repercussions, and the familes of the united
Floyd | coalition of mine workers have every right to financial compensation
Floyd | from the Galactic Empire if you don't provide us with the
Floyd | needed..."
Floyd |
Floyd | The transmission is interrupted by a burst of static, and then another
Floyd | voice cuts in. "Jamming transmission. Switching broadcast channel
Floyd | to the reserve frequency."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wish the Captain had blown the lawyers out into space instead
Floyd | of trying to smoke the rebels out...okay, switching channels."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Binder says (to Floyd), "i"